JPWO2020100207A1 - Wireless communication systems, wireless communication terminals, and programs - Google Patents

Abstract

Allows remote control of product sales through vending machines. Provided is a wireless communication system 1 including a wireless communication terminal 10 that communicates with the server device 40 by the vending machine 30 and Bluetooth, and also communicates with the server device 40 via the wireless communication network 20. The vending machine 30 is given an identifier uniquely indicating the vending machine 30 in advance, and the vending machine 30 is prohibited from selling the product until it receives a security code for canceling the sales prohibition of the product. ing. Upon receiving the identifier, the server device 40 issues a security code and returns it to the sender of the identifier. The wireless communication terminal 10 transmits the identifier to the server device 40 when the identifier is input, and transmits the security code returned from the server device 40 to the vending machine 30.

Description

The present invention relates to wireless communication systems, wireless communication terminals, and programs.

Some games that use telecommunication lines such as the Internet employ a mechanism called "Gacha" as a mechanism for obtaining special in-game items and game characters. "Gacha" is a virtual vending machine that imitates a vending machine (so-called "Gacha Gacha" or "Gachapon": see Patent Document 1) in which a capsule containing a toy comes out when a coin is inserted and the handle is twisted. ..

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 07-148358

In games that use gacha, items etc. can be obtained by inserting virtual coins that are distributed for a fee or free into the gacha. Purchasing paid coins in this type of game is called billing. In gachas that require paid coins, you may be able to obtain powerful items and rare characters that are not normally available (or difficult to obtain) for a single charge of 100 yen. For this reason, some users have difficulty in paying a large amount of money until a desired item or the like is obtained. This is a problem common not only to product sales by virtual vending machines but also to product sales by vending machines including "Gacha Gacha". This is because, unlike face-to-face sales in which the seller of the product directly deals with the buyer, the seller cannot call the buyer's attention when selling the product by the vending machine. Hereinafter, in the present specification, both a real vending machine such as "Gacha Gacha" and a virtual vending machine are referred to as a "vending machine".

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for remotely controlling the sale of goods by a vending machine.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention communicates with a server device, a vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with another device according to the first wireless communication standard, and the first wireless communication standard. A wireless communication terminal that communicates with the server device according to a second wireless communication standard different from the wireless communication standard of the above is included, and the vending machine is given an identifier uniquely indicating the vending machine in advance. At the same time, the vending machine is prohibited from selling the product until it receives the security code for releasing the prohibition on selling the product, and the server device issues the security code when the identifier is received. The wireless communication terminal returns to the sender of the identifier, transmits the identifier input to the server device triggered by the input of the identifier, and automatically sells the security code returned from the server device. Provided is a wireless communication system, which is characterized by transmitting to a machine.

In a more preferred embodiment of the wireless communication system, the first wireless communication standard is characterized by being Bluetooth® or IrDA.

Further, in a wireless communication system of another preferred embodiment, a printed matter on which the identifier is printed is attached to the vending machine, and the wireless communication terminal includes an imaging unit and is imaged by the imaging unit. It is characterized in that the identifier read from the printed image is transmitted to the server device.

Further, in the wireless communication system of another preferred embodiment, a matrix type two-dimensional code corresponding to the identifier is printed on the printed matter, and the wireless communication terminal analyzes the matrix type two-dimensional code to obtain the above. It is characterized by reading an identifier.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a control unit, a first wireless communication unit that performs short-range wireless communication according to the first wireless communication standard, and a second wireless communication unit that is different from the first wireless communication standard. The control unit includes a second wireless communication unit that performs communication in accordance with the wireless communication standard of the above.
A vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with other devices in accordance with the first wireless communication standard, and is prohibited from selling products until a security code is received to lift the prohibition on selling products. The security code is issued when the identifier is received by communication according to the second wireless communication standard, triggered by the input of the identifier given to the vending machine in order to uniquely identify. The input identifier is transmitted by the second wireless communication unit to the server device that returns to the source of the identifier, and the security code returned from the server device is received by the second wireless communication unit. Provided is a wireless communication terminal characterized in that a received security code is transmitted to the vending machine by the first wireless communication unit.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with another device in accordance with the first wireless communication standard, and is a security code that lifts the prohibition on the sale of products. The second, which is different from the first wireless communication standard, is triggered by the input of the identifier given to the vending machine in order to uniquely identify the vending machine whose sale of the product is prohibited until the receipt of. When the identifier is received by communication according to the wireless communication standard of the above, the security code is issued to the server device that returns to the source of the identifier, and the input identifier is sent to the second wireless communication standard. The first step of transmitting according to the above, the second step of receiving the security code returned from the server device and transmitting the received security code to the vending machine according to the first wireless communication standard. Provide a program, which is characterized by executing.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the wireless communication system 1 by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the vending machine 30 which performs short-range wireless communication with a wireless communication terminal 10. It is a block diagram which shows the configuration example of a wireless communication terminal 10. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen G01 displayed on the display part 110a of a wireless communication terminal 10. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result screen G02 displayed on the display part 110a of a wireless communication terminal 10. It is a figure which shows an example of the payment means selection screen G03 displayed on the display part 110a of a wireless communication terminal 10. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the unlock process which the control unit 100 of a wireless communication terminal 10 executes according to the purchase support program 144a.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a wireless communication system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the wireless communication system 1 includes a wireless communication terminal 10 and a server device 40 connected to the wireless communication network 20. Although detailed illustration is omitted in FIG. 1, the wireless communication network 20 includes a wired communication network, and the server device 40 is connected to the wired communication network.

