Patents Examined by Kenneth Bartley
  • Patent number: 8719063
    Abstract: A system and method related to comparing information during a process for issuing insurance policies. The system has a database that stores a formatted submission for an insurance policy, the formatted submission comprising a plurality of insurance policy clauses and attribute information for an entity that desires to purchase the insurance policy, a user interface that receives information from an insurance company related to the formatted submission and a processor that compares the information received from the insurance company to the formatted submission and outputs comparison data based on the information and the formatted submission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Marsh USA Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Wade, Kathleen Kreuzer, Justin Walsleben, Rekha Sali, Rajeev Mahendru, Brian Elowe, Kristen Stokes
  • Patent number: 8706615
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating the ability of a borrower to repay a potential or existing loan. The systems and methods can use daily cash flows of the borrower obtained from one or more transaction accounts of the borrower. The cash flows can correspond to a period preceding the time of the analysis, and can include the most recent cash flow information in the transaction account. The cash flows can be adjusted to account for seasonal and day to day variations in the cash flows. The adjusted or non-adjusted cash flows can be trended, and projections of the cash flows can be generated based on the trends. The projected cash flows can be evaluated to provide an indication of whether the cash flow of the borrower is and will remain sufficient to facilitate repayment of the loan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventor: Robert A. Merkle
  • Patent number: 8706633
    Abstract: A service provider computer receives a request for a transfer of funds from a sender to a recipient. The service provider computer makes a data record about the transaction available to a receiving financial institution. The receiving financial institution receives a visit from the recipient, issues a new payment card account to the recipient, and communicates the account number for the new account to the service provider computer. The service provider computer initiates a payment transaction in a payment card system to route the requested funds transfer from a payment card account belonging to the sender to the newly issued payment card account for the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Shawn Hagmeier, Mark Wiesman, César Espinoza, Miguel Cintron
  • Patent number: 8706634
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for verifying a cardholder during a transaction involving a payment device and a terminal are provided. In some embodiments, the payment device transmits a first biometric information template to a terminal, receives a first sample template, determines that a match occurs between the first sample template and a first biometric reference template, and determines that a verification sequence applies to the transaction requiring satisfaction of a second biometric rule. In an implementation, the payment device then transmits a second biometric information template, receives a second sample template, determines that a match occurs between the second sample template and a second biometric reference template, and transmits a verification status of the cardholder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul Michael Evans, Jim Gopinathan
  • Patent number: 8700520
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods relate to allowing trading of over the counter (“OTC”) foreign exchange (“FX”) contracts on a centralized matching and clearing mechanism, such as that of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (“CME”'s) futures exchange system (the “Exchange”). The disclosed systems and methods allow for anonymous transactions, centralized clearing, efficient settlement and the provision of risk management/credit screening mechanisms to lower risk, reduce transaction costs and improve the liquidity in the FX market place. In particular, the disclosed embodiments increase speed of execution facilitating growing demand for algorithmic trading, increased price transparency, lower cost of trading, customer to customer trading, and automated asset allocations, recurring trades as well as clearing and settlement efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange
    Inventors: Paul A. Bauerschmidt, Ari L. Studnitzer, William J. Albert, Paul J. Callaway, James W. Farrell, A. Shanthi Thiruthuvadoss
  • Patent number: 8682777
    Abstract: Methods and systems for computer-based trading enhanced with market and historical data displayed on live screen. Users of the trading platform are able to view on their live screen of executed and pending orders, information about the market depth of a transmitted order, the current view of all transmitted orders and executed trades, historical view of all transmitted orders and executed trades, bond instrument details, execution prices for the various bond instruments, yield for the bond instruments, and spread for the bond instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Epstein, Rajesh Mani, Yuriy Metelev
  • Patent number: 8671021
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for delivery of content on a mobile media platform, providing a consumption profile, and delivering content to a mobile device, wherein content delivery is based at least in part on the consumption profile. Further, in embodiments, the present invention provides a consumption profile for a mobile media platform comprising a device profile, a user profile, a network profile, an encoding profile, and a content profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: QuickPlay Media Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi Maharajh, Bart MacNeil, Torin Walker
  • Patent number: 8655768
