Portfolio accounting system and method for handling uncertainty in accounting information
First Claim
1. A method for handling uncertainty in accounting information due to time delay in information issuance comprising:
- representing the accounting information by streams of sequenced simple transaction states, each simple transaction state comprising at least four attributes, among which;
a first attribute corresponds to a value date,a second attribute corresponds to a reporting date,a third attribute corresponds to a value parameter, anda fourth attribute is an account reference, said value date being a date said value parameter refers to and said reporting date being a date or a time said value date and said value parameter together with their account reference are entered into or are deemed to have become known to a portfolio accounting system, while each stream links all consecutive simple transaction states representing views of the same accounting information as known to the system over time; and
entering a corrective simple transaction state in an information correction mode;
wherein a reporting date of the corrective simple transaction state corresponds to a reporting date of an original, corrected simple transaction state, and the portfolio accounting system is implemented by a computer executing a computer-executable program stored on a computer-readable medium.
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Abstract
Portfolio accounting systems and methods are adapted to handle uncertainty in accounting information due to time delay in information issuance. Accounting information is represented by streams of sequenced simple transaction states, each individual state describing the state of an account or its changes as known at a certain point in time while the stream ties the consecutive states into a life cycle of the information improving over time. A first simple transaction state attribute corresponds to the traditional value date. A second attribute corresponds to a reporting date. A third attribute corresponds to the traditional account value or relative/absolute changes thereof.
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1. A method for handling uncertainty in accounting information due to time delay in information issuance comprising:
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representing the accounting information by streams of sequenced simple transaction states, each simple transaction state comprising at least four attributes, among which; a first attribute corresponds to a value date, a second attribute corresponds to a reporting date, a third attribute corresponds to a value parameter, and a fourth attribute is an account reference, said value date being a date said value parameter refers to and said reporting date being a date or a time said value date and said value parameter together with their account reference are entered into or are deemed to have become known to a portfolio accounting system, while each stream links all consecutive simple transaction states representing views of the same accounting information as known to the system over time; and entering a corrective simple transaction state in an information correction mode; wherein a reporting date of the corrective simple transaction state corresponds to a reporting date of an original, corrected simple transaction state, and the portfolio accounting system is implemented by a computer executing a computer-executable program stored on a computer-readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for handling uncertainty in accounting information due to time delay in information issuance comprising:
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representing the accounting information by streams of sequenced simple transaction states, each simple transaction state comprising at least four attributes, among which; a first attribute corresponds to a value date, a second attribute corresponds to a reporting date, a third attribute corresponds to a value parameter, and a fourth attribute is an account reference, said value date being a date said value parameter refers to and said reporting date being a date or a time said value date and said value parameter together with their account reference are entered into or are deemed to have become known to a portfolio accounting system, while each stream links all consecutive simple transaction states representing views of the same accounting information as known to the system over time; and determining an absolute value of a predetermined account for a requested value date by considering simple transaction states having a reporting date smaller than or equal a requested reporting date; wherein the portfolio accounting system is implemented by a computer executing a computer-executable program stored on a computer-readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for handling uncertainty in accounting information due to time delay in information issuance comprising:
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representing the accounting information by streams of sequenced simple transaction states, each simple transaction state comprising at least four attributes, among which; a first attribute corresponds to a value date, a second attribute corresponds to a reporting date, a third attribute corresponds to a value parameter, and a fourth attribute is an account reference, said value date being a date said value parameter refers to and said reporting date being a date or a time said value date and said value parameter together with their account reference are entered into or are deemed to have become known to a portfolio accounting system, while each stream links all consecutive simple transaction states representing views of the same accounting information as known to the system over time; and grouping one or a multitude of simple transactions in a composite transaction affecting one or a multitude of accounts; wherein the portfolio accounting system is implemented by a computer executing a computer-executable program stored on a computer-readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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