Patent ID: 9558316
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. A method for vending a plurality of different titles of digital video discs (DVDs) from a DVD vending machine having a DVD storage unit, and a controller, the plurality of different titles of DVDs stored within the DVD storage unit, comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a user to complete a rental transaction for a first DVD; determining whether a discount offer notification is pending for at least one of the titles of DVDs by querying a database comprising vending inventory data including a total number of each of the plurality of different titles of DVDs within the DVD storage unit; if the discount offer notification is pending for a first title of the plurality of titles of DVDs, determining a first total number of DVDs of the first title within the DVD storage unit and determining whether the first total number exceeds a predetermined threshold which is greater than 1; if the first total number exceeds the predetermined threshold, designating an exceeded number of the first total number to be vended at a discount price, wherein the exceeded number is the first total number reduced by the predetermined threshold; generating a communication for display on a user interface which is structured to communicate an offer for the first title of DVDs at the-discount price; receiving a second user input command to vend the first title of the plurality of titles of DVDs at the discount price; under control of the controller, vending the one DVD; and, repeating at least the previous three steps until the first total number no longer exceeds the predetermined threshold.