The wireless communication terminal 10 is, for example, a smartphone. The wireless communication terminal 10 is housed in the wireless communication network 20 and performs wireless communication according to a predetermined wireless communication standard (WI-FI in this embodiment). Further, the wireless communication terminal 10 has a function of performing short-range wireless communication with another device according to a wireless communication standard different from the wireless communication standard. Hereinafter, the latter wireless communication standard will be referred to as a "first wireless communication standard", and the former wireless communication standard will be referred to as a "second wireless communication standard". As described above, a specific example of the second wireless communication standard is WI-FI. On the other hand, specific examples of the first wireless communication standard include Bluetooth (registered trademark) or IrDA. In this embodiment, Bluetooth (registered trademark) is adopted as the first wireless communication standard.

The vending machine 30 in FIG. 1 is the above-mentioned “gacha-gacha”. The vending machine 30 has a function of performing short-range wireless communication with the wireless communication terminal 10 in accordance with the first wireless communication standard. Although only one vending machine 30 is shown in FIG. 1, the number of vending machines 30 may be two or more. FIG. 2 is a front view of the vending machine 30. In the vending machine 30, when the handle 32 is twisted in the direction of the arrow after the product price is input (in this embodiment, the virtual coin is input), one capsule C containing the toy is ejected from the outlet 34. Come on. A printed matter 36 on which a matrix-type two-dimensional code corresponding to an identifier uniquely indicating the vending machine 30 (for example, a character string consisting of a predetermined number of alphanumeric characters) is printed is pasted in the vicinity of the take-out port 34. There is.

In the vending machine 30, the product sales are prohibited until the security code for releasing the product sales prohibition is received by short-range wireless communication, and the handle 32 is twisted in the state where the security code is not received. Capsule C does not come out even if it is done. The security code is 256 bytes of 1-time data randomly generated by the server device 40. Each time the server device 40 receives an identifier uniquely indicating the vending machine 30, it issues a security code corresponding to the identifier and returns it to the sender of the identifier.

As shown in FIG. 1, the server device 40 is a computer device having a user DB and a vending machine management DB, and in addition to issuing a security code and issuing virtual coins, settle the issue price of virtual coins (in other words, in other words). For example, settle the product price). In the vending machine management DB, position information (for example, information indicating the latitude and longitude of the installation location) indicating the installation location of the vending machine 30 and a security code are issued in association with the identifier of the vending machine 30. Information for is stored. When a security code is generated according to a predetermined pseudo-random number generation algorithm, specific examples of information for issuing the security code include the initial value (so-called pseudo-random number seed) in the algorithm and the security code issued most recently. ..

The user DB is a database for managing a user who intends to purchase a product by lifting the ban on the sale of the product by the vending machine 30 using the wireless communication system 1. The user DB stores information indicating the purchase history of the product and the payment history of the product price by the user in association with the identifier uniquely indicating the user. Specific examples of the identifier that uniquely identifies the user include a user ID assigned to the user when the service usage contract is concluded by the wireless communication system 1.

A decentralized ledger technology called a blockchain is used for the settlement of the product price in the present embodiment. A blockchain is a database with a continuously increasing list of ordered records called blocks. In the present embodiment, each block in the blockchain corresponds to one settlement, and each block includes information about the settlement, a time stamp indicating the time when the settlement was executed, and a link to the previous block. ing.

