METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANONYMOUSLY AND CONFIDENTIALLY MATCHING CONTRAPARTIES TO A TRANSACTION WHICH RESULTS IN HUMAN NEGOTIATION OF THE FINAL TERMS OF A TRANSACTION

摘要

A method and system for anonymously and confidentially matching indications of interest from potential buyers and sellers which allows for human intervention to negotiate a final transaction between matched parties. Potential buyers and sellers independently and confidentially enter indications of interest into a central processing system containing a specific security, price, type of order, duration, and other related information. Indications of interest are then compared against those already in the system to determine whether buy side and sell side orders are sufficiently similar to generate a match. When a match occurs, each party and/or its authorized representative is given contact information for the other party and/or its authorized representative to allow human intervention in the negotiation of a final transaction.