Method of processing investment data and associated system

• US 20060064371A1
• Filed: 09/17/2004
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Access Data Corp. (Broadridge Financial Solutions Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Access Data Corp. (Broadridge Financial Solutions Incorporated)
• Inventors: Petrov, Alexander Serge
• Granted Patent: US 8,793,182 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A computerized method for processing investment data includes providing a server supporting a database for receiving, processing and storing investment data; providing a rules engine for processing rules data employing rules relating to credit assignment; introducing into the server investment data from a plurality of external sources, processing the rules data by the rules engine and permitting user access to the processed and stored investment data. Information regarding customer investments, client information and investment transaction information is provided in the server. A corresponding system is disclosed.

Claims

1. A computerized method of processing investment data comprising

providing a server supporting a database for receiving, processing and storing investment data,

providing rules relating to credit assignment,

introducing into said server investment data from a plurality of external sources, and

permitting user access to said processed and stored investment data resident in said server after application of said rules to said investment data.

2. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 1 including effecting a credit assignment through said method.

3. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 2 including providing nonuser financial data in said external source investment data.

4. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 3 including providing said investment data from external sources to said server by data interface objects.

5. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 4 including providing said investment data to said user through a user interface.

6. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 5 including providing said processed investment data to said user in predetermined report form.

7. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 6 including providing investment data from a plurality of said external sources to said data interface objects substantially simultaneously.

8. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 5 including providing said investment data to said user in a form selected from the group consisting of html, xml and pdf files.

9. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 7 including employing a rules engine for applying said rules to said investment data.

10. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 9 including said investment data containing rules data which is processed by said rules engine.

11. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 10 including periodically revising said rules.

12. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 11 including effecting said rules revision by input from at least one of a said user and said data steward.

13. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 9 including a data steward periodically revising said investment data.

14. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 9 including a data steward periodically revising said rules.

15. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 13 including effecting said revising in said database.

16. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 14 including effecting said revising in said database.

17. The computerized method of processing of investment data of claim 1 including storing said rules in said database.

18. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 1 including said users accessing said user interface through the internet.

19. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 1 including storing in said server investment data relating to trade information.

20. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 1 including storing in said server data regarding investment asset positions.

21. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 20 including storing in said server data regarding customers and customer investments.

22. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 21 including said customer data and customer investment data including data selected from the group consisting of customer account information, customer investment holding information and customer asset position.

23. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 1 including permitting access to said server by an external system.

24. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 23 including said external system being a computer.

25. The computerized method of processing investment data of claim 23 including effecting said external system access through a location from the group consisting of a user interface, rules and said server.

26. A computerized system for processing investment data comprising

a server for receiving, processing, storing and delivering investment data,

an external data interface in communication with said server for receiving investment data from a plurality of external sources and delivering the same with or without processing to said server,

a user interface for permitting user access to said server,

a rules engine operatively associated with said server for applying rules to rules data contained within said investment data, and

said server and said rules being structured to permit credit assignment determinations for investment transactions.

27. The computerized system for processing investment data of claim 26 including said system being structured to permit internet access to said server.

28. The computerized system for processing investment data of claim 26 including said external data interface being data interface objects.

29. The computerized system for processing investment data of claim 28 including said server being structured to receive customer information selected from the group consisting of customer account information, customer investment holding information and customer asset position information.

30. The computerized system for processing investment data of claim 28 including an external system operatively associated for communication with said server with at least one of said user interface, said rules and said server.

31. The computerized system for processing investment data of claim 26 including said system structured to permit access to said server to permit revisions to server stored rules.