Patent ID: 8024262

Claim:
A computer-usable medium or media for storing and processing data stored in a data structure accessible to multiple users, the multiple users being authorized to control access to data stored in the data structure according to respective user authorizations, the medium comprising computer-readable code embodied therein for causing a computer to: receive signals representing data identifying a plurality of parties invited to participate in a syndicated loan transaction, at least one of the invitees being invited by each of a plurality of syndicated loan bookrunners to participate in the syndicated loan offering; and subject to receipt of signals representing acceptance of such invitations by the invitees, create data identifying the invitees as participants in the syndicated loan offering and associate with the said data identifying each participant, data representing a data-access authorization, the data-access authorization being associated with each respective participant adapted to permit access by the respective participant to at least a deal data set and a bookrunner data set, the bookrunner data set being accessible by the bookrunner that invited the participant to participate in the loan, by the respective participant, and by at least one other participant invited by the bookrunner to participate in the loan, and the deal data set being accessible by all participants participating in the syndicated loan offering.