Patent ID: 8413881

Claim:
A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users comprising: a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc, receiving the identification of a native bar code of a prerecorded media disc from an optical disc identification system adapted to read a native bar code on a prerecorded media disc, identifying the content of the prerecorded media disc read by the optical disc identification system by the native bar code when in the library, directing a disc transfer system to store the prerecorded media disc in a selected location of a disc storage system, and storing in a memory of the control system the selected location and content or native bar code of each prerecorded media disc, and a user interface system operably connected to the control system and adapted to receive a prerecorded media disc from a user, and including a buy-back activator and at least one browsing and selection station operable by a user, the user interface system capable of receiving from the control system an identification of the content of the received media disc, communicating to the user a buy-back price provided by the control system for the received media disc, and directing credit of a user account for the buy-back price of the received media disc.