Patent ID: 8717316

Claim:
An interactive media display comprising (a) at least one digital display panel, (b) at least one touch screen display panel, (c) at least one processor for controlling and operating the display panels and having or having associated therewith a memory for storing digital content to be presented on the at least one digital display panel as well as the data or content and operative functions of the touch screen display, (d) a housing in which or to which the at least one digital display and at least one touch screen display are seated or mounted and in which or near which the processor is located, and (e) a media dispensing system comprising: (i) a supply of prerecorded, prewritten, or preprinted products to be dispensed by the display and a transport system for moving said products from the supply to an accessible dispenser opening to be retrieved; (ii) (A) a user media interface whereby a user can connect or insert a media article or personal electronic device to which content is to be written to the user interface and (B) a media writer which is capable of writing the content to the user supplied media; (iii) (A) a supply of blank media accessible to a user and (B) a media writer capable of accepting the blank media and of writing the content to the blank media; and (iv) (A) a supply of blank media, (B) a transport mechanism by which the blank media is moved from the supply to a media writer, (C) a media writer capable of accepting the bland media and writing the content to that blank media, and (D) a transport means for removing the written media to an accessible opening to allow the retrieval of the media.