SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE TRADE-IN VALUE QUOTATIONS AND COMPARISONS AGAINST OTHER MOBILE DEVICES
First Claim
1. A system for providing a trade-in price quotation to a first mobile device and comparing the first mobile device against a second mobile device, the first mobile device operable to send a quote and compare request, the quote and compare request including information associated with at least one characteristic of each of the first and second mobile devices, 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 first 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 first mobile device from which the quote and compare request was sent, the pricing module operable to access a pricing database that returns a mobile device value amount for the first mobile device based at least in part upon the at least one characteristic of the first mobile device from which the quote request was sent, and to calculate the trade-in price quotation for the first mobile device, the pricing module also receiving the quote and compare request and further operable to access a mobile device database that returns a retail price of the second mobile device based at least in part upon the information associated with at least one characteristic of the second mobile device, and to calculate a net price of the second mobile device, the net price comprising a difference between the retail price of the second mobile device and the trade-in price quotation of the first mobile device; and
a communication module for sending the trade-in price quotation for the first mobile device and the net price of the second mobile device to the first mobile device.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a trade-in price quotation to a first mobile device and comparing the first mobile device against a second mobile device. The system receives from the first mobile device a quote and compare request including information associated with a characteristic of each of the mobile devices. The system receives a mobile device value amount for the first mobile device based upon the information associated with the characteristic of the first mobile device, calculates a trade-in price quotation based upon the mobile device value amount for the first mobile device, and receives a retail price of the second mobile device based upon the information associated with a characteristic of the second mobile device, to calculate a net price of the second mobile device, and sends the trade-in price quotation and the net price to the first mobile device.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for providing a trade-in price quotation to a first mobile device and comparing the first mobile device against a second mobile device, the first mobile device operable to send a quote and compare request, the quote and compare request including information associated with at least one characteristic of each of the first and second mobile devices, 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 first 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 first mobile device from which the quote and compare request was sent, the pricing module operable to access a pricing database that returns a mobile device value amount for the first mobile device based at least in part upon the at least one characteristic of the first mobile device from which the quote request was sent, and to calculate the trade-in price quotation for the first mobile device, the pricing module also receiving the quote and compare request and further operable to access a mobile device database that returns a retail price of the second mobile device based at least in part upon the information associated with at least one characteristic of the second mobile device, and to calculate a net price of the second mobile device, the net price comprising a difference between the retail price of the second mobile device and the trade-in price quotation of the first mobile device; and a communication module for sending the trade-in price quotation for the first mobile device and the net price of the second mobile device to the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. 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 first mobile device and comparing the first mobile device against a second mobile device in response to a quote and compare request sent from the first mobile device, the computer readable medium comprising:
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a code segment for receiving and interpreting the quote and compare request to identify at least one characteristic of each of the first and second mobile devices; a code segment for receiving the at least one characteristic of the first mobile device and comparing the at least one characteristic of the first mobile device to information contained in a pricing database to determine a mobile device value amount for the first mobile device based at least in part upon the at least one characteristic of the first mobile device; a code segment for calculating the trade-in value price quotation of the first mobile device, the trade-in value price quotation including at least the mobile device value amount for the first mobile device; a code segment for receiving the at least one characteristic of the second mobile device and comparing the at least one characteristic of the second mobile device to information contained in a mobile device database to determine a retail price of the second mobile device based at least in part upon the at least one characteristic of the second mobile device; a code segment for calculating a net price of the second mobile device, the net price comprising a difference between the retail price of the second mobile device and the trade-in price quotation of the first mobile device; and a code segment for sending the trade-in value price quotation for the first mobile device and the net price of the second mobile device to the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing a trade-in value price quotation to a first mobile device and comparing the first mobile device against a second mobile device, the method comprising:
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receiving at a server a quote and compare request initiated by the first mobile device, the quote and compare request including information associated with at least one characteristic of the first mobile device and identification of the second 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 first mobile device; sending the at least one characteristic of the first 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 first mobile device; calculating a trade-in value price quotation for the first mobile device, the trade-in value price quotation including at least the mobile device value amount for the first mobile device; sending the identification of the second mobile device to a mobile device database, the mobile device database including a plurality of mobile device retail prices; identifying a retail price of the second mobile device based on the identification of the second mobile device; calculating a net price of the second mobile device, the net price comprising a difference between the retail price of the second mobile device and the trade-in price quotation for the first mobile device; and sending the trade-in value price quotation for the first mobile device and the net retail price of the second mobile device to the first mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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