Patent ID: 8386350

Claim:
A computer program product comprising a permanent and durable computer useable medium having a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to execute a method for extracting value from a portfolio of assets, the method comprising: granting a privilege to a second party by a first party at time t 1 , wherein exercise of the privilege is conditioned upon an occurrence of a predetermined event occurring at time t 2 where t 2 >t 1 , wherein the privilege comprises a right to obtain an interest in one or more assets residing in a dynamic pool of assets comprised of assets from the portfolio of assets at time t 2 , wherein the assets residing in the dynamic pool of assets at time t 2 may be different from the assets residing in the dynamic pool of assets at time t 1 , and wherein a computer stores information concerning the dynamic pool of assets in a computer readable memory, wherein the exercise of the privilege further comprises obtaining the interest in the one or more assets residing in the dynamic pool of assets comprised of assets from the portfolio of assets at time t 2 , the one or more assets being less than a size of the dynamic pool.