US 12,462,635 B2
Identifying electronic devices using temporally changing information
Babak Forutanpour, San Diego, CA (US); Ted Ray Gooding, San Diego, CA (US); Derchang Chao, San Diego, CA (US); and Mazen Labban, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,548.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,890, filed on Jul. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,381, filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007937 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G07F 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 9/009 (2020.05) [G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G07F 7/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a reader device of a kiosk configured to process electronic devices, from an electronic device, temporally changing information,
wherein the temporally changing information includes a set of temporally changing indicators-indicia,
wherein each indicator in the set of temporally changing indicators includes a unique identifier associated with the electronic device and a proximity indication that the electronic device is proximate to the reader device,
wherein an indicator in the set of temporally changing indicators is based in part on a second indicator in the set of temporally changing indicators,
wherein the unique identifier is based on one or more attributes of the electronic evaluated-device;
verifying, by the reader device, a subset of indicators in the set of temporally changing indicators, the subset of indicators including the second indicator and a current indicator, by:
obtaining the second indicator and the current indicator in the set of temporally changing indicators;
verifying that at least one of the second indicator and the current indicator includes the unique identifier;
verifying that the unique identifier is stored in a database associated with the reader device;
verifying that at least one of the second indicator and the current indicator includes the proximity indication that the electronic evaluated-device is proximate to the reader device; and
verifying that the current indicator in the set of temporally changing indicators is based on at least one other indicator in the set of temporally changing indicators; and
upon verifying the subset of indicators, determining that the electronic evaluated device has been previously evaluated.