Patent ID: 7168087

Claim:
A method to distribute information, comprising: storing markup language content in a plurality of directories, within a local directory structure in a central server, corresponding to a plurality of in-store kiosks, wherein the markup language content includes promotional information for sales of limited durations on store-specific products that are sold in different stores, where the plurality of in-store kiosks are located; downloading the markup language content and configuration data via a network from the plurality of directories in the local directory structure of the central server into the corresponding plurality of in-store kiosks, wherein each of the plurality of in-store kiosks has an active screen display, a card swipe to receive information off a membership club card of end users, and is located in a different store; retrieving, from a replaceable storage memory in each of the plurality of in-store kiosks, video content related to the store-specific products; integrating the markup language content with the video content within each of the plurality of in-store kiosks by using a video manager to form dynamic advertising and changeable promotional information content for the sales of limited durations on the store specific products dedicated to some vendors that are sold in the different stores; and displaying the dynamic advertising and changeable promotional information content for the sales of limited durations on the store-specific products, on the active screen in each of the plurality of in-store kiosks, to promote the store-specific products dedicated to the particular vendors that are sold in the different stores and to move stagnant inventories within the different stores where each of the plurality of in-store kiosks is correspondingly located.