Patents by Inventor Douglas F. Schumann

Douglas F. Schumann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8412611
    Abstract: A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: TD AMERITRADE IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Patent number: 8412612
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a stock purchase index is provided. The system receives raw customer trading data. The raw customer trading data is segregated into buy and sell data per CUSIP to determine a number of buy CUSIP shares, a number of sell CUSIP shares, a total buy CUSIP market value, a total sell CUSIP market value, a total number of buy accounts, and a total number of sell accounts. The sorted data is processed to produce a stock purchase index report, wherein the stock purchase index report is a sell weighted index. The sell weighted index is then displayed in the stock purchase index report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: TD AMERITRADE IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Publication number: 20120226633
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a stock purchase index is provided. The system receives raw customer trading data. The raw customer trading data is segregated into buy and sell data per CUSIP to determine a number of buy CUSIP shares, a number of sell CUSIP shares, a total buy CUSIP market value, a total sell CUSIP market value, a total number of buy accounts, and a total number of sell accounts. The sorted data is processed to produce a stock purchase index report, wherein the stock purchase index report is a sell weighted index. The sell weighted index is then displayed in the stock purchase index report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Publication number: 20120226632
    Abstract: A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. RICKETTS, Douglas F. SCHUMANN
  • Patent number: 8180696
    Abstract: A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Publication number: 20110093407
    Abstract: A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Patent number: 7882005
    Abstract: A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Patent number: 7856391
    Abstract: A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Publication number: 20090006273
    Abstract: A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Ameritrade IP Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Patent number: 6901383
    Abstract: A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Ameritrade Holding Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Ricketts, Douglas F. Schumann
  • Publication number: 20040153360
    Abstract: A method and system that uses electronic message delivery combined with data collection techniques and data-mining methods to determine and enhance the effectiveness of a given communication and to optimize the target audience of the given communication. One embodiment of the system utilized in practicing the method also includes a means for collecting real-time, synchronized survey audience response data with respect to the videos presented and a data-mining tool for analyzing the data collected and the streaming videos presented. One embodiment of the system includes an audience manager (12), and invitation manager (14), and order manager (16), and a message manager (18). In one embodiment, the message manager (18) includes a testing process (20), a scoring process (22), a ranking process (24), and a response analysis process (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Douglas F. Schumann