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Granted Patent B2

US 12711548 · App. 18/638,665 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Systems and methods involving a hub platform and communication network configured for processing data involving time-stamped/time-sensitive aspects and/or other features

Inventor: Thomas Luby (Morristown, NJ)

Assignee: ClearingBid, Inc.

G06Q40/04 G06F40/00

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Patent No.: US 12711548
App. No.: 18/638,665
Granted: Aug 18, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Systems and methods involving a hub platform, communication network, and memory configured for processing data involving time-stamped/time-sensitive aspects and other features are disclosed. In one example, an illustrative system may comprise a hub computer platform and associated computing components configured to generate a plurality of portals including at least first and second portals, including aspects such as automatically updating information displayed therein in real-time between portals, automatically attaching and/or processing timestamps and identifier information that are attached to orders upon receipt and acceptance thereof, automatically generating and/or processing order book data, generating, updating and/or interactively displaying various tabular and/or graphical information such as order information that is automatically processed based on timestamps and/or other inputs and data, and/or generating other GUI features that, for example, may graphically display and automatically update level-of-involvement information.

Claims (362)

1 . A computer-implemented method for marketing, pricing and allocating new issue securities using one or more communication networks, a computer platform, at least one issuing entity, a plurality of broker-dealers, a plurality of investors, and at least one lead agent, the method comprising:

conducting, via the computer platform, one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the computer platform comprises at least one processor and non-transitory computer readable media, the non-transitory computer readable media including computer-readable program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations associated with the computer-implemented method:

providing, by the computer platform, via the one or more communication networks and via an informational portal in a plurality of communication portals, offering information regarding the one or more new issue securities offerings to one or more computers associated with the plurality of investors and a general public;

providing, by the computer platform, a broker-dealer portal in the plurality of communication portals, to at least one electronic order routing and management system associated with one or more broker-dealers and/or the at least one lead agent, wherein the broker-dealer portal is configured to electronically interface and communicate with one or more computers associated with the one or more broker-dealers and/or the at least one lead agent during brokering of the one or more new issue securities offerings;

processing, by the computer platform, one or more orders, from the one or more broker-dealers and/or the at least one lead agent submitted on behalf of one or more investors, of the plurality of investors, relating to the one or more new issue securities offerings, and determining which of the one or more orders are acceptable for further processing as accepted orders;

continually updating, by the computer platform, based on real-time processing of the accepted orders, an order file with order data regarding the accepted orders (accepted order data);

providing a lead agent portal, in the plurality of communication portals, to at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent, wherein the computer platform generates and transmits first offering data and information to the at least one first computer, wherein said first offering data and information is configured for processing, by the at least one first computer to cause a first graphical user interface associated with the at least one first computer to display:

a graphical presentation depicting demand corresponding to an associated new issue securities offering of the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the graphical presentation depicting demand is continually updated via information transmitted from the computer platform based on the accepted order data:

wherein the graphical presentation depicting demand includes display of first graphical data of level of orders, wherein the first graphical data of level of orders comprises first indicia of one or both of value and/or number of shares or bonds or units associated with one or more price levels corresponding to the associated new issue securities offering; and

wherein the first graphical data of level of orders provides price sensitivity information indicating investor demand for the associated new issue securities offering;

publishing, via the informational portal, based on the accepted order data, the offering information including information regarding the associated new issue securities offering, the offering information comprising an offering name and/or current indicative pricing;

wherein the current indicative pricing is market-derived pricing that reflects current demand during marketing of the associated new issue securities offering;

based on the accepted order data, continually updating the order file and/or the graphical presentation depicting demand;

continually providing updates of the current indicative pricing based on changes in current demand of the associated new issue securities offering, the changes in current demand being derived from updates of the accepted order data;

continually publishing the offering information including the current indicative pricing via one or more of the plurality of communication portals during the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering;

wherein said continually publishing the offering information including the current indicative pricing, based on the accepted order data, reflects current market pricing and current market value, to thereby publish demand discovery information and the current indicative pricing as then derived, via one or more of the plurality of communication portals;

determining, via the computer platform, for at least one new issue securities offering of the one or more new issue securities offerings, during closing of the at least one new issue securities offering, a clearing price and/or a final offering size of the at least one new issue securities offering;

