System and method for managing vending inventory

1. 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; and

opening the vending module; and,

conveying the vendible media products to the storage locations.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein, the step of opening comprises automatically unlocking the vending module.

3. 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.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the locations are storage bins storing a plurality of digital video discs.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising the step of conveying the vendible media products to a vending delivery module via a conveyor belt.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein each of the vendible media products is a digital video disc.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein the inventory descriptor corresponds to a delivery route.

8. The method of claim 3 , further comprising the step of:

generating a signal to cause a conveyor belt to convey the vendible media products to the storage locations.

9. The method of claim 3 , wherein the vending delivery module is secured upon receipt of the vending module, further comprising the steps of: opening a security provision of the vending delivery module; and, removing the vendible media products from the vending delivery module.

10. 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.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the inventory descriptor corresponds to a delivery route.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein each of the vendible media products are digital video discs.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the inventory descriptor is at least one of a bar code, an infrared symbol, an ultraviolet symbol and/or a radio frequency tag.