Patents Assigned to ALG, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11257101
    Abstract: A residual value forecasting system may utilize heterogeneous data, such as used market data, industry-specific data, and non-industry-specific data, from disparate data sources to produce residual value forecasts of an item based on a sophisticated residual value forecasting model particularly configured for agility. The system can dynamically and quickly adapt to change in data inputs and produce custom outputs. The system may determine a baseline value for an item using the used market data, a microeconomic factor using the industry-specific data, and a macroeconomic factor using the non-industry-specific data, as well as adjustments such as locality adjustments and modifications. Given the macroeconomic factor and the microeconomic factor relative to the locality-adjusted value of the item and in view of the competitive sets of similar and/or substitute items in the same industry, the system can generate an accurate forecast residual value of the item at a future time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Scott Hansen, Brian Izumi Abe, Oliver Thomas Sidney Strauss
  • Patent number: 10878491
    Abstract: An advanced data platform may receive an asset pricing request containing information about an asset. An optimization engine may determine a predicted price for the asset at different locations and times and compute a price matrix accordingly. The engine may identify an optimized predicted price from the price matrix, taking into account the spatial and temporal factors and various optimization conditions. A view for presentation of the optimized predicted price for the asset on a client device is generated and communicated to the client device over a network. When the asset is a vehicle, the engine may compute a linear regression model that defines a set of input variables with associated regression coefficients, the set of input variables comprising input variables representing attributes describing the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ALG, INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Thomas Strauss, Morgan Scott Hansen
  • Patent number: 10726430
    Abstract: A residual value forecasting system may utilize heterogeneous data, such as used market data, industry-specific data, and non-industry-specific data, from disparate data sources to produce residual value forecasts of an item based on a sophisticated residual value forecasting model particularly configured for agility. The system can dynamically and quickly adapt to change in data inputs and produce custom outputs. The system may determine a baseline value for an item using the used market data, a microeconomic factor using the industry-specific data, and a macroeconomic factor using the non-industry-specific data, as well as adjustments such as locality adjustments and modifications. Given the macroeconomic factor and the microeconomic factor relative to the locality-adjusted value of the item and in view of the competitive sets of similar and/or substitute items in the same industry, the system can generate an accurate forecast residual value of the item at a future time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Scott Hansen, Brian Izumi Abe, Oliver Thomas Sidney Strauss
  • Patent number: 10685363
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for forecasting future values of an item, where an initial value for the item is determined, and then a baseline forecast for a future reference period is computed based on factors that include microeconomic data which is specific to an industry of the item and macroeconomic data which is non-specific to the industry of the item. The forecast may also be adjusted based on data for a set of competitive items. The forecast for the item is stored and is then made available to clients that can access the forecast to determine the expected future value of the item at some point in the future.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Thomas Strauss, Morgan Scott Hansen
  • Patent number: 10445823
    Abstract: An advanced data platform may receive an asset pricing request containing information about an asset. An optimization engine may determine a predicted price for the asset at different locations and times and compute a price matrix accordingly. The engine may identify an optimized predicted price from the price matrix, taking into account the spatial and temporal factors and various optimization conditions. A view for presentation of the optimized predicted price for the asset on a client device is generated and communicated to the client device over a network. When the asset is a vehicle, the engine may compute a linear regression model that defines a set of input variables with associated regression coefficients, the set of input variables comprising input variables representing attributes describing the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Thomas Strauss, Morgan Scott Hansen
  • Patent number: 10430814
    Abstract: A residual value forecasting system may utilize heterogeneous data, such as used market data, industry-specific data, and non-industry-specific data, from disparate data sources to produce residual value forecasts of an item based on a sophisticated residual value forecasting model particularly configured for agility. The system can dynamically and quickly adapt to change in data inputs and produce custom outputs. The system may determine a baseline value for an item using the used market data, a microeconomic factor using the industry-specific data, and a macroeconomic factor using the non-industry-specific data, as well as adjustments such as locality adjustments and modifications. Given the macroeconomic factor and the microeconomic factor relative to the locality-adjusted value of the item and in view of the competitive sets of similar and/or substitute items in the same industry, the system can generate an accurate forecast residual value of the item at a future time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Scott Hansen, Brian Izumi Abe, Oliver Thomas Sidney Strauss
  • Patent number: 10410227
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for forecasting future values of an item, where an initial value for the item is determined, and then a baseline forecast for a future reference period is computed based on factors that include microeconomic data which is specific to an industry of the item and macroeconomic data which is non-specific to the industry of the item. The forecast may also be adjusted based on data for a set of competitive items. The forecast for the item is stored and is then made available to clients that can access the forecast to determine the expected future value of the item at some point in the future.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Thomas Strauss, Morgan Scott Hansen
  • Patent number: 9607310
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for forecasting future values of an item, where an initial value for the item is determined, and then a baseline forecast for a future reference period is computed based on factors that include microeconomic data which is specific to an industry of the item and macroeconomic data which is non-specific to the industry of the item. The forecast may also be adjusted based on data for a set of competitive items. The forecast for the item is stored and is then made available to clients that can access the forecast to determine the expected future value of the item at some point in the future.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Thomas Strauss, Morgan Scott Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140207705
    Abstract: Systems, methods and products for determining residual values of asset portfolios are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a server computer coupled to a network and to a data storage device. The server generates residual value curves for each of a set of item types and stores them. The server computer also receives and/or maintains information defining a set of items in a portfolio. When an assessment of the portfolio is initiated, the server determines a residual value for each item in the portfolio by identifying a corresponding one of the item types, retrieving the residual value curve corresponding to the identified item type, and determining a future value of the item based on the retrieved residual value curve for the corresponding item type. The server then aggregates the individual residual values into a residual value for the portfolio and enables access to this value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Thomas Strauss, Morgan Scott Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140058795
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for forecasting future values of an item, where an initial value for the item is determined, and then a baseline forecast for a future reference period is computed based on factors that include microeconomic data which is specific to an industry of the item and macroeconomic data which is non-specific to the industry of the item. The forecast may also be adjusted based on data for a set of competitive items. The forecast for the item is stored and is then made available to clients that can access the forecast to determine the expected future value of the item at some point in the future.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: ALG, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Thomas Strauss, Morgan Scott Hansen