Patents by Inventor Suzanne Sprague

Suzanne Sprague 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: 20240135449
    Abstract: An illustrative computing device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory device for storing a data structure capable of being compressed, where the data structure includes a plurality of data elements and each of the plurality of data elements includes a date field and a quantity field. The computing device may process instructions to arrange the plurality of data elements in a consecutive series in date order based on a value stored in the date field of each data element, determine whether a gap appears in the consecutive series of data elements based on a value stored in the quantity field of each element, remove the determined gaps in each of the data elements, and repeat the determining and removing steps until a predetermined criterion has been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Sprague, Sean Downey, Robert Taylor, Dhiraj Bawadhankar, Stephen Hurst, Matthew Simpson, Frederick Sturm
  • Patent number: 11861710
    Abstract: An illustrative computing device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory device for storing a data structure capable of being compressed, where the data structure includes a plurality of data elements and each of the plurality of data elements includes a date field and a quantity field. The computing device may process instructions to arrange the plurality of data elements in a consecutive series in date order based on a value stored in the date field of each data element, determine whether a gap appears in the consecutive series of data elements based on a value stored in the quantity field of each element, remove the determined gaps in each of the data elements, and repeat the determining and removing steps until a predetermined criterion has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Sprague, Sean Downey, Robert Taylor, Dhiraj Bawadhankar, Stephen Hurst, Matthew Simpson, Frederick Sturm
  • Publication number: 20230177606
    Abstract: An illustrative computing device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory device for storing a data structure capable of being compressed, where the data structure includes a plurality of data elements and each of the plurality of data elements includes a date field and a quantity field. The computing device may process instructions to arrange the plurality of data elements in a consecutive series in date order based on a value stored in the date field of each data element, determine whether a gap appears in the consecutive series of data elements based on a value stored in the quantity field of each element, remove the determined gaps in each of the data elements, and repeat the determining and removing steps until a predetermined criterion has been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Sprague, Sean Downey, Robert Taylor, Dhiraj Bawadhankar, Stephen Hurst, Matthew Simpson, Frederick Sturm
  • Patent number: 11605130
    Abstract: An illustrative computing device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory device for storing a data structure capable of being compressed, where the data structure includes a plurality of data elements and each of the plurality of data elements includes a date field and a quantity field. The computing device may process instructions to arrange the plurality of data elements in a consecutive series in date order based on a value stored in the date field of each data element, determine whether a gap appears in the consecutive series of data elements based on a value stored in the quantity field of each element, remove the determined gaps in each of the data elements, and repeat the determining and removing steps until a predetermined criterion has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Sprague, Sean Downey, Robert Taylor, Dhiraj Bawadhankar, Stephen Hurst, Matthew Simpson, Frederick Sturm
  • Publication number: 20220138851
    Abstract: An illustrative computing device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory device for storing a data structure capable of being compressed, where the data structure includes a plurality of data elements and each of the plurality of data elements includes a date field and a quantity field. The computing device may process instructions to arrange the plurality of data elements in a consecutive series in date order based on a value stored in the date field of each data element, determine whether a gap appears in the consecutive series of data elements based on a value stored in the quantity field of each element, remove the determined gaps in each of the data elements, and repeat the determining and removing steps until a predetermined criterion has been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Sprague, Sean Downey, Robert Taylor, Dhiraj Bawadhankar, Stephen Hurst, Matthew Simpson, Frederick Sturm
  • Patent number: 11270377
    Abstract: An illustrative computing device may include a processor and a non-transitory memory device for storing a data structure capable of being compressed, where the data structure includes a plurality of data elements and each of the plurality of data elements includes a date field and a quantity field. The computing device may process instructions to arrange the plurality of data elements in a consecutive series in date order based on a value stored in the date field of each data element, determine whether a gap appears in the consecutive series of data elements based on a value stored in the quantity field of each element, remove the determined gaps in each of the data elements, and repeat the determining and removing steps until a predetermined criterion has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Sprague, Sean Downey, Robert Taylor, Dhiraj Bawadhankar, Stephen Hurst, Matthew Simpson, Frederick Sturm