Patent ID: 8024259

Claim:
A processor-implemented method for performing a netting analysis of an agreement, the method comprising: receiving, via a processor, agreement information via a communications network; retrieving, from said agreement information, a party identifier a counterparty identifier, at least a first issue and first issue agreement information associated with the at least first issue; establishing, via a processor, at least one netting rule by training a netting decision engine; analyzing said agreement by comparing, via a processor, said agreement information with the at least one netting rule; and generating, via a processor, a netting determination indicative of an ability of the party and counterparty to net under said agreement based at least in part on a result of said analyzing, wherein said netting determination includes a qualification of said agreement and a level of confidence indicative of enforceability, wherein the level of confidence is retrieved from a rule database based on an outcome of a rule application.