As described above, a printed matter 36 printed with a matrix-type two-dimensional code corresponding to the uniquely indicated identifier of the vending machine 30 is pasted in the vicinity of the outlet 34 of the vending machine 30. The user of the wireless communication terminal 10 unlocks the vending machine 30 by reading the matrix-type two-dimensional code using the wireless communication terminal 10 and transmitting the identifier obtained from the code to the server device 40. You can do (that is, lift the ban on the sale of goods). Hereinafter, the wireless communication terminal 10 that plays a central role in lifting the ban on the sale of products by the vending machine 30 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the wireless communication terminal 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the wireless communication terminal 10 mediates data transfer between the control unit 100, the user interface unit 110, the first wireless communication unit 120, the second wireless communication unit 130, the storage unit 140, and these components. Has a bus 150 to interface with. In FIG. 3, the user interface unit is abbreviated as "UI unit". Hereinafter, the abbreviation will be similarly omitted in the present specification.

The control unit 100 is, for example, a computer such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 100 executes a program stored in the storage unit 140 (more accurately, the non-volatile storage unit 144) and functions as a control center of the wireless communication terminal 10.

The UI unit 110 is an aggregate of devices that provide a user interface for allowing the user to use the wireless communication terminal 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the UI unit 110 includes a display unit 110a, an operation unit 110b, and an imaging unit 110c. In addition to these units, the UI unit 110 includes a voice input / output unit that collects the user's voice and outputs the voice represented by the voice data, but the audio input / output unit is not shown because it is not closely related to the present invention. And detailed description will be omitted.

The display unit 110a is, for example, a liquid crystal display and its drive circuit. Under the control of the control unit 100, the display unit 110a displays images of various screens prompting the user to use the wireless communication terminal 10. The image pickup unit 110c is, for example, an image sensor. The imaging unit 110c captures an image in the imaging field of view, and outputs image data representing the imaging result to the control unit 100. The operation unit 110b is a transparent sheet-like touch sensor provided so as to cover the display area of the display unit 110a. The operation unit 110b forms a so-called touch panel together with the display unit 110a. The user of the wireless communication terminal 10 can perform various inputs by touching or flicking the operation unit 110b. When the user performs a touch operation, a flick operation, or the like on the operation unit 110b, the operation unit 110b outputs data representing the operation content of the user to the control unit 100. As a result, the operation performed by the user is transmitted to the control unit 100.

The first wireless communication unit 120 is a communication circuit that performs wireless communication conforming to the first wireless communication standard. The first wireless communication unit 120 receives the data transmitted from the remote device of the wireless communication conforming to the first wireless communication standard and delivers it to the control unit 100, while the first wireless communication unit 120 delivers the data delivered from the control unit 100 to the remote device. Send to. The second wireless communication unit 130 performs wireless communication with the base station of the wireless communication network 20 in accordance with the second wireless communication standard. The second wireless communication unit 130 sends the data given by the control unit 100 to the wireless communication network 20, receives the data sent from the wireless communication network 20, and delivers the received data to the control unit 100.

The storage unit 140 includes a volatile storage unit 142 and a non-volatile storage unit 144. The volatile storage unit 142 is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory). The volatile storage unit 142 is used by the control unit 100 as a work area when executing a program. The non-volatile storage unit 144 is, for example, a flash ROM (Read Only Memory). Various programs and various data are stored in the non-volatile storage unit 144. Specific examples of the program stored in the non-volatile storage unit 144 include a kernel program that realizes an OS (Operating System) in the control unit 100, various application programs of a web browser and an e-mail client, and features of the present invention. An example is a purchase support program 144a that causes the control unit 100 to execute the unlocking process shown below.

Among the programs stored in the non-volatile storage unit 144, the programs other than the purchase support program 144a are not particularly different from those installed in a general smartphone. For example, the control unit 100 reads the kernel program from the non-volatile storage unit 144 to the volatile storage unit 142 when the power supply (not shown in FIG. 3) of the wireless communication terminal 10 is turned on, and starts executing the kernel program. The control unit 100, which operates according to the kernel program and realizes the OS, executes the purchase support program 144a and other application programs and the UI unit in response to the instruction input by the operation to the operation unit 110b. It is possible to control the operation of components other than the control unit 100 such as 110. As described above, since there is no particular difference between the programs other than the purchase support program 144a and those installed on a general smartphone, detailed description thereof will be omitted, and the purchase support program 144a will be mainly described below.

