Transaction and account management system
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1. An investment account management system configured to manage a plurality of client accounts, comprising:
- a financial information database comprising financial information from a plurality of clients;
a user profile database comprising a user profile for each user of the system, wherein said user profile comprises access rights specifying the financial information available to the user, and a screen setting parameter indicating a customized display of how client financial data is viewed by the user in an Internet browser;
a host server comprising a presentation manager, wherein the presentation manager is linked to the user profile database and operative to modify user profiles so each user is presented with a customized display of client financial information when viewed in an Internet browser;
a data link to a custodian bank which provides online access to records of client holdings at the bank;
a business logic manager configured to read instructions from a database module, wherein the instructions comprise custom logic routines for each user, and the logic routines define whether the user is authorized to execute a trade and whether sufficient holdings are available at the custodian bank for the trade; and
a data exchange link with a broker/dealer system, wherein data representing the trade to be executed is formatted by the system in accordance with a user profile associated with each broker/dealer system and sent to the broker/dealer system for execution.
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Abstract
An information management system that consists of data, a rules database, and user profiles is provided. The rules database stores information about system responses to modifications of the data. The user profiles store information concerning the availability of information and displays depending upon the user. Automatic updates to user profiles in response to modifications to the data are performed.
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1. An investment account management system configured to manage a plurality of client accounts, comprising:
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a financial information database comprising financial information from a plurality of clients; a user profile database comprising a user profile for each user of the system, wherein said user profile comprises access rights specifying the financial information available to the user, and a screen setting parameter indicating a customized display of how client financial data is viewed by the user in an Internet browser; a host server comprising a presentation manager, wherein the presentation manager is linked to the user profile database and operative to modify user profiles so each user is presented with a customized display of client financial information when viewed in an Internet browser; a data link to a custodian bank which provides online access to records of client holdings at the bank; a business logic manager configured to read instructions from a database module, wherein the instructions comprise custom logic routines for each user, and the logic routines define whether the user is authorized to execute a trade and whether sufficient holdings are available at the custodian bank for the trade; and a data exchange link with a broker/dealer system, wherein data representing the trade to be executed is formatted by the system in accordance with a user profile associated with each broker/dealer system and sent to the broker/dealer system for execution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A network based investment account management system configured to manage a plurality of client accounts, comprising:
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a financial information database comprising financial information from a plurality of clients; a user profile database comprising user profiles for portfolio managers and traders, wherein said user profiles comprise access rights specifying a subset of the client financial information available to the portfolio managers and traders, and a screen setting parameter indicating a customized display of how client financial data is viewed by the portfolio managers and traders in an Internet browser; a host server comprising a presentation manager, wherein the presentation manager is linked to the user profile database and operative to modify user profiles so each portfolio manager and trader is presented with a customized display of client financial information when viewed in an Internet browser; a data link to a custodian bank which provides online access to records of client holdings at the bank; a business logic manager configured to read instructions from a database module, wherein the instructions comprise custom logic routines for each trader, and the logic routines define whether the trader is authorized to execute a trade and whether sufficient holdings are available at the custodian bank for the trade; and a data exchange link with a broker/dealer system, wherein data representing the trade to be executed and any limitations on the trade are formatted by the system in accordance with a user profile associated with each broker/dealer system and sent to the broker/dealer system for execution. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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