Patent ID: 7032008

Claim:
A system for providing to web users financial information from a plurality of financial institutions comprising: a plurality of financial information servers for accessing financial information from each of the plurality of financial institutions; a web server for accessing the plurality of financial information servers; a name server comprising pairs of names and locations of financial information servers for locating the financial information servers for processing financial information requests; and at least one web server process for performing the steps of: (a) receiving a financial information request from a client, the financial information request comprising the name of a financial information server for servicing the financial information request; (b) communicating with the name server to locate a financial information server for servicing the financial information request; (c) communicating with the financial information server for servicing the financial information request; (d) receiving the requested financial information from the financial information server for servicing the financial information request; (e) organizing the requested financial information for presentation at the client; and (f) transmitting the organized financial information to the client.