Commission management system
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1. A method for managing soft dollar commission accounts over a communications network, comprising the steps of:
- subscribing to one or more investment products/services from a plurality of investment service providers by a client over said network;
crediting a soft dollar commission account of said client upon execution of trades on behalf of said client;
presenting invoices for said subscribed investment products/services to said client over said network;
approving said invoices by said client over said network; and
paying said approved invoices from said soft dollar commission account.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a commission management system and method for managing soft dollar and commission recapture services over communications network. The system and method pays the invoices from the soft dollar commission account after the client views and approves invoices online.
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1. A method for managing soft dollar commission accounts over a communications network, comprising the steps of:
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subscribing to one or more investment products/services from a plurality of investment service providers by a client over said network;
crediting a soft dollar commission account of said client upon execution of trades on behalf of said client;
presenting invoices for said subscribed investment products/services to said client over said network;
approving said invoices by said client over said network; and
paying said approved invoices from said soft dollar commission account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable medium comprising code for managing soft dollar commission accounts over a communications network, said code comprising instructions for:
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subscribing to one or more investment products/services from a plurality of investment service providers by a client over said network;
crediting a soft dollar commission account of said client upon execution of trades on behalf of said client;
presenting invoices for said subscribed investment products/services to said client over said network;
approving said invoices by said client over said network; and
paying said approved invoices from said soft dollar commission account.
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10. A system for managing soft dollar commission accounts over a communications network, comprising:
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an investment services directory module displaying investment products/services from to a plurality of investment service providers to client over said network and receiving one or more subscribed investment products/services from said client over said network;
a processor for crediting a soft dollar commission account of said client upon execution of trades on behalf of said client; and
an invoice module for presenting invoices for said subscribed investment products/services to said client over said network, receiving approval of said invoices from said client over said network, and paying said approved invoices from said soft dollar commission account. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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