System and method for vending vendible media products

1 . A method for vending vendible media products, comprising the steps of:

receiving a first user input command;

determining whether a discount offer notification is pending;

generating a communication for display on a user interface which is structured to communicate an offer for at least one of the vendible media products at a discount price; and, receiving a second user input command to vend the vendible media product at the discount price.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user input command is a command to complete a vending transaction.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user input command is for returning at least one of the vendible media products.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

transmitting a request for communication via a transaction network to a remotely located command center, wherein the discount offer notification is received via the transaction network from the command center.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the discount offer notification is based on a quantity of vendible media products in a vending inventory.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the discount offer notification is generated by querying a database comprising a sales quantity for the vendible media products.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the discount offer notification is based on a genre of a previously delivered vendible media product.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the vendible media product is a digital video disc for at least one of rent and/or purchase.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

determining whether the vendible media product has been previously vended to a user, from which the first user input command was received.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the discount price is determined by querying a database comprising a sales quantity for the vendible media product.

11 . A system for vending vendible media products, comprising:

a first user interface screen for receiving a first user input command;

a vending controller for determining whether a discount offer notification is pending;

a second user interface screen for offering a vending product at a discount price, wherein the vending controller receives via the second user interface screen, a second user input command to vend the vendible media product at the discount price.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the first user input command is for at least one of completing a vending transaction and/or returning a vending product.

13 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising:

a transaction network, wherein the vending controller is in communication with the transaction network; and,

a central controller remotely located from the vending controller and in communication with the transaction network, wherein the central controller transmits the discount offer notification to the vending controller.

14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the discount offer notification is based on a quantity of vendible media products in a vending inventory.

15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the discount offer notification is generated by querying a database comprising a sales quantity for the vendible media product.

16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the vending controller determines whether the vending product has been previously vended to a user from which the first user input command is received.

17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the discount sales price is determined by querying a database comprising a sales quantity for the vendible media product.

18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the discount sales notification is generated by querying a database comprising a genre of a previously delivered vendible media product.

19 . A method for vending digital video discs, comprising the steps of:

receiving a request from a user to complete a rental transaction for a first digital video disc;

querying a database comprising vending inventory data to determine whether a quantity of a set of second digital video discs in a vending inventory exceeds a predetermined threshold;

presenting a discount offer notification to the user to rent one of the set of second digital video discs, upon a determination that the quantity of the set of second digital video discs exceeds the predetermined threshold;

receiving a second request from the user to rent the one of the set of second digital video discs at a discount price; and,

generating a signal to vend the one of the set of second digital video discs to the user.