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Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product

  • US 9,646,451 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2004
  • Issued: 05/09/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of dispensing disc-based media from an automated machine for rent or purchase by a customer:

  • selecting the disc-based media;

    retrieving the disc-based media utilizing a retrieval mechanism;

    reading an identification tag on the disc-based media;

    verifying that the retrieved disc-based media is the disc-based media that was selected prior to dispensing the disc-based media;

    dispensing the disc-based media to a port for retrieval by the customer; and

    upon dispensing, making an entry for tracking inventory in a digital memory, the entry utilizing identification information for the disc-based media read from the identification tag.

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