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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jialin Li, Westford, MA (US);
Pradeep K. Nanjundaswamy, Bangalore, IN;
Srikanth Sundararajan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Danai Tengtrakool, Burlington, MA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: determining that an item misplaced in a venue may be retrieved by one or more customer. A candidate customer may be identified and rewards that may be offered are compiled. The candidate customer is selected as one who is predicted to be most likely to respond to a request for retrieval, and a reward is selected for cost effectiveness in retrieving the item. The request to retrieve the item is sent to the candidate customer.