System and method for identifying potential participants in a public offering
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1. A method of allocating IPO securities comprising the steps of:
- publishing criteria for a customer'"'"'s participation in a rights offering by an issuer;
tracking purchases by the customer from the issuer; and
allocating a portion of IPO securities to the customer based on the purchases.
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A method of allocating IPO securities includes the steps of publishing criteria for a customer'"'"'s participation in a rights offering by an issuer, tracking purchases by the customer from the issuer, allocating a portion of IPO securities to the customer based on the purchases.
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1. A method of allocating IPO securities comprising the steps of:
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publishing criteria for a customer'"'"'s participation in a rights offering by an issuer;
tracking purchases by the customer from the issuer; and
allocating a portion of IPO securities to the customer based on the purchases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for allocating IPO securities comprising the steps of:
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means for publishing criteria for a customer'"'"'s participation in a rights offering by an issuer;
means for tracking purchases by the customer from the issuer; and
means for allocating a portion of IPO securities to the customer based on the purchases. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A reward system comprising:
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a right of at least one customer of an issuer to participate in a public offering of the issuer; and
at least one published criteria for the at least one customer having a relationship with the issuer, the right being conditioned on the at least one customer assisting a market expansion of the Issuer in a formative stage, by making purchases from the issuer. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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49. A method for allocating initial public offering (IPO) shares comprising the steps of:
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capturing data related to a customer'"'"'s identification codes;
quantifying market penetration assistance provided by the customer via a purchase from an issuer, at a time of the IPO;
storing the data in a customer database file record for each specific customer;
comparing the data as stored in the customer database file with at least one pre published allocation formula; and
distributing IPO securities prior to the IPO to the customer based on the step of comparing the data. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52)
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