Patent Publication Number: US-2017372258-A1

Title: Virtual warehouse system

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     Numerous search requests for items are generated throughout any given day. For example, some search requests may be for items identified from various networks, such as marketplace networks around the world. Yet, based on searching for a requested item, various merchant inventories associated with the merchants networks may indeed be out of stock with respect to the requested item. Yet further, in some instances, some merchant inventories may actually have the requested item in stock, but the search may be misdirected and/or the item may be improperly tagged or marked, such that the requested item is unrecognized by the inventory system. Instead, the inventory system may recognize and/or identify the requested item as a different item. In such instances, the user requesting the item is disappointed because she cannot find the requested item and she must continue searching for the item. Further, the merchant offering the item may lose a sale and/or a transaction and further, the merchant incurs additional losses from the requested item taking up space in the inventory. 
     As demonstrated in the scenario above, there may be various inefficiencies associated with searching and/or identifying requested items. In addition, these inefficiencies may be proportionally increased based on the volume of requests for items generated by numerous users throughout any given day. As such, there is much need for technological advancements in various aspects of computer technology in the realm of computer networks and particularly with systems associated with inventories. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram of an exemplary system, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2A  illustrates an exemplary system with a routing device, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2B  illustrates an exemplary system with a routing device and a connection, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2C  illustrates an exemplary system with a routing device and one or more stocked merchants, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2D  illustrates an exemplary system with a routing device and one or more stocked merchants associated with one or more networks, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2E  illustrates an exemplary device, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 3A  illustrates an exemplary system with a routing device, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 3B  illustrates the exemplary system with a routing device and one or more networks, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 3C  illustrates the exemplary system with a routing device and one or more stocked merchants, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 3D  illustrates the exemplary system with a routing device and one or more interfaces, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 3E  illustrates an exemplary device, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 4  illustrates an exemplary method, according to an embodiment; and 
         FIG. 5  illustrates an exemplary system with a virtual warehouse database, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 6  illustrates an exemplary system with a virtual warehouse database associated with various networks, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 7  illustrates an exemplary system with a virtual warehouse database associated with various interfaces, according to an embodiment; and 
         FIG. 8  illustrates an exemplary method, according to an embodiment. 
     
    
    
     Embodiments of the present disclosure and their advantages may be understood by referring to the detailed description herein. It should be appreciated that reference numerals may be used to illustrate various elements and features provided in the figures. The figures may illustrate various examples for purposes of illustration and explanation related to the embodiments of the present disclosure and not for purposes of any limitation. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     As described above, there may be various inefficiencies associated with searching and/or identifying requested by users. Yet further, there may be an increasing volume of requests for items generated by numerous users such that the inefficiencies may be proportionally increased. For example, consider a scenario where a user is searching for an item, such as a shawl. In some instances, the item may be a specific type shawl, such as a cashmere shawl with a paisley print, for example. As such, the user may search for the shawl item with an electronic commerce (“e-commerce”) website on her smartphone. Yet, the user may find that the e-commerce website indicates that the shawl item is out of stock, possibly where the indication is generated by a lead inventory system associated with the e-commerce website. In some instances, the shawl item may indeed be out of stock with a merchant and/or a marketplace network. Yet, as contemplated above, the shawl item may also be improperly tagged and/or marked such that the shawl item is unrecognized by the lead inventory system and incorrectly identified as out of stock. 
     In view of the circumstances above, an intelligent routing system may be configured to access various other merchants and/or marketplace networks around the world. For example, the routing system may search and/or identify one or more international marketplace networks generally stocking the requested shawl item. Yet further, the system may identify the particular fabric of the requested shawl item, such as the ‘cashmere.’ In addition, the system may search and/or identify the networks stocking the cashmere, possibly the type of cashmere wool used to make the shawl item, the type of animals, such as cashmere goats, that produce the cashmere fabric, and/or the geographic regions where the animals are kept and/or herded, among various other characteristics associated with the shawl item. As such, in view of the range of such characteristics potentially available to the system&#39;s searching capabilities, the routing system may identify various networks, in India and China for example, that stock the requested shawl item. 
     Notably, the routing system may generate numerous parallel queries to the various marketplace networks globally. In particular, the routing system may utilize existing interfaces and networks associated with the e-commerce website described above to search for the shawl item. For example, the routing system may utilize various application programming interfaces (APIs) associated with the servers running the e-commerce website, possibly based on sharing agreements with the provider of the e-commerce website. As such, the system may search and/or identify one or more inventories stocked with the requested shawl item, where the one or more inventories may be located in different countries. Further, the system may send the search results back to the user&#39;s smartphone or other user device. Notably, the search results sent may enable the smartphone to display the search results, possibly sorting and/or ranking the search results based on user preferences. As such, the searches may be performed quickly and efficiently, thereby improving search speed, search efficiency, and optimizing the accuracy of the search results. 
     In some embodiments, the routing system may generate a secondary market for the items requested. For example, considering the scenarios above, a lead merchant associated with the request for the shawl item may indicate that the shawl item is out of stock. In some instances, the routing system may identify one or more other second merchants with the shawl item in stock. In such instances, the lead merchant may retrieve bids from the one or more second merchants to satisfy the request for the shawl item. In particular, the retrieved bids may be based on various forms of information and/or data, such as a price for the shawl item, a stocking fee and/or an inventory fee associated with shawl item, a cost to ship and/or deliver the shawl item from the respective merchant to a location of the user, the speed of delivering the item to the location of the user, the method and/or quality of the delivery of the item, and ratings associated with the respective merchant, among other forms of data associated with the request. In some embodiments, the routing system may determine respective ratings for the user and the second merchants, where the ratings may be based on inputs from the lead merchant. In some embodiments, the routing system may determine levels of trust between the lead merchant and the second merchants. 
     In some embodiments, the routing system may operate transparently with the e-commerce website described above, such that the shawl item appears on the website to be shipping from the lead merchant. In some instances, the lead merchant may accept one or more liabilities and/or warranties associated with the shawl item shipped to the user, possibly since the user is expecting the shawl item to arrive from the lead merchant. Thus, the routing system may determine a fee that the second merchant is required to transfer to the lead merchant based on such liabilities accepted by the lead merchant. 
     Yet, in some embodiments, a second e-commerce website associated with the second merchant may indicate that the lead merchant is out of stock with respect to the shawl item. Further, the second e-commerce website may notify users of the secondary market generated by the routing system described above. As such, the second e-commerce website may be configured to make a transaction for the user to purchase the shawl item from the second e-commerce website, the secondary market, and/or other remote markets, among other possibilities. 
     In some embodiments, the routing system may generate and/or maintain a catalog database with numerous items available from various marketplace networks and second merchant inventories, possibly referred as stocked inventory systems. In some instances, the routing system may generate and/or maintain the stocked inventory systems in real-time, such that the stocked inventory systems may also be referred to as real-time inventory systems. Further, the routing system may be configured to maintain the catalog database with greater depths described herein based on the various marketplace networks and the stocked inventory systems. 
       FIG. 1  is a simplified block diagram of an exemplary system  100 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the system  100  may include a server  102 . The server  102  may be configured to perform operations of a provider, such as PayPal, Inc. of San Jose, Calif., USA. Further, the system  100  may also include a client device  104  and a client device  106 . As such, the server  102  and the client devices  104  and  106  may be configured to communicate over the one or more networks  108 . As such, the system  100  includes multiple computing devices  102 ,  104 , and/or  106 . 
     The system  100  may operate with more or less than the computing devices  102 ,  104 , and/or  106  shown in  FIG. 1 , where each device may be configured to communicate over the one or more communication networks  108 , possibly to transfer data accordingly. The one or more communication networks  108  may include a packet-switched network configured to provide digital networking communications and/or exchange data of various forms, content, type, and/or structure. In some instances, the one or more communication networks  108  may include a data network, a private network, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a telecommunications network, and/or a cellular network, among other possible networks. In some instances, the communication network  108  may include network nodes, web servers, switches, routers, base stations, microcells, and/or various buffers/queues to transfer data/data packets  122  and/or  124 . 
     The data/data packets  122  and/or  124  may include the various forms of data associated with the user accounts described herein. The data/data packets  122  and/or  124  may be transferable using communication protocols, such as packet layer protocols, packet ensemble layer protocols, and/or network layer protocols, among other types of communication protocols. For example, the data/data packets  122  and/or  124  may be transferable using transmission control protocols and/or internet protocols (TCP/IP). In various embodiments, each of the data/data packets  122  and  124  may be assembled or disassembled into larger or smaller packets of varying capacities, such as capacities varying from 1,000 to 1,100 bytes, for example, among other possible data capacities. As such, data/data packets  122  and/or  124  may be transferable over the one or more networks  108  and to various locations in the one or more networks  108 . 
     In some embodiments, the server  102  may take a variety of forms. The server  102  may be an enterprise server, possibly operable with one or more operating systems to facilitate the scalability of the architecture within the system  100 . For example, the server  102  may operate with a Unix-based operating system configured to integrate with a growing number of servers in the one or more networks  108 , the client devices  104  and/or  106 , among other computing devices configured to communicate with the system  100 . The server  102  may further facilitate workloads associated with numerous data transfers in view of an increasing item requests generated by the client devices  104  and/or  106 . In particular, the server  102  may facilitate the scalability relative to such an increasing number of item requests to eliminate data congestion, bottlenecks, and/or transfer delays. 
     In some embodiments, the server  102  may include multiple components, such as one or more hardware processors  112 , non-transitory memories  114 , non-transitory data storages  116 , and/or communication interfaces  118 , among other possible components described in relation to  FIG. 1 , any of which may be communicatively linked via a system bus, network, or other connection mechanism  122 . The one or more hardware processors  112  may take the form of a multi-purpose processor, a microprocessor, a special purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) and/or other types of processing components. For example, the one or more hardware processors  112  may include an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable system-on-chip (SOC), and/or a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). In particular, the one or more hardware processors  112  may include a variable-bit (e.g., 64-bit) processor architecture configured to transfer the data packets  122  and/or  124 . As such, the one or more hardware processors  112  may execute varying instructions sets (e.g., simplified and complex instructions sets) with fewer cycles per instruction than other general-purpose hardware processors, thereby improving the performance of the server  102 . 
