Interactive computer software, computer hardware, and integrated circuits for: providing on-line financial services via the Internet and/or other interactive electronic media, namely, storing financial trade transaction information according to regulatory reporting requirements, updating financial trade transaction information with data relating to events occurring after the initial execution or trade date of one or more financial trade transactions, generating web-based reports of financial trade transactions consummated via an exchange, an electronic trading platform, an over-the-counter venue, through voice brokers, and/or directly between counter parties for global regulators and service participants, calculating open financial positions, storing and reporting information and data relating to financial trade transactions occurring in global markets involving commodities, derivatives, futures and/or options, analyzing and classifying financial trade transaction information and associated trade records, storing financial trade transaction information relating to financial trade transactions, providing real-time or delayed reporting services for financial trade transaction information, storing and reporting financial trade transaction information related to physically and financially settled financial trade transactions involving global energy products, agriculture products, precious metals, and/or base metals, providing financial information relating to commodities, derivatives, futures, and/or options, offering, sponsoring, managing, and/or administering financial services related to commodities, derivatives, futures, and/or options.

Providing on-line financial services via the Internet and/or other interactive electronic media, namely, storing financial trade transaction information according to regulatory reporting requirements; updating financial trade transaction information with data relating to events occurring after the initial execution or trade date of one or more financial trade transactions; generating web-based reports of financial trade transactions consummated via an exchange, an electronic trading platform, an over-the-counter venue, through voice brokers, and/or directly between counter parties for global regulators and service participants; calculating open financial positions; storing and reporting information and data relating to financial trade transactions occurring in global markets involving commodities, derivatives, futures and/or options; analyzing and classifying financial trade transaction information and associated trade records; storing financial trade transaction information relating to financial trade transactions; providing real-time or delayed reporting services for financial trade transaction information; storing and reporting financial trade transaction information related to physically and financially settled financial trade transactions involving global energy products, agriculture products, precious metals, and/or base metals; providing financial information relating to commodities, derivatives, futures, and/or options; offering, sponsoring, managing, and/or administering financial services related to commodities, derivatives, futures, and/or options.

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SOFTWARE, COMPUTER HARDWARE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR: PROVIDING ON-LINE FINANCIAL SERVICES VIA THE INTERNET AND/OR OTHER INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC MEDIA, NAMELY, STORING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION ACCORDING TO REGULATORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, UPDATING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION WITH DATA RELATING TO EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER THE INITIAL EXECUTION OR TRADE DATE OF ONE OR MORE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, GENERATING WEB-BASED REPORTS OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS CONSUMMATED VIA AN EXCHANGE, AN ELECTRONIC TRADING PLATFORM, AN OVER-THE-COUNTER VENUE, THROUGH VOICE BROKERS, AND/OR DIRECTLY BETWEEN COUNTER PARTIES FOR GLOBAL REGULATORS AND SERVICE PARTICIPANTS, CALCULATING VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN FINANCIAL POSITIONS, STORING AND REPORTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND DATA RELATING TO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OCCURRING IN GLOBAL MARKETS INVOLVING COMMODITIES, DERIVATIVES, FUTURES AND/OR OPTIONS, ANALYZING AND CLASSIFYING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION AND ASSOCIATED TRADE RECORDS; STORING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION RELATING TO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, FINANCIAL REPORTING OF REAL-TIME OR DELAYED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION, STORING AND REPORTING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION RELATED TO PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY SETTLED FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING GLOBAL ENERGY PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS, PRECIOUS METALS, AND/OR BASE METALS; PROVIDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION RELATING TO COMMODITIES, DERIVATIVES, FUTURES, AND/OR OPTIONS, OFFERING, SPONSORING, MANAGING, AND/OR ADMINISTERING FINANCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO COMMODITIES, DERIVATIVES, FUTURES, AND/OR OPTIONS.

PROVIDING ON-LINE FINANCIAL SERVICES VIA THE INTERNET AND/OR OTHER INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC MEDIA, NAMELY, PROVIDING A DATABASE FOR STORING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION ACCORDING TO REGULATORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; PROCESSING OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION TO INCLUDE DATA RELATING TO EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER THE INITIAL EXECUTION OR TRADE DATE OF ONE OR MORE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS; PROVIDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF WEB-BASED FINANCIAL REPORTS OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS CONSUMMATED VIA AN EXCHANGE, AN ELECTRONIC TRADING PLATFORM, AN OVER-THE-COUNTER VENUE, THROUGH VOICE BROKERS, AND/OR DIRECTLY BETWEEN COUNTER PARTIES FOR GLOBAL REGULATORS AND SERVICE PARTICIPANTS; FINANCIAL CALCULATION SERVICES, NAMELY, CALCULATING VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN FINANCIAL POSITIONS FOR OTHERS; ANALYZING AND CLASSIFYING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION AND ASSOCIATED TRADE RECORDS; PROVIDING A DATABASE FOR TRACKING, MONITORING, AND GENERATING REPORTS ON INFORMATION AND STATISTICS ABOUT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING COMMODITIES, DERIVATIVES, FUTURES, OPTIONS, AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS; FINANCIAL REPORTING SERVICES IN THE NATURE OF PROVIDING REAL-TIME OR DELAYED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION; TRACKING, MONITORING, AND REPORTING OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INFORMATION RELATED TO PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY SETTLED TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING GLOBAL ENERGY PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS, PRECIOUS METALS, AND/OR BASE METALS; PROVIDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION RELATING TO COMMODITIES, DERIVATIVES, FUTURES, AND/OR OPTIONS; AND FINANCIAL EVALUATION, TRACKING, ANALYSIS, FORECASTING, CONSULTANCY, ADVISORY AND RESEARCH SERVICES RELATING TO COMMODITIES, DERIVATIVES, FUTURES, OPTIONS, AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS.