System and kiosk for commerce of optical media through multiple locations
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06Q-020/00
G06Q-010/00
G06Q-030/00
G05B-015/02
G05B-019/18
G06K-005/00
G06F-007/08
G06K-015/00
G07F-007/00
출원번호
UP-0584981
(2006-10-23)
등록번호
US-7774233
(2010-08-30)
발명자
/ 주소
Barber, William H.
Tomasi, Philip J.
출원인 / 주소
NCR Corporation
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
37인용 특허 :
81
초록▼
A kiosk dispenses and receives recorded optical media using an interconnected central server, through an Internet Service Provider. The central server has databases and processing capabilities and is connected to a credit verification system. The databases collect inventory administration informatio
A kiosk dispenses and receives recorded optical media using an interconnected central server, through an Internet Service Provider. The central server has databases and processing capabilities and is connected to a credit verification system. The databases collect inventory administration information and customer data (e.g., credit card information and email addresses) from the kiosks. The central server initiates credit verification, sends receipts to customers via email and maintains databases for remote inventory-control and administration of the kiosk network. A kiosk may identify a recorded disk for automated restocking and perform quality assessment of a recorded disk. The kiosk may provide publishing-on-demand or act as a portal for remotely served advertisements. The kiosk preferably includes a rotatable carousel with a selection of DVDs. A digital camera captures a digital image of a disk barcode and internal software rotates the image to “read” the barcode, to control inventory and access issues.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A kiosk for coordinated operation within a system for distributing optical recorded media to users at a plurality of locations, a central server controlling the system, the kiosk comprising: a housing, and a rotatable carousel within the housing, for storing an array of optic
What is claimed is: 1. A kiosk for coordinated operation within a system for distributing optical recorded media to users at a plurality of locations, a central server controlling the system, the kiosk comprising: a housing, and a rotatable carousel within the housing, for storing an array of optical media; a user interface for accepting user inputs, including a selected optical medium from the array of optical media, and for displaying information; a reader for scanning user authorization information; a processor controlling the kiosk in communication with the central server; an input/output mechanism for dispensing and receiving one of the array of optical media through a slot in the mechanism, the carousel rotating in response to commands by the processor to align the selected optical media with the slot and the input/output mechanism dispensing the selected optical media when the central server communicates, to the kiosk, acceptance of the authorization information, wherein the carousel comprises a set of spokes and concentric rings, the concentric rings being separated from one another and connected to one another by the spokes, a first of the concentric rings including a series of outer extruded slots facing a series of inner extruded slots on a second of the concentric rings, each of the array of optical media held between opposing inner and outer extruded slots and adjacent to the spokes. 2. A kiosk of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen. 3. A kiosk of claim 1, wherein the array of optical media comprises an array of DVDs. 4. A kiosk of claim 1, wherein the reader comprises a mag-stripe reader for capturing at least one of a credit, debit, or club card number. 5. A kiosk of claim 1, further comprising a hub forming a center of the carousel, the hub coupling with the spokes. 6. A kiosk of claim 1, the carousel constructed and arranged to hold approximately 102 optical recorded media. 7. A kiosk of claim 1, further comprising internal memory for storing selected information redundant to the central server. 8. A kiosk of claim 1, the input/output mechanism and processor cooperating to accept data from returned optical media to the kiosk, for storage within the carousel. 9. A kiosk of claim 8, further comprising a digital camera for capturing a digital image of the returned optical media. 10. A kiosk of claim 9, the processor electronically scanning the image to decode one or more bar codes on the returned optical media. 11. A kiosk of claim 10, the processor rotating the image if the processor fails to decode the bar codes, the processor scanning the rotated image to decode the one or more bar codes of the returned optical media. 12. A kiosk of claim 8, further comprising a first case sensor light and a first case sensor proximate a user-accessible door in the housing, the first case sensor light illuminating light through a case containing the returned optical media, the processor determining whether the case may be accepted within the input/output mechanism based on signals from the first case sensor, the input/output mechanism being between the user-accessible door and the inner and outer extruded slots of the carousel. 13. A kiosk of claim 12, further comprising a second case sensor light and a second case sensor proximate a user-accessible door in the housing, the second case sensor light illuminating light to the case, the processor determining whether the case may be accepted within the input/output mechanism based on signals from the first and second case sensors, the input/output mechanism being between the user-accessible door and the inner and outer extruded slots of the carousel. 14. A kiosk of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises one or more weld joints forming an enclosure about the carousel and with the user interface and input/output mechanism. 15. A kiosk of claim 1, further comprising one or more recorded optical media within the carousel. 16. A kiosk of claim 1, further comprising a first motor for rotating the carousel and a second motor connected to one or more cams for opening and closing a door to the input/output mechanism, the first and second motors being responsive to controls by one or both of the processor and central server. 17. A kiosk of claim 1, further comprising a case presence sensor for detecting whether a case is within a slot of the carousel. 18. A kiosk of claim 1, the input/output mechanism comprising a feedback sensor and an eject arm, the feedback sensor sensing position of the eject arm for dispensing or retrieving optical media through the slot in the mechanism. 19. A kiosk of claim 1, wherein optical media secured within the kiosk is accessible only through the slot in the mechanism. 20. The kiosk of claim 1, wherein the inner extruded slots and the outer extruded slots face each other in a longitudinal direction of the spokes.
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