Patents by Inventor Peter R. Horsfall

Peter R. Horsfall 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: 20140129419
    Abstract: An anonymous trading system comprises one or more matching engines, one or more market distributors and one or more trader terminals for input of orders from institutions trading on the system. The trader terminals are connected to the system through bank nodes. A broker terminal is connected through a bank node and enables voice brokers to trade on the system on behalf of client traders. The voice brokers terminal can be configured for any client trader and will display the market view for that trader. Trades in which the broker terminal participates are not concluded until a manual credit check has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: EBS GROUP LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter R. Horsfall
  • Patent number: 8504667
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: EBS Group Limited
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter R. Horsfall, Steven W. Iaccheo, Michael S. Merold, Schalk M. Steyn
  • Patent number: 8416801
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: EBS Group Limited
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter R. Horsfall, Steven Iaccheo, Michael Merold, Schalk Steyn
  • Publication number: 20110047064
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: EBS GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter R. Horsfall, Steven Iaccheo, Michael Merold, Schalk Steyn
  • Patent number: 7848349
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: EBS Group Limited
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter R. Horsfall, Steven Iaccheo, Michael Merold, Schalk Steyn
  • Publication number: 20100082767
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: EBS Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter R. Horsfall, Steven W. Iaccheo, Michael S. Merold, Schalk M. Steyn
  • Patent number: 7363269
    Abstract: A conversational trading system allows a plurality of instruments, for example financial instruments such as foreign exchange products to be traded from a single user interface. The interface includes a deal stack comprising a deal list, a deal detail panel and a button bar. The deal list displays deal related information such as status, party, instrument and an instrument and status related string in a form common to all instruments. The deal detail panel displays information relating to a specific deal in the list that has been selected by the trader in a manner that is specific to the instrument being traded. Deal related information may be entered into the system by trader conversations which are parsed by a parser. The parser analyses the conversation for key terms which depend on the status of the deal. Where a key term is found, the deal status is changed and the deal stack sends appropriate messages to the system which may cause counterparty deal details to change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: EBS Group Limited
    Inventors: Peter R. Horsfall, Alexander C. Riseman
  • Publication number: 20030083973
    Abstract: An anonymous trading system comprises one or more matching engines, one or more market distributors and one or more trader terminals for input of orders from institutions trading on the system. The trader terminals are connected to the system through bank nodes. A broker terminal is connected through a bank node and enables voice brokers to trade on the system on behalf of client traders. The voice brokers terminal can be configured for any client trader and will display the market view for that trader. Trades in which the broker terminal participates are not concluded until a manual credit check has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Peter R. Horsfall
  • Publication number: 20020143684
    Abstract: A conversational trading system allows a plurality of instruments, for example financial instruments such as foreign exchange products to be traded from a single user interface. The interface includes a deal stack comprising a deal list, a deal detail panel and a button bar. The deal list displays deal related information such as status, party, instrument and an instrument and status related string in a form common to all instruments. The deal detail panel displays information relating to a specific deal in the list that has been selected by the trader in a manner that is specific to the instrument being traded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: EBS Service Company Limited
    Inventor: Peter R. Horsfall
  • Publication number: 20020143685
    Abstract: A conversational trading system allows a plurality of instruments, for example financial instruments such as foreign exchange products to be traded from a single user interface. The interface includes a deal stack comprising a deal list, a deal detail panel and a button bar. The deal list displays deal related information such as status, party, instrument and an instrument and status related string in a form common to all instruments. The deal detail panel displays information relating to a specific deal in the list that has been selected by the trader in a manner that is specific to the instrument being traded. Deal related information may be entered into the system by trader conversations which are parsed by a parser. The parser analyses the conversation for key terms which depend on the status of the deal. Where a key term is found, the deal status is changed and the deal stack sends appropriate messages to the system which may cause counterparty deal details to change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: EBS Service Company Limited
    Inventors: Peter R. Horsfall, Alexander C. Riseman