Patent ID: 7881980
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a customer in a retail store to purchase digital assets, comprising: displaying on a terminal located within the retail store a user interface that enables the customer to select a digital asset for purchase; receiving at the terminal 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 a fulfillment system an order message, wherein the order message includes information identifying the digital asset; receiving an order response from the fulfillment system, wherein the order response includes an order confirmation code; providing the order confirmation code to the customer; after providing the order confirmation code to the customer, receiving one or more messages transmitted 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 in response to receiving the messages, transmitting to a device located outside of the store the digital asset.