Systems and methods for self-service recycling of automotive parts

A method for mobile device monitoring of an end-of-life vehicle (ELV) salvage network utilizing salvage pickers to verify available components on ELVs comprising:

• generating, by a server, a geofence around a salvage yard;
• tracking, by the server, a mobile device of a salvage picker user;
• receiving, by the server, a request from a searching user for a particular part of a type of automobile;
• determining, by the server, via a parts database that an ELV of the type of automobile that included the particular part within original equipment is located at the salvage yard;
• determining, by the server, via location aware sensors on the mobile device that the mobile device is within the geofence;
• and
• opening, by the server, a communication channel between the searching user and the mobile device via a web-based application based on the determination that the mobile device is within the geofence and the receipt of the request.

A system for mobile device monitoring of an end-of-life vehicle (ELV) salvage network utilizing salvage pickers to verify available components on ELVs comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory including instructions that when executed are configured to cause the processor to:
• generate a geofence around a salvage yard;
• track a mobile device of a salvage picker user;
• receive a request from a searching user for a particular part of a type of automobile;
• determine via a parts database that an ELV of the type of automobile that included the particular part within original equipment is located at the salvage yard;
• determine via location aware sensors on the mobile device that the mobile device is within the geofence;
• and
• open a communication channel between the searching user and the mobile device via a web-based application based on the determination that the mobile device is within the geofence and the receipt of the request.