Patent ID: 8401927

Claim:
A system including a processing device that executes instructions stored on computer-storage media, the instructions for performing a method of providing a user with time-sensitive information that is usable to determine when to purchase a given product, the method comprising: referencing in a database historical product information that describes the given product and that is usable to predict the time-sensitive information; based on the historical product information, generating by the processing device the time-sensitive information, which includes one or more of: (1) a projected discontinuation time frame that describes a first predicted future date on which the given product will no longer be available to be purchased; and (2) a projected release time frame that describes a second predicted future date on which a new product that is usable to replace the given product will become available to be purchased; and transmitting by the processing device the time-sensitive information to be presented in response to a request to send information describing the given product.