As it corresponds with the commodity visual information and the said commodity visual information in order to purchase

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to easily purchase merchandises in an automatic vending machine in a short time. ;SOLUTION: When the user performs a setting input for performing short distance radio communication with the automatic vending machine 401 on a portable terminal 402 by feeding money for purchasing cup drink into the automatic vending machine 401, the portable terminal 402 is connected with the automatic vending machine 401 in communication by the short distance radio. When the user inputs ten keys corresponding to article identification information, confirming article visual information (images, characters, etc.), on the portable terminal 402 in this state, a CPU303 reads the article identification information from a specified area B of a RAM304 and transmits the information to a communication part 207 of the automatic vending machine 401. When a main control part 201 of the automatic vending machine 401 confirms that the article identification information from the communication part 207 coincides with article identification information within a ROM, a sale signal for preparing the cup drink corresponding to the article identification information and selling the cup drink is transmitted to a sale control part 205.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO