System and method for electronic device recycle tracking
First Claim
1. A system for tracking recovery of used electronic devices, the system comprising:
- plural electronic devices made by plural manufacturers;
an RFID tag coupled to each electronic device, each RFID tag having recovery information including at least the manufacturer of the device;
a recovery site associated with the recovery of used electronic devices made by plural manufacturers;
an RFID scanner associated with the recovery site and operable to read the RFID tags; and
a recovery monitor interfaced with the RFID scanner and operable to track the electronic devices recovered at the recovery site by manufacturer.
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Abstract
Recovery of electronic devices is tracked and attributed to the manufacturers of the electronic devices with RFID tags affixed to the electronic devices. For instance, an information handling system has a RFID tag integrated with its chassis at manufacture and is then shipped to a consumer. The RFID tag stores recovery information for use at recovery of the information handling system, such as the manufacturer, weight, recycle classification and a unique identification code. More detailed recovery information is optionally stored in a network-accessible recovery database by reference to information readable from the RFID tag. At its end-of-life of the electronic device is received at a recovery site and the recovery information is read by a RFID scanner. A recovery monitor applies the read recovery information to allocate recovery costs to the manufacturer and otherwise manage the recycling or disposal of the electronic device.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for tracking recovery of used electronic devices, the system comprising:
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plural electronic devices made by plural manufacturers;
an RFID tag coupled to each electronic device, each RFID tag having recovery information including at least the manufacturer of the device;
a recovery site associated with the recovery of used electronic devices made by plural manufacturers;
an RFID scanner associated with the recovery site and operable to read the RFID tags; and
a recovery monitor interfaced with the RFID scanner and operable to track the electronic devices recovered at the recovery site by manufacturer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for tracking recovery of used electronic devices made by plural manufacturers, the method comprising:
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coupling an RFID tag to each electronic device at manufacture of the electronic device, the RFID tag having recovery information sufficient to at least identify the manufacturer of the electronic device;
shipping the electronic devices to consumers for use;
recovering the electronic devices at a recovery site after consumer use, the recovered electronic devices manufactured by plural manufacturers;
scanning the RFID tag at the recovery site to retrieve the recovery information; and
applying the recovery information to assign recovery responsibility to the manufacturers of the electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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15. The method of claim 15 wherein the unique identification information identifies the model of the electronic device.
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