Patent ID: 7765164

Claim:
A method for offering a subscription to a periodical publication via a biometric authorization system, the method comprising: receiving, at a point-of-sale, a request for purchase of one or more periodical publications; retrieving, from a subscription offer database accessible via the biometric authorization system, subscription offer information for one or more periodical publications based on identifying information included in said received request; offering the user, at said point-of-sale, a subscription to one or more of said periodical publications based on said retrieved subscription offer information, said offer including one or more subscription terms; receiving, via a biometric input device, user biometric data; comparing, via a processor, said received biometric data to biometric data stored in association with a user record, wherein acceptance of said subscription offer is based at least in part on a successful matching of said biometric data in said comparison; retrieving, via the processor, user information from said user record; and automatically communicating, via the processor, said user information to a subscription fulfillment entity for processing of one or more subscriptions by said user to said periodical publications, thereby enabling said subscription to be processed without said user providing said retrieved user information at said point-of-sale.