Patent ID: 8666860

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for point of conversion analysis, the method comprising: (a) providing, by a computer system, a plurality of pre-programmed components, wherein the plurality of pre-programmed components comprising at least one pre-programmed software component from each of the following types of pre-programmed components: (i) at least one time series component, and (ii) at least one conversion component; (b) retrieving data by the computing system from a plurality of data sources for one specific transaction including currency to buy or sell, amount of currency to buy or sell, type of currency for conversion, a negotiated spread or agreed deal rate, and a booking rate, wherein the booking rate is a rate at which the market maker will book the rate for the conversion in real-time with one or more conversion transactions, wherein the market maker is an individual or entity that sets a currency exchange rate, and wherein the booking rate includes an interbank market indicator; (c) storing the data in at least one data structure using a computing system; (d) compiling a point of conversion analysis based on the data by a computing system including calculating: (i) a delivery cost, (ii) a delivery rate, (iii) an amount of currency to be bought or sold; wherein the delivery cost is a value of a difference, calculated in a currency required by the customer, between the market maker's booking rate and the customer's delivery rate in a specific market in which the conversion is taking place, wherein the customer's delivery rate is the sum of the negotiated spread and the booking rate; and (e) displaying by a computing system to a customer a point of conversion report; wherein, the point of conversion report includes at least: (i) the delivery cost, (ii) the delivery rate, (iii) the booking rate, (iv) the amount of currency bought or sold; and (v) a time that the booking rate is booked, wherein the time is reported in hours, minutes, and seconds.