     In practice, for example, the one or more hardware processors  112  may be configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory component  114  to cause the system  100  to perform operations. For example, the server  102 , possibly referred to as the routing system  102 , may determine a request  122  for an item generated by the client device  104 , possibly referred to as the user device  104 . Further, the routing system  102  may search for the item with the client device  106 , possibly referred to as the lead inventory system  106  associated with the one or more networks  108 . In some instances, the lead inventory system  106  may be out of the requested item. 
     Yet further, the routing system  102  may identify one or more stocked inventory systems based at the lead inventory system  106  associated with the one or more networks  108 . In some instances, the one or more stocked inventory systems may be stocked with the requested item. In addition, the routing system  102  may route the request  122  for the item to the one or more stocked inventory systems stocked with the requested item, where the routed request  124  may be routed over the one or more networks. As such, the routing system  102  may identify at least one stocked inventory system from the one or more stocked inventory systems able to provide the requested item from the one or more stocked inventory systems. 
     The non-transitory memory component  114  and/or the non-transitory data storage  116  may include one or more volatile, non-volatile, and/or replaceable storage components, such as magnetic, optical, and/or flash storage that may be integrated in whole or in part with the one or more hardware processors  112 . Further, the memory component  114  may include or take the form of a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the hardware processing component  112 , cause the server  102  to perform operations described in this disclosure, illustrated by the accompanying figures, and/or otherwise contemplated herein. 
     The communication interface component  118  may take a variety of forms and may be configured to allow the server  102  to communicate with one or more devices, such as the client devices  104  and/or  106 . For example, the communication interface  118  may include a transceiver that enables the server  102  to communicate with the client devices  104  and/or  106  over the one or more networks  108 . In some instances, the communication interface  118  may include a wired interface, such as an Ethernet interface, to communicate with the client devices  104  and/or  106 . Further, in some instances, the communication interface  118  may include a cellular interface, such as a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) interface, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) interface, and/or a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) interface. Yet further, in some instances, the communication interface  118  may include a local area network interface, such as a WI-FI interface configured to communicate with a number of different protocols. As such, the communication interface  118  may include a wireless interface operable to transfer data over short distances utilizing short-wavelength radio waves in approximately the 2.4 to 2.485 GHz range. In some instances, the communication interface  118  may send/receive data or data packets  122  and/or  124  to/from client devices  104  and/or  106 . 
     The client devices  104  and  106  may also be configured to perform a variety of operations such as those described in this disclosure, illustrated by the accompanying figures, and/or otherwise contemplated herein. In particular, the client devices  104  and  106  may be configured to transfer data packets  122  and/or  124  associated with a user account to and from the server  102 . The data packets  122  and/or  124  may also include location data associated with the request items, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) data or GPS coordinate data. Yet further, the data packets  122  and/or  124  may include environmental data including triangulation data, beacon data, WI-FI data, temperature data, and/or sensor data. In addition, the data packets  122  and/or  124  may include movement data, emotional data, demonstrative data, physiographical data, body temperature data, among other types of data potentially related to one or more users. 
     In some embodiments, the client devices  104  and  106  may include or take the form of a smartphone system, a personal computer (PC), such as a laptop device, a tablet computer device, a wearable computer device, a head-mountable display (HMD) device, a smart watch device, and/or other types of computing devices configured to transfer data associated with a user account. The client devices  104  and  106  may include various components, including, for example, input/output (I/O) interfaces  130  and  140 , communication interfaces  132  and  142 , hardware processors  134  and  144 , and non-transitory data storages  136  and  146 , respectively, all of which may be communicatively linked with each other via a system bus, network, or other connection mechanisms  138  and  148 , respectively. 
     The I/O interfaces  130  and  140  may be configured to receive inputs from and provide outputs to users of the client devices  104  and  106 . For example, the I/O interface  130  may include a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to receive a user input that activates the provider application with the other applications. Thus, the I/O interfaces  130  and  140  may include displays and/or input hardware with tangible surfaces, such as touchscreens with touch sensors and/or proximity sensors configured with variable sensitivities to detect the touch inputs from a user. The I/O interfaces  130  and  140  may also be synched with a microphone, sound speakers, and/or other audio mechanisms configured to receive voice commands. Further, the I/O interfaces  130  and  140  may also include a computer mouse, a keyboard, and/or other interface mechanisms. In addition, I/O interfaces  130  and  140  may include output hardware, such as one or more touchscreen displays, haptic feedback systems, and/or other hardware components. 
     In some embodiments, communication interfaces  132  and  142  may take a variety of forms. For example, communication interfaces  132  and  142  may be configured to allow client devices  104  and  106 , respectively, to communicate with one or more devices according to a number of protocols described or contemplated herein. For instance, communication interfaces  132  and  142  may be configured to allow client devices  104  and  106 , respectively, to communicate with the server  102  via the one or more communication networks  108 . The processors  134  and  144  may include one or more multi-purpose processors, microprocessors, special purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), programmable system-on-chips (SOC), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), and/or other types of processing components described or contemplated herein. 
     The data storages  136  and  146  may include one or more volatile, non-volatile, removable, and/or non-removable storage components, and may be integrated in whole or in part with processors  134  and  144 , respectively. Further, data storages  136  and  146  may include or take the form of non-transitory computer-readable mediums, having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by processors  134  and  144 , cause the client devices  104  and  106  to perform operations, respectively, such as those described in this disclosure, illustrated by the accompanying figures, and/or otherwise contemplated herein. 
     In some embodiments, the user device  104  may generate a request for one or more items with a user account. For example, the generated request may be encoded in the data packet  122  to establish a connection with the routing system  102 . As such, the data packet  122  may initiate a search of an internet protocol (IP) address of the routing system  102  that may take the form of the IP address, 192.168.1.102, for example. In some instances, an intermediate server, e.g., a domain name server (DNS) and/or a web server, possibly in the one or more networks  108  may identify the IP address of the routing system  102  to establish the connection between the user device  104  and the routing system  102 . As such, the routing system  102  may identify one or more stocked inventory systems based on routing the request encoded in the data packet  122 . In particular, the routing system may route the data packet  122  from the user device  104  to the lead inventory system  106  to search and/or identify the one or more stocked inventory systems. 
     It can be appreciated that the routing system  102  and the user device  104  and/or the lead inventory system  106  may be deployed in various other ways. For example, the operations performed by the system  102  and/or the user device  104  and the system  106  may be performed by a greater or a fewer number of devices. Further, the operations performed by two or more of the systems and/or devices  102 ,  104 , and/or  106  may be combined and performed by a single device. Yet further, the operations performed by a single device may be separated or distributed among the system  102 , the user device  104 , and the system  106 . 
     Notably, a user account associated with a provider may be displayed on the client device  104 , possibly with the I/O interface  130 . For example, a provider application of the client device  104  may be configured to access the user account displayed on the I/O interface  130 . In some instances, the user account may be a personal account associated with funds. Further, the user account may be a corporate account, such that employees, staff, worker personnel, and/or contractors, among other individuals may have access to the corporate account. Further, an account may be a family account created for multiple family members, where each member may have access to the account. Yet further, it should be noted that a user may be a number of individuals, a group, and/or possibly a robot, a robotic device, and/or a robotic system, among other computing devices capable of transferring data associated with the user account. In some instances, login data may be required to access the user account and/or perform a transfer with the account. For example, the data required may include credential information, such as a login, an email address, a username, a password, a phone number, a security code, an encryption key, authentication data, biometric data (e.g., fingerprint data), and/or other types of data to access the user account and/or perform a transfer with the account. 
       FIG. 2A  illustrates an exemplary system  200  with a routing device  202 , according to an embodiment. In some instances, the routing device  202 , possibly also referred to as the routing system  202 , may take the form of the server  102  described above in relation to  FIG. 1 . As shown, the routing device  202  may be coupled with one or more marketplace networks  208  that may, for example, take the form of the one of more communication networks  108  described above. Yet further, the user device  204  may take the form of the client device  104  described above. In addition, the lead merchant device  206 , possibly also referred to as the lead inventory system  206 , may take the form of the client device  106  described above. In some instances, the lead inventory system  206  may manage a website, possibly referred to as “merchant206.com,” for purposes of illustration. 
     Considering the scenarios described, the routing device  202  determines a user request for an item (e.g., the shawl item) generated by the user device  204 . In particular, the request may be embedded in a data packet, such as the data packet  122  described above, possibly transmitted over the one or more marketplace networks  208 . In some instances, the user request may indicate and/or identify the lead merchant associated with the device  206 , possibly identifying the lead merchant as the provider of the requested item. As such, the routing device  202  may search for the requested item with the lead merchant device  206 , possibly where the lead merchant device  206  is associated with one or more inventories of the lead merchant. In some instances, the lead merchant may be out of stock. In particular, the one or more inventories of the lead merchant may be out of the requested item. 
     In some embodiments, the routing device  202  may initiate a search for the requested item with the lead merchant device  206  based on various interfaces associated the device  206 , possibly integrated with the one or more marketplace networks  208 . In such instances, the routing device  202  may identify one or more stocked inventories and/or inventory systems stocked with the requested item based on the lead merchant  206  and interfaces associated with the device  206 , potentially leveraging existing API interfaces and/or network resources for improving the search speed and search accuracy. Thus, the routing device  202  may route the request for the item to the one or more stocked inventory systems identified. Further, the routing device  202  may complete a transaction for the requested item such that the item is shipped to a location associated with the user device  204 , such as a location of the lead merchant device  206 . 
