Patent ID: 7472098

Claim:
A system for inquiry and processing of trades made pursuant to a trading plan including at least one of a stock option plan and a stock purchase plan, the system comprising: a finance system for automatic processing of a transaction pursuant to at least one of the stock option plan and the stock purchase plan; and a communication system connected to the finance system for enabling a participant of the trading plan to input transaction information regarding a requested transaction in accordance with the trading plan, wherein the finance system includes: a volatile data storage for storing participant information, specific to the participant, pursuant to a data transfer from a nonvolatile database of a remote third party administration system; a first connection for accessing a quote server that provides real-time stock market quotes to the finance system; a monitoring system for ensuring proper function of the quote server by preventing inaccurate quotes from being provided to the participant; an interface system, connected to receive the participant information from the volatile data storage and quotes from the quote server in accordance with the monitoring system, for processing the requested transaction in accordance with the participant information; and a second connection to a trading system for conducting the processed requested transaction on a public exchange.