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US 11,107,046 B2Granted
Secondary market and vending system for devices
AssigneeecoATM, LLC
InventorMark Vincent Bowles
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Abstract
A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of a mobile telephone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with at least one camera and a plurality of electrical connectors in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the mobile telephone for determination of a value of the mobile telephone. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor, a display and a user interface.
Claims21
A kiosk for purchasing a used electronic device, the kiosk comprising:
- a housing;
- a bin within the housing, wherein the bin is configured to securely contain the used electronic device together with other used electronic devices;
- an internal inspection area within the housing, wherein the internal inspection area is configured to receive the used electronic device;
- a user interface;
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the kiosk to—
- receive information from the used electronic device via wired or wireless connectivity between the kiosk and the used electronic device, wherein the received information includes information related to a condition of the used electronic device,
- present to a user via the user interface an offer to purchase the used electronic device for a price based at least partially on the received information,
- lock down the internal inspection area to prevent the user from accessing the used electronic device,
- if a rejection of the offer is received from the user, unlock the internal inspection area to permit the user to remove the used electronic device, and
- if an acceptance of the offer is received from the user, receive the used electronic device in the bin.
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A method for purchasing a used electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving information from a used electronic device via wired or wireless connectivity between a kiosk and the used electronic device, wherein the received information includes information related to a condition of the used electronic device;
- receiving the used electronic device in an inspection area of the kiosk;
- presenting, via a user interface of the kiosk, an offer to purchase the used electronic device for a price based at least partially on the received information;
- locking down the inspection area of the kiosk to prevent a user from accessing the used electronic device;
- if a rejection of the offer is received from the user of the kiosk, unlocking the internal inspection area to permit the user to remove the used electronic device;
- and
- if an acceptance of the offer is received from the user of the kiosk, receiving the used electronic device in a bin of the kiosk, wherein the bin is configured to securely contain the used electronic device together with other used electronic devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.