Patent ID: 8793350

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for refurbishing a batch of mobile communication devices having content stored therein, by modifying the content of mobile communication devices, comprising the steps of: a) establishing a data communication between each of the mobile communication devices and a coordinating computer, the batch of mobile communication devices comprising different types of mobile communication devices, the content comprising an operating system and user content, the coordinating computer being configured for modifying the content of the different types of mobile communication devices so as to provide batch processing of the different types of mobile communication devices, by: b) accessing at least one content-modification module for each of the different types of mobile communication devices, each of the content-modification modules being provided by the coordinating computer and comprising a plurality of operations that are executable to modify the content of a selected one of the different types of mobile communication devices, wherein the plurality of operations includes removing the operating system and removing the user content so as to refurbish the selected one of the different types of mobile communication devices; c) selecting at least one device-specific modification procedure for each of the different types of mobile communication devices, the at least one device-specific modification procedure being provided by the coordinating computer and comprising one or more selected operations of the plurality of operations of the content-modification module and an order of execution of the one or more selected operations; and d) executing at least one operation of the selected operations based upon the at least one device-specific modification procedure and the order of execution for each of the different types of mobile communication devices so as to modify the content of each of the different types of mobile communication devices.