    Abstract: A method of managing trading orders is provided. The method includes receiving a request to place a first order to trade a first product, the request being made using an account having one or more current balances. The method further includes determining a risk value for the first order based at least in part on the first product. The method further includes determining whether to approve the first order based at least in part on the risk value determined for the first order and one or more of the current balances for the account, and if the first order is approved, placing the first order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Cantor Index, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Burgis, Lewis C. Findlay
  • Patent number: 8655777
    Abstract: A business derives its cost to pay accounts payable (AJP) with a corporate card versus other payment methods. The business identifies each merchant to whom the business owes AJP who but does not accept the corporate card. A weighting factor is derived for each such merchant from costs of paying with and without the corporate card, as well as from its history of past payments to the merchant. The benefit to the business is derived, using the corresponding weighting factor, for each such merchant in paying the corresponding AJP to the merchant with the corporate card. Where the benefit exceeds a predetermined threshold, information is sent to each such merchant sufficient for the merchant to receive payment of the corresponding AJP with the corporate card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Laima Kardokas
  • Patent number: 8620794
    Abstract: Systems and methods for chart-based order entry are described. According to one example method a chart is used to display historical market data corresponding to a tradeable object. An order entry interface is displayed in relation to the chart. The order entry interface includes a plurality of price objects for selecting price levels to be used for trade orders to buy or sell the tradeable object. According to one example method, the price levels corresponding to the price objects depend on a location of the interface in relation to the chart, and as the interface is moved in relation to the chart, the price levels are automatically updated. Upon selection of the price level on the interface, a trade order to buy or sell is submitted to a matching engine at an electronic exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc
    Inventor: Eric W. Borts
  • Patent number: 8612263
    Abstract: A method and system for performing a cash value adjustment to a life insurance policy issued by an insurer and owned by a policy owner, the method performed by a computer processing system. The method may include (1) inputting parameters of a life insurance policy, the parameters including controlling parameters, and the controlling parameters including: (i) a constraint dictated parameter of the life insurance policy; and (ii) a driven parameter of the life insurance policy. The method may further include analyzing the relationship between the constraint dictated parameter and the driven parameter; and performing a re-underwriting of the life insurance policy using the parameters of the life insurance policy and a set of re-underwriting criteria. The method may further include generating re-underwritten policy data to constitute a re-underwritten policy. The method may include providing an annuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Genworth Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Landis W. Atkinson, III, Kevin G. Smith, Geoffrey S. Stiff
  • Patent number: 8612345
    Abstract: Various systems and methods are described for analyzing multiple money transfer routing schemes. Each of these multiple money transfer routing schemes may comprise a route to transmit funds from the source for the money transfer transaction to the destination for the money transfer transaction. An internal money transfer routing scheme may refer to a money transfer routing scheme that utilizes a direct money transfer arrangement between the destination of the money transfer transaction and the money transfer network. An external money transfer routing scheme may refer to a money transfer routing scheme that utilizes at least one third party money transfer network between the destination of the money transfer transaction and the money transfer network. The multiple money transfer routing schemes may be analyzed and the preferable money transfer routing scheme at least partially based on the predefined criterion from among the multiple money transfer routing schemes may be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Western Union Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Lecuyer, Terra Geiger, Michael Kilbane
  • Patent number: 8606688
    Abstract: A method of and system for terminating or assigning outstanding OTC derivative transactions between a plurality of financial institutions (banks). The system comprises: a processing station arranged to receive transaction data describing a plurality of transactions from a plurality of banks via the Internet. The processing station comprises: a linking module for linking different versions of the same transaction received from different parties to that transaction; an analysis module for determining a set of linked transactions between a plurality of different banks, wherein each bank has debts and claims towards other banks in the set; a calculation module arranged to calculate an aggregated value of each set of linked transactions and select the set of linked transactions which has an aggregated value within bank-specified tolerance limits acceptable for executing a termination; and an execution module for executing a termination or assignment of the selected set of linked transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: TriOptima AB
    Inventor: Derk Pieter Brouwer
  • Patent number: 8606683
