Patents by Inventor Glenn Ballman

Glenn Ballman 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).

  • Publication number: 20050102216
    Abstract: The invention is an order book that actually displays the rights holder of the security being traded. The only existing electronic security order books are done with the “street name” of the firm trading the security. The actual rights holder cannot be tracked because there is no transparency (no ability to see past the brokerage firm). This leads to fraud and manipulation in securities marketplaces. The system provides significant improvement and adds value as it allows regulators to see who the rights holder/beneficial owner is. This improves visibility for regulators, reducing fraud, thereby reducing risk and increasing liquidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventor: Glenn Ballman
  • Publication number: 20050091133
    Abstract: The current invention is a securities system which takes the capitalization table of a company and enables shareholders to create corresponding shareholder accounts in the exchange. These accounts are verified as the actual person by checking against a known identity database such as Social Insurance Number, Social Security Number, Drivers License, Passport number, Credit Card number or equivalent. In the second step, they are verified as the Beneficial Rights Holders by a Certification Party (Legal Firm, Accountant or other professional party). Third step—the Certification Party verifies the capitalization table has been entered accurately. The Exchange then constantly reconciles the capitalization table each time a trade is conducted so 100% of the Beneficial Rights Holders are identified and verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventor: Glenn Ballman
  • Publication number: 20050064937
    Abstract: The current invention is a Sports Fantasy Game based on the internet where each Sports Figure is broken into fantasy shares and then offered and traded like securities in a continuous auction and call market auction format. Players compete for prizes by assembling the largest portfolio of shares and collecting the most dividends or payouts (dividends) based on shares they own when the Sports Figure gets points or completes specific tasks in the actual game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Glenn Ballman
  • Publication number: 20050049956
    Abstract: The current invention is a securities system which has price instability alerts that are triggered when a security moves outside a “pre-set”and/or dynamically calculated price ranges. The system creates a static price instability alert and a separate dynamic price instability alert that senses the direction of the security and moves the price instability alert larger or smaller accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: Glenn Ballman
  • Publication number: 20050038727
    Abstract: The present invention is a system the access is direct to the exchange and the broker is given the ability to trade only as an agent for the client. This system can also manage the process of shorting where the shorting is managed by the exchange instead of or for the broker. In the current case today, brokers borrow shares within firm or intra firm in order to “pool” shares which enables the shorting capability. In this system, the exchange knows where all the shares are for every issuer, so the exchange can enable the shorting pool which the client or the broker can draw from. This improves direct access for clients, visibility for regulators, reducing fraud, thereby reducing risk and increasing liquidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventor: Glenn Ballman