Financial data entry system
OwnerCharles A. Rileyinventor
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Abstract
A method of tracking and aggregating all Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “shelf” registration and all capital market activity related to those shelf registrations. The method includes the steps of accessing a first database containing data associated with investment registrations, wherein the data is organized as a series of individual filings. The method further includes the steps of retrieving data from the first database associated with selected ones of the filings, organizing the data into tables based on at least one aggregate aspect of the data common to multiple filings, and storing the retrieved data in at least one table.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of tracking investment registrations, comprising the steps of:
- (a) accessing a first database containing data associated with investment registrations, wherein the data is organized as a series of individual filings and captured by an application service provider front end;
- (b) determining, by a computer, if a filing is a shelf filing or a shelf takedown;
- (i) if the filing is a shelf filing, selecting and adding an issuer associated with that filing;
- (ii) if the filing is a shelf take down, determining the registration of the takedown;
- (c) repeating step (b) for additional filings;
- (d) retrieving data from the first database associated with selected ones of the filings;
- (e) organizing, by a computer, the data into tables, wherein the tables are organized by summing the shelf filings and subtracting the shelf takedowns in order to determine a shelf capacity;
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- (f) storing the retrieved data in at least one table.
The method according to claim 19, and further including the step of updating the data by searching for market activity relating to the shelf filing and downloading the data into the data entry system.
A computer readable medium including software for tracking investment registrations, the software comprising computer-executable instructions for:
- (a) accessing a first database containing data associated with investment registrations, wherein the data is organized as a series of individual filings and captured by an application service provider front end;
- (b) determining if a filing is a shelf filing or a shelf takedown;
- (i) if the filing is a shelf filing, selecting and adding an issuer associated with that filing;
- (ii) if the filing is a shelf takedown, determining the registration of the takedown;
- (c) repeating step (b) for additional filings;
- (d) retrieving data from the first database associated with selected ones of the filings;
- (e) organizing the data into tables, wherein the tables are organized by summing the shelf filings and subtracting the shelf takedowns in order to determine a shelf capacity;
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- (f) storing the retrieved data in at least one table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.