Abstract: A system and method for verifying the age of a controlled substance purchaser are disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment include receiving biometric data corresponding to a consumer who has presented an age-restricted product for purchase at a point of sale location; generating an age verification request including the biometric data; sending the age verification request to a central computer via a data network; receiving a response message from the central computer via the data network, the response message including information for determining whether the consumer is of sufficient age to purchase the age-restricted product; and denying purchase of the age-restricted product if the consumer is determined to not be of sufficient age to purchase the age-restricted product.

Abstract: Rental data is uploaded from a plurality of rental facilities to a central data processing system: Rental rates for the rental facilities are generated by the central data processing system on the basis of the uploaded rental data. The rental rates are downloaded from the central data processing system to the rental facilities. Revenue management analysis may be employed to generate the rental rates.