Patent ID: 6931406

Claim:
A method of distributing promotional materials, comprising: assembling a plurality of promotional materials into a plurality of distinct and different distribution packs, each of the distribution packs associated with a different one of a plurality of commercial sales outlets, wherein the plurality of promotional materials associated with each distribution pack is selected according to criteria related to a particular commercial sales outlet, the criteria including demographic information associated with the particular commercial sales outlet; distributing the plurality of distribution packs to the commercial sales outlets; and at each of the plurality of commercial sales outlets; receiving the distribution packs; disassembling the received distribution packs to obtain copies of the plurality of promotional materials; and distributing certain of the promotional material copies to a node on a private network in the particular commercial sales outlet, the node being capable of communicating the certain of the promotional material copies to a consumer, the certain of the promotional material copies being selected responsive to requests received from the consumer.