The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2024
Kiosk for evaluating and purchasing electronic devices and associated methods of manufacture and use
Ecoatm, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);
Babak Forutanpour, San Diego, CA (US);
Ted Ray Gooding, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert O'neill, San Diego, CA (US);
ecoATM, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems and methods to evaluate a device and present a price quote to the user. In some embodiments, a kiosk can receive information from and/or about the device and provide an initial offer. If the user declines the initial offer, the kiosk can inform the user of a potential higher offer based on further evaluation/testing of the device. If the user decides to proceed with the further evaluation/testing, the kiosk can perform one or more tests on the device and/or provide instructions for executing a software application on the device to allow the user to perform further tests. If the results of the further evaluation/tests are sufficient to confirm a higher offer and the user accepts the higher offer, the kiosk can verify that the device is the same device that underwent the additional evaluation/testing and not a different device.