INFORMATION TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Abstract
A system and method of collecting and trading statistical information between users is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the information is traded via a network, such as the Internet. The method for trading information includes the step of collecting information from a user at a first location, having a confidential data portion and an exchange data portion. Only the exchange data portion is transmitted to a central location. An exchanged data set is defined at the central location. The exchange data set is updated using the exchange data portion. An output data set is determined from the exchange data set, wherein the output data set is accessible by one or more users.
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82 Claims
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59. A computer implemented method for trading information related to commercial companies via a communication network, the method comprising the acts of:
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collecting non-confidential exchange data, from a first user at a first user location, wherein the act of collecting non-confidential exchange data includes an act of; providing an interface over the communication network wherein the interface is configured to; generate non-confidential exchange data from private company information on a host computer at a first user location, wherein the private company information includes non-confidential data and confidential data, and communicate only the non-confidential exchange data from the private company information to a central computer system; and generating on the central computer system output data based, at least in part, on any collected non-confidential exchange data; and transmitting at least a portion of the output data to a user over the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A system for trading commercial information via a network, the system comprising:
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a central computer server configured to receive non-confidential exchange data from a host computer system at a first user location; a user interface provided from the central computer server configured to; display on the host computer; generate the non-confidential exchange data from private company information on the host computer at the first user location, wherein the private company information includes non-confidential data and confidential data, and communicate only the non-confidential exchange data from the private company information to a central computer system; and a modeling component configured to generate output data based, at least in part, on any collected non-confidential exchange data; and a communication component configured to transmit at least a portion of the output data to a user over the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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