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US 12,597,004 B2Granted
Systems and methods for vending and/or purchasing mobile phones and other electronic devices
AssigneeecoATM, LLC
InventorsBabak Forutanpour, Joemari Enriquez, Jeffrey Ploetner, David Mersten
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Abstract
Kiosk systems and methods for vending mobile phones and other electronic devices to, and/or for purchasing mobile phones and other electronic devices from, consumers are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, such systems can include subsystems for transferring data from, e.g., a purchased phone to a vended phone.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- providing a kiosk, wherein the kiosk includes
- a user interface;
- an inspection area configured to receive a first electronic device from a user;
- at least one vending unit containing one or more second electronic devices;
- an outlet portion configured to receive the one or more second electronic devices from the vending unit;
- and
- a data transfer compartment separate from the inspection area and the outlet portion;
- receiving a selection of one of the one or more second electronic devices from the user via the user interface;
- at least partially in response to receiving the selection, dispensing the selected second electronic device from the vending unit and to the user via the outlet portion;
- receiving at least the selected second electronic device in the data transfer compartment;
- transferring data from the first electronic device to the selected second electronic device while the selected second electronic device is positioned in the data transfer compartment;
- receiving the first electronic device in the inspection area;
- inspecting the first electronic device while the first electronic device is positioned in the inspection area;
- and
- facilitating a purchase of the first electronic device from the user based at least in part on the inspection.
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