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Visual asset structuring tool

  • US 9,307,884 B1
  • Filed: 01/27/2003
  • Issued: 04/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for graphically representing a commercial deal, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a first entity definition from a user through a graphical user interface associated with a computing system, wherein the first entity definition is associated with at least one first entity;

    receiving a second entity definition from the user through the graphical user interface, wherein the second entity definition is associated with at least one second entity;

    receiving role information from the user through the graphical user interface for the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity, wherein the role information comprises role relationship information and assignment information, wherein the role relationship information comprises a role assumed by the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity, the identity of the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity as related to the at least one first entity, and an exposure of the at least one first entity or the at least one second entity, and wherein the assignment information comprises an associated type of role for each of the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity and a timing of the associated type of role assumed by each of the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity;

    receiving commercial deal information corresponding to the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity from the user through the graphical user interface;

    defining graphical objects for the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity, wherein the graphical objects comprise one or more of a shape, an image, a picture, a photograph, and a graphic, and wherein defining the graphical objects comprises the computing system automatically associating a graphical object with an entity based on the received first entity definition, the received second entity definition, the role information, and the received commercial deal information;

    automatically generating by the computing system an electronic visual representation on a display of the computing system depicting with the graphical objects relationships among the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity involved in the commercial deal corresponding to the received commercial deal information including relationships among the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity and an overall deal structure, wherein generating the electronic visual representation comprises the computing system automatically making connections between the graphical objects to visually convey the relationship between the at least one first entity and the at least one second entity on the display, and wherein the electronic visual representation of the entities is selectably rendered in at least one mode on the display corresponding to ownership structures, cash flow structures, and servicing relationship structures, wherein selecting the at least one mode facilitates specifying a level of the overall deal structure to be viewed via the electronic visual representation; and

    storing the electronic visual representation in a non-transitory computer readable medium in electronic communication with the computing system;

    wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display a default electronic visual representation, wherein the default electronic visual representation is programmed to enable the user to manipulate the default electronic visual representation so that the overall deal structure that best fits parameters of the commercial deal is displayed; and

    wherein the graphical user interface is configured to enable the user to save the electronic visual representation as a part of the commercial deal information.

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