Patent ID: 7788165

Claim:
A computer implemented method executed on a processor in communication with a memory and an output device for scoring investors according to an evaluation of the investors' performances relating to at least one transaction made by the investors involving investments associated with the investors, said method comprising the steps of: generating by the processor a conditional raw score representing investor performance for each of the investors based on prior buy transactions and prior sell transactions occurring during a first period of time of each of the investors stored in the memory; generating by the processor an adjustment to the conditional raw score of each of the investors based on a number of the prior buy transactions and prior sell transactions of an investor of the investors for which the adjustment is made occurring during the first period of time stored in the memory; generating by the processor a final raw score for each of the investors indicative of each of the investors' performance based upon said adjustment to said conditional raw score; classifying by the processor each investor into an industry, and grouping said investors into their respective industry groups; ordering by the processor said investors in each industry group based on the final raw scores; dividing by the processor, for each industry group having at least a first predetermined number of investors, said investors into a second predetermined number of sized groups; ranking by the processor the first and second predetermined sized groups based on the final raw scores of the investors in each group, and assigning a final transaction industry score to each investor in a respective group; and electronically transmitting by the processor at least one final transaction industry score of the final transaction industry scores assigned to each investor.