Patent ID: 7711697

Claim:
A system for producing electronic business information reports comprising: a communication network; a group of modules including a website module, a report fabrication module, and a local database module; a user interface through which a user (i) communicates with the group of modules, via the communication network, and (ii) controls the group of modules, via the communication network, wherein the report fabrication module receives a request for an electronic business information report through the user interface via the communication network and interacts with the group of modules to: (a) combine multiple data inputs in extensible markup language (XML) format from a variety of data sources to yield a first composite data stream in XML format; (b) transform the first composite data stream to a second composite data stream in hypertext markup language (HTML) format; (c) produce the electronic business report from the second composite data stream; and (d) output the electronic business information report to the user interface in HTML format, wherein the electronic business information report includes trade data of an entity, wherein said trade data includes selected data for evaluating an entity's business performance, and wherein the trade data comprises data from the local database module and data from an outside data source external to the group of modules.