Patent ID: 7856508

Claim:
A method for use in a management server that controls a system that includes of a multiplicity of geographically dispersed wireless service devices that each respectively provide one or more locally vended products or services to users of wireless handheld devices, the method comprising: executing, via a particular one of the wireless service devices, in response to a wireless interaction between the management server and a particular one of the wireless handheld devices, a handshake sequence to verify that the user of the particular wireless handheld device is authorized to receive a particular locally vended product or service provided by the particular wireless service device; and in the event of an affirmative result of the handshake sequence, the management server transmitting to the particular negotiated wireless service device, an indication to provide the particular locally vended product or service to the user of the particular wireless handheld device, and wherein the particular locally vended product or service does not comprise cellular network communication services.