ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,095, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HoopLocker Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Automated kiosk rental system and method of use" was invented by Andrew P. Beathard (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated kiosk rental system and method of use. The rental items are automatically and securely rented and returned to the kiosk without human supervision. The rental items are automatically and securely rented and returned to the kiosk using a kiosk application on a target network device and a kiosk server application on a server kiosk network device both in communications with the kiosk via a communications network."
The patent ...