establishing an offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering, wherein the offering price is derived from the current indicative pricing and/or the clearing price;

disseminating, via the computer platform, the offering price via at least one of the plurality of communication portals;

calculating, by the computer platform, on a per-order basis, for the accepted orders associated with the at least one new issue securities offering, allocation information for the at least one new issue securities offering;

generating, by the computer platform, one or more final listings of securities allocation information based on the allocation information; and

providing, by the computer platform, at least one of the allocation information and/or the one or more final listings as output.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

attaching, automatically via the computer platform, upon receipt of the one or more orders, timestamp information to a plurality of the one or more orders.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

automatically updating timestamp data of the accepted orders that are modified by the computer platform per request by respective corresponding amending orders such that the timestamp data reflects time of acceptance of the respective corresponding amending orders.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

calculating the allocation information for a plurality of the accepted orders including giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing the informational portal to at least one second computer associated with at least one of the plurality of investors, wherein the computer platform generates and transmits second offering data and information to the at least one second computer, wherein said second offering data and information is configured for processing by the at least one second computer to cause a second graphical user interface associated with the at least one second computer to display:

second graphical data of level of orders, wherein the second graphical data of level of orders comprises second indicia of one or both of value and/or number of shares or bonds or units associated with one or more price levels corresponding to the associated new issue securities offering.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

attaching, automatically via the computer platform, upon receipt of the one or more orders, timestamp information to a plurality of the one or more orders.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

9 . A computer-implemented method for marketing, pricing and allocating new issue securities using one or more communication networks, a computer platform, at least one issuing entity, a plurality of broker-dealers, a plurality of investors, and at least one lead agent, the method comprising:

continually updating, by the computer platform, based on real-time processing of the accepted orders, an order file with order data regarding the accepted orders (accepted order data);

providing a lead agent portal, in the plurality of communication portals, to at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent, wherein the computer platform generates and transmits first offering data and information to the at least one first computer, wherein said first offering data and information is configured for processing by the at least one first computer to cause a first graphical user interface associated with the at least one first computer to display:

wherein the current indicative pricing is market-derived pricing that reflects current demand during marketing of the associated new issue securities offering;

based on the accepted order data, continually updating the order file and/or the graphical presentation depicting demand;

establishing an offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering, wherein the offering price is derived from the current indicative pricing and/or the clearing price;

disseminating, via the computer platform, the offering price via at least one of the plurality of communication portals;

generating, by the computer platform, one or more final listings of securities allocation information based on the allocation information; and

providing, by the computer platform, at least one of the allocation information and/or the one or more final listings as output.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

attaching, automatically via the computer platform, upon receipt of the one or more orders, timestamp information to a plurality of the one or more orders.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

13 . A computer-implemented method for marketing, pricing and allocating new issue securities using one or more communication networks, a computer platform, at least one issuing entity, a plurality of broker-dealers, a plurality of investors, and at least one lead agent, the method comprising:

continually updating, by the computer platform, based on real-time processing of the accepted orders, an order file with order data regarding the accepted orders (accepted order data);

providing a lead agent portal, in the plurality of communication portals, to at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent, wherein the computer platform generates and transmits first offering data and information to the at least one first computer, wherein said first offering data and information is configured for processing by the at least one first computer to cause a first graphical user interface associated with the at least one first computer to display:

wherein the current indicative pricing is market-derived pricing that reflects current demand during marketing of the associated new issue securities offering;

providing the broker-dealer portal to at least one third computer associated with the one or more broker-dealers, wherein the computer platform generates and transmits third offering data and information to the at least one third computer, wherein said third offering data and information is configured for processing by the at least one third computer to cause a third graphical user interface associated with the at least one third computer to display:

third graphical data of level of orders, wherein the third graphical data of level of orders comprises third indicia of one or both of value and/or number of shares or bonds or units associated with one or more price levels corresponding to the associated new issue securities offering;

based on the accepted order data, continually updating the order file and/or the graphical presentation depicting demand;

establishing an offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering, wherein the offering price is derived from the current indicative pricing and/or the clearing price;

disseminating, via the computer platform, the offering price via at least one of the plurality of communication portals;

generating, by the computer platform, one or more final listings of securities allocation information based on the allocation information; and

providing, by the computer platform, at least one of the allocation information and/or the one or more final listings as output.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

continually publishing the offering information including the current indicative pricing via one or more of the plurality of communication portals;

wherein the offering information including the current indicative pricing is updated on a real-time basis and disseminated, via at least the informational portal of the plurality of communication portals, to the general public, institutional investors in the plurality of investors, and an investing public among the plurality of investors, and thereby made equally available to the general public, the institutional investors, and the investing public.

