Patent ID: 8219423

Claim:
An apparatus comprising at least one computing device having instructions associated therewith that when executed by the at least one computing device make the at least one computing device operable to: receive from a workstation in use by a participant a request to obtain information on insurance policies that match at least one criteria; forward the request to a server, in which the server is configured to control the purchasing and selling of insurance policies; receive from the server information on at least one insurance policy that matched the at least one criteria, in which the information on the at least one insurance policy includes: first information, and second information; compare the second information on the at least one insurance policy to at least one predefined characteristic; determine that there is a match between the second information and the at least one predefined characteristic; based at least in part on determining that there is the match between the second information and the at least one predefined characteristic, filter-out the at least one insurance policy such that the information on the at least one insurance policy is not communicated to the workstation in use by the participant, and in which filtering-out the at least one insurance policy further includes not providing to the server the at least one predefined characteristic; determine that there is not a match between the second information and the at least one predefined characteristic; and based at least in part on determining that there is not the match between the second information and the at least one predefined characteristic, communicate the first information but not the second information on the at least one insurance policy to the workstation in use by the participant.