The control unit 100, which is instructed to execute the purchase support program 144a by the operation of the operation unit 110b, reads the purchase support program 144a from the non-volatile storage unit 144 to the volatile storage unit 142, and starts the execution. The control unit 100 operating according to the purchase support program 144a causes the display unit 110a to display the screen G01 shown in FIG.

The virtual operator B01 on the screen G01 is a virtual operator for searching the installation location of the vending machine 30. When a touch operation is performed on the virtual operator B01, the control unit 100 transmits the position information indicating the current position of the wireless communication terminal 10 to the server device 40. The current position of the wireless communication terminal 10 may be specified by using an existing technology such as GPS.

The server device 40 refers to the vending machine 30 installed in a predetermined range (for example, a range of 100 meters in radius) centered on the position indicated by the position information received from the wireless communication terminal 10 with reference to the vending machine management DB. To identify. Then, the server device 40 returns the position information indicating the installation location of the specified vending machine 30 to the wireless communication terminal 10.

Upon receiving the position information returned from the server device 40, the control unit 100 displays the search result screen G02 shown in FIG. 5 on the display unit 110a. The image of the search result screen G02 is an icon indicating the current position (star icon in FIG. 5) and an icon corresponding to the vending machine 30 (black circle icon in FIG. 5) on the map image of the above predetermined range. It is an image obtained by plotting. A user who visually recognizes the search result screen G02 can go to the nearest installation location of the vending machine 30 by referring to the information displayed on the search result screen G02.

When a touch operation is performed on the virtual operator B02 on the screen G01, the control unit 100 shifts the display image of the display unit 110a to the payment means selection screen G03 shown in FIG. The payment method selection screen G03 is a screen for allowing the user to select a payment method (credit card or the like) used for payment of virtual coins for purchasing a product. When the payment means is selected by the operation on the operation unit 110b, the control unit 100 writes the information indicating the selected payment means in the volatile storage unit 142, and shifts the display image of the display unit 110a to the screen G01. ..

The image captured by the imaging unit 110c is displayed in the area A01 on the screen G01. The user of the wireless communication terminal 10 places the wireless communication terminal 10 in the vicinity of the outlet 34 of the vending machine 30 so that the entire matrix type two-dimensional code corresponding to the identifier of the vending machine 30 is displayed in the area A01. Adjust the posture while holding it up, and take an image of the matrix type two-dimensional code. The control unit 100 acquires the identifier of the vending machine 30 by analyzing the captured image.

Upon acquiring the identifier of the vending machine 30, the control unit 100 starts the unlocking process. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the unlocking process. As shown in FIG. 7, first, the control unit 100 uses the second wireless communication unit 130 to transfer the identifier acquired in the above procedure and the information indicating the payment method selected on the payment method selection screen G03 to the server device 40. (Step SA100).

When the server device 40 receives the information indicating the identifier and the payment method transmitted from the wireless communication terminal 10, the server device 40 refers to the stored contents of the vending machine management DB, issues a security code corresponding to the identifier, and purchases a product. The virtual coin for the product is issued and the product price is settled by the payment means indicated by the received information. Then, the server device 40 returns the issued security code and virtual coin to the sender of the identifier.

When the control unit 100 receives the security code and virtual coin returned from the server device 40, the control unit 100 transmits the received security code and virtual coin to the vending machine 30 by the first wireless communication unit 120 (step SA110).

When the vending machine 30 receives the security code and the virtual coin transmitted from the wireless communication terminal 10, the vending machine 30 lifts the ban on the sale of the product. As a result, it is possible to purchase the product sold by the vending machine 30 (in this embodiment, the gacha-gacha is executed). When the user of the wireless communication terminal 10 completes the purchase of the product, the vending machine 30 returns to the locked state again.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the issuance of the security code makes it possible to remotely control the sale of products by the vending machine. For example, after the total purchase price of the product reaches a predetermined upper limit in a predetermined period (for example, one month), the issuance of a new security code is suspended until the period elapses, and the gacha is charged. You can prevent overdoing.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following modifications may be added to this embodiment.
(1) The vending machine 30 in the above embodiment is a "gacha-gacha", but of course it may be a vending machine for soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, foods, books, cigarettes, etc., and "Gacha Gacha" in computer games. It may be a virtual vending machine such as "Gacha". That is, the products sold by the vending machine 30 are not limited to physical objects such as toys, and may be data such as in-game items and game character data. Further, in the above embodiment, the virtual coin is intervened in the settlement of the sales price of the product, but the settlement may be performed only with the actual money as in the conventional gacha-gacha without interposing the virtual coin. Only the security code needs to be returned to the server device 40.

