Patent ID: 7917430
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: entering bankruptcy data into a digital computer, wherein the bankruptcy data comprises precedence claim data associated with precedence claims, non-precedence claim data associated with non-precedence claims, and bankruptcy plan data, wherein the bankruptcy plan data comprises plan term information, plan base information, and monthly payment information; preprocessing the bankruptcy data, wherein preprocessing the bankruptcy data, which comprises the plan term information, plan base information, and monthly payment information, comprises correcting for inaccurate or missing data in the bankruptcy data, and creating standardized bankruptcy data in a standard data format; and determining a present value associated with at least one non-precedence claim using the digital computer, wherein the method further comprises, before entering the bankruptcy data, sending a request to a data center for the bankruptcy data, wherein sending the request to the data center for the bankruptcy data comprises sending a requestor file to the data center, wherein the requestor file includes proxy numbers associated with debtor account numbers, and wherein the method further comprises receiving a return file from the data center, wherein the return file comprises case file information, claim file information, creditor file information, payment file information, request out file information, and debtor file information; and wherein the request out file information includes a trustee ID.