Patent ID: 7613631
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A process comprising: receiving, by a controller, a request by a customer to establish a subscription; receiving, by the controller, information that identifies a product; identifying, by the controller, at least one supermarket offering the product; establishing, by the controller, terms of a subscription for the product, in which the subscription is valid at the at least one supermarket, in which the terms include information identifying: receiving, by the controller and from the customer at a point of sale, an identifier that identifies the subscription; receiving, by the controller and from the customer at the point of sale, an indication of the product; determining, by the controller, whether the customer is complying with the frequency of the subscription; and authorizing, by the controller, the customer to purchase the product at the subscription price if the customer is redeeming the product in accordance with the frequency.