Patent ID: 7418414

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating comprehensive and integrated classification, administration and tracking of a company's capitalization structure, the method comprising: initiating a capitalization structure affecting request using an input device by a person, wherein the capitalization structure affecting request is a requested change to the company's equity ownership structure, and the person includes an individual acting on behalf of the person or an entity; automatically determining a vesting schedule particular for the person in response to the capitalization structure affecting request using an administration software in communication with the input device, wherein automatically determining the vesting schedule includes: accessing company restrictions relating to the capitalization structure affecting request from a database in communication with the administration software; accessing a record of the person relating to the capitalization structure affecting request from the database; accessing governmental restrictions relating to the capitalization structure affecting request and the record from the database; automatically uniquely classifying the capitalization structure affecting request with respect to the person based on the accessed company restrictions, accessed record, and accessed governmental restrictions using the administration software; wherein the automatically determined vesting schedule is the actual fulfillment of the capitalization structure affecting request; automatically updating the record of the person stored at the database in accordance with the automatically determined vesting schedule; and automatically updating the company's equity ownership structure stored at the database in accordance with the automatically determined vesting schedule, the company's equity ownership structure stored at the database representative of the company's complete equity ownership structure, including the ways the company is funded and the associated ownership by employees, investors, and lenders.