Patent ID: 7418414
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating comprehensive and integrated classification, administration and tracking of a company's capitalization structure, the method comprising: initiating a capitalization structure affecting request using an input device by a person, wherein the capitalization structure affecting request is a requested change to the company's equity ownership structure, and the person includes an individual acting on behalf of the person or an entity; automatically determining a vesting schedule particular for the person in response to the capitalization structure affecting request using an administration software in communication with the input device, wherein automatically determining the vesting schedule includes: automatically updating the record of the person stored at the database in accordance with the automatically determined vesting schedule; and automatically updating the company's equity ownership structure stored at the database in accordance with the automatically determined vesting schedule, the company's equity ownership structure stored at the database representative of the company's complete equity ownership structure, including the ways the company is funded and the associated ownership by employees, investors, and lenders.