Apparatus and method for providing and/or for fulfilling subscription services
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing subscription services, comprising:
- a processor for processing a request to receive at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, pursuant to a subscription, wherein said request includes information concerning an existing subscription, wherein said processor processes said request and determines at least one of the status of the subscription, a number of at least one of issues, goods, and services, yet to be fulfilled pursuant to said subscription, and further wherein said processor generates a response which contains one of an authorization to provide said at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, and a denial to provide said at least one of an issue, a good, and a service; and
a transmitter for transmitting said response to a point-of-transaction device.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing subscription services, including a processor, for processing a request to receive at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, pursuant to a subscription, wherein the request includes information concerning an existing subscription, wherein the processor processes the request and determines at least one of the status of the subscription, a number of the at least one of issues, goods, and services, yet to be fulfilled pursuant to the subscription, and further wherein the processor generates a response which contains one of an authorization to provide the at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, and a denial to provide the at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, and a transmitter for transmitting the response to a point-of-transaction device.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing subscription services, comprising:
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a processor for processing a request to receive at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, pursuant to a subscription, wherein said request includes information concerning an existing subscription, wherein said processor processes said request and determines at least one of the status of the subscription, a number of at least one of issues, goods, and services, yet to be fulfilled pursuant to said subscription, and further wherein said processor generates a response which contains one of an authorization to provide said at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, and a denial to provide said at least one of an issue, a good, and a service; and
a transmitter for transmitting said response to a point-of-transaction device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for providing subscription information, comprising:
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a memory device for storing subscription information;
a processor for processing a request for a subscription, wherein said processor processes said request for a subscription in conjunction with said subscription information, wherein said request contains a request to receive a pre-defined number of at least one of issues, goods, and services, over a pre-specified time period, wherein said pre-specified time period exceeds the normal time period for receiving all of said pre-defined number of said at least one of issues, goods, and services, and further wherein said processor generates a subscription record containing at least one of subscription information and a subscription price; and
at least one of an output device for outputting information contained in said subscription record, a display device for displaying information contained in said subscription record, and a transmitter for transmitting information contained in said subscription record to a communication device associated with an individual. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing subscription services, comprising:
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processing a request to receive at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, pursuant to a subscription, wherein said request includes information concerning an existing subscription;
determining at least one of the status of said subscription, and a number of at least one of issues, goods, and services, yet to be fulfilled pursuant to said subscription;
generating a response which contains at least one of an authorization to provide said at least one of an issue, a good, and a service, and a denial to provide said at least one of an issue, a good, and a service; and
transmitting said response to a point-of-transaction device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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