System and method for remotely buying, renting, and/or selling media discs
US8095236B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/16
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A kiosk or machine for buying media discs includes a dispense/receive system for dispensing the media discs to consumers and receiving media discs from customers, a disc identification system for identifying the media discs, a disc transfer system for moving the media discs within the kiosk, a control system operably connected to dispense/receive system, the disc transfer system, and a user interface system. The user interface includes a buy-back indicator or prompt which can be selectively activated by the customer. In response to activation of the buy-back indicator, the controller activates the dispense/receive system to receive a media disc for buy-back, activates the disc transfer system to move the media disc to the disc identification system, activates the disc identification system to identify the media disc, determines a buy-back price for the media disc, and activates the user interface system to display the buy-back price.
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