Patent ID: 8117096
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented accounting method for a private equity investment portfolio comprising a plurality of investments, the investment portfolio having a plurality of investment entities, the accounting method comprising: obtaining, by the computer via an electronic data input interface, an investment transaction indication specifying a combination of at least four particular transaction dimensions, including a particular investment entity, a particular investment target, a particular transaction type, and a particular security type; determining, by the computer, a gene-ledger-account identifier identifying a gene-ledger account uniquely associated with said specified combination of said at least four particular transaction dimensions, said gene-ledger-account identifier comprising at least four gene-ledger-account-identifier segments as follows: using said determined gene-ledger-account identifier, the computer determining whether said gene-ledger account uniquely associated with said specified combination of said at least four particular transaction dimensions exists in a general ledger associated with said investment transaction indication; when said gene-ledger account is determined not to exist in said general ledger, creating in said general ledger, by the computer, a new gene-ledger account, identified by said gene-ledger-account identifier, to exclusively record investment-transaction-related accounting entries associated with said specified combination of said at least four particular transaction dimensions; and recording, in said gene-ledger account uniquely associated with said specified combination of said at least four particular transaction dimensions, an accounting entry individually corresponding to said investment transaction indication specifying said combination of at least four particular transaction dimensions; wherein said at least six asset transaction type identifiers comprise the following subsets: