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Video cassette rental system and method and record playback counter therefor

  • US 5,050,031 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1990
  • Issued: 09/17/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A video record rental system, said system comprising in combination, a plurality of computer rental terminals each located at a separate rental site, a central computer, a data transmission link between each of said rental terminals and said central computer a plurality of computer terminals, each located on the premises of an entity entitled to share in the proceeds of renting a number of records, data links connecting said central computer with each of the latter computer terminals, and means enabling the recording of rental transactions at the rental terminals, including the number of plays of each record rented, and for transmitting said rental data to said central computer, means for enabling said central computer to compile rental data from the rental terminals into a report and transmit the report to the appropriate one of said entities.

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