16 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

continually publishing the offering information including the current indicative pricing via one or more of the plurality of communication portals;

17 . The method of claim 13 , further comprises:

processing, by the computer platform, data generated and transmitted by the at least one third computer upon selection of a user interface button on the third graphical user interface associated with the at least one third computer, wherein selection of the user interface button suspends one or more orders associated with a financial advisor, suspends one or more orders associated with a particular offering, or suspends all orders associated with a particular offering.

18 . A computer-implemented method for marketing, pricing and allocating new issue securities using one or more communication networks, a computer platform, at least one issuing entity, a plurality of broker-dealers, a plurality of investors, and at least one lead agent, the method comprising:

continually updating, by the computer platform, based on real-time processing of the accepted orders, an order file with order data regarding the accepted orders (accepted order data);

providing a lead agent portal, in the plurality of communication portals, to at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent, wherein the computer platform generates and transmits first offering data and information to the at least one first computer, wherein said first offering data and information is configured for processing by the at least one first computer to cause a first graphical user interface associated with the at least one first computer to display:

wherein the current indicative pricing is market-derived pricing that reflects current demand during marketing of the associated new issue securities offering;

based on the accepted order data, continually updating the order file and/or the graphical presentation depicting demand;

wherein said continually publishing the offering information including the current indicative pricing, based on the accepted order data, reflects current market pricing and current market value, to thereby publish demand discovery information and the current indicative pricing as then derived, via at least the informational portal of the plurality of communication portals;

establishing an offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering, wherein the offering price is derived from the current indicative pricing and/or the clearing price;

disseminating, via the computer platform, the offering price via at least one of the plurality of communication portals;

generating, by the computer platform, one or more final listings of securities allocation information based on the allocation information; and

providing, by the computer platform, at least one of the allocation information and/or the one or more final listings as output.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

21 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

22 . The method as in any one of claims 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the computer platform, the offering information including the current indicative pricing for display to the plurality of investors, including the institutional investors and the investing public, wherein, as a function of the computer platform transmitting the offering information including the current indicative pricing, said plurality of investors, the institutional investors and the investing public receive the offering information including the current indicative pricing equally, such that the computer platform thereby provides equal access to demand data and actual levels of investor interest to the plurality of investors, including the institutional investors and the investing public.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering, derived from the current indicative pricing and/or the clearing price, is provided via the at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent.

24 . The method of claim 22 , further comprising:

providing, by the computer platform, equal access to demand data and actual levels of investor interest to the plurality of investors, including the institutional investors and the investing public;

wherein, as a function of the computer platform providing equal access to demand data and actual levels of investor interest to the plurality of investors, including the institutional investors and the investing public; and

wherein the plurality of investors including investing individuals of the investing public are thereby enabled via equally receiving the offering information including the current indicative pricing, to make decisions to participate in the associated new issue securities offering by providing additional orders based on true demand data and actual levels of investor interest, wherein the one or more orders include the additional orders.

25 . The method of claim 24 , wherein the offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering, derived from the current indicative pricing and/or the clearing price, is provided via the at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent.

26 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9 , wherein a price of the one or more new issue securities offerings comprises one or more of:

a price per share, a price per unit, a price per bond, a coupon rate and/or an interest rate.

27 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

28 . The method of claim 27 , further comprising:

continually publishing the offering information including the current indicative pricing via one or more of the plurality of communication portals;

29 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

continually publishing the offering information including the current indicative pricing via one or more of the plurality of communication portals;

30 . The method of claim 29 further comprising:

31 . The method of claim 30 , further comprising:

providing, by the computer platform, equal access to demand data and actual levels of investor interest to the plurality of investors, including the institutional investors and the investing public;

32 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the one or more new issue securities offerings include at least one of an initial or follow-on securities offering.

