Patent ID: 8036774

Claim:
An automated business system comprising: a housing; a plurality of user stations accommodated by the housing, each user station having a port to dispense disc-based media and to receive disc-based media that are returned, and a user interface device; a common retrieval system operable to retrieve disc-based media stored in the housing and transport retrieved disc-based media to the ports of the plurality of user stations for dispensing; and a mobile RFID reader operable to read a RFID tag on the disc-based media as the disc-based media is retrieved from storage and at the ports, wherein the common retrieval system further comprises: a plurality of guide rails supported by a frame; a track supported by the guide rails; a gripper assembly supported by a carriage on a linear positioning table on the track, the carriage including a gripper, and the mobile RFID reader; and a multi-axis controller operable to transmit instructions to the linear positioning table, the carriage, and the gripper to control linear movements in the horizontal and vertical directions to move to a position to retrieve a selected disc-based media and transport the selected disc-based media to a dispense port.