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Readership information delivery system for electronically distributed investment research

  • US 6,651,056 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/1999
  • Issued: 11/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for compiling and distributing information for investment research reports, comprising:

  • a plurality of readership information reports;

    a computer for receiving said plurality of readership information reports, each report including an article identification and a plurality of subset values of a reader;

    a program executing on said computer for analyzing said plurality of readership information reports such that for each unique article identification, said program counts the number of occurrences of that article identification in said readership information reports;

    said program executing on said computer for analyzing said plurality of subset values such that for each unique subset value, said program counts the number of occurrences of that subset value in said plurality of subset values;

    a list of unique article identifications sorted and ranked by the number of occurrences of each unique article Identification and each unique subset value of the reader in said plurality of readership information reports;

    a database electrically connected to the computer for receiving and storing the ranked list; and

    an electronic data interface for receiving requests for the ranked list from said database for reply.

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