33 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

performing, by the computer platform, demand discovery, including establishing level of investor interest for the associated new issue securities offering, at specific price levels, by automatically generating information, in real-time by the computer platform, and updating the level of investor interest at the specific price levels based on the accepted order data.

34 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

performing, by the computer platform, price discovery, including establishing a market-derived offer price associated with the associated new issue securities offering via identifying the current indicative pricing of the associated new issue securities offering, continually publishing updates of the current indicative pricing, and subsequently, during closing of the associated new issue securities offering, determining an associated clearing price for setting the market-derived offer price, based on the associated clearing price.

35 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

providing, via the computer platform, the lead agent portal to one or more lead or managing agents that manage an issuer's offering, act as an advisor and/or act as a marketing agent, wherein the at least one lead agent is one of the one or more lead or managing agents.

36 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the allocation information calculated on the per-order basis is calculated based on one or more of: an order price, an order time, an order size, and/or a pro-rata basis.

37 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

receiving, via the broker-dealer portal, the one or more orders communicated directly from the one or more broker-dealers.

38 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

utilizing, by the computer platform, existing order routing and/or management protocols to transmit, via at least one of the plurality of communication portals, electronic data regarding new issue securities offering information associated with the one or more new issue securities offerings.

39 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

connecting the computer platform with at least one existing order routing and management system of at least one of the one or more broker-dealers.

40 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

connecting said computer platform with one or more of the at least one electronic order routing and management system, such that the computer platform is configured for direct communication with the one or more of the at least one electronic order routing and management system, using existing order routing and/or management protocols, for order submission and for communicating subsequent information regarding status of the accepted orders processed by the computer platform.

41 . The method of claim 40 , wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).

42 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering, derived from the current indicative pricing and/or the clearing price, is provided via the at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent.

43 . The method of claim 42 , wherein said establishing an offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering comprises setting the offering price as a price that is lower, when expressed as price, or higher, when expressed as yield, than the clearing price.

44 . The method of claim 26 , wherein said establishing an offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering comprises setting the offering price as a price that is lower, when expressed as price, or higher, when expressed as yield, than the clearing price, by either receiving the offering price from the at least one lead agent or as automatically determined by the computer platform as a function of the accepted order data.

45 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

46 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

providing, by the computer platform, one or more of the at least one allocation information and/or the one or more final listings as output to the broker-dealer portal and/or the lead agent portal based on a final list of the accepted orders.

47 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the computer platform, during the closing of the at least one new issue securities offering, to respective ones of the one or more broker-dealers having one or more of the accepted orders, the allocation information that is firm-specific to each respective one of the one or more broker-dealers.

48 . The method of claim 47 , further comprising:

generating, by the computer platform, the allocation information to be firm-specific, wherein the allocation information further comprises investor order information, based upon the accepted orders submitted by each of the respective ones, indicating to which investor, associated with the respective ones, each allocation of the allocation information is to be distributed.

49 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the one or more new issue securities offerings include at least one securities offering in form of one or more of: collective investment securities, exchange traded funds, managed investment products, taxable debt, tax-exempt debt, equity IPOs, follow-ons, and/or equity offerings.

50 . The method of claim 26 , wherein, for the associated new issue securities offering, the offering information further comprises one or more of:

a current number of shares or bonds or units associated with the accepted orders, where said accepted orders have a limit price at or higher than the current indicative pricing; a current cumulative number of shares or bonds or units associated with the accepted orders per at least one of the one or more price levels corresponding to the associated new issue securities offering; a current number of holders associated with the accepted orders where said accepted orders have a limit price at or higher than the current indicative pricing; a current number of holders associated with the accepted orders per at least one of the one or more price levels corresponding to the associated new issue securities offering; a current amount of market value of the accepted orders, where said accepted orders have a limit price at or higher than the current indicative pricing; and/or an amount of time remaining until termination of the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering;

wherein, when expressed as yield, a higher price is expressed as a lower yield.

51 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

commencing, subsequent to termination of marketing of one or more of the at least one new issue securities offering, secondary market trading of the one or more of the at least one new issue securities offering.