       FIG. 2B  illustrates the exemplary system  200  with a routing device  202  and a connection  210 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the system  200  includes the user device  204 , the lead merchant device  206 , and the one or more marketplace networks  208  described above. Further, the system  200  includes a connection  210  with the user device  204  and the lead merchant device  206 . As noted, the user request may indicate and/or identify the lead merchant associated with the lead merchant device  206 , possibly identifying the lead merchant as a provider of the requested item. As such, the routing device  202  may search for the requested item with the lead merchant device  206 . Yet, in instances where the lead merchant may be out of stock, the routing device  202  may establish the connection  210 , possibly a direct connection  210  with user device  204 . As such, the lead merchant device  206  may initiate the search for the requested item based on the direct connection  210 . For example, the lead merchant device  206  may initiate the search with search details retrieved from the user device  204 . As noted, the search may be based on various interfaces of the lead merchant device  206 , possibly integrated with the one or more marketplace networks  208  and other possible networks associated with the lead merchant device  206 . 
     As described above, the routing device  202  may identify the one or more stocked inventories and/or inventory systems stocked with the requested item based on the lead merchant device  206  and interfaces associated with the lead merchant device  206 , potentially leveraging existing API interfaces and/or network resources for improving the search speed and search accuracy. Thus, the routing device  202  may route the request for the item to the lead merchant device  206  and also to the one or more stocked inventory systems identified. Further, the routing device  202  may complete a transaction for the requested item such that the item is shipped to a location associated with the user device  204 . 
     Notably, the routing device  202  may intelligently search and/or identify one or more international networks, possibly in the one or more marketplace networks  208 , that stock the shawl requested item. Yet further, the routing device  202  may identify the particular fabric of the shawl requested item, such as the various types of cashmere described above. In addition, the routing device  202  may search and/or identify the networks stocking the type of cashmere, such as the type of cashmere wool used to make the shawl requested item. As noted, the routing device  202  may also search and/or identify various forms of item data indicating the type of animals that produce the cashmere fabric, such as cashmere goats, the geographic regions where the animals are located, and/or the suppliers of the cashmere fabric, among various other characteristics associated with the shawl item requested. The routing device  202  may feed the item data to the lead merchant device  206  over the one or more marketplace networks  208 . 
       FIG. 2C  illustrates the exemplary system  200  with the routing device  202  and one or more stocked merchants  212  and  214 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the system  200  includes the routing device  202 , the user device  204 , the lead merchant device  206 , and the one or more marketplace networks  208  described above. Further, the system  200  includes one or more stocked merchant devices  212  and/or  214 . 
     As noted, the routing device  202 , also referred to as the routing system  202 , may determine a user request for an item generated by the user device  204 . In particular, the request may be embedded in a data packet, such as the data packet  122  described above, possibly transmitted over the one or more marketplace networks  208  to the routing device  202 . In some instances, the user request may indicate and/or identify the lead merchant associated with the device  206 , possibly identifying the lead merchant as the provider of the requested item. As such, the routing system  202  may search for the requested item with the lead merchant device  206 , possibly where the lead merchant device  206  is associated with one or more inventories of the lead merchant. In some instances, the lead merchant may be out of stock of the requested item. In particular, the one or more inventories of the lead merchant may be out of the requested item. 
     In some embodiments, the routing system  202  may identify one or more stocked merchants  212  and/or  214 , possibly referred to as the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214 . For example, the routing system  202  may identify the stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214  based on the lead inventory system  206  associated with the one or more networks  208 . In particular, the routing device  202  may identify the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214  are stocked with the requested item, possibly based on various interfaces associated with the lead inventory system  206 , possibly integrated with the one or more networks  208 . 
     As such, the routing system  202  may route the request for the item to the one or more inventory systems  212  and/or  214  stocked with the requested item. Further, the routing system  202  may identify at least one stocked inventory system, such as the inventory system  212 , from the stocked inventory systems  212 ,  214 , and other possible stocked inventory systems. Yet further, the inventory system  212  may be identified in instances where the system  212  is able to provide the requested item, possibly ship the requested item from the stocked inventory system  212  to a location of the user device  204 . 
     In some embodiments, where the requested item may correspond with one or more identification codes, possibly also referred to as provider product codes and/or PayPal product codes (PPC) associated with a provider, such as PayPal, Inc. of San Jose, Calif., USA. The PPC may be associated with universal stock keeping units (SKUs), universal product codes (UPC), and/or international article numbers (EAN) including multi-digit barcodes, among other types of codes that indicate manufacturers, descriptions, materials, sizes, colors, packaging, and/or warranties associated with the requested item. Thus, the routing system  202  may search for the requested item with the one or more identification codes with the lead inventory system  206  associated with the one or more networks  208 . 
     In some embodiments, the routing system  202  may determine various bids received to satisfy the user request, such as by shipping the item to a location associated with the user device  204 . For example, the routing system  202  may determine a respective bid from each of the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214 . In some instances, the respective bids may be based on the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214  configured to and/or able to ship the requested item, possibly to a location associated with the user device  204 . Further, respective bids may be based on various other factors, such as each merchant&#39;s asking price for the requested item, the stocking fees of the item, the shipping costs of the item potentially to the location of the user device  204 , the speed or time it takes to deliver the item to the location, the quality of service in delivering the item, and/or various ratings associated with deliveries from the systems  212  and/or  214 , among other possibilities. 
     In some instances, the respective bids may be based on the capabilities of the systems  212  and/or  214  shipping the requested item from respective locations associated with the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214  to a location associated with the user device  204 . For example, consider that the inventory system  212  is located in Canada, the inventory system  214  is located in China, and the location associated with the user device  204  is in the U.S. In such instances, the inventory system  212  may be identified and/or selected to ship the requested item based on the respective bid from the stocked inventory system  212 , where the bid may reflect lower costs associated with shipping from Canada to the U.S., as opposed to the bid from the system  214  reflecting higher costs associated with shipping from China to the U.S. 
       FIG. 2D  illustrates the exemplary system  200  with the routing device  202  and one or more stocked merchants  212  and  214  associated with one or more networks  209 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the system  200  includes the routing device  202 , the user device  204 , the lead merchant device  206 , and the one or more marketplace networks  208  described above. Further, the system  200  includes one or more stocked merchant devices  212  and/or  214 . 
     In some embodiments, the one or more networks  208  may be associated with a secondary marketplace network  209 . Further, in some instances, the requested item may be identified from a secondary market catalog associated with the secondary marketplace network  209 . In some instances, the secondary market catalog may identify items without universal stock keeping units (SKUs), universal product codes (UPC), and/or international article numbers (EAN), among other forms of product codes. For example, the secondary market catalog may identify items held by smaller merchants, independent merchants, family-owned entities (e.g., “mom-and-pop shops”), and/or other types of entities other than franchises and larger corporations. 
     In some instances, the routing device  202 , also referred to herein as the routing system  202 , may search for the requested item with the lead inventory system  206  based on searching for the requested item with the secondary marketplace network  209 . As such, the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214  may be identified from the search for the requested item based on the requested item searched with the secondary marketplace network  209 . Notably, the routing system  202  may generate the secondary marketplace network  209  based on the capabilities of the system  202  routing user requests with the lead inventory system  206  and/or the secondary marketplace network  209 . 
     As noted, the routing system  202  may cause the requested item to ship from the stocked inventory system  212  to a location of the user device  204 . Further, the routing system  202  may determine a respective rating for each of the one or more stocked inventory systems  212 ,  214 , and/or other possible stocked inventory systems. In some instances, the routing system  202  may determine the respective ratings based on respective user ratings provided for each of the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214 , possibly based on user surveys received with the routing system  202 . Further, the routing system  202  may determine the respective ratings based on respective merchant ratings for each of the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214 , possibly based on merchant surveys received with the routing system  202 . As such, the stocked inventory system  212  may be identified and/or selected based on the respective user ratings and/or the respective merchant ratings associated with stocked inventory system  212 . 
     In some embodiments, the routing system  202  may cause the stocked inventory system  212  to ship the requested item from the inventory of the system  212  holding the requested item to a location associated with the user device  204 . Yet further, the routing system  202  may track various compensations for each segment of a distance the item travels from the inventory of the system  212  to the location associated with the user device  204 . In particular, the routing system  202  may track the various compensations based on the data retrieved from the one or more networks, such as the marketplace network  208  and/or the secondary marketplace network  209 , possibly as the item is shipped over each segment of the distance to the location associated with the user device  204 . 
       FIG. 2E  illustrates an exemplary device  204 , according to an embodiment. In some instances, the device  204  may take the form of the user device  204  described above in relation to  FIGS. 2A-2D . As shown, the device  204  may include the I/O interface  220 , where the I/O interface  220  takes the form of the I/O interface  130  described above in relation to  FIG. 1 . In particular, the I/O interface  220  may include a touch-sense interface configured to detect one or more touch inputs from a user. Further, as shown, the user device  204  may include a speaker  222 , one or more buttons  224 , and/or a button  226 . The button  226  may include a fingerprint sensor configured to detect and/or identify one or more fingerprints of the user, possibly to authenticate a transaction with an account  230  of the user. 
     Further, as shown, the I/O interface  220  may display a search  232  for the requested item  234 . In view of the scenarios above, the search  232  for the requested item  234  may indicate the words, “cashmere shawl,” “shawl with cashmere wool,” and/or “cashmere shawl with a paisley print,” among other possible words that describe the requested item  234 . For example, the words may be detected and/or recognized by the microphone described above in relation to the I/O interfaces  130  and  140 , possibly also detected with voice over internet protocol (VoIP). Yet further, the words may be detected and/or recognized with images, including images of stock keeping units (SKUs), universal product codes (UPC), and/or international article numbers (EAN) including multi-digit barcodes read with laser detection, among other possibilities, potentially where the images are captured with mobile cameras of the I/O interfaces  130  and  140 . In some instances, the routing system  202  may search for the item  234  with the lead inventory system  206  associated with the one or more networks  208  and/or  209 . 
