Patent ID: 7222093

Claim:
An improved system for transferring an investment account comprising: a processor for processing digital data; a memory coupled to said processor for storing digital data; means, coupled to said memory, for inputting said digital data; an application program stored in said memory and accessible by said processor for directing processing of said digital data by said processor; a display coupled to said processor and said memory for displaying information derived from said digital data processed by said processor; said application program configured to interface with an administrator, a rules engine, and a service case manager for a service case; said administrator configured to initiate a transfer case comprising delivering data, receiving data, and external data, wherein said transfer case facilitates transfer of an investment account from a first entity to a second entity; said rules engine configured to determine a transfer type of said service case, wherein said transfer type is at least one of Automated Client Account Transfer System (ACATS), non-ACATS, and mutual fund; said administrator configured to cooperate with said rules engine to initiate said service case comprising a business process instruction to advance said transfer case, wherein said business process instruction is configured in accordance with said transfer type; said administrator configured to communicate said service case to said service case manager; said service case manager configured to facilitate management of said transfer case in accordance with a business rule of said rules engine, wherein said rules engine is configured to determine a correlation between said delivering data, said receiving data, and said external data to a pre-determined threshold; and, said administrator configured to initiate an additional service case when said rules engine determines that said correlation between said delivering data, said receiving data, and said external data is below said pre-determined threshold.