Patent ID: 7853512

Claim:
A computer system for populating an investment list with at least one investment vehicle ticker descriptor, the system comprising a processor and a main memory each coupled with a bus wherein the bus is further linked with both an input device, for communicating information and command selections to the processor, and an output device, wherein the processor is programmed to perform acts comprising: receiving an indication identifying an investment vehicle, and responsive to receipt of the indication, determining whether the indication matches a single enhanced ticker descriptor of an investment vehicle; if the indication matches only the single enhanced ticker descriptor, adding to the investment list at least one of: the enhanced vehicle ticker descriptor that matches the indication, and a name of the investment vehicle represented by the enhanced ticker descriptor that matches the indication; if the indication does not match only the single enhanced ticker descriptor, determining whether the indication matches only a single other preassigned descriptor; if the indication matches only the single other preassigned descriptor, adding to the investment list at least one of: the single other preassigned descriptor that matches the indication, and a name of the investment vehicle represented by the single other preassigned descriptor that matches the indication; if the indication does not match only the single enhanced ticker descriptor or the single other preassigned descriptor, determining whether the indication matches multiple enhanced ticker descriptors, and, if the indication matches multiple enhanced ticker descriptors, generating an output of candidate investment vehicles comprising at least one of: enhanced ticker descriptors that match the indication, and names of the investment vehicles represented by the enhanced ticker descriptors that match the indication.