52 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

processing, by the computer platform, secondary securities comprised of all or part of at least one first investor's existing investment holdings, wherein the secondary securities are related to the one or more new issue securities offerings and submitted through the broker-dealer portal and/or the lead agent portal to offer to other investors along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings thereby include the secondary securities.

53 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

establishing, by the computer platform, the current indicative pricing as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price comprises a price at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of establishing the indicative clearing price.

54 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

establishing, by the computer platform, the clearing price as a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.

55 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising two or more of:

providing the broker-dealer portal to the one or more broker-dealers during marketing of the one or more new issue securities offerings and the closing of the at least one new issue securities offering, wherein the broker-dealer portal further comprises a table of orders, wherein, for each order in the table of orders, the table of orders further comprises data fields including two or more of a limit price, a number of shares or bonds or units, an order value, account information, and a timestamp generated for each order by the computer platform;

continually publishing, on the broker-dealer portal, a summary profile for the associated new issue securities offering until the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering concludes, wherein the summary profile includes one or more of a specified target pricing range, the current indicative pricing, and/or quantity of shares or bonds or units subscribed for; and/or

continually publishing, on the informational portal, at least one of: (i) a target pricing range specified for the associated new issue securities offering, (ii) the current indicative pricing, (iii) a current quantity of holders represented by the accepted orders where said accepted orders have a limit price at or higher than the current indicative pricing, (iv) a current quantity of market value of the accepted orders where said accepted orders have a limit price at or higher than the current indicative pricing, and/or (v) a quantity of offering units subscribed for at the current indicative pricing, wherein when the current indicative pricing is expressed as yield, a higher price is expressed as a lower yield.

56 . The method of claim 55 , wherein the offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering, derived from the current indicative pricing and/or the clearing price, is provided via the at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent.

57 . The method of claim 56 , wherein said establishing an offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering comprises setting the offering price as a price that is lower, when expressed as price, or higher, when expressed as yield, than the clearing price.

58 . The method of claim 55 , wherein said establishing an offering price of the at least one new issue securities offering comprises setting the offering price as a price that is lower, when expressed as price, or higher, when expressed as yield, than the clearing price, by either receiving the offering price from the at least one lead agent or as automatically determined by the computer platform as a function of the accepted order data.

59 . The method of claim 55 , wherein the one or more new issue securities offerings include at least one of an initial or follow-on securities offering.

60 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

61 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

62 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

63 . The method of claim 55 , wherein the allocation information calculated on the per-order basis is calculated based on one or more of: an order price, an order time, an order size, and/or a pro-rata basis.

64 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

receiving, via the broker-dealer portal, the one or more orders communicated directly from the one or more broker-dealers.

65 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

66 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

connecting the computer platform with at least one existing order routing and management system of at least one of the one or more broker-dealers.

67 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

68 . The method of claim 67 , wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).

69 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

attaching, automatically via the computer platform, upon receipt of the one or more orders, timestamp information to a plurality of the one or more orders.

70 . The method of claim 69 , further comprising:

71 . The method of claim 70 , further comprising:

72 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

73 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

74 . The method of claim 73 , further comprising:

generating, as an output of the computer platform, an indication of an amount of cash proceeds obligated to be delivered to an issuer of the at least one new issue securities offering during settlement.

75 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

76 . The method of claim 75 , further comprising:

77 . The method of claim 55 , wherein the one or more new issue securities offerings include at least one securities offering in form of one or more of: collective investment securities, exchange traded funds, managed investment products, taxable debt, tax-exempt debt, equity IPOs, follow-ons, and/or equity offerings.

78 . The method of claim 55 , wherein, for the associated new issue securities offering, the offering information further comprises one or more of:

wherein, when expressed as yield, a higher price is expressed as a lower yield.

79 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

80 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

81 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

82 . The method of claim 55 , further comprising:

83 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

84 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.

85 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

publishing, by the computer platform, prior to termination of the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, one or more pre-closing notices.

86 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

terminating, by the computer platform, marketing of the at least one new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.

87 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

publishing, by the computer platform, via at least one of the plurality of communication portals, a notice informing the one or more broker-dealers and/or the general public that the marketing of the at least one new issue securities offering has ended.

