Patent ID: 8694413
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer system for computing an interest score for one or more contacts of a research entity that produces research work product items that individually cover one or more of a plurality of topics, wherein the topics comprise at least one of publicly-traded stocks, industries, and geographic regions, wherein the one or more contacts are associated with accounts for holding and trading publicly-traded securities, and wherein the research entity comprises a plurality of teams that produce the research work product items, the computer system comprising: a computer-based data storage system that stores data relating to the contacts and the research work product items produced by the entity; at least one processor in communication with the computer-based data storage system; and at least one computer memory device in communication with the processor, wherein the at least one computer memory device stores instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to compute a work product item interest scores for the one or more contacts for one or more work product items produced by the research entity, wherein the work product item interest score for a particular contact and a particular work product item is indicative of the particular contact's likely interest in the particular work product item, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to compute the work product item interest scores by performing steps comprising: computing the work product interest scores for the one or more contacts for work product items produced by the entity, wherein the work product interest score for one contact for one work product item is computed by summing a plurality of weighted summands, wherein the plurality of weighted summands comprise the at least one of the: wherein the work product interest scores are for use by the research entity in notifying the one or more contacts about the work product items.