PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely perform the sales management and equipment maintenance management of a large number of unmanned stores at a low cost. ;SOLUTION: An automatic vending machine 1a or the like and a centralized managing center 5 can be connected while utilizing an internet line network 9. It is enough only to consider the cost of communication between each automatic vending machine 1a or the like and each closest access point 9a or the like and between the centralized managing center 5 and its closest access point 9c and even when the automatic vending machines are distributedly arranged over wise area and located considerably far from the centralized managing center 5, the cost of communication between each automatic vending machine 1a or the like and the centralized managing center 5 can be suppressed low. Further, not only information is collected from the respective automatic vending machines 1a or the like but also the respective automatic vending machines 1a or the like are remotely controlled from the centralized managing center 5. A large number of maintenance staffs are net required for always securing the normal operating state of the respective automatic vending machines 1a or the like.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO
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