A device and methods for facilitating a sale of an item from a seller to a customer are disclosed. The device comprises a lockable compartment configured to contain the item, wherein the compartment unlocks upon receiving a sale initiation instruction. The device further comprises a sensor configured to detect a presence of the item in the compartment. The device also comprises a gateway module configured to transmit a sale completion instruction for completing the sale of the item if upon an occurrence of a predetermined event, the sensor detects that the item is absent from the compartment.

Systems, methods, and storage media for submitting a rental application are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: provide user identifying information, user income information, and/or user background information from a user to the rental platform; pay an application fee and proactively approve a credit and background check from the user on the rental platform prior to a landlord requesting the approval; send credit and background check information to a consumer credit reporting agency, and receive, at the rental platform, a plurality of questions from the consumer credit reporting agency; provide a plurality of answers from the user to the consumer credit reporting agency via the rental platform in response to the questions; inform the user the application is complete; receive at the rental platform a response from the consumer credit reporting agency; and enable the landlord to access the user's credit history.

A system to transport, secure and manage a set of tools at a job site may include a unitary portable tool storage building including a modified shipping container, a kiosk subsystem to perform login and authorization of personnel, an image data collection subsystem to capture image data of personnel using the kiosk, a wireless tool locating subsystem, and anti-gaming security subsystem.

The present invention comprises a method of managing car wash membership programs that uses unique vehicle identifiers that can be read directly from a vehicle's onboard computer. This method works with vehicles that possess an onboard computer (i.e. connected cars) that collects data on the vehicle itself (e.g. vehicle identification number (VIN), oil life, fuel level) and exposes an interface that makes it possible for external systems to request and read this data. An example scenario utilizing this method involves a customer who installs a software application (app) for the car wash on their smartphone. The customer then selects their desired subscription car wash package within the app and the app initiates a communication link directly with the vehicle that will be associated with this membership account. Once the communication link is established between the smartphone app and the vehicle, a unique identifier will be requested from the vehicle's onboard computer, such as the VIN, and this vehicle identifier will be linked to the customer's membership account which is stored in an external system, typically in a cloud-based server and database. When the customer arrives at the car wash to request wash services under their membership, they will first use the smartphone app to check in to the car wash location by verifying that the vehicle associated with the customer's membership account is physically within a predefined distance of the car wash. The smartphone app may then establish a communication link with the vehicle to request its unique identifier and then pass this data to the external server and database to verify if the customer and vehicle are registered, active, and authorized to receive the requested service(s). If the request is deemed valid, then the smartphone app will provide a means of activating the requested car wash service(s), such as through a unique numeric code entered into the pay station kiosk, a barcode or QR code to be scanned and recognized by the pay station kiosk, a wireless signal sent directly or indirectly to the pay station kiosk or car wash controller for activation, or other equivalent methods. The service(s) rendered will then be logged and stored in the external system for future reference to ensure any limits on wash usage are not exceeded by the customer's account.

Systems and methods for booking security services are described. A mobile device application provides clients the ability to hire security professionals within the geographical area of the client or another client specified location. The systems and methods facilitate selection of security professionals in real-time from security professionals that qualify for the services needed by a client. The systems and methods provide the ability to track the selected security professionals a mobile device application. The systems and methods display available security professionals in a specified geographical area along with ratings, qualifications and hourly rates, making the client's selection of security professionals simple. The systems and methods allow the security professionals to promote their services. Participation in the systems and methods provides security professionals the ability to work at the time and place of their choosing in the geographical area they prefer.

The present disclosure relates to a shared item management system and method, a shared item and a shared server. The shared item includes a collecting module configured to collect a user feature, a sending module configured to send the collected user feature, a receiving module configured to receive response information from outside, and a response module configured to cause the shared item to perform a predetermined response based on the response information.

Aspects of the invention may involve systems, methods, and computer readable medium. In an embodiment of the invention, a computer-implemented method for paying for usage of a pay per use device may be provided. The method may transmit device identification information from the device to a server. Device setup information and vend price may be received and the vend price may be displayed. User identification may be received and transmitted to the server. An account balance value may be received and displayed on the display. A start request may be received and transmitted to the server. The device may start and an updated account balance may be displayed.

Kiosk systems and methods for vending mobile phones and other electronic devices to, and/or for purchasing mobile phones and other electronic devices from, consumers are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, such systems can include subsystems for transferring data from, e.g., a purchased phone to a vended phone.

A kiosk comprises a display for displaying information related to a payment of a vehicle service; a special purpose processor that processes the payment of the vehicle service; and a dispenser for providing a key of the vehicle after the payment is processed.

An exchange device capable of renting a mobile battery that can increase user satisfaction. The exchange device, which accommodates a plurality of mobile batteries and lends the accommodated mobile batteries when the mobile batteries are returned, includes: a return processing unit that acquires a usage state of the returned mobile batteries; and a lending processing unit that determines whether or not the mobile battery that can be lent is present for the plurality of mobile batteries accommodated in the exchange device on the basis of the usage state.