US 12,282,911 B2
Method and arrangement for recycling a packaging purchased from a smart fridge
Lauri Huhtasalo, Tampere (FI)
Assigned to Intelligent Fridges B.V, Nieuw-Vennep (NL)
Appl. No. 17/415,882
Filed by Intelligent Fridges B.V., Nieuw-Vennep (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/061078
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/128937, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1851627-8 (SE), filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0076237 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3276 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G07F 9/026 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arrangement for purchasing a product with a packaging and recycling the packaging of the product, wherein the arrangement comprises:
a smart fridge comprising:
a storage for products with RFID tagged packaging,
an identification system for identifying a consumer,
a lockable door that is configured to be opened after identification of the consumer, the lockable door comprising an electric lock, wherein the smart fridge automatically locks the door after the door is closed, and
an RFID reader and an antenna for reading the products with RFID tagged packaging in the storage, the RFID reader connected to a software system for detecting and identifying which products that have been removed from the smart fridge, such that the software system charges a personal payment account of the consumer,
wherein the arrangement further comprises:
a smart recycle bin comprising:
a packaging waste point for placing the products with RFID tagged packaging, and
the RFID reader and the antenna for reading the RFID tag, the smart recycle bin connected to the same software system as the smart fridge, such that the software system identifies which consumer purchased the product and thereby refunds a certain payback to the payment account of the consumer,
wherein the smart fridge and the smart recycle bin are connected to the RFID reader to read the RFID tag, and the smart recycle bin is located next to the smart fridge.