Method and apparatus for selling subscriptions to periodicals in a retail environment
US5926796A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 5, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07G1/12
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system comprises a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a POS controller, a retail subscription system. The POS terminal allows a cashier to enter subscription sales data into the POS controller. The POS controller maintains databases on available subscriptions and produces databases containing data relating to subscriptions sold to customers. The retail subscription system verifies the subscriptions by reference to its own databases and transmits the subscriptions to a fulfillment house for distribution.
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