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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Ecoatm, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);
Babak Forutanpour, San Diego, CA (US);
Joemari Enriquez, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ploetner, San Diego, CA (US);
David Mersten, San Diego, CA (US);
Ted Ray Gooding, San Diego, CA (US);
ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Kiosk systems and methods for vending mobile phones and other electronic devices to, and/or for purchasing mobile phones and other electronic devices from, consumers are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, such systems can include subsystems for preparing purchased mobile phones for resale, moving mobile phones between different processing stations, transferring data from, e.g., an old phone to a newly purchased phone, etc. In some embodiments, the kiosk systems disclosed herein can purchase a mobile phone from one consumer, process the mobile phone for resale (e.g., by removing personal data, etc.), and then sell the mobile phone to another consumer.