RENTAL NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating a rental transaction of a tangible item, the method comprising:
- communicating a lessee pickup code from a lessee to a lessor upon exchanging the tangible item between the lessor and the lessee;
electronically transmitting the lessee pickup code from the lessor to the central controller;
initiating a rental period upon verifying, by the central controller, the lessee pickup code;
communicating a return code from the lessor to the lessee upon return of the tangible item to the lessor; and
electronically transmitting the return code from the lessee to the central controller.
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Abstract
A system and method of facilitating a rental transaction of a tangible item is provided. Initially, a lessee pickup code is communicated from a borrowing party to an owning party upon exchanging the tangible item between the owning party and the borrowing party. The owning party subsequently transmits the lessee pickup code to a central controller. A rental period for the exchanged tangible item begins upon verifying, by the central controller, that the lessee pickup code sent by the owning party is the lessee pickup code originally provided to the borrowing party. When the tangible item is returned to the owning party, the owning party communicates a return code to the borrowing party. The return code is transmitted by the borrowing party to the central controller. The central controller verifies that the return code is the return code originally provided to the owning party.
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73 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating a rental transaction of a tangible item, the method comprising:
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communicating a lessee pickup code from a lessee to a lessor upon exchanging the tangible item between the lessor and the lessee; electronically transmitting the lessee pickup code from the lessor to the central controller; initiating a rental period upon verifying, by the central controller, the lessee pickup code; communicating a return code from the lessor to the lessee upon return of the tangible item to the lessor; and electronically transmitting the return code from the lessee to the central controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of facilitating the rental of at least one tangible item, the at least one tangible item being transferred between a lessee and a lessor, the method comprising:
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electronically transmitting a lessee pickup code to the lessee; electronically transmitting a plurality of return codes to lessor; verifying submission of the lessee pickup code by the lessor upon receiving the lessee pickup code from the lessor, the lessee communicating the lessee pickup code to the lessor upon obtaining possession of the at least one tangible item; and verifying submission of a return code by the lessee upon receiving the return code from the lessee, the lessor communicating the return code to the lessee upon return of the at least one tangible item, wherein the lessor selects the return code from the plurality of return codes. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for facilitating the exchange of at least one tangible item, the at least one tangible item being exchanged between a lessor and a lessee, the system comprising:
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a first interface configurable to electronically transmit a lessee pickup code to the lessee; a second interface configurable to electronically transmit a return code to the lessor; a first verifying processor configurable to verify submission of the lessee pickup code by the lessor upon receiving the lessee pickup code from the lessor, the lessee communicating the lessee pickup code to the lessor upon obtaining possession of the at least one tangible item; and a second verifying processor configurable to verify submission of the return code by the lessee upon receiving the return code from the lessee, the lessor communicating the return code to the lessee upon return of the at least one tangible item. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A tangible computer readable medium storing a program executable to facilitate the exchange of at least one tangible item, the at least one tangible item being exchanged between a lessor and a lessee, the medium comprising:
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a first transmission code executable to electronically transmit a lessee pickup code to the lessee; a second transmission code executable to electronically transmit a plurality of return codes to the lessor; a first receiving code executable to receive the lessee pickup code from the lessor, the lessee communicating the lessee pickup code to the lessor upon obtaining possession of the at least one tangible item; a first verifying code executable to verify submission of the lessee pickup code by the lessor; a second receiving code executable to receive the return code from the lessee, the lessor communicating the return code to the lessee upon return of the at least one tangible item; and a second verifying code executable to verify submission of the return code by the lessee.
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49. A method of mitigating risk in a business transaction, the method comprising:
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electronically communicating an initiating code to a first party; electronically communicating a terminating code to a second party; verifying submission of the initiating code by the second party upon receiving the initiating code from the first party, the first party communicating the initiating code to the second party upon an occurrence of a first event; and verifying submission of the terminating code by the first party upon receiving the terminating code from the second party, the second party communicating the terminating code to the first party upon occurrence of a second event. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73)
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69. A system for facilitating a business transaction between a first party and a second party, the system comprising:
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a first interface configurable to electronically communicate an initiating code to the first party; a second interface configurable to electronically communicate a terminating code to the second party; a first verifying processor configurable to verify submission of the initiating code by the second party upon receiving the initiating code from the second party, the first party communicating the initiating code to the second party upon an occurrence of a first event; and a second verifying processor configurable to verify submission of the terminating code by the first party upon receiving the terminating code from the first party, the second party communicating the terminating code to the first party upon an occurrence of second event. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72)
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