Abstract: The system enables one to securely recycle an electronic device in a publicly accessible location. In particular, the embodiment described may be used by a mobile phone owner to submit his/her mobile phone for recycling via an electronic kiosk and receive compensation in some form. The compensation might be dispersed via cash, voucher, credit or debit card, or other magnetic or electronic transaction methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 4, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2013
Assignee:
ecoATM, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Bowles, Pieter van Rooyen, Michael Librizzi
Abstract: A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of a mobile telephone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with at least one camera and a plurality of electrical connectors in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the mobile telephone for determination of a value of the mobile telephone. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor, a display and a user interface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2013
Assignee:
ecoATM, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Bowles, Pieter van Rooyen, Michael Librizzi
Abstract: A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of a mobile telephone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with at least one camera and a plurality of electrical connectors in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the mobile telephone for determination of a value of the mobile telephone. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor, a display and a user interface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 31, 2011
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2012
Assignee:
ecoATM, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Bowles, Pieter van Rooyen, Michael Librizzi
Abstract: A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of a mobile telephone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with at least one camera and a plurality of electrical connectors in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the mobile telephone for determination of a value of the mobile telephone. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor, a display and a user interface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 1, 2011
Assignee:
ecoATM, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Bowles, Pieter van Rooyen, Michael Librizzi
Inventors:
Jonas Kingsley Damon, Michael Hazen Knuepfel, Andrew William Lynch, Joshua David Feuerstein, Darian Montague Ahler, Daniel Glenn Padgett, Michael Lee Wong
Inventors:
Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Chowdhury, Markus Diebel, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
Inventors:
Kirk Mosna, Steve Orzel, Graham Hills, Alejandro Jose Caceres, Harmandeep Dhaliwal, Daniel Albines, Matthew Joseph Salari, Ezana Tekie Tesfay