Patent ID: 8010542

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, at a communication manager that manages information for a plurality of users, information from at least a first one of a plurality of computer systems for delivery to a user within the plurality of users, wherein the user is authorized to access each of the plurality of computer systems, wherein the communication manager is implemented as a computer hardware apparatus; receiving, at the communication manager, account registration information about the user from a second one of the computer systems; detecting, at the communication manager, that the user is accessing a third one of the computer systems or the communication manager; in response to detecting the user accessing the third computer system or the communication manager, determining if the account registration information about the user is complete; and providing the information from at least the first computer system to the user only if the account registration information about the user is complete, wherein the first, second and third computer systems are associated with different business entities, and wherein the information from at least the first computer system comprises a text item and a link to online content associated with investment information from at least one of the different business entities.