Patent ID: 7693779
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for requesting one or more reservations for a set of equity instruments to be offered by an issuer for later sale comprising the steps of: (a) transmitting, from one or more processors which are operatively connected to one or more communication devices, a first set of one or more signals to request information from one or more servers relating to a equity offering, wherein the equity offering comprises a plurality of units of one or more types at one or more prices that are available for reservation, wherein (b) receiving, at the one or more processors via the one or more communication devices, a second set of one or more signals sent from the one or more servers at a first time that identify the status of the plurality of units of the equity offering, wherein the status comprises an identification of: (c) transmitting, from the one or more processors via the one or more communication devices, a third set of one or more signals to the one or more servers that indicate a request to reserve a first group of one or more of the units of the equity offering; and (d) receiving at the one or more processors via the one or more communication devices, a fourth set of one or more signals sent from the one or more servers at a second time that identify: