Abstract: A power supply system includes a vehicle equipped with a battery, a power supply device, and a control device that controls power supply from the power supply device to the vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine and a motor that receives the power supplied from the battery to generate traveling drive force. When the power supply by the power supply device is requested from the vehicle, the control device (a) acquires a remaining amount of fuel for the engine from the vehicle, (b) outputs an instruction to urge the vehicle to shorten a charging time when the remaining amount of fuel is larger than a reference value, and (c) sets at least one of a unit price for charging power or a unit price for fuel lower when a response to accept the instruction is received from the vehicle compared with when the instruction is not accepted.

Abstract: The invention makes it possible to draw lots for a present in real time in association with a broadcast program. A broadcasting station broadcasts information relating to lot for a present that is associated with a broadcast program by superimposing it on a video signal in vertical blanking intervals. The lot information is decoded by a decoder and viewed by a viewer on a TV receiver. When the viewer commands the decoder to enter the lot for the present, the decoder accesses a present call center and an automatic lots-drawing system draws lots. A drawing result is transmitted to the broadcasting station and announced during the broadcast of the program. A sponsor sends the present product to winner viewers based on winner data.

Abstract: In a merchandise order receiving system, an order controlling server receives an order of a merchandise from a user terminal; a charging and settlement server performs the charging and the settlement of the merchandise; an order receiving server receives an order of the delivery of a merchandise; a print-out apparatus prints image data from an image storing server to generate printed material such a as hologram or holographic stereogram; and a merchandise assembling apparatus generates an assembled merchandise by incorporating the printed matter in the merchandise and supplies the assembled merchandise to a shipping terminal.

Abstract: In a merchandise order receiving system, an order controlling server receives an order of a merchandise by a user terminal; a charging and settlement server performs the charging and the settlement of the merchandise; an order receiving server receives an order of the delivery of a merchandise; a print out apparatus prints image data from an image storing server to generate printed material such a hologram or holographic stereogram; a merchandise assembling apparatus generates an assembled merchandise by incorporating the printed matter in the merchandise to supply the assembled merchandise to a shipping terminal.

Abstract: A control system, for example, for a television receiver comprised of a monitor and a tuner has a plurality of sources of control commands, such as, remote control command receivers associated with the television monitor and tuner, respectively, and a manual control device or keyboard associated with the monitor, a plurality of input terminals connected to the control command sources, respectively, through independent paths and each of which is assigned a predetermined priority in relation to the other input terminals, and a controller for selecting one of the control commands in the order of the predetermined priorities assigned thereto when such control commands are simultaneously received at the respective input terminals, and for producing a control signal for the monitor and/or tuner in correspondence with the selected control command.