Information processing for offering price for disused appliance for recycling
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus for offering a price of an appliance to be disposed of, said information processing apparatus including a processor, said processor providing an accepting price at which said appliance is to be accepted for disposal, said accepting price being determined in accordance with appliance data of said appliance and disposal way data representing a way of disposing of said appliance.
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Abstract
A program for use with an information processing apparatus offers a price of an appliance to be disposed of is. The program is operable to effect the step of providing an accepting price at which the appliance is to be accepted for disposal. The accepting price is determined in accordance with appliance data of the appliance and disposal way data representing a way of disposing of the appliance. The program is operable to further effect the step of sending a message of a request for accepting and taking away from the consumer the appliance for disposal to an information processing apparatus of a business concern related in the disposal way, which is determined based on the data of the designated disposal way.
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25 Claims
- 1. An information processing apparatus for offering a price of an appliance to be disposed of, said information processing apparatus including a processor, said processor providing an accepting price at which said appliance is to be accepted for disposal, said accepting price being determined in accordance with appliance data of said appliance and disposal way data representing a way of disposing of said appliance.
- 11. A program recorded on a recording medium for use with an information processing apparatus for offering a price of an appliance to be disposed of, said program being operable to effect the step of providing an accepting price at which said appliance is to be accepted for disposal, said accepting price being determined in accordance with appliance data of said appliance and disposal way data representing a way of disposing of said appliance.
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24. In an appliance accepting price offering system, a method for offering a price of an appliance to be disposed of, said method comprising the step of providing said accepting price as determined in accordance with appliance data of said appliance and disposal way data representing a way of disposing of said appliance.
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25. A system for promoting recycling of appliances comprising:
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receiving information related to an appliance sought to be accepted for disposal from one of a plurality of terminals over a network;
sending, in response to said received information, to said one terminal an accepting price for said appliance that is determined in accordance with an evaluated price of said appliance for recycling and with a predetermined cost for receiving and taking away said appliance, said evaluated price for recycling being predetermined by each of business concerns including a manufacturer;
receiving, from said one terminal, a request for accepting the appliance at said accepting price; and
sending, in response to said received request, another request for accepting and taking away said appliance, to one of said business concerns.
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