System and method for reclaiming residual value of personal electronic devices

摘要

Described herein is a mobile device trade-in facilitation system comprising: one or more servers configured to interact with one or more external data sources; a mobile application communication center configured to interact with one or more mobile devices; an analytic database; and a main processor configured to: initiate a trade-in value calculation based upon an event related to a mobile device; receive information from the mobile device related to characteristics of the mobile device via the mobile application communication center; receive first data related to the mobile device from the one or more servers; retrieve second data related to the mobile device from the analytic database; determine a trade-in value for the mobile device based upon one or more of: the information, the first data, and the second data; and transmit the trade-in value to the mobile device.

主权项

1. A mobile device trade-in facilitation system comprising:
one or more servers configured to interact with one or more external data sources; a mobile application communication center configured to interact with one or more mobile devices; an analytic database configured to:
store model specific data related to characteristics of a plurality of models of mobile devices, the model specific data received from the one or more external data sources via the one or more servers; andstore device specific data related to characteristics of specific mobile devices, the device specific data received from at least one of: the specific mobile devices via the mobile application communication center and the one or more external data sources via the one or more servers; and a main processor configured to:
initiate a trade-in value calculation based upon an event related to a mobile device;receive information from the mobile device related to characteristics of the mobile device via the mobile application communication center;receive first data related to the mobile device from the one or more servers;retrieve second data from the analytic database, the second data comprising at least one of: model specific data of the mobile device and device specific data of the mobile device;determine a trade-in value for the mobile device based upon the information, the first data, and the second data; andtransmit the trade-in value to the mobile device.