Patent ID: 8635130
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of processing and analyzing investment information, comprising: receiving, at one or more investment data conditioning servers, investment information from a plurality of exchanges; processing said investment information into a first file including end of day investment information for a current day and a second file including fundamental investment information; and when a client desires an update of the investment information, a) sending a list file to the client, the list file identifying the first and second files; b) receiving a request from the client for a needed file that the client has not yet received, the needed file being among files identified on the list file and explicitly identified by the client in the request; c) receiving, at the one or more servers, a date from the client indicating a most recent update of the needed file at the client; and d) providing information from said needed file over a communications network to a storage medium at the client only when the information from said needed file has been updated at the one or more servers since the date received from the client, wherein said client queries said storage medium for information from said needed file upon execution of a request at said client for investment information related to at least one investment vehicle.