Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product
System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a port to the user. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the port in a return process.
1. A method of servicing multiple users of a disc-based media system, the method comprising:
a first user selecting a first disc-based media at the disc-based media system;
a second user selecting a second-disc based media at the disc-based media system at the same time as the first user selected the first disc-based media;
determining an order in which to service the first and second users; retrieving the first and second disc-based media based on the order; and
dispensing the first disc-based media to the first user and the second disc-based media to the second user.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first disc-based media and the second disc-based media are DVDs.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the first disc-based media and the second disc-based media have the same title.
4. A method of servicing multiple users of a disc-based media system, the method comprising:
receiving a first selection of a first disc-based media from a first user during a first transaction by the disc-based media system;
receiving a second selection of a second disc-based media from a second user during a second transaction and during the first transaction by the disc-based media system;
determining an order in which to service the first and second users;
retrieving the first and second disc-based media based on the order; and
dispensing the first disc-based media to the first user and the second disc-based media to the second user.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the first disc-based media and the second disc-based media are DVDs.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the first disc-based media and the second disc-based media have the same title.
7. A method of servicing multiple users of a disc-based media system, the method comprising:
performing a first transaction involving a first disc-based media selected by a first user by the disc-based media system;
performing a second transaction involving a second disc-based media selected by a second user by the disc-based media system during the first transaction;
determining an order in which to service the first and second users;
retrieving the first and second disc-based media based on the order; and
dispensing the first disc-based media to the first user and the second disc-based media to the second user.
8. A method of servicing multiple users of a disc-based media system, the method comprising:
receiving a first selection of a first disc-based media from a first user by the disc-based media system;
receiving a second selection of a second disc-based media from a second user at the same time as the first selection by the disc-based media system;
determining an order in which to service the first and second users;
retrieving the first and second disc-based media based on the order; and
dispensing the first disc-based media to the first user and the second disc-based media to the second user.