Patent ID: 8849724
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a processor having a shipping container identifier module, an online marketplace interface module, a tracking module, a reuse recommendation engine, a transaction analysis engine, and a tracking location analysis engine, the shipping container identifier module configured to receive a shipping container identifier of a shipping container; the online marketplace interface module configured to associate the shipping container identifier of the shipping container with a first transaction of an online marketplace application; the tracking module configured to track a location of the shipping container; the transaction analysis engine configured to determine a number of transactions of the online marketplace application associated with the shipping container identifier; the tracking location analysis engine configured to identify a travel route, a number of destinations, and a number of travel connections corresponding to the shipping container based on the shipping container identifier; a transaction detection engine configured to detect a second transaction where a buyer identified in the first transaction is identified as a seller in the second transaction; and the reuse recommendation engine configured to generate a recommendation to reuse the shipping container for the second transaction of the online marketplace application based on the number of transactions, the travel route, the number of destinations, and the number of connections of the shipping container associated with the shipping container identifier.