Patent ID: 7398324

Claim:
A financial news distribution system comprising: a first terminal computer comprising means for displaying a selected one of a plurality of data entry screens associated with news items of different types, each said data entry screen comprising; a plurality of data entry fields for entry of respective data items of a newly-entered news item; and respective data item label text fields each containing text describing the corresponding data entry field in a source language; means for inputting data specifying a type and a subject of the newly-entered news item; a server computer remote to said first terminal computer, said server computer being configured to perform actions comprising: reading a store containing a database of previously-stored news item accessible by type and subject; locating a previously-stored news item of the same type and on the same subject as the newly-entered news item; deriving target language data item labels for the newly-entered news item based on the corresponding previously-stored news item including translating the source language text of said data item label text field into corresponding text in said at least one target language; and transmitting the target language newly-entered news item labels to the first terminal computer without transmitting a remainder of the newly-entered news item in the target language; said display means displaying each of said previously-stored data items on said data entry screen together with the corresponding newly-entered data item, said display means being configured to calculate a change between a newly-entered data item and the corresponding previously-stored data item, and to display said change together with said newly-entered data item; selection means for selecting at least one of a plurality of target languages; and means for transmitting, to at least one remote second terminal computer, the target language newly-entered news item labels and the newly-entered news item data items.