    Abstract: A system and a method for allocating dividends to stock shares are provided. The method includes creating a sub-class of a first stock share class. The method further includes allocating a first percentage of a total dividend amount to a first plurality of stock shares in the first stock share class. The method further includes allocating a second percentage of the total dividend amount to the second plurality of stock shares in the sub-class of the first stock share class. The method further includes storing the first percentage of the total dividend and the second percentage of the total dividend in a memory device. The method further includes buying-back stock shares in the first stock share class or sub-class of the first stock share class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventor: Jason Penzak
  • Patent number: 8600859
    Abstract: A computerized trading system for trading a tradable product at stock exchanges where a user can define a number of criteria to be met in order for the system to allow/indicate a trade order of a selected Symbol or allow/indicate a pair trade of two selected Symbols. A method to format a data stream providing a novel result used for the calculation of technical indicators and the derived criteria and/or used for visual presentation of price movements of the tradable product in the computerized trading system by determining the time to close a bar. Product data having product prices is received at different times by the computer system, and the computer system for each closed bar has corresponding bar data buffers with data representing time of close of bar and last received product price at close of bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Soren Lanng
  • Patent number: 8595069
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method, a selected online advertisement is automatically directed to, or online activity is automatically tracked and recorded from, an online user interface device which corresponds, at the time the advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked, to a first online access identifier. The advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked based on information from a user profile that references or includes a first set-top box identifier. That information is derived at least in part from automatically collected data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at the time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier. The first online access identifier is associated with the first set-top box identifier, by being referenced or included in the user profile, by being associated in a database, or otherwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Intent IQ, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Shkedi, Ronen Shlomo
  • Patent number: 8589216
    Abstract: The present invention provides an intelligent charging system and method for use in a parking lot. The system comprises a detecting unit, an on-board unit and a corresponding means of payment. The on-board unit is disposed on a vehicle and configured to acquire a parking time parameter, derive a parking fee according to the parking time parameter and a rate parameter stored in the on-board unit, and deduct the parking fee from the means of payment. The detecting unit is configured to, through information interaction with the on-board unit, determine whether the on-board unit operates normally. The present invention can be used to reduce the investment cost and improve the monitoring management of public parking lots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Beijing Watch Data System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhilu Yu, Daxing Xu
  • Patent number: 8583551
    Abstract: A method for delivering energy to an electric vehicle is provided, wherein the electric vehicle is associated with a customer account. The method includes identifying the electric vehicle at an energy delivery point, and determining a current balance of the customer account, wherein the current balance includes at least a portion of a prepayment amount based on a predetermined amount of energy to be delivered to the electric vehicle at the energy delivery point. The method also includes delivering energy to the electric vehicle, metering an actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle, and determining a transaction amount based on the actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle at the energy delivery point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nathan Bowman Littrell, Richard Dale Slates
  • Patent number: 8583541
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for modifying how market updates are provided in an electronic trading environment upon detecting one or more triggering events. One example method includes defining an event to be used to trigger modification of how market updates are provided to a client entity, receiving a market update from an electronic exchange, and, when the event is detected, modifying how the market update is provided to the client entity. As an example, the modification of how the market update is provided to the client entity may include providing less data in relation to market updates, and sending the market updates less frequently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Schwarz, Michael J. Burns
  • Patent number: 8566164
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method, a selected online advertisement is automatically directed to, or online activity is automatically tracked and recorded from, an online user interface device which corresponds, at the time the advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked, to a first online access identifier. The advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked based on information from a user profile that references or includes a first set-top box identifier. That information is derived at least in part from automatically collected data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at the time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier. The first online access identifier is associated with the first set-top box identifier, by being referenced or included in the user profile, by being associated in a database, or otherwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Intent IQ, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Shkedi, Ronen Shlomo