Patent ID: 8700514

Claim:
A method for using a computer for managing financial instruments, wherein the computer is programmed to perform the following operations: (a) accessing, using the computer, one or more databases stored in computer readable memory operatively connected to the computer, containing: (1) asset information, (2) liability information, (3) counterparty information, (4) metric information, and (5) swap agreement information; (b) receiving, using the computer, first swap agreement information including: (1) first counterparty information identifying a plurality of counterparties to the first swap agreement, and (2) first metric information comprising a future cash flow that is at least partially determined by one or more events associated with playing one or more games; (c) executing, using the computer, said first swap agreement; (d) updating, using the computer, the one or more databases with the first counterparty information and first metric information; (e) determining, using the computer, a first metric value for the first metric information; (f) calculating, using the computer, first cashflows value to be paid and/or received according to the determined first metric value; (g) sending, using the computer, the calculated first cashflows value to be exchanged; and (h) updating the one or more databases, with the first metric value and the first cashflows value.