IP Library Granted Patent US 8,725,606
Granted Patent B2
US 8,725,606 · App. 10/645,060 · Granted May 13, 2014

Term note paired with a money market note

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Patent No.
US 8,725,606
App. No.
10/645,060
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an arrangement for a money market note and a term note. The arrangement includes (1) a provision for crediting (a) a collection to (b) principal of the money market note, if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited, and (2) a provision for crediting (a) the collection to (b) principal of the term note, if the principal of the money market note is fully credited.

Claims (44)

1. A system comprising:

memory operable to store at least one program; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, in which the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a method comprising: providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a term note and a money market note are issued by, upon receiving a payment for principal of the term note, crediting the payment to principal of the money market note if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited, and crediting the payment to principal of the term note if the principal of the money market note is fully credited, wherein the term note and the money market note have a same credit risk rating.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the payment is held by a trust.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the principal of the money market note and the principal of the term note are secured by an asset.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the asset is an account receivable.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the money market note is selected from the group consisting of commercial paper, extendible asset-backed commercial paper and an extendible asset-backed liquidity note.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the term note comprises a provision to receive interest at an interest rate during a term period.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the term note further comprises a provision for extending the term period for an extended term period if the principal of the term note is not fully credited by an expiration of the term period.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the term note further comprises a provision for increasing the interest rate during the extended term period.

9. A system comprising:

memory operable to store at least one program; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, in which the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:

providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a term note is issued and a money market note is held, wherein the money market note and the term note have a same credit risk rating, and wherein a payment for principal of the term note is credited to principal of the money market note if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited and the payment for principal of the term note is credited to principal of the term note if the principal of the money market note is fully credited.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the payment is held by a trust.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the principal of the money market note and the principal of the term note are secured by an asset.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the asset is an account receivable.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the money market note is selected from the group consisting of commercial paper, extendible asset-backed commercial paper and an extendible asset-backed liquidity note.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the term note comprises a provision to receive interest at an interest rate during a term period.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the term note further comprises a provision for extending the term period for an extended teen period if the principal of the term note is not fully credited by an expiration of the term period.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the term note further comprises a provision for increasing the interest rate during the extended term period.

17. A system comprising:

memory operable to store at least one program; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, in which the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:

providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a money market note is issued and a term note is held, wherein the money market note and the term note have a same credit risk rating, and wherein a payment for principal of the term note is credited to principal of the money market note if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited and the payment for principal of the term note is credited to principal of the term note if the principal of the money market note is fully credited.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the payment is held by a trust.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the principal of the money market note and the principal of the term note are secured by an asset.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the asset is an account receivable.

21. The system of claim 19 wherein the money market note is selected from the group consisting of commercial paper, extendible asset-backed commercial paper and an extendible asset-backed liquidity note.

22. The system of claim 19 wherein the term note comprises a provision to receive interest at an interest rate during a term period.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the term note further comprises a provision for extending the term period for an extended term period if the principal of the term note is not fully credited by an expiration of the term period.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein the term note further comprises a provision for increasing the interest rate during the extended term period.

25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, configure the computer to perform a method comprising:

providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a term note and a money market note are issued by, upon receiving a payment for principal of the term note, crediting the payment to principal of the money market note if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited, and crediting the payment to principal of the term note if the principal of the money market note is fully credited, wherein the term note and the money market note have a same credit risk rating.

26. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, configure the computer to perform a method comprising:

providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a term note is issued and a money market note is held, wherein the money market note and the term note have a same credit risk rating, and wherein a payment for principal of the term note is credited to principal of the money market note if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited and the payment for principal of the term note is credited to principal of the term note if the principal of the money market note is fully credited.

27. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, configure the computer to perform a method comprising:

providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a money market note is issued and a term note is held, wherein the money market note and the term note have a same credit risk rating, and wherein a payment for principal of the term note is credited to principal of the money market note if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited and the payment for principal of the term note is credited to principal of the term note if the principal of the money market note is fully credited.

28. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a term note and a money market note are issued by, upon receiving a payment for principal of the term note, electronically crediting the payment to principal of the money market note, using a computer, if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited, and electronically crediting the payment to principal of the term note, using the computer, if the principal of the money market note is fully credited, wherein the term note and the money market note have a same credit risk rating.

29. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a term note is issued and a money market note is held, wherein the money market note and the term note have a same credit risk rating, and wherein a payment for principal of the term note is electronically credited to principal of the money market note, using a computer, if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited, and the payment for principal of the term note is electronically credited to principal of the term note, using the computer, if the principal of the money market note is fully credited.

30. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing liquidity to a financial transaction in which a money market note is issued and a term note is held, wherein the money market note and the term note have a same credit risk rating, and wherein a payment for principal of the term note is electronically credited to principal of the money market note, using a computer, if the principal of the money market note is not fully credited, and the payment for principal of the term note is electronically credited to principal of the term note, using a computer, if the principal of the money market note is fully credited.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2008
From: LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
To: BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
Reel/Frame 021709/0034 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2003
From: DURO-EMANUEL, OLASENI; RINNOVATORE, DIANE; PEER-NOUS, KENT; WERNLI, MICHELLE SUZANNE; BRAUN, KONSTANTIN
To: LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 014411/0768 →