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US 11,907,915 B2Granted
Secondary market and vending system for devices
AssigneeecoATM, LLC
InventorsMark Vincent Bowles, Michael Librizzi
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Abstract
The system enables one to securely recycle an electronic device in a publicly accessible location. In particular, the embodiment described may be used by a mobile phone owner to submit his/her mobile phone for recycling via an electronic kiosk and receive compensation in some form. The compensation might be dispersed via cash, voucher, credit or debit card, or other magnetic or electronic transaction methods.
Claims30
A method for recycling an electronic device at a kiosk, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic device from a user at an input region of the kiosk;
- obtaining, by one or more cameras of the kiosk, one or more images of the electronic device;
- automatically inspecting the one or more images of the electronic device to determine a cosmetic condition of the electronic device;
- receiving a compensation value for the electronic device from a remote computer, wherein the compensation value is based at least in part on (1) the cosmetic condition of the electronic device and (2) at least one of an identity of the electronic device or an ability of the electronic device to hold a charge;
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- offering, via the kiosk, to purchase the electronic device from the user for the compensation value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.