     In some instances, the routing system  202  may identify that the lead inventory system  206  is out of stock of the requested item  234 . As such, the routing system  202  may cause the user device  204  to display the notification  236  with the I/O interface  220  indicating, “Merchant  206  is Out of Stock.” Yet, the routing system  202  may identify the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214 , possibly based on the lead inventory system  206  and/or the one or more networks  208  and/or  209  associated with the lead inventory system  206 . As such, the routing system  202  may cause the user device  204  to display the notification  238  with the I/O interface  220 , indicating, “The Following Merchants have the item  234  in Stock.” Further, the routing system  202  may cause the user device  204  to display the notifications  240  and/or  242  that indicate the merchants  212  and/or  214 , respectively. In some instances, the merchants  212  and/or  214  may be ranked and/or ordered by pricing, user ratings, the time it takes to ship the item  234 , other merchant ratings, location, quality ratings, among other possibilities. 
     Thus, the routing system  202  may cause the user device  204  to display a respective indication associated with each of the one or more stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214  able to provide the requested item  234 . Further, the requested item  234  may be shipped from the stocked inventory systems  212  to a location associated with the user device  204  based on a selection  244  of the respective notification  240 . It should be noted that the requested item  234  may be shipped from the stocked inventory system  214  to the location of the user device  204  based on the selection  244  of the respective notification  242 . 
       FIG. 3A  illustrates an exemplary system  300  with a routing device  302 , according to an embodiment. In some instances, the routing device  302 , possibly also referred to as the routing system  302 , may take the form of the server  102  and/or the routing system  202  described above in relation to  FIGS. 1-2E . Notably, the routing system  302  may include various components of the server  120  such as the one or more hardware processors  112 , non-transitory memories  114 , non-transitory data storages  116 , and/or communication interfaces  118 , among other possible components described in relation to  FIG. 1 , any of which may be communicatively linked via a system bus, network, or other connection mechanism  122 . 
     As shown, the routing system  302  may be coupled with one or more marketplace networks  308  that may, for example, take the form of the one of more networks  108  and/or  208  described above in relation to  FIGS. 1-2E . Yet further, the user device  304  may take the form of the client device  104  and/or the user device  204  described above. In addition, the lead merchant device  306 , possibly also referred to as the lead inventory system  306 , may take the form of the client device  106  and/or the lead merchant device  206  described above. 
     As shown, the routing system  302  may include one or more search engines  310  to search for the requested items, such as the requested item  234  described above. For example, the one or more search engines  310  may search the one or more catalog databases  312 , possibly populated by the routing system  306  and merchants, such as the merchants  206 ,  212 , and/or  214  described above. Further, the one or more catalog databases  312  may be updated frequently, possibly every minute or second. As such, the one or more catalog databases  312  may be searched to identify the lead inventory system  306  and/or various stocked inventory systems, such as the systems  212  and  214  described above. Notably, the search engines  310  may search with voice inputs, images, textual search strings, textural descriptions based on touching or feeling the requested items, and/or other descriptions based on smell, sound, and/or tastes of the items, among other possibilities. Yet further, the routing system  302  may include the routing component  314  to route the requests to the stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214  described above. 
       FIG. 3B  illustrates the exemplary system  300  with the routing device  302  and one or more networks  308  and  316 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the routing system  302  may be coupled with one or more marketplace networks  308  and/or  316 . In some instances, the one or more marketplace networks  316  may, for example, take the form of the one of more networks  108 ,  208 , and/or  308  described above. Yet further, the one or more marketplace networks  316  may take the form of the secondary marketplace network  209  described above. Notably, the one or more marketplace networks  316  may be generated by the routing system  302 . As such, the one or more catalog databases  312  may include the secondary market catalog described above. Thus, the one or more catalog databases  312  may identify, track, and/or manage the items held by smaller merchants, independent merchants, family-owned entities, such as the “mom-and-pop shops,” and/or the other types of entities other than the franchises and larger corporations. 
     As shown, the one or more search engines  310  may search for the requested items, such as the requested item  234 , with the one or more catalog databases  312 . For example, the search engines  310  may identify the lead inventory system  306  associated with the one or more marketplace networks  308 . Further, the search engines  310  may identify various stocked inventory systems, such as the systems  212  and  214  described above, associated with the one or more marketplace networks  316 . For example, the routing component  314  may route the requests to the lead inventory system  306  associated with the one or more marketplace networks  308 , possibly to determine the lead inventory system  306  is out of stock of the requested items. Further, the routing component  314  may route the requests to the stocked inventory systems  212  and/or  214  associated with the one or more marketplace networks  316 . 
       FIG. 3C  illustrates the exemplary system  300  with the routing device  302  and one or more stocked merchants  322  and/or  324 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the routing system  302  may be coupled with one or more marketplace networks  308 ,  316 ,  318 , and/or  320 . For example, the marketplace network  308  may take the form of an e-commerce website network  308 . Further, the marketplace network  316  may take the form of a secondary marketplace network in China. Yet further, the marketplace network  316  may take the form of a secondary marketplace network in India. In addition, the marketplace network  320  may take the form of an online marketplace network hosting a number of e-commerce websites. 
     In some embodiments, the routing system  302  may determine a request for an item generated by the user device  304 . Further, as noted, the routing system  302  may determine the lead merchant  306  associated with the marketplace network  308 . Yet further, the routing system  302  may determine one or more inventories associated with the lead merchant  306 , possibly referred to as the lead inventory  306 , associated with one or more networks  308 . In particular, the routing system  302  may determine the lead inventory  306  based on a number of policy preferences associated with the request for the item. 
     For example, the policy preferences may indicate various agreements associated with transactions for the requested item. Further, the policy preferences and/or the various agreements may indicate a number of fees, e.g., stocking fees and/or inventory fees, partners or other entities associated with the agreements, various limitations of the transaction for the requested item, and/or liabilities of such transactions for the requested item, among other factors associated with the transaction for the item. Yet further, the policy agreements and/or the various agreements may be associated with accepted use policies and/or trade blocks, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and/or the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), among other possibilities including, such as regulatory commissions, cross-border regimes, and/or banned product regulations. 
     As such, in some instances, the routing system  302  may determine the lead inventory  306  is out of stock of the requested item. Further, the routing system  302  may identify one or more merchants  322  and/or  324  with the requested item. For example, the routing system  302  may identify one or more stocked inventories of the merchants  322  and/or  324 , possibly referred to as stocked inventories  322  and/or  324 . Further, the routing system  302  may identify the stocked inventories  322  and/or  324  based on the lead inventory  306  associated with one or more marketplace networks  308 ,  316 ,  318 , and/or  320 . In particular, the routing system  302  may identify the stocked inventories  322  and/or  324  from various leads and/or interfaces associated with the lead inventory  306 , possibly integrated with the marketplace networks  308 ,  316 ,  318  and/or  320 . 
     As such, the routing system  302  may route the request for the item to the one or more stocked inventories  322  and/or  324  based on the lead inventory  306  associated with the one or more networks  308 . In some embodiments, the routing system  302  may track a level of trust associated with the lead inventory  306  based on data retrieved from the lead inventory  306  to search and/or identify the stocked inventories  322  and/or  324 . Further, the routing system  302  may determine a selection of at least one stocked inventory  322  from the one or more stocked inventories  322 ,  324 , and/or other stocked inventories. Notably, the exemplary system  300  may include a non-transitory machine-readable medium, such as the memory  114 , having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine, such as the routing system  302 , to perform the operations described above. 
     In some embodiments, each stocked inventory from the one or more stocked inventories  322  and/or  324  may be associated with a respective country. As noted, the stocked inventory  322  may located in India, and for purposes of illustration, the stocked inventory  324  may be located in China. As such, the stocked inventories  322  and  324  may be associated with the respective countries, such as India and China, where the countries include respective marketplace networks  318  and/or  320 , potentially from among the various networks  308 ,  318 ,  316 , and/or  320 . As such, the routing system  302  may search with the one or more search engines  310  for the one or more stocked inventories  322  and/or  324 , possibly utilizing data retrieved from the lead inventory  306  associated with the one or more networks  308 . In some embodiments, the one or more stocked inventories  322  and/or  324  may be identified based on the one or more search engines  310  searching the catalog database  312 . 
     In some embodiments, the routing system  302  may retrieve one or more catalogs from the catalog database  312 , where the one or more catalogs include data entries associated with numerous items available from various international marketplace networks  308 ,  316 ,  318 , and/or  320 , and further various international merchant inventories  306 ,  322 , and/or  324 . For example, the system  302  may retrieve a respective catalog with the one or more catalog databases  312  for each of the one or more stocked inventories  322  and/or  324 . Further, the routing system  302  may identify the one or more stocked inventories  322  and/or  324  able to provide the requested item based on the respective catalogs retrieved. 
     In some embodiments, the routing system  302  may determine a confirmation from at least one stocked inventory  322  to provide the requested item based on the number of policy preferences, possibly including individual policies associated with the stocked inventory  322 . Notably, the individual policies may indicate a number of fees required by the stocked inventory  322 , e.g., stocking fees and/or inventory fees), partners or other entities of the agreements, various limitations of the transaction for the requested item, and/or liabilities of the transactions with the requested item, among other factors associated with the transaction for the item. In some instances, the routing system  302  may cause the stocked inventory  322  to ship the requested item to a location associated with the user device  304  based on the confirmation. For example, the merchant  322  may send the confirmation in response to the item request routed from the lead merchant  306  to the merchant  322 , possibly based on the various policies described. In some instance, the response may include a commitment to automatically ship the item from the inventory  322 . 
