DELIVERY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A delivery system comprising:
- a plurality of delivering devices, each of which includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage spaces for storing therein recording media according to the unit of customer'"'"'s order and a delivering controlling unit operable to obtain ID information associated with a recording medium, thereby realizing delivery of the recording medium associated with the ID information; and
a guiding device including an ID information obtaining section for obtaining the ID information from a customer, an information outputting section for outputting information and a guiding controlling unit for controlling said ID information obtaining section and said information outputting section; and
wherein said guiding controlling unit includes;
information sharing means for referring to the recording media stored in the plurality of storage units of a respective delivering device and to ID information associated with the recording media via a communicating means;
a specifying section for specifying one of the plurality of delivering devices which stores the recording medium associated with said ID information, based upon information from said information sharing means, when said ID information obtaining section has obtained the ID information;
a specifying information producing section for producing specifying information for specifying the respective delivering device specified by said specifying section; and
an outputting section for outputting said specifying information to said information outputting section.
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Abstract
A delivery system has a plurality of delivering devices, each of which includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage spaces for storing therein recording media according to the unit of customer'"'"'s order and a delivering controlling unit operable to obtain ID information associated with the recording medium, thereby realizing delivery of the recording medium associated with the ID information, a guiding device including an ID information obtaining section for obtaining the ID information from a customer, and an information outputting section for outputting information and a guiding controlling unit for controlling said information obtaining section and the information outputting section. The guiding controlling unit includes an information sharing means for referring to the recording media stored in the plurality of storage units of the delivering device and to ID information associated with the recording media via a communicating device, a specifying section for specifying one of the delivering devices which stores the recording medium associated with the ID information, based upon information from the information sharing section, when the ID information obtaining section has obtained the ID information, a specifying information producing section for producing specifying information for specifying the delivering device specified by the specifying section, and an outputting section for outputting the specifying information to the information outputting device.
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11 Claims
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1. A delivery system comprising:
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a plurality of delivering devices, each of which includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage spaces for storing therein recording media according to the unit of customer'"'"'s order and a delivering controlling unit operable to obtain ID information associated with a recording medium, thereby realizing delivery of the recording medium associated with the ID information; and a guiding device including an ID information obtaining section for obtaining the ID information from a customer, an information outputting section for outputting information and a guiding controlling unit for controlling said ID information obtaining section and said information outputting section; and wherein said guiding controlling unit includes; information sharing means for referring to the recording media stored in the plurality of storage units of a respective delivering device and to ID information associated with the recording media via a communicating means; a specifying section for specifying one of the plurality of delivering devices which stores the recording medium associated with said ID information, based upon information from said information sharing means, when said ID information obtaining section has obtained the ID information; a specifying information producing section for producing specifying information for specifying the respective delivering device specified by said specifying section; and an outputting section for outputting said specifying information to said information outputting section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A delivery system comprising:
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a plurality of delivering devices each of which includes a storage unit having a plurality of storing spaces for storing recording media according to customer'"'"'s order unit, an ID information obtaining section for obtaining the ID information from a customer, and an information outputting section for outputting information and a delivering controlling unit for obtaining ID information associated with a recording medium, thus realizing delivery of the recording medium associated with the ID information, said delivering controlling unit includes; information sharing means for referring to the recording medium stored in the plurality of storage units of a respective delivering device and to ID information associated with the recording medium; a determining section which, when said ID information obtaining section of one of the plurality of delivering devices has obtained the ID information, allows delivery of the recording medium if the recording medium associated with the ID information is stored in the storage unit of said delivering device which has obtained the ID information and determines presence/absence of a delivering device that stores the recording medium associated with the ID information based on information from said information sharing means, if the recording medium associated with the ID information is not stored in the storage unit of said delivering device which has obtained the ID information; and outputting section for outputting result of the determination by said determining section to the information outputting section of said delivering device which has obtained the ID information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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