摘要:
Methods and corresponding systems are provided for exercising employee stock options between an employee and a company. The stock option exercise generally includes the steps of establishing a plurality of escrow accounts including a company escrow account, a third party escrow account, and an employee escrow account, receiving notice of intent to exercise a stock option from an employee, transferring securities to satisfy the stock option exercise from the company to a company escrow account, transferring property equivalent to a third party purchase price from a third party to the third party escrow account, transferring the notice of intent to exercise a stock option to the employee escrow account, and transferring property held in the plurality of escrow accounts to the employee, the company, and the third party in accordance at least in part with the stock option.
摘要:
A mechanism is described for the computer-aided generation of anonymized data records for developing and testing application programs that are intended for use in a productive network (12). A method according to the invention comprises the provision of at least one productive database (14) containing data records that contain productive data elements to be anonymized, provision of at least one non-productive database (22) containing data records that likewise contain data elements, the generation of an assignment between data records of the non-productive database (22) and data records of the productive database (14), and also the generation of an anonymized data record by replacing the data elements to be anonymized in a data record from the productive database (14) with the data elements of an assigned data record from the non-productive database (22). The assignment is maintained during a later generation of new anonymized data records and/or during an updating of already generated anonymized data records in order to be able to maintain the test data and in order to make simpler error analysis possible.
摘要:
Systems and methods can automatically generate and process signature files for an electronic signature list. Data records can be periodically searched for signature-relevant status changes. A multiplicity of documents in paper form can be provided. Each document can contain a predefined blank region for receiving a personal signature and also control information items assigned to the signature. The multiplicity of documents that have received the personal signatures can be scanned-in in a batch processing operation. At least one signature containing the personal signature in electronically processable form and a representation of the assigned control information items file can be generated for each document. The assigned control information items of each document can be independent of their corresponding personal signature in its electronically processable form. The signature files can be dispatched via a communications network controlled by the control information items.
摘要:
The system and method of the preferred embodiment supports trading of securities over the Internet both on national exchanges and outside the national exchanges. The preferred embodiment supports an improved human interface and a continuous display of real-time stock quotes on the user's computer screen. The ergonomic graphical user interface (GUI) of the preferred embodiment includes several functional benefits in comparison with existing on-line consumer trading systems. In the preferred embodiment, the users are subscribers to a securities trading service offered over the Internet. Preferably, each subscriber to this service is simultaneously connected from his own computer to a first system which provides user-to-user trading capabilities and to a second system which is a broker/dealer system of his/her choice. The system providing the user-to-user trading services preferably includes a root server and a hierarchical network of replicated servers supporting replicated databases. The user-to-user system provides real-time continuously updated stock information and facilitates user-to-user trades that have been approved by the broker/dealer systems with which it interacts. Users of the preferred system can trade securities with other users of the system. As part of this user-to-user trading, a user can accept a buy or sell offer at the terms offered or he can initiate a counteroffer and negotiate a trade.
摘要:
The invention relates to a data output method and to a data output system comprising: a printing device; a database device in which corresponding reference data and/or control data are stored for a plurality of data output system users; a data output control device providing or compiling corresponding output data sets and delivering same to the printing device; and a device for monitoring the providing or compiling and/or the delivering of the output data sets to the printing device.
摘要:
Methods and systems provide a commodity index for investing. In one implementation, a method selects a commodity component for inclusion in the commodity index and calculates a target weight of the commodity component. The method further selects a time interval for maturity of the commodity component to be fixed at from a current date. Financial instruments may be purchased corresponding to the commodity component.
摘要:
The invention relates to a network component comprising one, two or more server units 12, 14. Each server unit 12, 14 serves a group of distributed network components CC. The network component comprises a hosting unit for hosting for a specific group of network components a plurality of program code portions including a program code portion for generating a graphical user interface having a control element for creating or updating electronic dossiers. The network component additionally comprises a database 20, 22 for storing a plurality of electronic dossiers for a specific group of distributed network components and a report generation processor having access to the database 20, 22. The report generation processors is configured to automatically generate an electronic report by processing standardized data included in the plurality of electronic dossiers.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of performing user authentication in a network system (10) that comprises a client (22) in communication via a first network (14) with a server infrastructure (16) including an entrance point of a second network and an application server in the second network. The client (22) has access via a user-controllable card reader (24) to a smart card (26). A first authentication key is associated with the smart card (26) and a second authentication key is associated with the card reader (24). In a first step user authentication is performed in context with an encryption process between the client (22) and the server infrastructure (16) using the first authentication key. A second user authentication step is performed between the client (22) and the application server using both the first authentication key and the second authentication key. Data authentication (secure signing) can be performed in addition to the user authentication described above.
摘要:
In a computer-implemented system for managing a database system with structured data records, two internal databases separate from one another are maintained, an interface for an input at least of parts of a structured data record into one of the databases is provided, at least one interface for communicating with an external database system is provided, in order to communicate between one of the internal databases and the external database. Initiated by inputting of a new data record into the first database, inputting of a new corresponding data record into the second database only takes place if a confirmation was received from the external database regarding the successful inputting of a corresponding new data record into the external database, and in the event of a difference between the new data record in the first database and a probably corresponding new data record from the external database, a probability is assigned to the probably corresponding new data record from the external database depending on the degree of difference, and from further data records from the external database a data record is extracted that has a higher probability of being the correct corresponding new data record.
摘要:
Computer systems and methods for reporting and analyzing grants equity-based compensation (e.g., employee stock option grants). The systems and methods store information regarding grants down to each individual grant level. The system and methods are capable of producing reports “as of” particular dates (i.e., transaction dates, creation dates, and accounting date) that are compliant with Financial Accounting Standards Board standards and other accounting standards governing reporting of equity-based compensation without having to manually process large amounts of data.