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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:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Loren Hunt, San Diego, CA (US);

James Andrew Snook, San Diego, CA (US);

Rick Segil, San Diego, CA (US);

Prabhakar Doppalapudi, San Diego, CA (US);

Henry Flournoy, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G07F 7/00 (2006.01); G07F 7/06 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G07F 7/00 (2013.01); G07F 7/06 (2013.01); H04M 1/0287 (2013.01); H04M 1/24 (2013.01); Y02W 30/82 (2015.05); Y02W 90/00 (2015.05);
Abstract

A system for recycling a mobile device. A system configured in accordance with one embodiment of the present technology includes an electrical connector and testing electronics. The electrical connector is configured to be electrically connected to a mobile device, and the testing electronics are configured to produce an electrical measurement by measuring an electrical attribute associated with a hardware component of the mobile device over the electrical connector. The system is further configured to valuate, identify, and/or authenticate the mobile device based at least in part on the electrical measurement.


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