Patent ID: 7533032
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, using a processing device, for materialization forecasting with respect to group reservations made by a group coordinator for the potential purchase of a particular perishable commodity, comprising the steps of: gathering past system-wide reservation information relating to past group reservations for perishable commodities that have already perished, said system-wide reservation information including information unrelated to said particular perishable commodity; gathering current reservation information relating to a current group reservation for said particular perishable commodity, which current group reservation has not yet perished; comparing said gathered past reservation information unrelated to said particular perishable commodities and said current reservation information, using said processing device; calculating, using said processing device, the materialization level of said current group reservation based on said comparison; and outputting a materialization forecast result for said current group reservation based on said calculated materialization level.