Patents by Inventor Thomas Baecker

Thomas Baecker 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).

  • Event-driven trade link between trading and clearing systems
    Patent number: 7318045
    Abstract: A system is provided for linking together a system of trading financial instruments to a system of clearing transactions in financial instruments. In a first aspect of the present invention, the linking system includes a network linking a plurality of trading systems and a clearing system. An external interface couples the trading systems to the network while a clearing interface couples the clearing system to the network. A transmitter module transmits trading information in a plurality of kinds of securities along the network from the trading system to the clearing system. That transmitting selectively occurs approximately simultaneously with the arrival of the trading information at the external interface. The transmitting also occurs independently of the selection of trading algorithm or clearing algorithm. A second aspect of the present invention involves a computerized method for coupling a plurality of trading systems and a clearing system with a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignees: Accenture LLP, Accenture Global Services GmbH, Deutsche Börse AG
    Inventors: Thomas Baecker, Joerg Buddendiek, Kevin Carnahan, Ralph Egert, Patrick C. Feder, Carsten Frank, Tanya F. Nargolwalla, Robert R. Zahm
  • Event-driven trade link between trading and clearing systems
    Publication number: 20010049649
    Abstract: A system is provided for linking together a system of trading financial instruments to a system of clearing transactions in financial instruments. In a first aspect of the present invention, the linking system includes a network linking a plurality of trading systems and a clearing system. An external interface couples the trading systems to the network while a clearing interface couples the clearing system to the network. A transmitter module transmits trading information in a plurality of kinds of securities along the network from the trading system to the clearing system. That transmitting selectively occurs approximately simultaneously with the arrival of the trading information at the external interface. The transmitting also occurs independently of the selection of trading algorithm or clearing algorithm. A second aspect of the present invention involves a computerized method for coupling a plurality of trading systems and a clearing system with a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: Accenture LLP
    Inventors: Thomas Baecker, Joerg Buddendiek, Kevin Carnahan, Ralph Egert, Patrick C. Feder, Carsten Frank, Tanya F. Nargolwalla, Robert R. Zahm