Patent ID: 7212996

Claim:
A system having a computer memory and a processor for multivariable comparison of financial information, comprising: a first processor performing instructions for a client interface for a user to receive weightable search information, the weightable search information comprising user-selected quantitative search criteria and user-selected weighting criteria, the weighting criteria reflecting user-defined levels of importance for one or more of the quantitative search criteria; and a second processor performing through a search interface, communicating with the client interface, the search interface interrogates at least one network-enabled information source according to the weightable search information to generate search results; wherein the financial information comprises a plurality of investment funds, each having multiple quantitative investment fund variables associated therewith; the computer memory for storing the search results; the search interface compares the quantitative investment fund variables with the user-selected quantitative search criteria and the user-selected weighting criteria to generate search results comprising: a first set of investment funds that do not satisfy all of the user-selected quantitative search criteria, but which satisfy the overall user-defined criteria based on the combination of the user-selected weighting criteria and the user-selected quantitative criteria, wherein the search results indicate the level the search results match the weighted criteria; the search interface performs subsequent searches within stored results of a prior search to limit search results when existing search criteria values are revised; the search interface performs other subsequent searches to interrogate at least one network-enabled information source to expand search results when criteria are added; and the search interface recalculates and represents the result indicators which indicate the level the search results match the weighted criteria.