Patent ID: 8793179

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing a storage location of a physical commodity comprising: receiving, by a processing device, data associated with the physical commodity, wherein the data comprises an order of a specific number of at least one or more lots of the physical commodity; tracking, by the processing device, at least one or more lots of the physical commodity stored in the storage location based on the specific number of the at least one or more lots in the order, wherein the at least one or more lots are owned by a plurality of owners; and transforming, by the processing device, the order into fractional ownership shares based on the tracked at least one or more lots of the physical commodity and a geographic premium associated with the storage location, wherein the geographic premium is based on cost of one of a storage of one or more lots of the physical commodity in the storage location and delivery of the one or more lots of the physical commodity to the storage location.