       FIG. 3D  illustrates the exemplary system  300  with the routing device  302  and one or more interfaces  336 ,  338 ,  340 ,  342 , and/or  344 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the routing system  302  may be coupled with the lead merchant  306  with the lead application programming interface (API)  336 , possibly also referred to as the first API. Further, the routing system  302  may communicate with the stocked merchants  332  and/or  334  as described further below. In some instances, the stocked merchants  332  and/or  334  may take the form of the stocked merchants  322  and/or  324 , respectively. Yet further, the stocked merchants  332  and/or  334  may take the form of the stocked merchants  212  and/or  214  described above in relation to  2 C- 2 E, respectively. 
     In some embodiments, the routing system  302  may determine a request for one or more items generated by a user device, such as the user device  304  described above. Further, the routing system  302  may search for the one or more requested items in a shared catalog, possibly stored in the catalog database  312 . In some instances, the shared catalog may be associated and/or shared with the lead merchant inventory  306  and a second merchant inventory  332 . Further, the shared catalog may include the one or more requested items. 
     In some instances, the routing system  302  may determine the lead merchant inventory  306  is out of the one or more requested items based on the lead application programming interface (API)  336  with the lead merchant inventory  306 . Yet, the routing system  302  may identify the second merchant inventory  332  is able to provide the one or more requested items based on a second application programming interface (API)  338  with the lead merchant inventory  306  and the second merchant inventory  332 . For example, the routing system  302  may communicate with the second merchant inventory  332  using the second API  338  with the lead merchant inventory  306  and the second merchant inventory  332 . In some instances, the routing system  302  may cause the user device  304  to display an indication of the second merchant inventory able to provide the one or more requested items. 
     In various circumstances, the routing system  302  may identify one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334  with the requested item based on the lead merchant inventory  306  and interfaces  336 ,  338 ,  340 ,  342 , and/or  344 , potentially leveraging existing API interfaces  336 ,  338 ,  340 ,  342 , and/or  344 , among other possible network resources for improving the search speed and search accuracy of the requested items. As noted, various searches may be performed with words detected with microphones, VoIP, images including captured images of stock keeping units (SKUs), universal product codes (UPCs), and/or international article numbers (EANs), possibly including multi-digit barcodes read with laser detection, among other possibilities. 
       FIG. 3E  illustrates the exemplary device  304 , according to an embodiment. In some instances, the device  304  may take the form of the user device  304  described above in relation to  FIGS. 3A-3D . As shown, the device  304  may include the I/O interface  350 , where the I/O interface  350  takes the form of the I/O interface  130  and/or the I/O interface  220  described above in relation to  FIGS. 1-2E . In particular, the I/O interface  350  may include a touch-sense interface configured to detect one or more touch inputs from a user. Further, as shown, the user device  304  may include a speaker  352 , one or more buttons  354 , and/or a button  356 . The button  356  may include a fingerprint sensor configured to detect and/or identify one or more fingerprints of the user, possibly to authenticate a transaction with the user device  304 . 
     Further, as shown, the I/O interface  350  may display a search  362  for the requested item  364 . In view of the scenarios above, the search  362  for the requested item  364  may indicate various words such as, “laptop with dual-core processors,” “laptop with advanced graphics,” and/or “laptop with  15  inch screens,” among other possible words that describe the requested item  364 , possibly with the search  362  capable of automatically filling and/or completing the search string. As noted, the search  362  may be performed with various images recognized with the user device  304 , including the images of stock keeping units (SKUs), universal product codes (UPC), and/or international article numbers (EAN) including multi-digit barcodes read with laser detection, among other possibilities. In some instances, the routing system  302  may search for the item  364  with the lead inventory  306  associated with the one or more networks  308 . 
     In some embodiments, the user device  304  may cause the lead inventory  306  to rank the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334 , among other possible stocked inventories. In some instances, the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334  may be ranked based on the number of policy preferences associated with the request for the item described above. Further, a selection  374  of at least one stocked inventory  332  may be determined based on the ranking  369  of the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334 . In some embodiments, the routing system  302  may track a level of trust associated with the lead inventory  306  based on the lead inventory  306  providing the ranking  369  the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334 . 
       FIG. 4  illustrates an exemplary method  400 , according to an embodiment. The method  400  may be performed with the server  102 , the routing device  202 , the routing device  302 , among other possible devices, systems, and/or combinations of such devices and/or systems described herein in relation to  FIGS. 1-3E . Notably, one or more steps of the method  400  described herein may be omitted, performed in a different sequence, and/or combined with other methods for various types of applications contemplated herein, such as routing and/or shipping applications. 
     At step  402 , the method  400  includes determining a request for one or more items generated by a user device. For example, referring back to  FIGS. 3D-3E , the routing system  302  may determine the request for the one or more items  364  generated by the user device  304 . 
     At step  404 , the method  400  includes searching for the one or more requested items in a shared catalog associated with a lead merchant inventory and a second merchant inventory, where the shared catalog includes the one or more requested items. For example, the routing system  302  may search for the one or more items  364  in the shared catalog described above. In particular, the shared catalog, possibly stored with the catalog database  312 , may be associated with a lead merchant inventory  306  and a second merchant inventory  332 . For example, the shared catalog may be generated with data from the lead merchant inventory  306  and the second merchant inventory  332 . In some instances, the shared catalog may indicate the one or more requested items  364 . For example, the user device  304  may be configured to search  364  for the one or more items  364  in the catalog database  312 . 
     At step  406 , the method  400  may include determining the lead merchant inventory is out of the one or more requested items based at least on a lead application programming interface (API) with the lead merchant inventory. For example, the routing system  302  may determine the lead merchant inventory  306  is out of the one or more requested items  364  based at least on a lead API  336  with the lead merchant inventory  306 . 
     At step  408 , the method  400  may include identifying the second merchant inventory is able to provide the one or more requested items based at least on a second application programming interface (API) with the lead merchant inventory and the second merchant inventory. For example, the routing system  302  may identify the second merchant inventory  332  is able to provide the one or more requested items  364  based at least on a second application programming interface (API)  338  with the lead merchant inventory  306  and the second merchant inventory  332 . 
     At step  410 , the method  400  may include causing the user device to display an indication of the second merchant inventory able to provide the one or more requested items. For example, the routing system  302  may cause the user device  304  to display an indication, such as the notification  370 , of the second merchant inventory  332  able to provide the one or more requested items  364 . 
     In some embodiments, the method  400  may include the routing system  302  determining a third merchant inventory  334  able to provide the one or more requested items  364 . For example, the routing system  302  may determine and/or identify the third merchant inventory  334  based on a third application programming interface (API)  340  with the lead inventory device  306  and the third merchant inventory  334 . As such, the routing system  302  may cause the user device  304  to display an indication, such as the notification  372 , of the third merchant inventory  334  able to provide the one or more requested items  364 . 
     In some embodiments, in response to determining the lead merchant inventory  306  is out of the one or more requested items  364 , the method  400  may include the routing system  302  searching for a number of merchant inventories  332  and/or  334 , among other possible merchant inventories. For example, the routing system  302  may search for the number of merchant inventories  332  and/or  334  based on the shared catalog described above. Further, the second merchant inventory  334  may be identified based on searching for the number of merchant inventories  332 , and/or  334 , among the other possible merchant inventories. 
     In some embodiments, the one or more requested items  364  may correspond with one or more identification codes described above, possibly also referred to as provider product codes and/or PayPal product codes (PPC), other codes associated with a provider, such as PayPal, Inc. of San Jose, Calif., USA, among other potential codes. As noted, the PPC may be associated with universal stock keeping units (SKUs), universal product codes (UPCs), and/or international article numbers (EANs) including multi-digit barcodes, among other types of codes. For example, the PPC may be associated with such codes that indicate manufacturers of the items  364 , descriptions of the items  364 , materials used to manufacture the items  364 , sizes associated with the items  364 , colors of the items  364 , packaging of the items  364 , and/or warranties associated with the requested item  364 . As such, the routing system  302  may search for the one or more requested items  364 , possibly by searching with the one or more search engines  310  described above, for the one or more identification codes. Notably, the one or more identification codes may be stored and/or managed with the one or more catalog databases  312 , potentially updating the shared catalogs in real-time based on data inputs received from the APIs  336 ,  338 ,  340 ,  342 , and/or  344 . 
     In some embodiments, the routing system  302  may place a hold on the one or more requested items  364  at the second merchant inventory  332  based on the second API  338  with the lead merchant inventory  306  and the second merchant inventory  332 . For example, the hold may be placed by transmitting a hold instruction generated by the routing system  302  to the lead merchant inventory  306  over the API  336  and also to the second merchant inventory  332  over the API  338 . As such, by utilizing the APIs  338  and/or  340 , the routing system  302  may communicate with other second merchant inventories  332  and/or  334  without generating new APIs, thereby improving the system communication protocols. Further, the routing system  302  may confirm the one or more requested items  364  is shipped from the second merchant inventory  332  to a location associated with the user device  304  based at least on the second API  338 . 
     In some embodiments, the method  400  may include the routing system  300  rating the one or more stocked merchants  332 , possibly also referred to as the second merchant inventory  332 , based on the second merchant inventory  332  shipping the one or more requested items  364  to a location associated with the user device  304 . For example, the routing system  300  may rate the stocked merchants  332  based on responsiveness, the speed of delivering the one or more items  364  to the location of the user device  304 , the method and/or quality of the delivery of the item  364 , among other possible factors. 
     In some embodiments, the method  400  may include the routing system  300  generating respective APIs  342  and  344  with the second merchant inventory  332  and a third merchant inventory  334 . As such, the routing system  300  may receive respective bids from the second merchant inventory  332  and the third merchant inventory  334  based on the respective APIs  342  and  344 . For example, the routing system  300  may receive the respective bids based various attempts by the second merchant inventory  332  and the third merchant inventory  334  to satisfy the request by shipping the item  364 . In some instances, the routing system  3000  may rank  369  the second merchant inventory  332  with the third merchant inventory  334  based on the respective bids received. As such, the user device  304  may display the indication, including the ranking  369  and the notifications  370  and  372 , of the second merchant inventory  332  with the third merchant inventory  334  based at least on the ranking  369 . 
     In some embodiments, one or more the systems  100 ,  200 , and/or  300  may include a virtual warehouse database (VWD). In some instances, the VWD may take the form of other data storages and/or databases, such as the data storage  116 , the database  312 , and/or other data components associated with the systems  100 ,  200 , and/or  300 , among other possibilities. As such, the VWD may include variable depths, potentially identifying numerous items available around the world online and offline. In particular, the VWD may be accessed by various offline devices. Further, the VWD may be updated based on the offline devices gaining or regaining online connectivity to improve the accessibility of the VWD to various such devices and/or the compatibility with various such devices, including legacy devices. Yet further, the VWD may be structured based on a global catalog normalization (GCN). For example, the VWD may be compatible and/or normalized with various catalogs, secondary market catalogs, and/or catalog databases, such as catalog databases  312  described above. As such, the VWD may identify numerous items with the GCN normalization, possibly improving search speed, search efficiency, and optimizing the accuracy of the search results. 
     For example, the systems  100 ,  200 , and/or  300  may determine a product code associated with a request for an item generated by a user device, such as the user device  304 . Further, the systems  100 ,  200 , and/or  300  search for the requested item with the VWD based on the determined product code. In particular, the systems  100 ,  200 , and/or  300  may identify a lead inventory, such as the lead inventory  306 , associated with the requested item based on searching for the requested item with the VWD. In some instances, the lead inventory  306  may be out of stock of the requested item. As such, the systems  100 ,  200 , and/or  300  may identify one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334  that correspond with the identified lead inventory  306 . For example, the systems  100 ,  200 , and/or  300  may identify the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334  based on the VWD, where the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334  may be stocked with the requested item. Thus, the systems  100 ,  200 , and/or  300  may cause the user device  304  to display one or more notifications  370  and/or  372  associated with the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334 . 
       FIG. 5  illustrates an exemplary system  500  with a virtual warehouse database (VWD)  520 , according to an embodiment. Notably, the VWD  520  enables the system  500  to search and/or identify items without product codes, such as items without markings and/or tags with the product codes. For example, the VWD  520  may enable the system  500  to search and/or identify items without universal product codes (UPCs), codes associated with stock keeping units (SKUs), international article numbers (EAN), and/or other multi-digit barcodes, among other possibilities. For example, considering the scenarios above, the system  500  may receive a request for the shawl item, possibly where the request identifies the item with the UPC  524 . Yet, as contemplated in the scenarios above, the merchant  506  that usually carries the shawl item with the UPC  524  may be out of stock of the shawl item. 
     Yet, the system  500  may identify one or more of such items stocked with merchants in India and/or China, such that the items may be identified without the items being tagged and/or marked with the product code described above. In particular, the system  500  may identify a first shawl item associated with the provider product code (PPC)  532  possibly in India and a second shawl item associated with the PPC  542  possibly in China. As such, the system  500  may identify the first and second shawl items with the VWD  520  based on the respective descriptions  536  and  546  that may be identical and/or similar to the description  526  of the requested shawl item associated with the UPC  524 . 
     As shown, the VWD  520  may include various types of data. For example, the VWD may include the provider product codes (PPCs)  522 ,  532 ,  542 , and/or the universal product code (UPC)  524 . Further, the VWD  520  may include descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546 , identifications of the merchants  506 ,  512 , and/or  514 , and/or locations  530 ,  540  and/or  550  possibly that correspond with the merchants  506 ,  512 , and/or  514 , respectively, among other forms of data contemplated with the ellipses shown. In some embodiments, the system  500  includes the routing device  502  that may take the form of the routing devices  102 ,  202 , and/or  302  described above in relation to  FIGS. 1-3E . The user device  504  may take the form of one or more of the user devices  104 ,  204 , and/or  304  described above. 
     The lead merchant  506  may take the form of the lead merchants  206  and/or  306  described above. One or more of the marketplace networks  508  and/or  509  may take the form of the networks  208  and/or  209 , respectively, described above in relation to  FIG. 2D , among other networks  108 ,  308 ,  316 ,  318 , and/or  320  also described above. The merchants  512  and/or  514  may take the form of the merchants  212  and/or  214 , respectively. Further, the merchants  512  and/or  514  may take the form of the merchants  322  and/or  324 , respectively. Yet further, the merchants  512  and/or  514  may take the form of the merchants  332  and/or  334 , respectively. Notably, the system  500  may include a non-transitory memory, such as the memory  114 . Further, the system  500  may include one or more hardware processors, such as the processors  112  coupled to the non-transitory memory  114  and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory  114  to cause the system  500  to perform operations. 
     In some embodiments, the system  500  may determine a product code, such as the product codes  522  and/or  524 . In some instances, the product code  524  may take the form of a UPC, a code associated with SKUs, EANs, and/or multi-digit barcodes configured to be read with laser detection, among other possible codes described above. For example, the product code  524  may be a UPC and the UPC  524  may be associated with the provider product code (PPC)  522 , as described above. As such, the product code  524 , and further the product code  522 , may be associated with a request for an item generated by the user device  504 . For example, the description  526  of the requested item may also be associated with the product codes  522  and/or  524 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  500  may search for the requested item with the VWD  520  based on the determined product code, such as the uniform product code  524  described above. As such, the system  500  may identify a lead inventory  506 , possibly also referred to as the lead merchant  506 , associated with the requested item based on searching for the requested item with the VWD  520 . Yet further, the system  500  may identify the lead inventory  506  is out of stock of the requested item. As such, the system  500  may identify one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 , possibly also referred to as the merchants  512  and/or  514 , with one or more stocked items that correspond with the requested item based on searching for the requested item with the VWD  520 . In some instances, the system  500  may identify one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514  that correspond with the identified lead inventory  506  based on the VWD  520 , possibly where the inventories  506 ,  512 , and/or  514  are associated with one or more networks  509 . 
     As noted, the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514  may be stocked with the one or more items that correspond with the requested item, possibly where the stocked items are the same and/or similar to the requested item. As noted, the description  526  of the requested item may correspond with the descriptions  536  and/or  546  of the stocked items, possibly where the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  include the same and/or similar terms, such as “cashmere,” “shawl,” and/or “paisley,” among other possibilities. Yet, as noted with the scenarios above, the one or more stocked items may be identified without being tagged and/or marked with the determined product code. As such, the system  500  may cause the user device  504  to display one or more notifications. For example, consider that the user device  504  takes the form of the user device  304  described above, such that the user device  504  displays the notifications  370  and/or  372 , where the notifications  370  and/or  372  are associated with the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 , respectively. 
     In some embodiments, the system  500  may determine a selection, such as the selection  374  described above. For example, consider that the merchant  332  corresponds to the stocked inventory  512  and the merchant  334  corresponds to the stocked inventory  514 . In such instances, the system  500  may determine the selection  374  of the notification  370  from the one or more notifications  370 ,  372 , and/or other possible notifications of merchants contemplated with the ellipses in  FIG. 3E . The selection  374  may be determined based on a user input received with the user device  504 . In response, the system  500  may deliver the one or more stocked items from the locations  540  and/or  550  of the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 , respectively, to a location associated with the user device  504  based on the selection  374  of the notification  370 . For example, the location associated with the user device  504  may be the location  530  of the lead inventory  506 . 
     In some embodiments, the determined product code  524  of the requested item may, for example, take various other forms in addition to the UPC. For example, the product code  524  may take the form of other product codes described above, such as a code associated with SKUs, EANs, and/or multi-digit barcodes. As such, the system  500  may identify the lead inventory  506  based on various forms of the product code  524 . In some instances, the system  500  may search for the requested item with the VWD  520  based on the product code  524 . As shown, the system  500  may search the VWD  520  to identify the requested item that corresponds with the lead inventory  506 . Further, as noted, the lead inventory  506  may correspond with the description  526  of the requested item, possibly indicating the manufacturers of the item, descriptions of the item, materials used to manufacture the item, sizes associated with the item, colors of the item, packaging of the item, and/or warranties associated with the item. As noted, the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514  may be identified based on the description  526  of the requested item. For example, as described above, the description  526  may correspond with the descriptions  536  and/or  546  of the respective items stocked with the respective stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  500  may determine various types of information regarding the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514  with the VWD  520 . For example, the system  500  may determine the locations  540  and/or  550  of the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 , respectively. Based on the scenarios above, the system  500  may determine the location  540  to be in Bangalore, India and the location  550  may be in Hong Kong, China, among other possibilities based on various geographic locations around the world. Further, the system  500  may determine the respective locations  540  and/or  550  are associated with respective distances to a location of the user device  504 . As such, the system  500  may identify a particular stocked inventory  512  from the one or more stocked inventories  512 ,  514 , and/or other inventories to deliver the one or more stocked items to the location associated with the user device  504  based on the respective distances to the location of the user device  504 , where the location of the user device  504  may be the location  530 , as contemplated above. 
     In some embodiments, the VWD  520  may include one or more secondary market catalogs associated with the one or more networks  509 , possibly including one or more secondary marketplace networks that may be referred to as secondary marketplace networks  509 . As noted, the system  500  may retrieve the one or more secondary market catalogs from the one or more networks  509 , possibly from the inventory  506 . As such, the system  500  may search for the requested item with the one or more secondary market catalogs. In such instances, the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514  may be identified based on the requested item searched with the one or more secondary market catalogs. 
