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

Claim 15:
16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein:
the item is a bundled product comprising a first component and a second component;
program instructions to determine 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 comprise:
program instructions, collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, to determine a first subset of the plurality of users is predicted to have a surplus quantity of the first component; and
program instructions, collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, to determine a second subset of the plurality of users is predicted to have a surplus quantity of the second component; and

program instructions to select the at least one accepting user comprise:
program instructions, collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, to select a first user from the first subset of the plurality of users to provide the first component; and
program instructions, collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, to select a second user form the second subset of the plurality of users to provide the second component.