(2) A printed matter 36 on which a matrix-type two-dimensional code corresponding to an identifier uniquely indicating the vending machine 30 is printed is attached to the vending machine 30 in the above embodiment, and a character representing the identifier is attached. A printed matter with a row printed may be pasted. This is because the identifier can be obtained by taking an image of a printed matter on which a character string representing an identifier is printed by the imaging unit 110c and performing character recognition on the captured image. Further, the user who visually recognizes the character string printed on the printed matter may input the characters constituting the character string one by one by operating the operation unit 110b (for example, operating the virtual keyboard). The imaging unit 110c can be omitted.

(3) In the above embodiment, the wireless communication system 1 including the wireless communication terminal 10 has been described, but the wireless communication terminal 10 may be manufactured or sold as a single unit. Further, although the wireless communication terminal 10 in the above embodiment is a smartphone, it may be a tablet terminal, a notebook personal computer, a wearable computer, or the like.

In short, the control unit and the first wireless communication unit that performs short-range wireless communication according to the first wireless communication standard perform communication according to a second wireless communication standard different from the first wireless communication standard. A security code that includes a second wireless communication unit, and the control unit is a vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with another device in accordance with the first wireless communication standard, and lifts the prohibition on the sale of products. In order to uniquely identify the vending machine whose sale of goods is prohibited until the receipt of the message, the communication according to the second wireless communication standard is triggered by the input of the identifier given to the vending machine. Upon receiving the identifier, the security code is issued and addressed to the server device that returns to the sender of the identifier, the input identifier is transmitted by the second wireless communication unit, and is returned from the server device. It is sufficient to provide a wireless communication terminal characterized in that an incoming security code is received by the second wireless communication unit and the received security code is transmitted to the vending machine by the first wireless communication unit.

(4) In the above embodiment, the purchase support program 144a for causing the control unit 100 to execute the unlocking process that remarkably shows the feature of the present invention is pre-installed in the non-volatile storage unit 144 of the wireless communication terminal 10, but it is purchased. The support program 144a may be manufactured or sold alone. The point is that the computer is a vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with other devices in accordance with the first wireless communication standard, and sales of products are prohibited until a security code is received to lift the prohibition on sales of products. With the input of the identifier given to the vending machine in order to uniquely identify the vending machine, the communication according to the second wireless communication standard different from the first wireless communication standard is performed. The first step of issuing the security code when the identifier is received and transmitting the input identifier in accordance with the second wireless communication standard to the server device that returns to the source of the identifier. A program characterized by receiving a security code returned from the server device and executing a second step of transmitting the received security code to the vending machine in accordance with the first wireless communication standard. You can provide it.

By installing the above program in a conventional wireless communication terminal and operating the control unit (computer) of the wireless communication terminal according to the program, the wireless communication terminal can function as the wireless communication terminal 10 of the above embodiment. Because it will be possible. As a specific mode of providing the above program, a mode of writing to a computer-readable recording medium such as a flash ROM and distributing the program, or a mode of distributing by downloading via a telecommunication line such as the Internet can be considered.

1 ... wireless communication system, 10 ... wireless communication terminal, 20 ... wireless communication network, 30 ... vending machine, 40 ... server device. 100 ... Control unit, 110 ... UI unit, 110a ... Display unit, 110b ... Operation unit, 110c ... Imaging unit, 120 ... First wireless communication unit, 130 ... Second wireless communication unit, 140 ... Storage unit, 142 ... Volatile Storage unit 144 ... Non-volatile storage unit 144a ... Purchase support program, 150 ... Bus.

The present invention in order to solve the above problems, a server device, with communication in accordance with the first radio another device in accordance with a communication standard short-range wireless communication to the vending machine first wireless communication standard, the A wireless communication terminal that communicates with the server device according to a second wireless communication standard different from the wireless communication standard of 1 is included, and the vending machine is given an identifier uniquely indicating the vending machine in advance. At the same time, the vending machine is prohibited from selling the product until the security code for canceling the sales prohibition of the product is received, and the server device is one-time data triggered by the reception of the identifier. A security code is issued and a reply is sent to the sender of the identifier, and the wireless communication terminal transmits the identifier input to the server device triggered by the input of the identifier, and is returned from the server device. Provided is a wireless communication system, characterized in that a security code is transmitted to the vending machine and the vending machine is instructed to lift the prohibition on selling products .

