Patents by Inventor Dwain CRACKEL

Dwain CRACKEL 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).

  • System of receiving prerecorded media discs from users
    Patent number: 9123375
    Abstract: A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media disc from an optical disc identification system. The system may also include a user interface system having a buy-back activator and being adapted to receive a media disc from a user, where the user interface is capable of communicating a buy-back price to the user. An optical disc identification system may include a disc holder, a light source, a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of the hub of a media disc including a native bar code, and an image processor capable of reading the native bar code from a digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Inventors: Dwain Crackel, David W. Ferguson, Victor A. Kean, Philip Pointer, Alan R. Wolf
  • SYSTEM OF RECEIVING PRERECORDED MEDIA DISCS FROM USERS
    Publication number: 20140054363
    Abstract: A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media disc from an optical disc identification system. The system may also include a user interface system having a buy-back activator and being adapted to receive a media disc from a user, where the user interface is capable of communicating a buy-back price to the user. An optical disc identification system may include a disc holder, a light source, a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of the hub of a media disc including a native bar code, and an image processor capable of reading the native bar code from a digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Dwain CRACKEL, David W. FERGUSON, Victor A. KEAN, Philip POINTER, Alan R. WOLF
  • System of receiving prerecorded media discs from users
    Patent number: 8413881
    Abstract: A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media disc from an optical disc identification system. The system may also include a user interface system having a buy-back activator and being adapted to receive a media disc from a user, where the user interface is capable of communicating a buy-back price to the user. An optical disc identification system may include a disc holder, a light source, a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of the hub of a media disc including a native bar code, and an image processor capable of reading the native bar code from a digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Into Great Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwain Crackel, David W. Ferguson, Victor A. Kean, Jr., Philip Pointer, Alan R. Wolf
  • SYSTEM OF RECEIVING PRERECORDED MEDIA DISCS FROM USERS
    Publication number: 20110204134
    Abstract: A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media disc from an optical disc identification system. The system may also include a user interface system having a buy-back activator and being adapted to receive a media disc from a user, where the user interface is capable of communicating a buy-back price to the user. An optical disc identification system may include a disc holder, a light source, a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of the hub of a media disc including a native bar code, and an image processor capable of reading the native bar code from a digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Dwain CRACKEL, David W. FERGUSON, Victor KEAN, JR., Philip POINTER, Alan WOLF