System and method for facilitating reciprocative small business financial information exchanges
US7536346B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99931
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods facilitate information sharing among a plurality of member institutions. Each member is associated with a member number and a corresponding member profile. A member contributes its data relating to small business entities to an exchange repository upon becoming a member, and thereafter on a periodic basis. Each member is eligible to query against the exchange repository. However, a response to a member's inquiry is determined by a reciprocity due to the inquiring member. If a member contributes comprehensive information regarding small business entities in its portfolio, then the member receives comprehensive information relating to a small business entity that becomes a subject of its inquiry. If a member contributes minimal information regarding the small business entities in its portfolio, the member receives minimal information relating to a small business entity that becomes a subject of its inquiry, regardless of the amount of information available in the exchange repository. Each business entity regarding which information is stored in the exchange repository is associated with a business entity identifier. A business entity identifier associates a record…
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