Patent ID: 8458077

Claim:
A computer communication system operatively coupled to a plurality of data sources, each of which collects or generates financial data pertaining to a financial transaction, the computer communication system comprising: a database configured to store data pertaining to a trade of a particular asset between an investment fund and a counterparty, the data collected or generated by a plurality of data sources; a display application stored on a computer readable memory and configured to execute on a processor to create a display for displaying (i) one or more trade parameters corresponding to the trade, wherein the one or more trade parameters are based on data pertaining to the trade stored in the database, and (ii) a user-selectable communication item corresponding to the trade; and a communication application stored on a computer readable memory and configured to execute on a processor to create a communication interface, wherein the communication interface enables a first user to initiate a communication with a second user regarding the trade in response to a selection by the first user of the user-selectable communication item corresponding to the trade, wherein the communication is an e-mail communication or an instant messaging communication, and automatically embeds at least a portion of the one or more trade parameters in the communication displayed to the second user.