Patent ID: 8370218

Claim:
A method for enabling the provision of a product via a biometric authorization system, the method comprising: receiving, at a first authorization station, a purchase request from a user to purchase a product, wherein said purchase request includes first biometric data from said user; receiving, at said first authorization station, payment for said product, wherein said product is not provided to said user upon payment receipt; storing, at a database, purchase information in a record, wherein said purchase information comprises stored biometric data from said user and data identifying said product; receiving, at a second authorization station, a redemption request from said user to obtain said product, said redemption request comprising submission of second biometric data from said user; identifying, via said second authorization station, said user based upon said second biometric data sufficiently matching said stored biometric data; determining, at said database, said product associated with said user; and authorizing, via said second authorization station, said redemption request to obtain said product.