Patent ID: 8463646

Claim:
A system for recycling portable electronic devices, the system comprising: a plurality of kiosks, each of the plurality of kiosks positioned in a public location, each of the plurality of kiosks comprising a housing having an input region for placement of an electronic device therein, a plurality of cameras positioned in the input region for imaging the electronic device, an electrical connector to connect to the electronic device within the input region, a computer in communication with the plurality of cameras for processing an image of the electronic device, the computer in communication with the electrical connector, the computer configured to perform an electrical inspection of the electronic device to determine a status of at least one of a battery, screen, memory, button functionality and structural integrity of the electronic device, wherein at least one image from at least one of the plurality of cameras is analyzed at the computer to determine a height, width, and depth of the electronic device; wherein the computer is configured to utilize optical character recognition to identify at least one of a brand, model and serial number of the electronic device; and a communications component for transmitting communications from the kiosk and receiving communications for the kiosk; and a kiosk server in communication with each of the plurality of kiosks, the kiosk server communicating with each of the plurality of kiosks through the communication component of each of the plurality of kiosks.