Patents by Inventor Mel Gunewardena

Mel Gunewardena 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: 20140164053
    Abstract: A method for ranking relative risk of a plurality of transactions, wherein each of the transactions has associated therewith a plurality of variables. In one embodiment the method includes assigning a value to each of the variables associated with each of the transactions, aggregating the values assigned to each of the variables on a transaction by transaction basis to produce an aggregate risk level for each transaction, and ranking each of the transactions relative to one another based upon the aggregate risk level corresponding to each transaction. A corresponding software program and system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    Inventors: Mel Gunewardena, Michael Pinedo, William R. Egan
  • Patent number: 8442907
    Abstract: A method for ranking relative risk of a plurality of transactions, wherein each of the transactions has associated therewith a plurality of variables. In one embodiment the method includes assigning a value to each of the variables associated with each of the transactions, aggregating the values assigned to each of the variables on a transaction by transaction basis to produce an aggregate risk level for each transaction, and ranking each of the transactions relative to one another based upon the aggregate risk level corresponding to each transaction. A corresponding software program and system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    Inventors: Mel Gunewardena, Michael Pinedo, William R. Egan
  • Publication number: 20120150568
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates a risk management system for facilitating an e-commerce transaction wherein the participants to the transaction engage in commerce using different currencies. An automated sales risk management system facilitates a transaction by providing a price of a transaction which incorporates aggregated costs related to the transaction into a price made available to the participants. A currency risk management system can receive an amount relating to a deliverable involved in a transaction and determines an aggregated cost of the transaction. Aggregated cost can include a cost of credit, a cost for exchange of currency, a cost of insurance, processing fees, or other associated costs. Insurance can be monitored and a determination can be made regarding whether a participant has adequate insurance to cover a proposed transaction. The present invention also provides for risk associated with online transactions to be categorized and transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Sharon Greener, Mark Higgins, Effie Konstantine Anagnostopoulos, Paul Young, Dan Rothman, John Godfrey, Mel Gunewardena
  • Patent number: 7979347
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates a risk management system for facilitating an e-commerce transaction wherein the participants to the transaction engage in commerce using different currencies. An automated sales risk management system facilitates a transaction by providing a price of a transaction which incorporates aggregated costs related to the transaction into a price made available to the participants. A currency risk management system can receive an amount relating to a deliverable involved in a transaction and determines an aggregated cost of the transaction. Aggregated cost can include a cost of credit, a cost for exchange of currency, a cost of insurance, processing fees, or other associated costs. Insurance can be monitored and a determination can be made regarding whether a participant has adequate insurance to cover a proposed transaction. The present invention also provides for risk associated with online transactions to be categorized and transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Goldman Sachs & Co.
    Inventors: Sharon Greener, Mark Higgins, Effie Konstantine Anagnostopoulos, Paul Young, Dan Rothman, John Godfrey, Mel Gunewardena
  • Patent number: 7590594
    Abstract: A method for ranking relative risk of a plurality of transactions, wherein each of the transactions has associated therewith a plurality of variables. In one embodiment the method includes assigning a value to each of the variables associated with each of the transactions, aggregating the values assigned to each of the variables on a transaction by transaction basis to produce an aggregate risk level for each transaction, and ranking each of the transactions relative to one another based upon the aggregate risk level corresponding to each transaction. A corresponding software program and system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Goldman Sachs & Co.
    Inventors: Mel Gunewardena, Michael Pinedo, William R. Egan
  • Patent number: 6829590
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system to implement risk management of foreign exchange of currency related to an online transaction. According to the present invention an exchange price and a tolerance parameter can be determined for a foreign currency as the foreign currency relates to a base currency. A computer system can receive a spot price relating to a market price for exchange of a foreign currency and compare the spot price with the tolerance parameter. The system can modify the exchange price if spot price exceeds the tolerance parameter. In addition, the system can receive information including the base currency amount involved in an online transaction and transmit the base currency amount and the foreign currency amount, wherein the foreign currency amount is derived according to the exchange price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    Inventors: Sharon Greener, Mark Higgins, Effie Konstantine Anagnostopoulos, Paul Young, Dan Rothman, John Godfrey, Mel Gunewardena
  • Publication number: 20030023543
    Abstract: A method for ranking relative risk of a plurality of transactions, wherein each of the transactions has associated therewith a plurality of variables. In one embodiment the method includes assigning a value to each of the variables associated with each of the transactions, aggregating the values assigned to each of the variables on a transaction by transaction basis to produce an aggregate risk level for each transaction, and ranking each of the transactions relative to one another based upon the aggregate risk level corresponding to each transaction. A corresponding software program and system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Mel Gunewardena, Michael Pinedo, William R. Egan