US 11,790,327 B2
Application for device evaluation and other processes associated with device recycling
Mark Vincent Bowles, San Diego, CA (US); Randal Erman, San Diego, CA (US); Jarrod Hammes, San Diego, CA (US); Jeffrey Ploetner, San Diego, CA (US); John Silva, San Diego, CA (US); and Rick Segil, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/556,018.
Application 16/556,018 is a division of application No. 14/873,145, filed on Oct. 1, 2015, granted, now 10,438,174.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/059,132, filed on Oct. 2, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0090137 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G07F 7/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/30 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0611 (2013.01); G07F 7/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0237 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0278 (2013.01); Y02W 30/82 (2015.05); Y02W 90/00 (2015.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. At least one computer-readable memory carrying computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors to facilitate purchasing an electronic device at a consumer-operated kiosk, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
instructions that, when executed by a processor of the electronic device:
automatically obtain characteristic information about the electronic device;
determine a price for the electronic device factoring in the characteristic information; and
present the price to a user of the electronic device; and
instructions that, when executed by a processor of the kiosk:
identify the price presented to the user; and
offer to purchase the electronic device for the price.