Evaluating an electronic device using a wireless charger

    公开(公告)号:US12271929B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-08

    申请号:US17445082

    申请日:2021-08-13

    Applicant: ecoATM, LLC

    Abstract: Disclosed here are various embodiments to evaluate a device and present a price quote to the user by detecting a presence of a device in proximity to a wireless charger. The system can utilize a wireless charger to obtain information about the device while charging the device. The information can include the make of the device. The system can guide the user to navigate the device to provide additional information such as model, memory capacity, unique identifier, and carrier associated with the device. Based on the unique identifier, the system can determine whether device has been stolen. If the device has not been stolen, the system can determine a price based on information obtained from the device and can facilitate presenting the price to the user. If the user accepts the price, the system can facilitate purchase of the device.

    IDENTIFYING ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING TEMPORALLY CHANGING INFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230007937A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17811548

    申请日:2022-07-08

    Applicant: ecoATM, LLC

    Abstract: Described are systems and methods to verify the identity of an evaluated device that has been previously identified and evaluated remotely from a reader device. The reader device obtains from an evaluated device temporally changing information, where the temporally changing information includes a unique identifier associated with the evaluated device and a proximity indication. The reader device verifies the temporally changing information by verifying that the unique identifier is contained in the temporally changing information, that the unique identifier is stored in a database associated with the reader device, and that the temporally changing information includes the proximity indication indicating that the evaluated device and the reader device are proximate to each other. Upon verifying the temporally changing information, the reader device obtains the price of the evaluated device, based on the unique identifier associated with the evaluated device. Upon obtaining the price of the evaluated device, the system compensates a user associated with the evaluated device.

    EVALUATING AND RECYCLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220067798A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17445799

    申请日:2021-08-24

    Applicant: ecoATM, LLC

    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for generating a price of a target device are disclosed herein. An evaluator device obtains technical properties associated with the target device. The technical properties include a make and a model of the target device. Physical properties associated with the target device are obtained. The physical properties include information related to wear and tear of the target device. Obtaining the physical properties includes indicating to a user that the user should position the target device in multiple predetermined positions and that the evaluator device records an image of the target device in each of the multiple predetermined positions. A video of the target device is recorded while the target device is positioned in the multiple predetermined positions. The obtained physical properties are evaluated to generate a condition metric value of the target device. Based on the generated condition metric value, the price of the target device is determined.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING AND RECYCLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20230394904A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18327764

    申请日:2023-06-01

    Applicant: ecoATM, LLC

    CPC classification number: G07F7/06 G06Q20/18 G06Q30/0278

    Abstract: Hardware and software application systems and associated methods for obtaining information from, evaluating, and pricing mobile phones, tablet computers, laptop computers, and/or other electronic devices for recycling and/or other processing are described herein. In various embodiments, the present technology includes systems and methods associated with a kiosk that can determine a condition of a screen of an electronic device. In some embodiments, the present technology includes displaying one or more test images on the screen of the electronic device, using one or more cameras of the kiosk to display the test images, evaluating the screen based on the as-displayed test images, etc. In some embodiments, the electronic device is place in a camera mode and one or more cameras of the electronic device are used to display the test images on the electronic device screen. Various other aspects of the present technology are described herein.

    KIOSK FOR EVALUATING AND PURCHASING USED ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220068076A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17445821

    申请日:2021-08-24

    Applicant: ecoATM, LLC

    Abstract: Various embodiments of kiosks for purchasing and/or recycling mobile phones and other mobile electronic devices from users are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the kiosks are relatively small (e.g., less than 0.75 cubic feet) and/or are configured to mount to other kiosks or other suitable mounting structures in publicly accessible areas. The kiosks can include an inspection area having a transparent plate through which the mobile electronic device can be viewed by a camera in the kiosk. The transparent plate can be movable (e.g., tiltable) to direct the mobile electronic device to one or more bins below the inspection area. The kiosk can also include one or more deflecting plates configured to direct the mobile electronic device to a selected bin. One or more of the deflecting plates can be configured to move (e.g., tilt) between two or more configurations to direct mobile electronic device to the selected bin.

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