| CPC G06Q 10/103 (2013.01) [G06T 11/206 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims | 

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               1. A method, comprising: 
            aggregating, by a computer operating on an information exchange platform, trading activities and volume data across the information exchange platform, wherein the trading activities and volume data relate to operating units that exchange information about a plurality of items through the information exchange platform; 
                running, by the computer, analytics on the trading activities and volume data thus aggregated to thereby produce analytic results, wherein running the analytics comprises determining whether a global demand for the plurality of items or a portion thereof has been decreasing or increasing in a previous timeframe based on the trading activities and volume data within the previous timeframe thus aggregated across the information exchange platform in a trading partner (TP) graph and wherein the analytic results comprise the global demand; 
                applying, by the computer, the analytic results to a predictive model configured for predicting a global trend for the plurality of items or the portion thereof in view of the trading activities and volume data across the information exchange platform, wherein the predictive model is operable to determine, based at least in part on the global demand, whether the global trend for the plurality of items or the portion thereof is to continue decreasing or increasing in a next timeframe; and 
                providing, by the computer, the global trend for presentation on a client device. 
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