Patent ID: 7840606
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of performing a product availability check, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of first data sets, each first data set comprising a first key, a time bucket associated with the first data set, and a quantity of products available at the time bucket, the time bucket being a single point of time or time period, the first key comprising a primary key element and one or more secondary key elements, the primary key element being associated with a corresponding priority value, the priority value representing a priority of the first data set within the plurality, and the primary key element being one of stock products, incoming products, or outgoing products, the receiving comprising: deriving a second data set from the received first data sets, the second data set including a second key comprising a combination of the secondary key elements of the first data sets, and further including quantities of products available at the time buckets associated with the first data sets and associated with the combination of secondary key elements, wherein deriving the second data set comprises: deriving, based on the auxiliary data structure of the second data set and the priority of the primary key element associated with the auxiliary data structure, result information on the availability of one or more products at the time buckets associated with the first data sets.