88 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

conducting, by the computer platform, the one or more new issue securities offerings via only processing transactions from participants that submit their orders through the one or more broker-dealers and/or the at least one lead agent, to thereby preserve, for the participants, investor protection benefits that are part of an existing, regulated industry in which the one or more broker-dealers and/or the at least one lead agent are regulated representatives.

89 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the computer platform, that at least one of the one or more orders is disruptive, manipulative or unreliable; and/or

excluding, by the computer platform, one or more of the one or more orders determined to be disruptive, manipulative or unreliable.

90 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

disseminating, via the computer platform, at least one of (i) a minimum offering metrics at or below which the offering will not be completed, and/or (ii) a maximum offering metrics above which the offering will not be increased.

91 . The method of claim 90 , further comprising:

disseminating, via the computer platform, the at least one of the minimum offering metrics and/or the maximum offering metrics based on at least one of: a number of holders, an offering price, an amount of securities to be issued, an amount of assets collected, and/or an amount of cash proceeds realized by an issuing entity.

92 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

comparing, by the computer platform, prior to acceptance, each of the one or more orders against an amount, size, condition, and/or requirement established as a threshold by the at least one lead agent; and

rejecting, by the computer platform, any of the each of the one or more orders that fail to meet the threshold, as not acceptable for further processing by the computer platform.

93 . The method of claim 92 , further comprising:

rejecting, by the computer platform, any of the each of the one or more orders where the threshold comprises a maximum amount of the one or more orders' size.

94 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one order received at the computer platform from the at least one electronic order routing and management system includes one or more identifiers containing origination data.

95 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first graphical data of level of orders includes an order depth table and/or an order depth graph.

96 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 9 and 18 , further comprising:

processing, by the computer platform, data generated and transmitted by at least one third computer associated with the one or more broker-dealers, wherein a third user interface associated with the at least one third computer includes a user interface button, selection of which suspends one or more orders associated with a financial advisor, suspends one or more orders associated with a particular offering, or suspends all orders associated with a particular offering.

97 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, by the computer platform, information to the one or more broker-dealers, one or more investors and/or the general public via one or more media outlets and/or financial websites such that the one or more broker-dealers, the one or more investors and/or the general public that already use said one or more media outlets and/or financial websites can also use said one or more media outlets and/or financial websites to attain the offering information.

98 . The method of claim 97 , further comprising:

providing, by the computer platform, information to the general public, via the one or more media outlets and/or financial websites, wherein the information to the general public further includes one or more of: (a) a total number of bids and amount of securities that were bid for at each price level, (b) a total number of bids and amount of securities bid for at or above the offering price, and/or (c) a number of originating broker-dealers.

99 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

processing, by the computer platform, orders submitted for a broker-dealer's and/or a lead agent's own account, as principal orders of the one or more orders, wherein the principal orders include an identifier marking the principal orders as principal.

100 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more orders are comprised of two or more of: at least one new order, at least one order amendment, and/or at least one order cancellation.

101 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the broker-dealer portal is a secure electronic portal that allows the one or more broker-dealers to access its respective data and information securely.

102 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the lead agent portal is a secure electronic portal that allows the at least one lead agent to access its respective data and information securely.

103 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, via the computer platform, a first portal in the plurality of communication portals;

wherein the first portal provides a plurality of electronic portals to computers used by the one or more broker-dealers, including the broker-dealer portal used by the at least one electronic order routing and management system.

104 . The method of claim 103 , further comprising:

providing, via the computer platform, a second portal in the plurality of communication portals;

wherein the second portal provides a plurality of electronic portals to computers used by the at least one lead agent, including the lead agent portal provided to the at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent.

105 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, via the computer platform, a second portal in the plurality of communication portals;

106 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more new issue securities offerings comprise new issue securities fund offerings, including exchange traded funds (ETFs), with at least one of the new issue securities fund offerings having a market value that is based upon securities that underlie said at least one of the new issue securities fund offerings, wherein the current indicative pricing is an estimate of an interim net asset value of the securities that underlie said at least one of the new issue securities fund offerings, and wherein the clearing price is based on a value of the securities that underlie said at least one of the new issue securities fund offerings.

107 . The method of claim 106 , wherein the estimate of the interim net asset value is calculated on a periodic basis and provided by a market data provider.

