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EP0817138A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Sales management method in automatic vending machine

Assignee: Fuji Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-12-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-12-27
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Abstract

Abstract The sales management method for automatic vending machines of the present invention lightens the processing burden of each automatic vending machine for sales estimates. Information required for sales estimates are transmitted from the automatic vending machine 1 to the center computer 11 and processed by the center computer 11 to make sales estimates for each automatic vending machine 1. Each automatic vending machine 1 makes sales preparations based on the results of this estimate to increase sales to meet growing demand at a specific date and time. Utilizing high performance of the center computer 11, sales estimates are made by combining various information such as weather forecast information and information on installation sites and the like with the past sales information so as to improve estimate accuracy. <IMAGE>

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshiyuki Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. TAKAHASHI

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 10:08
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/20; G06Q20/203; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0201; G06Q30/0202; G07; G07F; G07F5/00; G07F5/18; G07F9/00; G07F9/002; G07F9/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 63 words
A sales management method for a plurality of automatic vending machines characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: processing information obtained from each of said plurality of automatic vending machines by a shared center computer to make sales estimates for each of said automatic vending machines; and starting required sales preparations based on the sales estimates by each automatic vending machine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 44 words
The sales management method for a plurality of automatic vending machines according to claim 1, wherein said center computer makes sales estimates by processing at least one among weather forecast information, sales environment information and sales information of said plurality of automatic vending machines.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 55 words
The sales management method for a plurality of automatic vending machines according to claim 1, wherein each of said automatic vending machines suitably corrects the sales estimates based on the latest sales environment information before the time of starting sales preparations obtained from the sales estimates of said center computer and starts required sales preparations.

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