Patents Assigned to Blockbuster L.L.C.
  • Publication number: 20130291492
    Abstract: Various arrangements of a disc presentation device are presented. Such a disc presentation device may include a backing plate comprising a first surface. The disc presentation device may include a plurality of disc anchors arranged on the first surface of the backing plate. The plurality of disc anchors may be arranged in a circular pattern on the surface of the backing plate. Further, the plurality of disc anchors may be arranged such that when each disc anchor of the plurality of disc anchors is anchoring a disc, no disc coupled with an anchor of the plurality of disc anchors overlaps another disc coupled with another anchor of the plurality of disc anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Blockbuster L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Lewis, Travis Michael Smith, Eileen Frances Head, Debra Vowell Trahan
  • Patent number: 8346673
    Abstract: A method for provisioning audiovisual works to a client includes maintaining categorization information specifying, for each of multiple audiovisual works, one or more of multiple categories. One or more of the categories are associated with each of multiple delivery slots in response to input from a client. For each of the delivery slots, a first audiovisual work from one of the categories associated with the respective delivery slot is provisioned for delivery to a location associated with the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Blockbuster L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dominic C. Wynn, Philip M. Williams, Malachi G. Simons, Nicholas F. Wilkins, Alistair Macrow, Nigel A. Dufty, Alvin Eng, Michael J. Doherty, David M. Groves
  • Patent number: 7996265
    Abstract: A system and method for fulfilling a media request includes receiving a media request associated with a subscriber account. One inventory location is selected from a plurality of inventory locations to fulfill the media request, and at least one of the inventory locations accommodates in-store media rental requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Blockbuster L.L.C.
    Inventors: Shane N Evangelist, Joseph W. Craft, IV, Leslie D. Crook, John D. Taylor, John F. Butler
  • Patent number: D723941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Blockbuster L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Lewis, Travis Michael Smith, Eileen Frances Head, Debra Vowell Trahan