COMMODITY, PRICE AND VOLUME DATA SHARING SYSTEM FOR NON-PUBLICLY TRADED COMMODITIES
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1. A method for gathering data regarding transactions involving non-publicly traded commodities, comprising:
- retrieving the data over a wide area network from computer systems under control of one or more parties to each of the transactions;
aggregating the data to process, for each commodity, price, volume and statistical data regarding the transactions; and
making available the processed data over a publicly accessible data network.
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Abstract
A system and a method are disclosed for gathering non-publicly available commodity data, processing the data, and distributing the processed information over the Internet or similar backbone in a delayed or real time manner. In particular, such a system provides technology and a process that gathers data from multiple operating systems and diverse software systems, receives the data in a central processing system, creates weighted averages, tickers, historical charts, and tables, and allows access to such from web-enabled devices.
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1. A method for gathering data regarding transactions involving non-publicly traded commodities, comprising:
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retrieving the data over a wide area network from computer systems under control of one or more parties to each of the transactions; aggregating the data to process, for each commodity, price, volume and statistical data regarding the transactions; and making available the processed data over a publicly accessible data network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20)
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16. A system for gathering data regarding transactions involving non-publicly traded commodities, comprising:
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a data collection system for retrieving data over a wide area network from computer systems under control of one or more parties to each of the transactions; a data processing system coupled to the data collection system over the wide area network to process the data to provide, for each commodity, price, volume and statistical data regarding the transactions; and a server which makes available the processed data over a publicly accessible data network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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