A unified food distribution ecosystem is described. In one version, it includes a food dispensing unit, a return module, a beverage dispenser, and a refrigerated vending unit, all interconnected via a centralized mobile application and cloud-based management platform. Each module shares user identity management, payment systems, and AI-driven personalization features to deliver a seamless food service experience.

An information processing system includes: an acquisition unit that acquires schedule information regarding a travel schedule of a recipient who receives a package; and a designation unit that designates, based on the schedule information, a delivery slot corresponding to a scheduled time at which the recipient arrives at a receiving location of the package among a plurality of delivery slots included in a delivery plan of a mobile body used for delivery of the package.

A method is disclosed, inter alia, performed by a first apparatus or by a component thereof. The first apparatus comprises a plurality of register compartments. The method includes receiving a shipment, in particular a letter shipment. The method includes checking whether the shipment is to be placed in a register compartment of the plurality of register compartments. The method includes accepting the shipment into a register compartment if the checking has concluded that the shipment is to be accepted into a register compartment of the plurality of register compartments and rejecting the shipment if the checking has concluded that the shipment should not be accepted into a register compartment of the plurality of register compartments. In addition, corresponding apparatuses, systems and computer programs for the respective performance and/or control of the disclosed method are disclosed.

A method of processing a financial transaction includes: acquiring, by a second terminal used by a store, first information related to a reservation of a financial transaction accepted by a first terminal; acquiring, by the second terminal, second information related to a payment for a product or service by a user who reserved the financial transaction; and performing, by the second terminal, a cash transaction based on the first information on the reservation when executing a payment process based on the second information.