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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
David C. Fallside, Grass Valley, CA (US);
John B. Ibbotson, Salisbury, GB;
Andrew J. Stanford-clark, Chale, GB;
David C. Fallside, Grass Valley, CA (US);
John B. Ibbotson, Salisbury, GB;
Andrew J. Stanford-Clark, Chale, GB;
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a method, system and computer program product for placing a group order, mediated by a system having one or more computers, the method comprising the steps of: publishing, by a publisher, information about a quantity of a material; subscribing, via a subscriber, to a topic comprising said information; receiving, via a subscriber, said information; aggregating, via a subscriber, said information from at least one of said publishers; and responsive to said step of aggregating, selecting based on at least one criterion a best time to place said group order.