Patent ID: 8700509

Claim:
A method for use in providing aggregated investment information for fixed income products (FIPs), each of said FIPs having holdings of one or more of the following types: commercial paper, asset-backed commercial paper, repurchase agreements, short-term bonds, floating rate notes, variable rate demand notes, and other FIPs, the method comprising: a) identifying a set of FIPs to be supported by a computer-based FIP information aggregation system; b) for individual FIPs of the set of supported FIPs, and with a processor; i) determining a list of different FIP descriptors for the FIP associated with different information sources; ii) associating FIP descriptors of the FIP descriptor list with a standardized FIP descriptor for use in the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and iii) acquiring a list of holdings that are held by the FIP, wherein the list of holdings is made accessible at least pursuant to applicable disclosure regulations governing the FIP; c) for individual holdings of the FIPs to be supported by the computer-based information aggregation system; and with the processor; i) determining a list of different holding descriptors for the holding associated with different information sources; ii) associating holding descriptors of the holding descriptor list with a standardized holding descriptor for use in computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and iii) determining a list of attributes to be supported for the holding by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; d) for attributes to be supported by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system, and with the processor; i) identifying items of holding information that pertain to the attribute, where different items of pertinent holding information for a given attribute are associated with different sources of information, said different items of pertinent holding information differing with respect to at least one of the descriptor and content; and ii) providing rules for using the different types of pertinent holding information to generate standardized attribute information for use by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and e) storing in a data structure of said computer-based FIP information aggregation system, information indexed to the standardized FIP descriptor of individual FIPs of the set of supported FIPs, said information including: i) the list of different FIP descriptors for the FTP; ii) the holdings of the FIP identified by the standardized holding descriptors for the holdings; and iv) standardized attribute information for the holdings of the FIP.