Patent ID: 8447664
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: individually evaluating, by one or more computers, a respective expected profitability for each particular unit of a plurality of units of items held as inventory, wherein evaluating a respective expected profitability for each particular unit comprises: prior to said future date of transaction, individually determining, by one or more computers, a disposition of each respective unit of said plurality of units determined to be currently profitable but expected to be unprofitable as of said future date of transaction; and responsive to the individually determining, redirecting said each respective unit, wherein, for said each respective unit, redirecting comprises: notifying a disposition service configured to coordinate liquidation of said each respective unit, updating a record to reflect removal of said each respective unit from inventory, or presenting disposition options for a plurality of conditions of said each respective unit, wherein selection of an option determines how to proceed with said each respective unit.