US 12,293,181 B2
Apparatus and methods for automatically removing data of mobile devices
Sean Parsons, West Chester, PA (US); Brian Parsons, Malvern, PA (US); Mark Parsons, West Chester, PA (US); Austin Gunter, Flower Mound, TX (US); Nidhin Davis, Glen Mills, PA (US); Krissy Durkin, Colora, MD (US); Mario Huber, Kuppenheim (DE); Martin Fiedler, Karlsruhe (DE); Annedore Bach, Durmersheim (DE); Jitendra Jain, Exton, PA (US); Siddharth Maheshwari, King Of Prussia, PA (US); Jaclyn Domsohn, Downingtown, PA (US); Krithika Muthuveerappan, Exton, PA (US); and Pratik Shrestha, West Chester, PA (US)
Assigned to Communications Test Design, Inc., West Chester, PA (US)
Filed by Communications Test Design, Inc., West Chester, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/989,075.
Application 18/989,075 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/797,618, filed on Aug. 8, 2024.
Application 18/797,618 is a continuation of application No. 17/007,103, filed on Aug. 31, 2020, granted, now 12,099,831, issued on Sep. 24, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,427, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0117211 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 8/654 (2018.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 8/654 (2018.02) [G06F 13/10 (2013.01); G06F 16/162 (2019.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2143 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automatic data removal, comprising:
at least one rack comprising a plurality of slots each of which is configured for holding a mobile device;
a robot arm configured to place a mobile device in to at least one slot, wherein the robot is a 6 axis robot;
a plurality of connectors each of which is associated with a respective one of the plurality of slots;
at least one computer coupled to the rack, wherein each of the at least one computer corresponds to a subset of the plurality of connectors, and has a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing software for automatically determining an operating system managing the mobile device, and proceeding with either one of two erasure processes depending on the operating system of the mobile device to automatically remove customer data of each mobile device connected to the computer via a corresponding one of the subset of the plurality of connectors;
and a user monitor electrically connected to the at least one computer and configured for displaying information related to data removal performed by the at least one computer, wherein after removing customer data of each mobile device, a visual indication is shown on a screen of the mobile device to indicate a finish of removal of the customer data of the mobile device.