Patent ID: 6726107
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method for vending roadside assistance memberships, comprising:offering a roadside assistance membership for sale at retail vendor, wherein the offering a roadside assistance membership comprises, offering a roadside assistance membership card at the retail vendor, the roadside assistance membership card including a retail tracking code and a roadside assistance membership number; and transmitting the membership number to release the membership number for activation to indicate that the roadside assistance membership has been purchased; receiving an indication from the retail vendor that the roadside assistance membership has been purchased by a customer; separately from said step of receiving the indication from the retail vendor, receiving an identifier associated with the purchased roadside assistance membership service from the customer; and in response to receiving the indication from the retail vendor and separately receiving said identifier from the customer, activating the roadside assistance membership for the customer.