Patent ID: 7818232

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computer, a plurality of feeds of data each including information concerning one or more investments; parsing, by the computer, each of the plurality of feeds of data to extract at least one quantitative data item for each of the one or more investments; comparing, by the computer, each quantitative data item that was extracted to one or more triggers specified by an entity other than a user, each trigger comprising an association between a predefined criterion, specified by an entity other than the user, and one or more of the quantitative data items that were extracted and when the comparison indicates a match: updating a truth table to include the at least one quantitative data item; and forwarding, to a computer associated with the user, an alert for the trigger that corresponds to the criterion that matched; and causing the computer associated with the user to display the alert, that includes the at least one quantitative data item from the truth table, for an investment selected by the user on a screen associated with the computer.