Capacity calculator

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• calculating, using biographical data representing attributes of a provider offering particular units of service to consumers, a first total of the units of service that are determined to be available to be offered as redeemable instruments to consumers during a proposed promotion over a first time period;
• calculating a second total of the units of service that are available from the provider during a second time period using a projection based in part on the first total of the units of service and a model of consumer demand for the units of service;
• determining a third total of the units of service that are unavailable from the provider during the second time period based on one or more of a known unavailability or projected unavailability;
• and
• calculating a capacity based on the third total of the units of service and the second total of the units of service, wherein the capacity represents a maximum total of redeemable instruments to be offered via a promotion and marketing service in the second time period in exchange for one or more of the units of service.

A computer program product, stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions that when executed on one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• calculating, using biographical data representing attributes of a provider offering particular units of service to consumers, a first total of the units of service that are determined to be available to be offered as redeemable instruments to consumers during a proposed promotion over a first time period;
• calculating a second total of the units of service that are available from the provider during a second time period using a projection based in part on the first total of the units of service and a model of consumer demand for the units of service;
• determining a third total of the units of service that are unavailable from the provider during the second time period based on one or more of a known unavailability or projected unavailability;
• and
• calculating a capacity based on the third total of the units of service and the second total of the units of service, wherein the capacity represents a maximum total of redeemable instruments to be offered via a promotion and marketing service in the second time period in exchange for one or more of the units of service.