Patent ID: 8190291

Claim:
An apparatus for conducting a sales transaction for a regulated product comprising: a processor; a non-volatile storage medium, the non-volatile storage medium containing a set of processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor configure the apparatus to: provide a consumer interface configured to receive identification information from a consumer; prompt the consumer to select a regulated product; use the identification information and at least one product data derived from the regulated product to determine that the sales transaction complies with an applicable regulation governing the sale of the regulated product: deliver the product to the consumer: wherein the regulated product comprises a medication containing an ingredient subject to regulation, the ingredient comprising pseudoephedrine, ephedrine. Or phenylpropanolamine; and wherein the configuration to determinate is a configuration based on the consumer's purchases over a time period established by the regulations of regulated products selected from the group of the same medication, substantially similar medications, or medications containing the same regulated ingredient as that contained in the product the consumer desires to purchase.