Patent ID: 8706554
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the program code when executed by a processor causes a computer to determine a surcharge adjustment, the computer readable program code in said article comprising: computer readable program code configured to cause the computer to detect a rate of change in an inventory level, the inventory level corresponding to a number of items available for purchase, each of the items having an identical stock keeping unit (“SKU”) identifier; computer readable program code configured to cause the computer to determine a surcharge based on: computer readable program code configured to cause the computer to impose the surcharge: computer readable program code configured to cause the computer to impose an adjusted surcharge when a second number of the items are purchased; wherein the surcharge is larger in magnitude than the adjusted surcharge and the first number is greater than the second number.