Patent ID: 11907877
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:
the item is a bundled product comprising a first component and a second component;
determining the plurality of users predicted to have a surplus quantity of the item beyond each respective user's estimated needs at the time of the request comprises:
determining, by one or more processors, a first subset of the plurality of users is predicted to have a surplus quantity of the first component; and
determining, by one or more processors, a second subset of the plurality of users is predicted to have a surplus quantity of the second component; and

selecting the at least one accepting user comprises:
selecting, by one or more processors, a first user from the first subset of the plurality of users to provide the first component; and
selecting, by one or more processors, a second user form the second subset of the plurality of users to provide the second component.