108 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

coupling the computer platform and at least one market maker computer via at least one of the plurality of communication portals to provide for direct communication therebetween, wherein the at least one market maker computer, via the computer platform, communicates and works with a plurality of broker-dealer computers and at least one lead agent computer to create new issues securities against a lead agent order list that has been created based on at least one final listing.

109 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing processing, by the computer platform, including three or more of:

(i) providing, via the one or more communication networks, access to the offering information to participating investors equally on a real-time basis, during marketing of the one or more new issue securities offerings;

(ii) providing, to the participating investors via the one or more broker-dealers, on an equal basis, access to the computer platform, thereby enabling the participating investors to place, amend and/or cancel each of the participating investors' own orders of the one or more orders;

(iii) providing the allocation information calculated on a equal (non-partisan) basis between the participating investors of the plurality of investors, including participating institutional investors, and a participating investing public, based on one or more of order price, order time, order size and/or pro-rata; and/or

(iv) providing the broker-dealer portal and the lead agent portal as secure communication channels over which confidential information is securely transmitted and/or accessed, respectively, via the at least one electronic order routing and management system associated with the one or more broker-dealers and via the at least one first computer associated with the at least one lead agent;

thereby, as a function of the three or more of said performing processing, the participating investors are involved in the one or more new issue securities offerings in a manner wherein access on an equal basis to all of the participating investors as well as fair, transparent and open participation and distribution of allocations of the at least one new issue securities offering are achieved.

110 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing processing, by the computer platform, including three or more of:

(i) providing, on a real-time basis via the broker-dealer portal, equal access among the one or more broker-dealers to engage in brokering of the one or more new issue securities offerings;

(ii) providing the broker-dealer portal to subscribing ones of the one or more broker-dealers, such that respective investors of subscribing ones of the one or more broker-dealers are provided equal access, to the one or more new issue securities offerings, as all other investors of the subscribing ones, and thereby enabling participation in the one or more new issue securities offerings in a manner that is non-partisan and non-bundled;

(iii) configuring the computer platform to allow the subscribing ones to maintain, with the respective investors of theirs, direct relationships, in which the computer platform will not interfere, and thereby maintain suitability, appropriateness and other investor protection; and/or

(iv) transmitting information including the allocation information, of the at least one new issue securities offering based upon orders accepted from each of participating investors, and associated investor distributions from the computer platform by a secure channel to each respective one of the subscribing ones for distribution to the participating investors to yield transparent, non-partisan new issue pricing, allocation and distribution;

thereby, as a function of the three or more of said performing processing, the subscribing ones are involved in the one or more new issue securities offerings in a manner that affords equal access to all of the subscribing ones and respective investor clients of the subscribing ones, such that fair, transparent and open offerings are thereby provided in a non-partisan manner to all of the respective investor clients.

111 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing processing, by the computer platform, including:

(i) providing, on a real-time basis via the broker-dealer portal, equal access among the one or more broker-dealers to engage in brokering of the one or more new issue securities offerings;

thereby, as a function of said performing processing, the subscribing ones are involved in the one or more new issue securities offerings in a manner that affords equal access to all of the subscribing ones and respective investor clients of the subscribing ones, such that fair, transparent and open offerings are thereby provided in a non-partisan manner to all of the respective investor clients.

112 . The method as in any one of claims 5, 9, 15 and 18 , further comprising performing processing, by the computer platform, including one or more of:

thereby, as a function of the one or more of said performing processing, the participating investors are involved in the one or more new issue securities offerings in a manner wherein access on an equal basis to all of the participating investors as well as fair, transparent and open participation and distribution of allocations of the at least one new issue securities offering are achieved.

113 . The method as in any one of claims 13, 14, 15 and 20 , further comprising performing processing, by the computer platform, including two or more of:

(i) providing, on a real-time basis via the broker-dealer portal, equal access among the one or more broker-dealers to engage in brokering of the one or more new issue securities offerings;

thereby, as a function of the two or more of said performing processing, the subscribing ones are involved in the one or more new issue securities offerings in a manner that affords equal access to all of the subscribing ones and respective investor clients of the subscribing ones, such that fair, transparent and open offerings are thereby provided in a non-partisan manner to all of the respective investor clients.

