Patent ID: 8799140

Claim:
A computer-based method for facilitating a transfer of a fixed income security, the computer-based method comprising: receiving an indication from a computer-based interface device that an initiating party seeks a counterparty for a financial transaction involving the transfer of the fixed income security; accessing data in an electronic database relating to a plurality of potential counterparties for the financial transaction; and assigning, based on the data in the electronic database, to one or more of the plurality of potential counterparties an indication of likelihood that the potential counterparty will engage in the financial transaction, wherein assigning the indication of likelihood comprises determining, based on the data in the electronic database, one or more of the following: to what degree the potential counterparty involved in current bids related to the fixed income security, to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in past bids related to the fixed income security, to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in completed transactions related to the fixed income security, to what degree the potential counterparty has expressed interest related to the fixed income security, and to what degree the potential counterparty has portfolio holdings related to the fixed income security, wherein determining to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in past bids related to the fixed income security comprises determining, based on the data in the electronic database, one or more of the following: to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in past bids for the fixed income security, to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in past bids for different fixed income securities with the same issuer as the fixed income security, to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in past bids for different fixed income securities in the same industry as the fixed income security, to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in past bids for different fixed come securities in the same maturity bracket as the fixed income security, to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in past bids for different fixed income securities with the same rating as the fixed income security, and to what degree the potential counterparty was involved in past bids for different fixed income securities with the same yield percentage as the fixed income security.