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US 12,646,041 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.
Claims20
A system for purchasing electronic devices, the system comprising:
- a kiosk comprising
- a data transfer compartment configured to physically receive a first electronic device and a second electronic device;
- and
- a data transfer apparatus operably associated with the data transfer compartment and configured to be coupled to the first and second electronic devices;
- and
- one or more processors operably associated with the kiosk and configured to
- transfer data from the first electronic device to the second electronic device via the data transfer apparatus while the first electronic device and the second electronic device are positioned in the data transfer compartment;
- receive, via a wired and/or wireless connection between the one or more processors and the first electronic device, characteristic information about the first electronic device;
- and
- facilitate a purchase of the first electronic device from a user based at least in part on the characteristic information.
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A system for purchasing electronic devices, the system comprising:
- a kiosk comprising
- a data transfer compartment configured to receive a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is stored within packaging, wherein the packaging defines an opening, and wherein a data port of the second electronic device is accessible through the opening;
- and
- a data transfer apparatus operably associated with the data transfer compartment and configured to be coupled to the first and second electronic devices, wherein the data transfer apparatus includes a wired electronic connector insertable through the opening in the packaging and configured to connect to the data port of the second electronic device;
- and
- one or more processors operably associated with the kiosk and configured to
- transfer data from the first electronic device to the second electronic device via the data transfer apparatus while the first electronic device and the second electronic device are positioned in the data transfer compartment;
- receive, via a wired and/or wireless connection between the one or more processors and the first electronic device, characteristic information about the first electronic device;
- and
- facilitate a purchase of the first electronic device from a user based at least in part on the characteristic information.
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A system for purchasing electronic devices, the system comprising:
- a first kiosk portion comprising
- a data transfer compartment configured to physically receive a first electronic device and a second electronic device;
- and
- a data transfer apparatus operably associated with the data transfer compartment and configured to be coupled to the first electronic device and the second electronic device to facilitate data transfer from the first electronic device to the second electronic device;
- and
- a second kiosk portion comprising an inspection area configured to receive the first electronic device from a user for evaluation, wherein the second kiosk portion is configured to facilitate purchasing the first electronic device from the user based at least in part on the evaluation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.