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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Dwain Crackel, Columbus, OH (US);
David W. Ferguson, New Albany, OH (US);
Victor A. Kean, Jr., Carroll, OH (US);
Philip Pointer, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Alan R. Wolf, Dublin, OH (US);
Dwain Crackel, Columbus, OH (US);
David W. Ferguson, New Albany, OH (US);
Victor A. Kean, Jr., Carroll, OH (US);
Philip Pointer, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Alan R. Wolf, Dublin, OH (US);
Into Great Companies, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media disc from an optical disc identification system. The system may also include a user interface system having a buy-back activator and being adapted to receive a media disc from a user, where the user interface is capable of communicating a buy-back price to the user. An optical disc identification system may include a disc holder, a light source, a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of the hub of a media disc including a native bar code, and an image processor capable of reading the native bar code from a digital image.