Method and apparatus for offering, pricing, and selling securities over a network
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1. A method for managing a securities transaction in a system having one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, comprising:
- receiving over a network an application for money from an entity, wherein the application for money indicates and is associated with the securities transaction; and
determining to which of a plurality of categories the securities transaction belongs and, based on the determination, presenting at least one standard document associated with that category.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method of offering, automatically pricing, preparing for sale, selling, and managing securities, such as municipal bonds, over a network, such as the Internet. The present invention also relates to a system and method for an on-line, one-stop and one-source platform for municipal borrowing, production of associated bond legal documents and offering materials, and satisfaction of continuing disclosure requirements.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for managing a securities transaction in a system having one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, comprising:
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receiving over a network an application for money from an entity, wherein the application for money indicates and is associated with the securities transaction; and
determining to which of a plurality of categories the securities transaction belongs and, based on the determination, presenting at least one standard document associated with that category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 36)
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12. A method for conducting a bond sale transaction, comprising:
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receiving an application to issue for sale a set of one or more bonds; and
issuing for sale the set of bonds, including preparing for the bond sale without communicating with a counsel.
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16. A method for conducting a bond sale transaction, comprising:
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receiving an application to issue for sale a set of one or more bonds; and
issuing for sale the set of bonds, wherein the method includes preparing for the bond sale and selling the set of bonds without communicating with one or more of the members selected from the group consisting of a financial advisor, a bond counsel, a disclosure counsel, a tax counsel, an underwriters counsel, an internal counsel, a finance staff, and a bank trustee.
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17. A method for managing a bond sale in a system having a network, one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, comprising:
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receiving an indication of interest in a bond sale; and
processing the indication of interest by a pricing engine to determine a price for a bond associated with the bond sale.
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21. A method for managing a bond transaction in a system having one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, comprising:
communicating over a network for display to at least one of the one or more clients at least one member selected from the group consisting of one or more initial bond offering documents, data related to historical bond pricing, data related to pricing of similar past bond offerings, data related to one or more news articles associated with the bond transaction, one or more links associated with a newspaper having one or more articles related to the bond transaction, and one or more links to a news article associated with the bond transaction. - View Dependent Claims (22, 24, 25, 37)
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23. A method for managing a sale of securities in a system having one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, comprising:
accepting one or more orders for one or more of the securities from one or more individual investors before accepting one or more orders for one or more of the securities from one or more institutional investors.
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26. A computer program product for use in managing a securities transaction in a system including one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, said computer program product comprising a computer readable medium including:
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computer readable program code embodied in said medium configured to cause the computer to receive over a network an application for money from an entity, wherein the application for money is associated with the securities transaction;
computer readable program code for causing a computer to effect reviewing the application for money; and
computer readable program code for causing said computer to determine to which of a plurality of categories the securities transaction belongs and, based on the determination, to present at least one standard document associated with that category.
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27. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied therein for causing managing a securities transaction in a system including one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, the computer readable program code in said article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable program code for causing a computer to effect receiving over a network an application for money from an entity, wherein the application for money is associated with the securities transaction;
computer readable program code for causing the computer to effect reviewing the application for money; and
computer readable program code for causing said computer to determine to which of a plurality of categories the securities transaction belongs and, based on the determination, to present at least one standard document associated with that category.
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28. A computer program product for use in conducting a bond sale transaction, said computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied in said medium for causing receiving an application to issue for sale a set of one or more bonds; and
computer readable program code for causing a computer to effect issuing for sale the set of bonds, wherein the method includes preparing for the bond sale without communicating with a counsel.
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29. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied therein for causing conducting a bond sale transaction, the computer readable program code in said article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable program code for causing a computer to effect receiving an application to issue for sale a set of one or more bonds; and
computer readable program code for causing the computer to effect issuing for sale the set of bonds, wherein the method includes preparing for the bond sale without communicating with a counsel.
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30. A computer program product for use in conducting a bond sale transaction, said computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied in said medium for causing receiving an application to issue for sale a set of one or more bonds; and
computer readable program code for causing a computer to effect issuing for sale the set of bonds, wherein the method includes preparing for the bond sale without communicating with one or more of the members selected from the group consisting of a financial advisor, a bond counsel, a disclosure counsel, a tax counsel, an underwriters counsel, an internal counsel, a finance staff, and a bank trustee.
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31. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied therein for causing conducting a bond sale transaction, the computer readable program code in said article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable program code for causing a computer to effect receiving an application to issue for sale a set of one or more bonds; and
computer readable program code for causing the computer to effect issuing for sale the set of bonds, wherein the method includes preparing for the bond sale without communicating with one or more of the members selected from the group consisting of a financial advisor, a bond counsel, a disclosure counsel, a tax counsel, an underwriters counsel, an internal counsel, a finance staff, and bank trustee.
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32. A computer program product for use in managing a bond transaction in a system having one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, said computer program product comprising:
a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied in said medium for causing communicating over a network for display to at least one of the one or more clients at least one member selected from the group consisting of one or more initial bond offering documents, data related to historical bond pricing, data related to pricing of similar past bond offerings, data related to one or more news articles associated with the bond transaction, one or more links associated with a newspaper having one or more articles related to the bond transaction, and one or more links to a news article associated with the bond transaction.
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33. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied therein for causing managing a bond transaction in a system having one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, the computer readable program code in said article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable program code for causing a computer to effect communicating over a network for display to at least one of the one or more clients at least one member selected from the group consisting of one or more initial bond offering documents, data related to historical bond pricing, data related to pricing of similar past bond offerings, data related to one or more news articles associated with the bond transaction, one or more links associated with a newspaper having one or more articles related to the bond transaction, and one or more links to a news article associated with the bond transaction.
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34. A computer program product for use in managing a sale of securities in a system having one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, said computer program product comprising:
a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied in said medium for causing accepting one or more orders for one or more of the securities from one or more individual investors before accepting one or more orders for one or more of the securities from one or more institutional investors.
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35. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium including computer readable program code embodied therein for causing managing a sale of securities in a system having one or more servers, one or more clients, and one or more databases, the computer readable program code in said article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable program code for causing a computer to effect accepting one or more orders for one or more of the securities from one or more individual investors before accepting one or more orders for one or more of the securities from one or more institutional investors.
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