Credit System for Collection of Recycled Materials
First Claim
11. A computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions for recording a sale and a retiring of a recycling credit certificate for a recycled material stored thereon, that when executed by an administrator'"'"'s processor, perform the instructions comprising:
- receiving from a seller a request to generate the recycling credit certificate, the certificate including unique information identifying environmental attributes that are unbundled from a corresponding amount of the recycled material, the corresponding amount of the recycled material being tangibly owned by the seller;
transferring the certificate from an account registered by the seller to an account registered by a buyer;
receiving from the buyer a request to retire the recycling credit certificate, the request including an amount of standard manufactured material used in an amount of product bearing a retail product claim for the environmental attributes that were unbundled from the corresponding amount of the recycled material tangibly owned by the seller; and
recording the certificate as retired.
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Abstract
A method of an administrator recording a sale and a retiring of a recycling credit certificate for a recycled material may include the steps of a computing device at the administrator: receiving from a seller a request to generate the recycling credit certificate, transferring the certificate from an account registered by the seller to an account registered by the buyer, receiving from the buyer a request to retire the recycling credit certificate, and recording the certificate as retired. The certificate may include unique information identifying environmental attributes that are unbundled from a corresponding amount of a recycled material. The request to retire the certificate may include an amount of standard manufactured material used in an amount of product bearing a retail product claim for the environmental attributes that were unbundled from the corresponding amount of the recycled material tangibly owned by the seller.
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38 Claims
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11. A computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions for recording a sale and a retiring of a recycling credit certificate for a recycled material stored thereon, that when executed by an administrator'"'"'s processor, perform the instructions comprising:
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receiving from a seller a request to generate the recycling credit certificate, the certificate including unique information identifying environmental attributes that are unbundled from a corresponding amount of the recycled material, the corresponding amount of the recycled material being tangibly owned by the seller; transferring the certificate from an account registered by the seller to an account registered by a buyer; receiving from the buyer a request to retire the recycling credit certificate, the request including an amount of standard manufactured material used in an amount of product bearing a retail product claim for the environmental attributes that were unbundled from the corresponding amount of the recycled material tangibly owned by the seller; and recording the certificate as retired. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer system at an administrator for recording a sale and a retiring of a recycling credit certificate for a recycled material, the computer system comprising:
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a computer system memory; and a microprocessor programmed with computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising; receiving from a seller a request to generate the recycling credit certificate, the certificate including unique information identifying environmental attributes that are unbundled from a corresponding amount of the recycled material, the corresponding amount of the recycled material being tangibly owned by the seller; transferring the certificate from an account registered by the seller to an account registered by a buyer; receiving from the buyer a request to retire the recycling credit certificate, the request including an amount of standard manufactured material used in an amount of product bearing a retail product claim for the environmental attributes that were unbundled from the corresponding amount of the recycled material tangibly owned by the seller; and recording the certificate as retired. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30-1. The method of claim 30 further comprising the computing device identifying that the certificate no longer has a remaining portion based on receiving at least one set of parameters relating to the use of the certificate and the computing device recording the certificate as retired.
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34. A system for monitoring the creation and use of at least one recycling credit certificate for a recycled material, the system comprising:
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a memory that stores at least one set of parameters related to the environmental attributes of a corresponding amount of tangibly owned recycled material, at least one set of parameters relating to a sale of a recycling credit certificate, and at least one set of parameters related to a use of the certificate; a processor configured to generate the certificate, track ownership of the certificate, and to calculate a remaining portion of the certificate; and a display for displaying at least one set of parameters relating to existence, ownership, or the remaining portion of the certificate. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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Specification