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A system for managing sales of goods for vending machines includes a goods control center, a plurality of vending machines, and terminal computers equipped in the respective vending machines. The goods control center includes a host computer for preparing digital data signals as control instructions

A system for managing sales of goods for vending machines includes a goods control center, a plurality of vending machines, and terminal computers equipped in the respective vending machines. The goods control center includes a host computer for preparing digital data signals as control instructions, and a frequency moderation sub-carrier broadcasting facility as a transmission facility for outputting the digital data signals. Each vending machine has a receiving facility for receiving the digital data signals from the goods control center, and a responding facility. Each terminal computer receives the digital data signals and selectively extracts the digital data as the control instructions necessary for the vending machine to thereby store the digital data necessary for the vending machine in a memory. Each terminal computer controls the vending machine on a basis of the control instructions stored in the memory, obtains goods market information of the vending machine, and outputs the goods market information to the responding facility for reporting the information to the host computer at the goods control center.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A system for managing sales of goods for vending machines, comprising:a goods control center having a host computer for preparing digital data signals as control instructions, and a frequency moderation sub-carrier broadcasting facility as a transmission facility for outp

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A system for managing sales of goods for vending machines, comprising:a goods control center having a host computer for preparing digital data signals as control instructions, and a frequency moderation sub-carrier broadcasting facility as a transmission facility for outputting the digital data signals,a plurality of vending machines for selling goods located remote from the goods control center, each vending machine having a receiving facility for wirelessly receiving the digital data signals as the control instructions broadcasted from the frequency moderation sub-carrier broadcasting facility, and a responding facility, andterminal computers equipped in the respective vending machines, each terminal computer having a memory and receiving the digital data signals through the receiving facility and selectively extracting the digital data as the control instructions necessary for the vending machine where the terminal computer is installed to thereby store the digital data necessary for the vending machine in the memory, each terminal computer controlling the vending machine on a basis of the control instructions stored in the memory, obtaining goods market information of the vending machine where the terminal computer is installed, and outputting the goods market information to the responding facility so that the responding facility reports the goods market information to the host computer at the goods control center.