VIDEO CASSETTE RENTAL SYSTEM AND METHOD AND RECORD PLAYBACK COUNTER THEREFOR - Patent 0395694

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EP 0 395 694 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.11.1990 Bulletin 1990/45

(21)	Application number: 88910375.0

(22)	Date of filing: 04.11.1988

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G07F 17/ 00^{( . )}
G07F 7/ 00^{( . )}
G11B 23/ 087^{( . )}

G06Q 20/ 00^{( . )}
G07F 17/ 16^{( . )}
G11B 23/ 42^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1988/003942

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1989/005029 (01.06.1989 Gazette 1989/12)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

05.11.1987 US 19870117813
24.02.1988 US 19880160022
20.10.1988 US 19880260454

(71)	Applicant: THE PLAYCOUNT COMPANY
	New York, NY 10019 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	WEILEY, John, Francis Paddington, NSW 2021 (AU)

(74)	Representative: Warren, Keith Stanley
	BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington London W8 5BU London W8 5BU (GB)

(54)	VIDEO CASSETTE RENTAL SYSTEM AND METHOD AND RECORD PLAYBACK COUNTER THEREFOR