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US 2024/0265364 A1Published application
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 consumer operated kiosk comprising:
- a user interface;
- an inspection area configured to receive a first electronic device from a user;
- a wired and/or wireless connectivity device operably associated with the inspection area and configured to connect to the first electronic device;
- one or more vending units, wherein each of the one or more vending units contains one or more second electronic devices;
- one or more processors operably connected to the wired and/or wireless connectivity device and the vending unit, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive characteristic information about the first electronic device via the wired and/or wireless connectivity device;
- facilitate a purchase of the first electronic device from the user based at least in part on the characteristic information;
- receive a selection of the second electronic device from the user via the user interface;
- and
- cause the one or more vending units to dispense the second electronic device to the user at least partially in response to receiving the selection.
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A consumer operated kiosk for purchasing and vending electronic devices, the kiosk comprising:
- a first kiosk portion configured to purchase electronic devices from users;
- and
- a second kiosk portion operably connected to the first kiosk portion and configured to sell electronic devices to users.
A method for purchasing a first electronic device from a user and selling a second electronic device to the user, the method comprising:
- receiving the first electronic device from the user in an inspection area of a kiosk, wherein the kiosk further includes a user interface, a wired connector and/or a wireless transceiver operably associated with the inspection area, at least one camera operably associated with the inspection area, and at least one electronic device dispensing unit;
- receiving, via the wired connector and/or the wireless transceiver, characteristic information about the first electronic device;
- receiving, via the at least one camera, an image of the first electronic device in the inspection area;
- purchasing, via the kiosk, the first electronic device from the user for a price based at least part on the characteristic information and the image;
- receiving, via the user interface, a selection from the user of the second electronic device;
- and
- dispensing the second electronic device to the user via the electronic device dispending unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.