Patent ID: 8010433

Claim:
A system for administering a payout option of an individual annuity contract of a contract owner, wherein said individual annuity contract can be a variable annuity contract or a fixed annuity contract, said system comprising: a memory for storing data relating to said individual annuity contract including a value associated with said individual annuity contract after annuitization of said individual annuity contract, said individual annuity contract having an associated payout option which permits the contract owner, after annuitization of the individual annuity contract, to request to withdraw an amount from the annuity during a payout phase of the individual annuity contract, wherein the withdrawal is in addition to regularly scheduled annuity payments being provided under the annuity contract during the payout phase of the annuity contract; and a processor operatively coupled to said memory configured to calculate and authorize a payout in response to a request from said contract owner for the withdrawal of the amount from said annuity; wherein the system is configured to provide to a user during a particular payout phase a selectable option with which the user interacts to request the withdrawal from the value of the annuity contract during the payout phase.