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What is Automated Vending Machine

Chapter 53
Handbook of Research in Mobile Business, Second Edition: Technical, Methodological and Social Perspectives
Automated vending machines are outfitted with an IrDA, Bluetooth or RFID, a kind of direct communication device that is capable of transferring the transaction details to the customer.
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Secure Payment in Mobile Business: A Case Study
Chitra Subramanian (Independent Researcher, Australia)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 6
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-156-8.ch053
Abstract
Mobile commerce offers consumers the convenience and flexibility of mobile services anytime and at any place. Secured and private mobile business processes using a mobile gadget for payments are essential for the success of mobile commerce. Mobile payment is the process of two parties exchanging financial value using a mobile device in return for goods and services. This chapter is an analysis of the secure mobile payment services for real automated point of sale (PoS), which are frequently used in terminals such as vending machines.
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