Patent ID: 8484087
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a customer in a retail store to purchase a digital asset, comprising: receiving at a terminal located within the retail store input from the customer indicating that the customer desires to add a digital asset to a virtual shopping cart; transmitting from the terminal to a server system an asset identifier identifying the digital asset, wherein the server system associates the asset identifier with a virtual shopping cart identifier identifying the virtual shopping cart; receiving at a terminal located within the retail store an indication that the customer is ready to purchase the contents of the virtual shopping cart; after receiving the indication, transmitting to an order system an order message, wherein the order message includes information identifying the digital asset; receiving an order response from the order system, wherein the order response includes an order confirmation code; and providing the order confirmation code to the customer, wherein the order confirmation code enables the user to obtain a copy of the digital asset by transmitting to a fulfillment server one or more messages from a device operated by the customer and located outside the store, wherein at least one of the one or more messages contains the order confirmation code, and the fulfillment server is configured such that, after receiving the messages, the fulfillment server transmits to a device located outside of the store a copy of the digital asset.