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CA 1281816
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A computer controlled rental and sales system and method for a supermarket and the like allows a customer to purchase or rent items from a locked cabinet without the intervention of store personnel. The authorized customer first inputs a membership card and a secret number. If these are correct, the system un- locks the locked cabinets, whereby the customer is allowed to examine all of the contents in the unlocked cabinet at his or her leisure. The computer continously monitors the removal of all items from the unlocked cabinet. The customer reads in identifying information from each of the selected items. The computer prevents the cabinet from being relocked unless the number of items that have been removed equal the number of items that have been read in by the customer. When the number of items equal, the doors of the cabinet are relocked, and the cus- tomer is provided with a customer slip indicating the items that have been selected. The system and method can be utilized in a sale or rental context. In the rental context, return of rental items can be performed in parallel with rental of items. High security is achieved without employee monitoring since the customer is held responsible for all items removed during the time that the cab- inet is unlocked.
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de Prins Maurits Leon
Swabey Ogilvy Renault
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