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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Ecoatm, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Vincent Bowles, San Diego, CA (US);

Randal Erman, San Diego, CA (US);

John Andrew Beane, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0278 (2013.01); H04M 1/0287 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); Y02W 30/82 (2015.05); Y02W 90/00 (2015.05);
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 an electronic evaluator device that facilitates processing (e.g., purchasing at a consumer-operated kiosk) a target device. In some embodiments, the present technology includes using an app on the evaluator device to obtain information from the target device, identify the target device, evaluate the target device, price the target device, etc. Various other aspects of the present technology are described herein.


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