Patent ID: 7016872
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for use in producing a ranked list of investors according to an evaluation of the investors' performances relating to at least one transaction made by the investors involving investments associated with the investors, said method comprising the steps of: retrieving a list of investors; generating an evaluation list by removing investors failing to meet predetermined criteria from said list; calculating, using a computer, a performance score for each investor listed on said evaluation list indicative of the investor's performance by considering an average historical performance of an investment following a transaction by the investor, a historical consistency of the investor's performances with respect to transactions involving the at least one investment, and the number of transactions made by the investor, said calculating the performance score for each investor on said evaluation list comprises: calculating a first degree of freedom (DF calculating, for each investor using said performance scores, a final transaction score indicative of the investor's relative performance with respect to all investors on said evaluation list.