Method and system relating to social media technologies

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method performed in the computing system comprises steps of (a) electronically receiving an identifier concerning an investor's ownership or management of at least one brokerage account or at least one security; (b) electronically validating computing system the investor by querying a record database using the identifier to obtain an information from at least one investment account associated with the investor; (c) electronically extracting by the computing system the information; (d) electronically populating by the computing system a profile for the investor with the extracted information and electronically storing the extracted information to a computer readable medium in a profile database, wherein the extracted information comprises at least the investor's positional information; (e) electronically providing by the computing system at least one capability to the investor, wherein the capability allows the investor to electronically perform one or more activities; and (f) electronically generating by the computing system a representation of a quantity of a security owned or managed by the investor from the investor's positional information without generating a personal information of the investor.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a processor, an identifying data concerning an ownership or management of at least one brokerage account or at least one security by a user;   validating, by the processor, the user as a permissioned user or a non-permissioned user based at least in part on the identifying data;   providing, by the processor and over a computer network, to the permissioned user, a permissioned access on a first computing device associated with the permissioned user to a network platform hosting a shareholder forum and a streaming of a shareholder meeting;   providing, by the processor and over the computer network, to the non-permissioned user, an access on a second computing device associated with the non-permissioned user to the network platform hosting the shareholder forum and the streaming of the shareholder meeting;   instructing, by the processor, to display, within the network platform, a positional information in the at least one security associated with the permissioned user without providing a personal identifying information of the permissioned user so that to allow at least one other user, accessing the network platform, to observe the positional information of the permissioned user that remains anonymous;   permitting, by the processor, the permissioned user to perform, within the network platform, at least one activity associated with the shareholder forum, the streaming of the shareholder meeting, or both;   preventing, by the processor, the non-permissioned user to perform, within the network platform, the at least one activity associated with the shareholder forum, the streaming of the shareholder meeting, or both; and   wherein the at least one activity is at least one of i) interacting with the at least one other user within the network platform, ii) accessing a particular content within the network platform, or iii) participating in the shareholder meeting.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one security is associated with an issuer who hosts the shareholder meeting. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating, by the processor, a first record of activities of the permissioned user to form a first auditable user activities record.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating, by the processor, a second record of activities of the non-permissioned user to form a second auditable user activities record.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the shareholder meeting is an annual meeting. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 permitting, by the processor, the permissioned user to access a content associated with the annual meeting prior to a start of the streaming of the shareholder meeting.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 permitting, by the processor, the permissioned user to access the content associated with the annual meeting after to the streaming of the shareholder meeting has ended.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 preventing, by the processor, the permissioned user from altering or deleting the positional information, associated with the user and being displayed within the network platform.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 permitting, by the processor, a sponsoring issuer to originate, within the network platform, the streaming of the shareholder meeting.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the participating in the shareholder meeting comprises:
 submitting at least one question, at least one comment, or both, via a real-time chat feature that is available during the streaming of the shareholder meeting.   
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 a non-transitory computer memory storing computer-executable program instructions; and   at least one processor configured to at least:   receive an identifying data concerning an ownership or management of at least one brokerage account or at least one security by a user;   validate the user as a permissioned user or a non-permissioned user based at least in part on the identifying data;   provide, over a computer network, to the permissioned user, a permissioned access on a first computing device associated with the permissioned user to a network platform hosting a shareholder forum and a streaming of a shareholder meeting;   provide, over the computer network, to the non-permissioned user, an access on a second computing device associated with the non-permissioned user to the network platform hosting the shareholder forum and the streaming of the shareholder meeting;   instruct to display, within the network platform, a positional information in the at least one security associated with the permissioned user without providing a personal identifying information of the permissioned user so that to allow at least one other user, accessing the network platform, to observe the positional information of the permissioned user that remains anonymous;   permit the permissioned user to perform, within the network platform, at least one activity associated with the shareholder forum, the streaming of the shareholder meeting, or both;   prevent the non-permissioned user to perform, within the network platform, the at least one activity associated with the shareholder forum, the streaming of the shareholder meeting, or both; and
 wherein the at least one activity is at least one of i) interacting with the at least one other user within the network platform, ii) accessing a particular content within the network platform, or iii) a participation in the shareholder meeting 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one security is associated with an issuer who hosts the shareholder meeting. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate a first record of activities of the permissioned user to form a first auditable user activities record. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate a second record of activities of the non-permissioned user to form a second auditable user activities record. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the shareholder meeting is an annual meeting. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to permit the permissioned user to access a content associated with the annual meeting prior to a start of the streaming of the shareholder meeting. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to permit the permissioned user to access the content associated with the annual meeting after to the streaming of the shareholder meeting has ended. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to prevent the permissioned user from altering or deleting the positional information, associated with the user and being displayed within the network platform. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to permit a sponsoring issuer to originate, within the network platform, the streaming of the shareholder meeting. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the participation in the shareholder meeting comprises:
 a submission of at least one question, at least one comment, or both via a real-time chat feature that is available during the streaming of the shareholder meeting.