System and method for managing vending inventory

A method for managing vending inventory of vendible media products, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a vending module containing a plurality of vendible media products;
• reading an inventory descriptor, wherein the inventory descriptor identifies the vendible media products;
• identifying storage locations corresponding to the vendible media products wherein the storage locations are storage bins storing a plurality of entertainment media;
• conveying the vendible media products to the storage location;
• generating an inventory descriptor corresponding to the plurality of vendible media products, wherein the plurality of vendible media products comprises a first and a second vendible media product stored in first and second locations, respectively;
• generating a first signal to dispense the first vendible media product from the first location;
• generating a second signal to dispense the second vendible media product from the second location;
• and,
• securing the plurality of vendible media products in a vending delivery module.

A method for managing vending inventory of digital video discs, comprising the steps of:

• storing a plurality of digital video discs in a plurality of storage compartments, wherein each of the plurality of storage compartments stores a type of digital video disc;
• generating an inventory descriptor, wherein the inventory descriptor identifies a set of digital video discs, wherein the set of digital video discs comprises a plurality of types of digital video discs;
• scanning the inventory descriptor;
• causing a conveyor belt to convey the set of digital video discs from the plurality of storage compartments to a vending module;
• securing the set of digital video discs in the vending module;
• and
• locking the vending module.