114 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 9, 13, and 18 , further comprising performing processing, by the computer platform, including three or more of:

(i) providing, on a real-time basis via the broker-dealer portal, equal access among the one or more broker-dealers to engage in brokering of the one or more new issue securities offerings;

115 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 20 and 21 , further comprising:

establishing levels of investor interest and/or non-partisan pricing for the one or more new issue securities offerings including:

providing, via the broker-dealer portal, during marketing of the one or more new issue securities offerings, equal access to offerings and the current indicative pricing to the one or more broker-dealers; and

providing, via the one or more communication networks, during the marketing of the one or more new issue securities offerings, equal access to offerings and the current indicative pricing to entities accessing the informational portal.

116 . The method of claim 115 , wherein said establishing levels of investor interest and/or non-partisan pricing for the one or more new issue securities offerings further includes:

establishing, via the broker-dealer portal, a communication channel between the computer platform and the one or more broker-dealers, wherein the communication channel uses protocols that connect broker-dealers to existing stock exchanges for secondary market trading orders to also provide for participation in new issue offerings, to thereby expand infrastructure used for secondary market trading orders to further include distribution of the one or more new issue securities offerings.

117 . The method of claim 116 , wherein said establishing levels of investor interest and/or non-partisan pricing for the one or more new issue securities offerings further includes:

continually publishing, on a real time basis, updates of the current indicative pricing via at least one of the plurality of communication portals, to thereby provide price discovery information equally to the one or more broker-dealers, the plurality of investors and the general public.

118 . The method of claim 117 , wherein said establishing levels of investor interest and/or non-partisan pricing for the one or more new issue securities offerings further includes:

calculating the allocation information on a non-partisan (equal) basis based on one or more of order price, order time, order size, and/or pro-rata.

119 . The method of claim 116 , wherein said establishing levels of investor interest and/or non-partisan pricing for the one or more new issue securities offerings further includes:

calculating the allocation information on a non-partisan (equal) basis based on one or more of order price, order time, order size, and/or pro-rata.

120 . The method of claim 115 , wherein said establishing levels of investor interest and/or non-partisan pricing for the one or more new issue securities offerings further includes:

calculating the allocation information on a non-partisan (equal) basis based on one or more of order price, order time, order size, and/or pro-rata.

121 . The method of claim 15 , wherein said establishing levels of investor interest and/or non-partisan pricing for the one or more new issue securities offerings further includes:

122 . The method of claim 121 , wherein said establishing levels of investor interest and/or non-partisan pricing for the one or more new issue securities offerings further includes:

calculating the allocation information on a non-partisan (equal) basis based on one or more of order price, order time, order size, and/or pro-rata.

123 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 9, 13 and 18 , further comprising:

processing, by the computer platform, individually (i.e., without bundling), investor orders received from one or more of the at least one first computer via at least one of the plurality of communication portals, such that the one or more orders include the investor orders and thereby, as a function of the one or more orders being processed individually including calculating the allocation information on the per-order basis, the computer platform provides equal access to the one or more new issue securities offerings to one or more investors.

124 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 9, 13 and 18 , wherein the computer platform and one or more computers acting as a lead agent are operated by a same entity, such that the computer platform and the lead agent are not operated by distinct business entities.

125 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 9, 13 and 18 , wherein the one or more orders comprise new orders, order amendments and order cancellations.

126 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 9, 13 and 18 , further comprising:

generating, by the computer platform, after calculating the allocation information, settlement instructions, associated with the at least one new issue securities offering, and transmit the settlement instructions to at least one computer associated with one or more of the at least one issuing entity;

wherein the settlement instructions are configured to cause the at least one computer associated with one or more of the at least one issuing entity, to create, directly based on the settlement instructions, new issue securities correlated to the at least one new issue securities offering.

127 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 9, 13 and 18 , further comprising:

calculating the allocation information for a plurality of the accepted orders including giving priority to the accepted orders having higher limit price, when expressed as price, or lower, when expressed as yield, such that the accepted orders having higher price or lower yield are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having limit price that is lower, when expressed as price, or higher yield, when expressed as yield.

128 . The method as in any one of claims 1, 9, 13 and 18 , further comprising:

calculating the allocation information giving priority to the accepted orders placed during an earlier time frame, such that the accepted orders placed during the earlier time frame are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or a proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders placed later.