| 摘要 |
A system and method for selling a rental media product having entertainment content therein via an automated vending machine are provided, The method receives a request from a user, the request identifying the rental media product, retrieves, from a database, product rental information relating to the rental media product, wherein the product rental information comprises a product release date* a last, maximum out-of-rent value, a sold-out date value, and a current on-hand count, determines whether the product rental, information satisfies a set of sales decision criteria, wherein the set of sales decision criteria includes a product, release date threshold, a last maximum ont-of-rent value threshold, a sold-out date requirement, and a current on-hand count threshold. The method further provides an offer to sell the rental media product if the plurality of sales decision criteria is satisfied, and vends the rental product from a vending apparatus to the user if the user accepts the offer for sale. |
