Patent ID: 8587407

Claim:
A digital media rental transaction kiosk comprising: a return portion including a wall containing an aperture for receiving a storage device containing digital media to be returned by a customer; and an antenna including a first antenna portion in a first position relative to the aperture, wherein the first antenna portion is coupled to a tag reader, wherein the first antenna portion is for radiating an electromagnetic field at a tag reading frequency in a first direction for reading a tag on the storage device; and a second antenna portion in a second position relative to the aperture, wherein the second antenna portion is located within the electromagnetic field from the first antenna portion, and wherein the second antenna portion is for resonating at the tag reading frequency and for radiating another electromagnetic field in a second direction opposite to the first direction for reading the tag when the storage device is between the first and second antenna portions before the storage device passes into the kiosk through the aperture.