System and method for renting or purchasing digital media
First Claim
1. A method for providing a rented video on an optically readable medium, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for the rented video;
at a point of sale, writing video content on the optically readable medium;
at the point of sale, treating the optically readable medium with an opaquing layer, the opaquing layer designed to render the optically readable medium unreadable after a period of time; and
at the point of sale, providing the rented video on the optically readable medium to a customer.
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Abstract
A system and method for allowing a customer to rent or purchase a video on an optically readable medium is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the invention consists of a kiosk at which a customer makes a video selection and the video is written to the optically readable medium, such as a DVD, within the kiosk. By applying an opaquing layer that becomes opaque with exposure to light and/or air or due to the passage of time, the rented video becomes unreadable and the customer need not return the rented video to a video rental store. Because the video kiosk writes the video content to the DVD, the video kiosk is only limited to the number of stored blank DVDs rather than a fixed number of copies of a video as is a video rental store.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for providing a rented video on an optically readable medium, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for the rented video;
at a point of sale, writing video content on the optically readable medium;
at the point of sale, treating the optically readable medium with an opaquing layer, the opaquing layer designed to render the optically readable medium unreadable after a period of time; and
at the point of sale, providing the rented video on the optically readable medium to a customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for providing a rented video on an optically readable medium, the apparatus comprising:
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an electronic device to receive a request for the rented video;
an optically readable medium writer coupled to the electronic device, the optically readable medium writer for writing video content on the optically readable medium;
a coater coupled to receive the optically readable medium from the optically readable medium writer and to treat the optically readable medium with an opaquing layer, the opaquing layer designed to render the optically readable medium unreadable after a period of time;
a dispenser disposed to receive the optically readable medium with the opaquing layer, the dispenser providing the rented video on the optically readable medium to a customer; and
an input device for receiving information from the customer, wherein the dispenser provides the optically readable medium to the customer only upon authentication of the received information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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