Managing information about inventory

A method for managing information about inventory, comprising:

• identifying, by a first server, a total quantity of an inventory of a specific product available for distribution within a specific duration of time;
• obtaining, by the first server, data related to sales of the specific product at a plurality of geographic locations;
• determining, by the first server, based on the data, and for each of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding rate of the sales of the specific product;
• identifying, by the first server, a plurality of second servers;
• performing, by the first server, a status check of at least one of the plurality of second servers;
• performing, by the first server and in response to a result of the status check being that the at least one of the plurality of second servers is not operating properly, a hash function to identify, among the plurality of second servers, a properly operating second server, wherein the hash function uses a hashing algorithm based on consistent hashing;
• preparing, by the first server, based on a result of the determining based on the data, and for each of the plurality of second servers that corresponds to one of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease specifying a first sub-quantity of the total quantity and a first expiration time for the corresponding inventory lease;
• and
• transmitting, from the first server to the each of the plurality of second servers via an electronic network, the corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease configured to allow a corresponding second server to process orders for the specific product, from user devices proximate to the corresponding second server, rather than having the orders processed by a different second server, the different second server more distant from the user devices than the corresponding second server, the corresponding lease configured to limit an amount of the specific product distributed, prior to the first expiration time, to the first sub-quantity so that the first server controls distribution of the total quantity of the inventory of the specific product.

A first server, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• identify a total quantity of an inventory of a specific product available for distribution within a specific duration of time;
• obtain data related to sales of the specific product at a plurality of geographic locations;
• determine, based on the data and for each of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding rate of the sales of the specific product;
• and
• prepare, based on a result of a determination of the corresponding rate and for each of a plurality of second servers that corresponds to one of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease specifying a sub-quantity of the total quantity and an expiration time for the corresponding inventory lease;
• and
• a network interface configured to transmit, to the each of the plurality of second servers via an electronic network, the corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease configured to allow a corresponding second server to process orders for the specific product, from user devices proximate to the corresponding second, server thereby reducing processing bottlenecks, rather than having the orders processed by a different second server, the different second server more distant from the user devices than the corresponding second server, the corresponding lease configured to limit an amount of the specific product distributed, prior to the expiration time, to the sub-quantity so that the first server controls distribution of the total quantity of the inventory of the specific product.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer code for controlling a processor, the computer code including instructions to cause the processor to:

• identify a total quantity of an inventory of a specific product available for distribution within a specific duration of time;
• obtain data related to sales of the specific product at a plurality of geographic locations;
• determine, based on the data and for each of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding rate of the sales of the specific product;
• prepare, based on a result of a determination of the corresponding rate and for each of a plurality of second servers that corresponds to one of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease specifying a sub-quantity of the total quantity and an expiration time for the corresponding inventory lease;
• and
• transmit, to the each of the plurality of servers via an electronic network, the corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease configured to allow a corresponding server to process orders for the specific product, from user devices proximate to the corresponding server thereby reducing processing bottlenecks, rather than having the orders processed by a different server, the different server more distant from the user devices than the corresponding second server, the corresponding lease configured to limit an amount of the specific product distributed, prior to the expiration time, to the sub-quantity so that the processor controls distribution of the total quantity of the inventory of the specific product.

A first server, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• identify a total quantity of an inventory of a specific product available for distribution within a specific duration of time;
• obtain data related to sales of the specific product at a plurality of geographic locations;
• determine, based on the data and for each of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding rate of the sales of the specific product;
• identifying a plurality of second servers;
• perform a status check of at least one of the plurality of second servers;
• perform, in response to a result of the status check being that the at least one of the plurality of second servers is not operating properly, a hash function to identify, among the plurality of second servers, a properly operating second server, wherein the hash function uses a hashing algorithm based on consistent hashing;
• and
• prepare, based on a result of a determination of the corresponding rate and for each of the plurality of second servers that corresponds to one of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease specifying a sub-quantity of the total quantity and an expiration time for the corresponding inventory lease;
• and
• a network interface configured to transmit, to the each of the plurality of second servers via an electronic network, the corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease configured to allow a corresponding second server to process orders for the specific product, from user devices proximate to the corresponding second server, rather than having the orders processed by a different second server, the different second server more distant from the user devices than the corresponding second server, the corresponding lease configured to limit an amount of the specific product distributed, prior to the expiration time, to the sub-quantity so that the first server controls distribution of the total quantity of the inventory of the specific product.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer code for controlling a processor, the computer code including instructions to cause the processor to:

• identify a total quantity of an inventory of a specific product available for distribution within a specific duration of time;
• obtain data related to sales of the specific product at a plurality of geographic locations;
• determine, based on the data and for each of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding rate of the sales of the specific product;
• identify a plurality of second servers;
• perform a status check of at least one of the plurality of second servers;
• performing, in response to a result of the status check being that the at least one of the plurality of second servers is not operating properly, a hash function to identify, among the plurality of second servers, a properly operating second server, wherein the hash function uses a hashing algorithm based on consistent hashing;
• prepare, based on a result of a determination of the corresponding rate and for each of the plurality of second servers that corresponds to one of the plurality of geographic locations, a corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease specifying a sub-quantity of the total quantity and an expiration time for the corresponding inventory lease;
• and
• transmit, to the each of the plurality of servers via an electronic network, the corresponding inventory lease, the corresponding inventory lease configured to allow a corresponding server to process orders for the specific product, from user devices proximate to the corresponding server, rather than having the orders processed by a different server, the different server more distant from the user devices than the corresponding second server, the corresponding lease configured to limit an amount of the specific product distributed, prior to the expiration time, to the sub-quantity so that the processor controls distribution of the total quantity of the inventory of the specific product.