SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE TRADE IN VALUE QUOTATIONS
First Claim
1. A system for providing a trade-in price quotation to a mobile device, the mobile device operable to send a quote request, the quote request including information associated with at least one characteristic of the mobile device, the system comprising:
- a first server for receiving the quote request, the first server including a recognition module for interpreting the information to identify the at least one characteristic of the mobile device from which the quote request was sent;
a pricing module communicating with the recognition module and receiving from the recognition module the at least one characteristic of the mobile device from which the quote request was sent, the pricing module operable to access a pricing database that returns a mobile device value amount based at least in part upon the at least one characteristic of the mobile device from which the quote request was sent, and to calculate the trade-in price quotation; and
a communication module for sending the trade-in price quotation to the mobile device, the trade-in price quotation including at least the mobile device value amount.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a trade-in price quotation to a mobile device. The system receives from the mobile device a quote request including information associated with at least one characteristic of the mobile device, such as the make and model of the mobile device. The system interprets the information to identify the at least one characteristic of the mobile device and sends the at least one characteristic to a pricing database that returns a mobile device value amount based at least in part upon the at least one characteristic of the mobile device. The system calculates a trade-in price quotation based upon at least the mobile device value amount and sends the trade-in price quotation to the mobile device.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing a trade-in price quotation to a mobile device, the mobile device operable to send a quote request, the quote request including information associated with at least one characteristic of the mobile device, the system comprising:
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a first server for receiving the quote request, the first server including a recognition module for interpreting the information to identify the at least one characteristic of the mobile device from which the quote request was sent; a pricing module communicating with the recognition module and receiving from the recognition module the at least one characteristic of the mobile device from which the quote request was sent, the pricing module operable to access a pricing database that returns a mobile device value amount based at least in part upon the at least one characteristic of the mobile device from which the quote request was sent, and to calculate the trade-in price quotation; and a communication module for sending the trade-in price quotation to the mobile device, the trade-in price quotation including at least the mobile device value amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium for controlling a computer and comprising a plurality of code segments for providing a trade-in value price quotation to a mobile device in response to a quote request sent from a mobile device, the computer readable medium comprising:
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a code segment for receiving and interpreting the quote request to identify at least one characteristic of the mobile device; a code segment for receiving the at least one characteristic of the mobile device and comparing the at least one characteristic of the mobile device to information contained in a pricing database to determine a mobile device value amount based at least in part upon the at least one characteristic of the mobile device; a code segment for calculating the trade-in value price quotation of the mobile device, the trade-in value price quotation including at least the mobile device value amount; and a code segment for sending the trade-in value price quotation to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing a trade-in value price quotation to a mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving at a server a quote request initiated by the mobile device, the quote request including information associated with at least one characteristic of the mobile device; executing a code segment contained on a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium for interpreting the information to at least partially determine the at least one characteristic of the mobile device; sending the at least one characteristic of the mobile device to a pricing database, the pricing database including a plurality of mobile device value amounts; identifying one of the plurality of mobile device value amounts that corresponds at least in part to the at least one characteristic of the mobile device; calculating a trade-in value price quotation for the mobile device, the trade-in value price quotation including at least the mobile device value amount; and sending the trade-in value price quotation to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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