AU620835B2 - Video cassette rental system and method and record playback counter therefor - Google Patents
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- AU620835B2 AU620835B2 AU27159/88A AU2715988A AU620835B2 AU 620835 B2 AU620835 B2 AU 620835B2 AU 27159/88 A AU27159/88 A AU 27159/88A AU 2715988 A AU2715988 A AU 2715988A AU 620835 B2 AU620835 B2 AU 620835B2
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G11B23/04—Magazines; Cassettes for webs or filaments
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- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/0014—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00
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Applications Claiming Priority (6)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US11781387A | 1987-11-05 | 1987-11-05 | |
| US117813 | 1987-11-05 | ||
| US16002288A | 1988-02-24 | 1988-02-24 | |
| US160022 | 1988-02-24 | ||
| US07/260,454 US5029034A (en) | 1985-04-19 | 1988-10-20 | Video cassette with optical output of information |
| US260454 | 1988-10-20 |
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| AU2715988A AU2715988A (en) | 1989-06-14 |
| AU620835B2 true AU620835B2 (en) | 1992-02-27 |
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| AU27159/88A Ceased AU620835B2 (en) | 1987-11-05 | 1988-11-04 | Video cassette rental system and method and record playback counter therefor |
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| EP (1) | EP0395694A4 (no) |
| JP (1) | JPH03501070A (no) |
| AU (1) | AU620835B2 (no) |
| BR (1) | BR8807781A (no) |
| DK (1) | DK111590A (no) |
| FI (1) | FI902241A0 (no) |
| NO (1) | NO901895L (no) |
| WO (1) | WO1989005029A1 (no) |
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| JPH07244781A (ja) * | 1994-03-07 | 1995-09-19 | C S K Sogo Kenkyusho:Kk | ソフトウェアレンタル方法および装置ならびに流通媒体 |
| US6751525B1 (en) | 2000-06-08 | 2004-06-15 | Beverage Works, Inc. | Beverage distribution and dispensing system and method |
| US7962716B2 (en) | 2001-03-22 | 2011-06-14 | Qst Holdings, Inc. | Adaptive integrated circuitry with heterogeneous and reconfigurable matrices of diverse and adaptive computational units having fixed, application specific computational elements |
| US20040133745A1 (en) | 2002-10-28 | 2004-07-08 | Quicksilver Technology, Inc. | Adaptable datapath for a digital processing system |
| US7752419B1 (en) | 2001-03-22 | 2010-07-06 | Qst Holdings, Llc | Method and system for managing hardware resources to implement system functions using an adaptive computing architecture |
| US7653710B2 (en) | 2002-06-25 | 2010-01-26 | Qst Holdings, Llc. | Hardware task manager |
| US6836839B2 (en) | 2001-03-22 | 2004-12-28 | Quicksilver Technology, Inc. | Adaptive integrated circuitry with heterogeneous and reconfigurable matrices of diverse and adaptive computational units having fixed, application specific computational elements |
| US6577678B2 (en) | 2001-05-08 | 2003-06-10 | Quicksilver Technology | Method and system for reconfigurable channel coding |
| US7046635B2 (en) | 2001-11-28 | 2006-05-16 | Quicksilver Technology, Inc. | System for authorizing functionality in adaptable hardware devices |
| US8412915B2 (en) | 2001-11-30 | 2013-04-02 | Altera Corporation | Apparatus, system and method for configuration of adaptive integrated circuitry having heterogeneous computational elements |
| US6986021B2 (en) | 2001-11-30 | 2006-01-10 | Quick Silver Technology, Inc. | Apparatus, method, system and executable module for configuration and operation of adaptive integrated circuitry having fixed, application specific computational elements |
| US7215701B2 (en) | 2001-12-12 | 2007-05-08 | Sharad Sambhwani | Low I/O bandwidth method and system for implementing detection and identification of scrambling codes |
| US7403981B2 (en) | 2002-01-04 | 2008-07-22 | Quicksilver Technology, Inc. | Apparatus and method for adaptive multimedia reception and transmission in communication environments |
| US7660984B1 (en) | 2003-05-13 | 2010-02-09 | Quicksilver Technology | Method and system for achieving individualized protected space in an operating system |
| US7328414B1 (en) | 2003-05-13 | 2008-02-05 | Qst Holdings, Llc | Method and system for creating and programming an adaptive computing engine |
| US8108656B2 (en) | 2002-08-29 | 2012-01-31 | Qst Holdings, Llc | Task definition for specifying resource requirements |
| US7937591B1 (en) | 2002-10-25 | 2011-05-03 | Qst Holdings, Llc | Method and system for providing a device which can be adapted on an ongoing basis |
| US8276135B2 (en) | 2002-11-07 | 2012-09-25 | Qst Holdings Llc | Profiling of software and circuit designs utilizing data operation analyses |
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| US3995319A (en) * | 1974-12-26 | 1976-11-30 | Action Design Limited | Tape recorder cassette adapted to indicate the number of times the tape is played |
| US4072850A (en) * | 1975-01-03 | 1978-02-07 | Mcglynn Daniel R | Vehicle usage monitoring and recording system |
| BE871690R (fr) * | 1978-10-27 | 1979-02-15 | Staar Sa | Dispositif de memorisation de la position instantanee d'une bande magnetique contenue dans une cassette |
| MC1447A1 (fr) * | 1980-12-12 | 1982-12-06 | Check View Syst | Dispositif de comptage du nombre de passages pour la lecture d'une cassette a rubans ou films,supports de sons et/ou d'images ou autres signaux,et/ou de blocage au-dela d'un nombre de passages determines au prealable |
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| JPS58189883A (ja) * | 1982-04-30 | 1983-11-05 | Sony Corp | ビデオカセツトテ−プ |
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| SE430107B (sv) * | 1982-10-22 | 1983-10-17 | Mickey Behrendtz | Anordning vid en bandkasset som efter ett antal avspelningar gor bandet obrukbart |
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| JPS60214486A (ja) * | 1984-04-10 | 1985-10-26 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | テ−プカセツト |
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1988
- 1988-11-04 JP JP63509558A patent/JPH03501070A/ja active Pending
- 1988-11-04 BR BR888807781A patent/BR8807781A/pt not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1988-11-04 AU AU27159/88A patent/AU620835B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1988-11-04 WO PCT/US1988/003942 patent/WO1989005029A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1988-11-04 EP EP19880910375 patent/EP0395694A4/en not_active Withdrawn
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1990
- 1990-04-27 NO NO90901895A patent/NO901895L/no unknown
- 1990-05-04 DK DK111590A patent/DK111590A/da not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1990-05-04 FI FI902241A patent/FI902241A0/fi not_active IP Right Cessation
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| BR8807781A (pt) | 1990-10-09 |
| EP0395694A1 (en) | 1990-11-07 |
| NO901895D0 (no) | 1990-04-27 |
| EP0395694A4 (en) | 1992-03-04 |
| DK111590D0 (da) | 1990-05-04 |
| DK111590A (da) | 1990-07-04 |
| JPH03501070A (ja) | 1991-03-07 |
| WO1989005029A1 (en) | 1989-06-01 |
| NO901895L (no) | 1990-06-28 |
| FI902241A0 (fi) | 1990-05-04 |
| AU2715988A (en) | 1989-06-14 |
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