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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Robert G. Capurso, Bergen, NY (US);
Stanley W. Stephenson, Spencerport, NY (US);
James M. Papa, Rochester, NY (US);
Gary M. Spinelli, Hilton, NY (US);
Robert G. Capurso, Bergen, NY (US);
Stanley W. Stephenson, Spencerport, NY (US);
James M. Papa, Rochester, NY (US);
Gary M. Spinelli, Hilton, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A docking station for reading and writing an electronically writable return reminder tag located on a surface of a rental item, the rental item or the return reminder tag having locating features and the return reminder tag including an electronically writable bistable display, a machine readable code identifying the rental item, and a plurality of conductive pads located on the front side of the tag for writing to the display, includes a body defining complementary locating features for locating the rental item bearing the return reminder tag with respect to the docking station; a scanner for scanning the machine readable code on the return reminder tag; and a plurality of contact pins for contacting the conductive pads of the return reminder tag.