Patent ID: 8589273

Claim:
A method for managing business information by a first business entity using a server system including a processor and coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system, said method comprising: receiving at the server system business information relating to a plurality of second business entities from the client system; storing the business information received at the server system in the centralized database; tracking the business information stored in the centralized database; updating the centralized database periodically with newly received business information to maintain the business information; providing the business information in response to an inquiry; selecting for analysis a second business entity from the plurality of second business entities stored in the database; analyzing, by the processor, the selected second business entity to determine whether to engage in a deal with the selected second business entity, the deal including the first business entity at least one of providing financing to the selected second business entity and acquiring the selected second business entity; engaging in the deal with the selected second business entity by at least one of the first business entity providing financing to the selected second business entity and the first business entity acquiring the selected second business entity, the deal further including at least one deal covenant relating to a future financial performance of the selected second business entity, wherein the at least one covenant includes terms agreed to by both the first business entity and the selected second business entity; monitoring the business information of the selected second business entity after the first business entity engages in the deal with the selected second business entity including monitoring the future financial performance of the selected second business entity and determining whether the selected second business entity has violated any of the deal covenants; and generating an alert to notify the first business entity when the monitored future financial performance of the selected second business entity meets a predetermined threshold amount and when the selected second business entity violates one of the deal covenants.