Flexible magazine management service
AssigneeTime Inc.
InventorsMilton Block, Steven Sachs
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Abstract
A method for managing a magazine subscription management service is disclosed. A magazine package is associated with a consumer, wherein the package includes a price based on a number of magazines in the package. Selections for the number of magazines are received from a consumer, each selected magazine having a corresponding publication frequency including a number of issues and a period for delivery. Distribution of issues of each of the selected magazines according to the corresponding publication frequency is enabled.
Claims15
A method for managing a magazine subscription management service, comprising:
- associating a magazine package with a consumer, wherein the package includes a price based on a number of magazines in the package;
- receiving selections for the number of magazines from the consumer, each selected magazine having a corresponding publication frequency including a number of issues and a period for delivery;
- and
- enabling distribution of issues of each of the selected magazines according to the corresponding publication frequency.
A method for managing a magazine management service, comprising:
- receiving a selection for one of a plurality of magazine packages from a consumer, wherein each of the plurality of packages includes a price based on a number of magazines in the package;
- associating the selected package with the consumer;
- receiving selections for the number of magazines from the consumer, each selected magazine having a corresponding publication frequency including a number of issues and a period for delivery;
- and
- enabling distribution of issues of each of the selected magazines according to the corresponding publication frequency.
A system for managing a magazine management service, comprising:
- an associating component configure to associate a magazine package with a consumer, wherein the package includes a price based on a number of magazines in the package;
- a receiving component configured to receive selections for the number of magazines from the consumer, each selected magazine having a corresponding publication frequency including a number of issues and a period for delivery;
- and
- an enabling component configured to enable distribution of issues of each of the selected magazines according to the corresponding publication frequency.
A system for managing a magazine management service, comprising:
- means for associating a magazine package with a consumer, wherein the package includes a price based on a number of magazines in the package;
- means for receiving selections for the number of magazines from the consumer, each selected magazine having a corresponding publication frequency including a number of issues and a period for delivery;
- and
- means for enabling distribution of issues of each of the selected magazines according to the corresponding publication frequency.
A computer-readable medium including instructions for managing a magazine management service, the method comprising:
- associating a magazine package with a consumer, wherein the package includes a price based on a number of magazines in the package;
- receiving selections for the number of magazines from the consumer, each selected magazine having a corresponding publication frequency including a number of issues and a period for delivery;
- and
- enabling distribution of issues of each of the selected magazines according to the corresponding publication frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.