Patent ID: 8442897

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for preparing to register a sales participation based financial product offering, the system comprising: a computer-readable storage device for storing instructions; and a processor in communication with the computer-readable storage device, the processor operative to utilize the instructions stored in the computer-readable storage device for: receiving information regarding the amount of an issue desired by a potential issuer; receiving sales information related to current sales and to sales growth rate for one or more organizations; receiving discount rate information for the issue; setting a function of future reported sales of the one or more organizations using the desired issue amount information and a present value of estimated future sales of the one or more organizations in setting the function, the present value being based on the sales information and the discount rate information, the function being configured to later determine an amount to be paid to investors based on the future reported sales of the one or more organizations; and determining a number of tradable instruments representing investment in the financial product, the act of determining comprising: receiving a fixed denomination for the tradable instruments; and dividing the issue amount by the fixed denomination to determine the number of tradable instruments.