Kiosks for evaluating and purchasing used electronic devices and related technology
AssigneeecoATM, LLC
InventorsMark Vincent Bowles, Thomas L. Tullie, Eric Rosser
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Abstract
A process for a pre-acquisition auction for recycled electronic devices is disclosed herein. A plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices are established with each of the plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices established for a recycled electronic device in a predetermined condition, and each of the pre-acquisition purchase prices established by a winning bid from a bidder of a plurality of bidders for a recycled electronic device.
Claims31
1-20. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method for recycling an electronic device, the method comprising:
- establishing a plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices, each of the plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices established for a recycled electronic device in a predetermined condition, each of the plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices established by a winning bid from a bidder of a plurality of bidders for the recycled electronic device;
- receiving, from at least one camera positioned within a kiosk, an image of an electronic device positioned in an inspection area of the kiosk;
- inspecting the image of the electronic device;
- determining an identity and/or a condition of the electronic device based at least in part on the inspection of the image;
- selecting one of the pre-acquisition purchase prices from the plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices for the electronic device based at least in part on the identity and/or the condition of the electronic device;
- and
- offering the selected pre-acquisition purchase price to a user for the electronic device.
A computer-implemented method for recycling an electronic device, the method comprising:
- establishing a plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices for a plurality of recycled electronic devices;
- receiving, from at least one camera positioned within a kiosk, an image of an electronic device positioned in an inspection area of the kiosk;
- determining an identity and/or a condition of the electronic device based at least in part on the image;
- selecting a purchase price for the electronic device from the plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices based at least in part on the identity and/or the condition of the electronic device;
- and
- offering the purchase price to a user for the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.