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US 6,206,585 B1Granted
Film drop-off apparatus and method
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorJoanne S. Walter
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Abstract
A film drop-off apparatus which minimizes lost film. The apparatus includes a computer; a display controlled by the computer which displays instructions to a customer, including photo delivery options during a film processing transaction; an input device controlled by the computer which records a customer choice for a photo delivery location; and a printer controlled by the computer which prints information identifying the photo delivery location on a film envelope.
Claims6
A film processing method comprising:
- displaying instructions to a customer by an in-store photo processing kiosk, including photo delivery location options during a film processing transaction in a store;
- recording a customer choice for a photo delivery location by the kiosk, wherein the photo delivery location is not limited to the store;
- printing information identifying the photo delivery location on an envelope for storing undeveloped film by the kiosk;
- and
- dispensing the envelope by the kiosk.
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A film processing method comprising:
- displaying instructions to a customer, including photo delivery location options during a film processing transaction at a first location;
- recording a customer choice for a photo delivery location, wherein the photo delivery location is not limited to the first location;
- printing information identifying the photo delivery location on a film envelope;
- dispensing the envelope to a customer;
- depositing the envelope with undeveloped film in an envelope storage bin by the customer;
- retrieving and developing the undeveloped film by a film laboratory;
- delivering the envelope with developed film to a second location by the film laboratory;
- reading the information identifying the photo delivery location on the film envelope;
- and
- if the second location is not the photo delivery location on the film envelope, delivering the envelope to the photo delivery location on the film envelope.
7 more elements
A film drop-off apparatus comprising:
- an in-store kiosk including
- a computer;
- a display controlled by the computer which displays instructions to a customer, including photo delivery location options during a film processing transaction in a store;
- an input device controlled by the computer which records a customer choice for a photo delivery location, wherein the photo delivery location is not limited to the store;
- and
- a printer controlled by the computer which prints information identifying the photo delivery location on an envelope for storing undeveloped film, and which dispenses the envelope to the customer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.