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises a control unit, a first wireless communication unit that performs short-range wireless communication according to the first wireless communication standard, and a second wireless communication unit that is different from the first wireless communication standard. A second wireless communication unit that performs communication in accordance with the wireless communication standard of the above, and the control unit is a vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with other devices in accordance with the first wireless communication standard. , The above is triggered by the input of the identifier given to the vending machine in order to uniquely identify the vending machine whose sale of the product is prohibited until the security code for releasing the prohibition on selling the product is received. When the identifier is received by communication according to the second wireless communication standard, the entered identifier is sent to the server device that issues the security code, which is one time data, and returns to the sender of the identifier. The security code transmitted by the second wireless communication unit and returned from the server device is received by the second wireless communication unit, and the received security code is transmitted to the vending machine by the first wireless communication unit. The wireless communication terminal is provided, which comprises instructing the vending machine to lift the prohibition on the sale of products .

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with another device in accordance with the first wireless communication standard, and is a security code that lifts the prohibition on the sale of products. The second, which is different from the first wireless communication standard, is triggered by the input of the identifier given to the vending machine in order to uniquely identify the vending machine whose sale of goods is prohibited until the receipt of When the identifier is received by communication in accordance with the wireless communication standard of No. 1 , the input identifier is sent to the server device that issues the security code, which is one-time data, and returns to the sender of the identifier. The first step of transmitting according to the wireless communication standard of 2 and the security code returned from the server device are received, and the received security code is transmitted to the vending machine according to the first wireless communication standard . Provided is a second step of instructing the vending machine to lift the prohibition on the sale of goods, and a program characterized by executing the second step.

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With the server device
Communicates with a vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with another device according to the first wireless communication standard according to the first wireless communication standard, and also according to a second wireless communication standard different from the first wireless communication standard. A wireless communication terminal that communicates with the server device,
Including
The vending machine is given an identifier uniquely indicating the vending machine in advance, and the vending machine is prohibited from selling the product until it receives a security code for canceling the sales prohibition of the product. Ori,
The server device is
Upon receiving the identifier, the security code is issued and returned to the sender of the identifier.
The wireless communication terminal is
A wireless communication system characterized in that an identifier input to the server device is transmitted with the input of the identifier as an opportunity, and a security code returned from the server device is transmitted to the vending machine. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication standard is Bluetooth (registered trademark) or IrDA. A printed matter on which the identifier is printed is attached to the vending machine.
The wireless communication terminal is
The wireless communication system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an image pickup unit and transmitting an identifier read from an image captured by the image pickup unit to the server device. The printed matter is printed with a matrix-type two-dimensional code corresponding to the identifier, and the wireless communication terminal analyzes the matrix-type two-dimensional code to read the identifier according to claim 3. The wireless communication system described. Control unit and
With the first wireless communication unit that performs short-range wireless communication according to the first wireless communication standard,
A second wireless communication unit that performs communication according to a second wireless communication standard different from the first wireless communication standard, and
With
The control unit
A vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with other devices in accordance with the first wireless communication standard, and is prohibited from selling products until a security code is received to lift the prohibition on selling products. The security code is issued when the identifier is received by the communication according to the second wireless communication standard, triggered by the input of the identifier given to the vending machine in order to uniquely identify. Then, the input identifier is transmitted by the second wireless communication unit to the server device that returns to the source of the identifier.
A wireless communication terminal characterized in that a security code returned from the server device is received by the second wireless communication unit, and the received security code is transmitted to the vending machine by the first wireless communication unit. On the computer
A vending machine that performs short-range wireless communication with other devices in accordance with the first wireless communication standard, and the sale of products is prohibited until a security code is received to lift the prohibition on selling products. The fact that the identifier was received by communication according to a second wireless communication standard different from the first wireless communication standard, triggered by the input of the identifier given to the vending machine for unique identification. The first step of transmitting the input identifier in accordance with the second wireless communication standard to the server device that issues the security code as an opportunity and returns to the source of the identifier.
The second step of receiving the security code returned from the server device and transmitting the received security code to the vending machine according to the first wireless communication standard.
A program characterized by executing.

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