Patents by Inventor Dan Leiwe

Dan Leiwe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Secondary media return system and method
    Patent number: 9569911
    Abstract: A method for facilitating a rapid return of a article to an article dispensing machine is provided. The article dispensing machine comprises a first user interface portion having the first user interface, a second user interface portion having a second user interface, and an article transfer portion for vending and returning articles. The method includes receiving from a first user interface a first request to return the article, determining whether the article transfer portion is available to enable the return of the article, and based on the availability determination, displaying through a first user interface screen associated with the first user interface portion information indicating whether to proceed with the return of the article or to wait for a notification to proceed with the return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: REDBOX AUTOMATED RETAIL, LLC
    Inventors: Franz Kuehnrich, Jonathan Palmer, Dan Leiwe, William Martinka, Jim Polubinski
  • SECONDARY MEDIA RETURN SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120046786
    Abstract: A method for facilitating a rapid return of a article to an article dispensing machine is provided. The article dispensing machine comprises a first user interface portion having the first user interface, a second user interface portion having a second user interface, and an article transfer portion for vending and returning articles. The method includes receiving from a first user interface a first request to return the article, determining whether the article transfer portion is available to enable the return of the article, and based on the availability determination, displaying through a first user interface screen associated with the first user interface portion information indicating whether to proceed with the return of the article or to wait for a notification to proceed with the return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Redbox Automated Retail, LLC
    Inventors: Franz Kuehnrich, Jonathan Palmer, Dan Leiwe, William Martinka, Jim Polubinski