System and method for offering in-lane periodical subscriptions
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1. A method for offering a subscription to a periodical publication via a biometric authorization system, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a point-of-sale, a request for purchase of one or more periodical publications;
retrieving, from a subscription offer database accessible via the biometric authorization system, subscription offer information for one or more periodical publications based on identifying information included in said received request;
offering the user, at said point-of-sale, a subscription to one or more of said periodical publications based on said retrieved subscription offer information, said offer including one or more subscription terms;
receiving, via a biometric input device, user biometric data;
comparing, via a processor, said received biometric data to biometric data stored in association with a user record, wherein acceptance of said subscription offer is based at least in part on a successful matching of said biometric data in said comparison;
retrieving, via the processor, user information from said user record; and
automatically communicating, via the processor, said user information to a subscription fulfillment entity for processing of one or more subscriptions by said user to said periodical publications, thereby enabling said subscription to be processed without said user providing said retrieved user information at said point-of-sale.
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Abstract
A system and method of offering subscriptions to periodical publications or other products and services at a point of sale using subscription enabling information stored in a database. The present invention imparts a process by which users enrolled in a biometric authorization system may accept subscription offers at a point of sale by submitting their biometric data. Subscription information stored in the user record may then be utilized to enable the fulfillment of the subscription offer.
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1. A method for offering a subscription to a periodical publication via a biometric authorization system, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a point-of-sale, a request for purchase of one or more periodical publications; retrieving, from a subscription offer database accessible via the biometric authorization system, subscription offer information for one or more periodical publications based on identifying information included in said received request; offering the user, at said point-of-sale, a subscription to one or more of said periodical publications based on said retrieved subscription offer information, said offer including one or more subscription terms; receiving, via a biometric input device, user biometric data; comparing, via a processor, said received biometric data to biometric data stored in association with a user record, wherein acceptance of said subscription offer is based at least in part on a successful matching of said biometric data in said comparison; retrieving, via the processor, user information from said user record; and automatically communicating, via the processor, said user information to a subscription fulfillment entity for processing of one or more subscriptions by said user to said periodical publications, thereby enabling said subscription to be processed without said user providing said retrieved user information at said point-of-sale. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for subscribing to a periodical publication on behalf of a third party by a user enrolled in a biometric authorization system, the method comprising:
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presenting, to the user enrolled in the biometric authorization system, an offer of a subscription to a periodical publication, said offer including an indication of a subscription term associated with said periodical publication, wherein the periodical publication is indicated at a point of sale by said user; receiving, by a processor, an indication of acceptance of said offer as a gift for a third party, said indication including at least the submission of biometric data via a biometric input device from said user and identifying information of said third party; and receiving, by the processor, information for third party enablement of said subscription. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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