Patent ID: 8082208
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing risk, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of categories of information that are defined as being relevant to risk associated with investing in securities of publicly traded companies, the plurality of categories of information including a category associated with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) activities, a category associated with auditor/accounting information, a category associated with executive suite information, a category associated with board information, a category associated with capital markets information, and a category associated with non-SEC activities; compiling information about the publicly traded companies from a plurality of public sources, the information being compiled based at least in part by performing a first search utilizing a first search string having a first set of search terms, and by performing a second search utilizing a second search string having a second set of search terms, the second set of search terms being different than the first set of search terms, the first search being performed against a first database having Securities and Exchange (SEC) information, and the second search being performed against a second database having non-SEC information; analyzing the compiled information to identify a plurality of relevant risk factors for each of the publicly traded companies; using the identified plurality of risk factors for each of the publicly traded companies to rate a risk associated with each of the publicly traded companies; utilizing a processing unit of a computing device to generate a profile for each of the publicly traded companies based on its corresponding identified plurality of risk factors; obtaining updated information from the plurality of public sources for at least some of the publicly traded companies; updating the profiles associated with the at least some of the publicly traded companies to account for the updated information; receiving a request through a user interface for the profile of one of the publicly traded companies; and providing the profile of the one of the publicly traded companies to the user interface, the provided profile including an indication of a name associated with the one of the publicly traded companies, an indication of the risk associated with the one of the publicly traded companies, and summary sections for each of the plurality of categories of information, the summary sections not including all of the compiled information but instead including only abbreviated summaries of the compiled information that are relevant to the identified plurality of relevant risk factors for the one of the publicly traded companies.