     In some embodiments, the system  500  may determine various ratings with the VWD  520 . For example, the system  500  may determine a respective rating for each of the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 , possibly based on respective user ratings received from various users of the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 . In particular, the respective rating for each of the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514  may be based on users that receive items from the inventories  512  and/or  514 . Further, the system  500  may determine the respective rating for each of the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 , possibly based on merchant ratings received from various merchants associated with the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514 . In particular, the respective rating for each of the one or more stocked inventories  512  and/or  514  may be based on merchants that receive items from and/or send items to the inventories  512  and/or  514 . In addition, the system  500  may identify at least one stocked inventory  512  from the one or more stocked inventories  512 ,  514 , and/or other inventories, wherein the stocked inventory  512  may be identified to deliver the one or more stocked items to a location associated with the user device  504 , possibly the location  530  of the inventory  506 . Notably, the location  530  may be closer to the location  540  than the location  550 . Yet further, the stocked inventory  512  may be identified based on the respective user ratings and/or the respective merchant ratings determined for the stocked inventory  512 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  500  may determine one or more of the stocked inventories  512 ,  514 , and/or other stocked inventories are able to deliver the one or more stocked items based on the on the VWD  520 . For example, the system  500  may select at least one stocked inventory  512  from the one or more stocked inventories  512 ,  514 , and/or other stocked inventories able to deliver the one or more stocked items from the location  540  associated with the stocked inventory  512  to a location associated with the user device  504 , such as the location  530  of the inventory  506 . Further, the system  500  may track compensation in the VWD  500  for each segment of a distance the one or more stocked items travels from the location  540  of the stocked inventory  512  to the location  530  associated with the user device  504 . 
       FIG. 6  illustrates an exemplary system  600  with a virtual warehouse database (VWD)  630  associated with various networks  608 ,  616 ,  618 , and/or  620 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the router device  602 , possibly also referred to the routing system  602 , may take the form of one or more routing systems  102 ,  202 ,  302 , and/or  502  described above in relation to  FIGS. 1-5 . The search engine  610 , the database  612 , and/or the routing component  614  may take the form of the search engine  310 , the database  312 , and/or the routing component  314 , respectively described above in relation to  FIGS. 3A-5 . 
     Further, the lead merchant  606 , possibly also referred to as the first merchant inventory  606 , may take the form of the inventories  206 ,  306 , and/or  506  described above in relation to  FIGS. 2A-5 , among other inventories potentially out of stock of one or more requested items. Further, the merchants  622  and/or  624  may take the form of the merchants  322  and/or  324 , respectively, as described above in relation to  FIG. 3C . Further, the marketplace networks  608 ,  616 ,  618 , and/or  620  may take the form of the marketplace networks  308 ,  316 ,  318 , and/or  320 , respectively, as described above in relation to  FIG. 3C . 
     Yet further, the VWD  630  may take the form of the VWD  520 , such that the VWD  630  enables the system  600  to search and identify items without product codes, such as items without UPCs, codes associated with SKUs, EANs, and/or multi-digit barcodes, as described above. In some instances, the provider product codes (PPCs)  632 ,  642 , and/or  662  may take the form of the PPCs  522 ,  532 , and/or  542 , respectively. Notably, the merchants  606 ,  622 , and/or  624  may correspond with the policies  640 ,  650 , and/or  670 , respectively. In addition, the merchants  622  and/or  624  may correspond with the bids  652  and/or  672 , respectively. Thus, the VWD  630  may include various forms of data contemplated with the ellipses shown, such as the data from the VWD  520  described above. Notably, the system  600  may include one or more hardware processors, such as the processors  112 , coupled to the non-transitory memory  114 , possibly also referred to as a non-transitory machine-readable medium  114 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium  114  may have stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine, such as the system  600 , to perform operations described herein. 
     In some embodiments, the system  600  may determine a request for an item generated by a user device, such as the user device  304  described above in relation to  FIG. 3E . Further, the system  600  may search for the requested item with the VWD  630  based on the number of policy preferences associated with the request for the item. The system  600  may identify the first inventory  606  associated with the requested item based on the number of policy of preferences  640 . Further, the system  600  may identify the first inventory  606  is out of stock of the requested item. As such, the system  600  may identify the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  that correspond with the identified first inventory  606  based on the VWD  630 . For example, the PPCs  632 ,  642 , and/or  662  may correspond to the requested item in the VWD  630 , possibly where the PPCs  632 ,  642 , and/or  662  indicate the same or similar items. As such, the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  may be able to provide the requested item, possibly based on the respective bids  652  and/or  672 . Yet further, the system  600  may cause the user device  304  to display one or more notifications, such as the notification  370  and/or  372 , associated with the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  600  may determine various marketplace networks  618  and/or  620  from the VWD  630 , where the networks  618  and/or  620  may be associated with the stocked inventories  622  and/or  624 , respectively. As noted above, the generated request may indicate the various policy preferences  650  and/or  670 . Thus, the marketplace networks  618  and/or  620  may correspond with the number of policy preferences  650  and/or  670 , respectively, in the VWD  630 . For example, the networks  618  and/or  620  may deliver stocked items based on the agreements, arrangements, and/or practices identified with the policy preferences  650  and/or  670 , respectively. As such, the system  600  may identify the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  based on the respective marketplace networks  618  and/or  620  associated with the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624 , respectively. 
     In some embodiments, the system  600  may determine the respective bids  652  and/or  672  from the VWD  630 , where the bids  652  and/or  672  are determined from each of the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624 , respectively. Further, the respective bids  652  and/or  672  may be based on the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624 , respectively, able to deliver the requested item from the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  to a location associated with the user device, such as the location  530  associated with the user device  504  described above. Further, the system  600  may identify at least one stocked inventory  622  from the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other inventories able to deliver the requested item to the location  530  associated with the user device  504  based on the respective bid  652  from the stocked inventory system  622 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  600  may determine various types of policies  640 ,  650  and/or  670  from the VWD  630 , such as the agreement policies associated with transactions for the requested item, a number of fees, e.g., stocking fees and/or inventory fees, partners or other entities associated with the agreements, various limitations of the transaction for the requested item, and/or liabilities as described above. For example, the system  600  may determine the respective policies  650  and/or  670  of the stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  to deliver the requested item, possibly based on packaging the item, and/or warranties associated with delivering the item. Further, the system  600  may determine the number of policy preferences  640  associated with the request for the item corresponds with the respective policies  650  and/or  670 . As such, the system  600  may identify the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  based on the number of policy preferences  640  determined to correspond with the respective policies  650  and/or  670 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  600  may determine various confirmations with VWD  630 . For example, the system  600  may determine a confirmation from at least one stocked inventory  622  from the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other stocked inventories to provide the requested item based on the number of policy preferences  640 . The system  600  may cause the stocked inventory  622  to deliver the requested item to a location  530  associated with the user device  540  based on the confirmation. 
     In some embodiments, the system  600  may determine various rankings with the VWD  630 . For example, the system  600  may determine a ranking of the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other stocked inventories based on the number of policy preferences  640  associated with the request for the item. As shown, for example, the ranking may provide the inventory  606 , in addition to the inventory  622 , and further in addition to the inventory  624 , possibly amongst other inventories contemplated with the ellipses shown in  FIG. 6 . Further, consider that the merchants  622  and/or  624  correspond with the merchants  332  and/or  334 , respectively, as described above. In such instances, the system  600  may determine a selection, such as the selection  374 , of at least one stocked inventory  622  from the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other stocked inventories based on the ranking of the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or the other stocked inventories. 
     In some embodiments, the system  600  may determine various levels of trust associated with the merchants  606 ,  622 , and/or  624 , possibly from the VWD  630 . Yet further the system  600  may determine levels of trust associated with the marketplace networks  608 ,  616 ,  618 , and/or  620 , among other networks. For example, the system  600  may determine a level of trust associated with the first inventory  606 , possibly based on the first inventory  606  associated with the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other stocked inventories. Further, the system  600  may determine a level of trust associated with the first inventory  606 , possibly based on the first inventory  606  ranking the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other stocked inventories. Yet further, the system  600  may store the determined level of trusts with the VWD  630 . For example, the system  600  may store respective levels of trust that correspond with each of the merchants  606 ,  622 , and/or  624 , amongst other merchants as contemplated with the ellipses shown in  FIG. 6 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  600  may determine various countries associated with the merchants  606 ,  622 , and/or  624 , possibly from the VWD  630 . For example, the system  600  may determine a respective country associated with each of the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other stocked inventories, possibly respective countries where the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other stocked inventories are located. In some instances, the respective countries may be associated with respective distances to a location of the user device, such as the location  530  of the user device  504  described above. As such, the system  600  may identify at least one stocked inventory  622  from the one or more stocked inventories  622 ,  624 , and/or other stocked inventories able to deliver the requested item to the location  530  associated with the user device  504  based on the respective distances to the location  530 . 
       FIG. 7  illustrates an exemplary system  700  with a virtual warehouse database  702  associated with various interfaces  706 ,  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714 , according to an embodiment. As shown, the system  700  may include the router device  602 , possibly also referred to the routing system  602  described above. Further, the system  700  may include the lead merchant  606 , possibly also referred to as the first merchant inventory  606  described above. Yet further, the system  700  may include the merchants  622  and/or  624 , possibly also referred to as the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  described above. Yet further, the system  700  may include the interfaces  706 ,  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714  that may take the form of the interfaces  336 ,  338 ,  340 ,  342 , and/or  344 , respectively, as described above in relation to  FIG. 3D . 
     As shown, the system  700  may include the VWD  702 , where the VWD  702  may also include the provider product codes (PPCs)  632 ,  642 ,  662 , and/or other PPCs associated with other items as contemplated with ellipses. Further, the VWD  702  may include indications of the inventories  606 ,  622 ,  624 , and/or other inventories as contemplated with ellipses. Yet further, the VWD may include indications of the interfaces  706 ,  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714  described above. In addition, the VWD  702  may include the bids  652 ,  672 , and/or other bids as contemplated with ellipses. Thus, the VWD  702  may include various forms of data contemplated with the ellipses shown, such as the data from the VWD  520  and/or  630 . Notably, the VWD  702  may be included with one or more of the search engines  610 , the database  612 , and/or the routing component  614 , among other components of the routing device  602 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  700  may determine a request for one or more items generated by a user device, such as the user device  304  described above. Further, the system  700  may search for the one or more requested items with the VWD  720  based on the determined request. The system  700  may identify the first inventory  606  associated with one or more application programming interfaces (APIs)  706 ,  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714  based on searching for the one or more items with the VWD  702 . In some instances, the first inventory  606  may be out of stock of the one or more requested items. As such, the system  700  identifying one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  able to provide the requested item based on the first inventory  606  associated with the one or more APIs  706 ,  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714 . As such, the system  700  may cause the user device  304  to display an indication of the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  able to provide the one or more requested items. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates an exemplary method  800 , according to an embodiment. The method  800  may be performed with the server  102 , the routing devices  202 ,  302 ,  502 , and/or  602 , among other possible devices, systems, and/or combinations of such devices and/or systems described herein in relation to  FIGS. 1-7 . Notably, one or more steps of the method  800  described herein may be omitted, performed in a different sequence, and/or combined with other methods for various types of applications contemplated herein, such as routing and/or shipping applications. 
     At step  802 , the method  800  may include determining a request for one or more items generated by a user device. For example, the request may be generated by the user device  304  based on the search  362  for the item  364  described above in relation to  FIG. 3E . 
     At step  804 , the method  800  may include searching for the one or more requested items with a virtual warehouse database based on the determined request. For example, the method  800  may include searching for one or more items may be with the VWD  702  described above based on the determined request. 
     At step  806 , the method  800  may include identifying a first inventory associated with one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) based on searching for the one or more items with the virtual warehouse database, where the first inventory is out of stock of the one or more requested items. For example, the method  800  may include identifying the first inventory  606  associated with one or more APIs  706 ,  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714 , possibly based on searching for the one or more items with the VWD  702 , where the first inventory  606  is out of stock of the one or more requested items. 
     At step  808 , the method  800  may include identifying one or more stocked inventories able to provide the requested item based on the first inventory associated with the one or more APIs. For example, the method  800  may include identifying one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  able to provide the requested item based on the first inventory  606  associated with the one or more APIs  706 ,  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714 . 
     At step  810 , the method  800  may include causing the user device to display an indication of the one or more stocked inventories able to provide the one or more requested items. For example, the method  800  may include causing the user device  304  to display an indication of the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334 . For example, referring back to  FIG. 7 , the one or more stocked inventories  332  and/or  334  may correspond to the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  able to provide the one or more requested items  364 . 
     In some embodiments, the VWD  702  may identify various interfaces, such as the APIs  706 ,  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714 . For example, the VWD  702  may identify the APIs  708  and/or  710 , possibly referred to as one or more second APIs  708  and/or  710  associated with the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624 , respectively. In some instances, the method  800  may include determining the first inventory  606  corresponds to the one or more second APIs  708  and/or  710 . As such, the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  may be identified based on the first inventory  606  that corresponds to the one or more second APIs  708  and/or  710 . 
     In some embodiments, the VWD  702  may identify various bids, such as the bids  652 ,  672 , and/or other bids contemplated with the ellipses shown. For example, the method  800  may include determining respective bids  652  and/or  672  generated by the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624 , respectively, based on the one or more second APIs  708  and/or  710 . As such, the method  800  may include updating the VWD  702  based on the respective bids  652  and/or  672  determined with the one or more second APIs  708  and/or  710 . 
     In some embodiments, the method  800  may include placing a hold on the one or more requested items, such as the one or more requested items  364  described above in relation to  FIG. 3E . Further, the hold may be placed at the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  based on the one or more second APIs  708  and/or  710 , respectively. Further, the method  800  may include confirming the one or more requested items  364  is delivered from the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  to a location. For example, referring back to  FIG. 5 , the one or more requested items  364  may be delivered to the location  530  associated with the user device  504  based on the one or more second APIs  708  and/or  710 . 
     In some embodiments, the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  may be referred to as a first stocked inventory  622  associated with a first API  708  and a second stocked inventory  624  associated with a second API  710 . In some instances, the method  800  may include determining from the VWD  702  that the first inventory  622  corresponds with the first API  708  and the second API  710 . As such, the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624  may be identified to include the first stocked inventory  622  and the second stocked  624  inventory based on the first inventory  606  that corresponds to with the first API  708  and the second API  710 . 
     In some embodiments, the system  702  may generate APIs  708 ,  710 ,  712 , and/or  714 , among various other APIs with the one or more stocked inventories  622  and/or  624 . For example, the system  700  may generate respective APIs  712  and/or  714  with the second merchant inventory  622  and the third merchant inventory  624 . As such, the system  702  may receive the respective bids  652  and  672  from the second merchant inventory  622  and the third merchant inventory  624  based on the respective APIs  712  and  714 . Yet further, the system  702  may rank the second merchant inventory  622  with the third merchant inventory  624  based on the respective bids  652  and  672  received. As noted, referring back to  FIG. 3E , and the user device  304  may display the indication of the second merchant inventory  622  with the third merchant inventory  624  based on the ranking, such as the ranking  369  described above. 
     In some embodiments, referring back to  FIGS. 5-8 , the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may build, maintain, and/or modify the VWDs  520 ,  630 , and/or  702 , among other types of databases contemplated herein. For example, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may determine and/or identify one or more items, such as items that are available from the inventories  506 ,  512 ,  514 ,  606 ,  622 , and/or  624  described above, among other possible sources. In some instances, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may also determine and/or identify available items from the networks  508 ,  509 ,  608 ,  616 ,  618 , and/or  620  described above, amongst other possible networks. In some embodiments, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may build the VWDs  520 ,  630 , and/or  702 , possibly by adding additional items identified. As such, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may sort, categorize, and/or classify the items added, possibly based on the ingestion of data retrieved over various interfaces, such as the interfaces  712  and/or  714 , and possibly the interfaces  706 ,  708 , and/or  710 . 
     In some embodiments, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may generate respective descriptions of each item, such as the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  described above. In some instances, the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  may be determined from the merchants  506 ,  512 ,  514 ,  606 ,  622 , and/or  624  described above, amongst the other merchants and/or inventories contemplated herein. Yet further, the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  may be determined from the networks  508 ,  509 ,  608 ,  616 ,  618 , and/or  620  described above, amongst other possible networks. In some instances, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may modify the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546 , possibly based on various inputs. For example, the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  may be modified based on inputs from the merchants  506 ,  512 ,  514 ,  606 ,  622 , and/or  624 , and also the networks  508 ,  509 ,  608 ,  616 ,  618 , and/or  620  described above. Further, the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  may be modified based on data transmitted over interfaces, such as the interfaces  712  and/or  714 , and possibly the interfaces  706 ,  708 , and/or  710 . As such, the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  may be modified based on the ingestion of data retrieved over various such interfaces  706 - 714 . 
     In some instances, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may modify the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  based on various searches, such as the search  232  with the user device  204 , the search  362  with the user device  304 , and/or searches performed with other devices, such as client devices  104  and/or  106  described above. As such, in some instances, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may modify, adapt, and/or alter the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  based on searches from numerous devices, possibly millions of active users that may perform the searches. In particular, the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  may be modified to increase the probability of the searches  232 ,  362 , and/or the other searches providing results desired by the users, thereby improving search speed, efficiency, and accuracy. 
     For example, considering the scenarios above, the search  232  may indicate the words, “cashmere shawl,” the search  362  may indicate the words, “shawl with cashmere wool,” and/or the other searches performed with the client devices  104  and/or  106  may indicate, “cashmere scarf” or “scarf with cashmere,” among other possible words that describe the requested item  234 . As such, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may modify the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  based on the words indicated, possibly to include the words in the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546 , possibly based on global catalog normalization (GCN) hierarchies including search trees with data structures configured to locate the items. As such, various combinations of the words, such as “shawl,” “cashmere,” “wool,” “scarf,” and/or the ordering of the words in one or more other searches providing the results desired by the users. 
     In some embodiments, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may modify the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  based on various lexicons, vocabulary trends, colloquialisms, languages used in relation to particular activities or groups, and/or languages associated with various regions around the world, among other possibilities. For example, the system  500  may determine searches from the marketplace network  616  of a first country (e.g., Australia) with the word, “shades,” particularly referring to polarized sunglasses. Further, the system  500  may determine searches from the marketplace network  618  of a second country (e.g., the United States) with the word, “sunglasses,” also referring to the polarized sunglasses. Yet further, the system  500  may determine searches from the marketplace network  620  of a specific geographic area (e.g., the city of Boston) in the United States with the word, “glares,” also referring to the polarized sunglasses. As such, the system  500  may modify the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  based on the searches from the different geographic areas to ensure accurate search results in these different geographic areas. As such, the system  500  may identify the polarized sunglasses requested based on searches with any of the terms, “shades,” “sunglasses,” and/or “glares” in each of the different geographic locations. In addition, the system  500  may automatically suggest the polarized sunglasses based on the search terms. 
     In some embodiments, the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may determine and/or assign a respective provider code for each item identified, where each of the systems  500 ,  600 , and/or  700  may identify the respective items with the assigned provider codes. For example, the system  500  may assign the provider codes  522 ,  532 , and/or  542  with the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546 , respectively, possibly based on the modifications to the descriptions  526 ,  536 , and/or  546  described above. 
     The present disclosure, the accompanying figures, and the claims are not intended to limit the present disclosure to the precise forms or particular fields of use disclosed. As such, it is contemplated that various alternate embodiments and/or modifications to the present disclosure, whether explicitly described or implied herein, are possible in light of the disclosure. Having thus described embodiments of the present disclosure, persons of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.