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 dispensing disc-based media, the method comprising:
selecting a disc-based media;
selecting a format for the disc-based media; and
generating the disc-based media in the selected format.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising determining if the selected disc-based media is available at the time of the selection.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a format includes selecting one of a DVD and a CD.