Negotiated wireless peripheral systems

For use in a system comprising a vending management server and a customer-physical-access admission station that performs an admission-gate opening function and includes a wireless interface to communicate with one or more user wireless devices to include a particular user wireless device, a method of wirelessly selling admissions, the method comprising:

• wirelessly establishing a position-dependent ecommerce session with the particular user wireless device;
• engaging in a handshaking sequence that includes wirelessly receiving via the position-dependent ecommerce session from the particular user wireless device a digital customer payment for providing the admission-gate opening function;
• and
• if the digital customer payment is found to be valid in a testing, generating an admission-grant signal indicating to allow the customer to pass through an admission gate.

For use in a system comprising a vending management server and a wireless-vending station that performs a product-dispensing function and includes a wireless interface to communicate with one or more user wireless devices to include a particular user wireless device, a method of wirelessly selling products, the method comprising:

• wirelessly establishing a position-dependent ecommerce session with the particular user wireless device;
• engaging in a handshaking sequence that includes wirelessly receiving via the position-dependent ecommerce session from the particular user wireless device a digital customer payment for providing the product-dispensing function;
• and
• if the digital customer payment is found to be valid in a testing, generating a product-grant signal indicating to dispense the product to the customer.

For use in a system comprising a vending management server and a wireless-service access station that performs a service-dispensing function and includes a wireless interface to communicate with one or more user wireless devices to include a particular user wireless device, a method of wirelessly selling services, the method comprising:

• wirelessly establishing a position-dependent ecommerce session with the particular user wireless device;
• engaging in a handshaking sequence that includes wirelessly receiving via the position-dependent ecommerce session from the particular user wireless device a digital customer payment for providing the service-dispensing function;
• and
• if the digital customer payment is found to be valid in a testing, generating a service-grant signal indicating to dispense the service to the customer.