System and method for online delivery of investor documents and tabulation and processing certain investor instructions
AssigneeMediant Communications Inc.
InventorJohn Purcell
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Abstract
A system for online delivery of documents to Investors, and for receiving voting or tendering instructions from investors including an E-broker system with a database that sends information to and receives information from an Investor through an investor system. The system also includes an electronic dissemination and tabulation system (“EDT”) for securely delivering information directly to or receiving information directly from the investor system in response to an Investor request sent via the E-broker system. Furthermore, the EDT system sends information to the investor system in correspondence to stock holdings of the Investor as recorded in the E-broker system.
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A system for online delivery of documents to Investors, and for receiving voting or tendering instructions from investors comprising:
- an E-broker system with a database that sends information to and receives information from an Investor through an investor system;
- an electronic dissemination and tabulation system (“EDT”) for delivering information to or receiving information from the investor system in response to an investor system request sent via the E-broker system;
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- wherein the EDT system sends information to the investor system in correspondence to stock holdings of the Investor as recorded in the E-broker system.
A system for online delivery of documents to Investors, and for receiving voting or tendering instructions from Investors comprising:
- an investor system for an Investor to send and receive information;
- an E-broker system, having a website, that sends information to and receives information from an investor system;
- an electronic dissemination and tabulation system for delivery of information to or reception of information from the investor system;
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- wherein the website enables the electronic dissemination and tabulation system to send information to or receive information from the investor system in correspondence to stock holdings of the Investor as recorded in the E-broker system.
A method for online information gathering from Investors comprising the aspects of:
- an Issuer of investment securities, or an agent thereof, notifying an electronic dissemination and tabulation system of an event requiring information from Investors of the Issuer who trade on-line with at least one E-broker system;
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- the Investors connecting to the electronic dissemination and tabulation system via a website of the at least one E-broker system for information from the Issuer.
A method for online delivery of documents to Investors and for receiving voting instructions from Investors comprising the aspects of:
- an Issuer of investment securities, an agent thereof or a third party, notifying an electronic dissemination and tabulation provider of an event requiring the dissemination of information or a vote of Investors of the issuer by electronic means;
- the electronic dissemination and tabulation provider capturing data from at least one E-broker system on the Investors of the Issuer;
- the Investors of the Issuer using an investor system to connect to the electronic dissemination and tabulation system to vote via the E-broker system.
A method for online tender/exchange offers to Investors comprising the aspects of:
- an Issuer of investment securities, or an agent thereof, notifying an electronic dissemination and tabulation provider of a tender/exchange event;
- the electronic dissemination and tabulation provider capturing data from an E-broker system on Investors of the issuer;
- Investors of the Issuer using the E-broker system to mail notice of the tender/exchange event;
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- the Investors using a website of the E-broker system to tender/exchange their securities in the Issuer.
A method for online delivery of Issuer information comprising the aspects of:
- an Issuer of investment securities, or an agent thereof, notifying an electronic dissemination and tabulation provider of event information for Investors who trade on-line with at least one E-broker system;
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- the Investors using investor systems to connect to an electronic dissemination and tabulation provider via a website of the at least one E-broker system to receive the event information.
A method for online information gathering from Investors comprising the aspects of:
- the Investors using an investor system to connect to an electronic dissemination and tabulation system via a website of at least one E-broker system;
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- the electronic dissemination and tabulation system remotely administers online delivery of materials to the Investors which have been authenticated into the E-broker's website, and processes related instructions related to the materials, without the Investors leaving the E-broker's website.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.