Patent ID: 8126800
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for allocating shares of stock comprising an initial public offering, the method comprising: offering in a computer system, a subset of the shares to one or more pre-auction bidders at a pre-auction price; receiving into a memory in the computer system, an indication from the one or more pre-auction bidders accepting the offer for the shares at the pre-auction price; publishing in the computer system, information descriptive of the accepted offer for the shares, comprising the initial public offering, said information descriptive of pre-auction sales of shares including the pre-auction price and identification of bidders who bought shares at the pre-auction price; accepting into the memory in the computer system, the offer for shares at the pre-auction price; and auctioning with a processor in the computer system, the remaining shares.