Mobile Device Ownership Transfer via Reassignment Platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing marketplace for pre-owned mobile devices is untrustworthy due to issues of theft and loss, leading to difficulties in transferring ownership and recovering costs for consumers and service providers.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for authorized transfer of mobile devices using a device reassignment service platform that generates identifiers for verifying ownership transfers, facilitating secure transactions and recovery of lost or stolen devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If consumers rely on the secondary market to resell mobile devices, then replacement costs are reduced, but the risk of fraudulent transactions and device theft increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service provider platform as an intermediary between device sellers and buyers. This platform generates and manages transfer identifiers that verify legitimate ownership transfer, creating a trusted mediation system that reduces fraud risk while enabling cost-effective device resale through secondary markets
2Reliability
If mobile devices are stolen or misplaced and designated as lost, then security is maintained, but the devices become lost assets that cannot be recovered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by generating transfer identifiers and maintaining ownership records before devices are lost or stolen. When a device is reported lost, the system can verify legitimate ownership through stored identifiers and facilitate recovery by enabling authorized transfer back to the original owner, preventing permanent asset loss while maintaining security
3Reliability
If a authorization system is implemented to verify ownership transfers, then transaction trustworthiness is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses transfer identifiers as digital copies or representations of ownership rights. Instead of complex verification systems, the platform creates simplified identifier copies that can be transmitted and verified, reducing system complexity while maintaining high transaction trustworthiness through cryptographic verification of these identifier copies
Data Source
AI summary
An approach is presented for providing the authorized transfer of a mobile device. A platform receives a request to modify ownership status information for a mobile device, and generates in response to the request, a sale identifier based on the ownership status, wherein the sale identifier provides verification that the mobile device can be subject to a transfer of ownership, and specifies device information associated with the mobile device.