Patents Assigned to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
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Patent number: 8065207Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for issuing a new type of security, referred to herein as a “Guarantee Certificate,” which offers payments to a holder contingent upon the occurrence of specified risk-related events that would typically trigger an insurance or guaranty payment. Guarantee Certificates offer a mechanism for separating certain payment rights associated with a pool of assets (which may or may not be securitized) from the remaining payment rights associated with the pool, such that the payment rights form separate, transferable financial instruments. These instruments evidence an obligation of a mortgage insurer or a securities guarantor to make payments triggered by certain default-related events involving a corresponding (in the case of a mortgage insurer) or an underlying (in the case of a securities guarantor) mortgage loan or loans. A data processing system creates and maintains information corresponding to the Guarantee Certificates. A Guarantee Certificate may be tradable by the holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.Inventors: Steven W. Abrahams, Henry J. Cassidy
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Patent number: 8065208Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for issuing a new type of security, referred to herein as a “Guarantee Certificate,” which offers payments to a holder contingent upon the occurrence of specified risk-related events that would typically trigger an insurance or guaranty payment. Guarantee Certificates offer a mechanism for separating certain payment rights associated with a pool of assets (which may or may not be securitized) from the remaining payment rights associated with the pool, such that the payment rights form separate, transferable financial instruments. These instruments evidence an obligation of a mortgage insurer or a securities guarantor to make payments triggered by certain default-related events involving a corresponding (in the case of a mortgage insurer) or an underlying (in the case of a securities guarantor) mortgage loan or loans. A data processing system creates and maintains information corresponding to the Guarantee Certificates. A Guarantee Certificate may be tradable by the holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.Inventors: Steven W. Abrahams, Henry J. Cassidy
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Patent number: 7945510Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a mortgage with a primary credit line and a sliding credit line, such that the borrower may request to borrow from the sliding credit line as part of the original mortgage. A level of risk associated with the borrower may be determined based on credit information of the borrower; a first credit line may be established based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the first credit line being set as a debt of the mortgage; a second credit line may be established based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the second credit line being set as a maximum to which the debt of the mortgage may be increased during the mortgage; and the mortgage may be offered to the borrower with the established first and second credit lines, such that a single first lien may serve as security for the first and second credit lines.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)Inventors: Michael G. Bradley, J. Douglas Gordon, Walter C. Muren
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Patent number: 7941366Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a mortgage with a primary credit line and a sliding credit line, such that the borrower may request to borrow from the sliding credit line as part of the original mortgage. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a level of risk associated with the borrower based on credit information of the borrower; establishing a first credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the first credit line being set as a debt of the mortgage; establishing a second credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the second credit line being set as a maximum to which the debt of the mortgage may be increased during the mortgage; and offering the mortgage to the borrower with the established first and second credit lines, such that a single first lien may serve as security for the first and second credit lines.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)Inventors: Michael G. Bradley, J. Douglas Gordon, Walter C. Muren
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Patent number: 7941365Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a mortgage with a primary credit line and a sliding credit line, such that the borrower may request to borrow from the sliding credit line as part of the original mortgage. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a level of risk associated with the borrower based on credit information of the borrower; establishing a first credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the first credit line being set as a debt of the mortgage; establishing a second credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the second credit line being set as a maximum to which the debt of the mortgage may be increased during the mortgage; and offering the mortgage to the borrower with the established first and second credit lines, such that a single first lien may serve as security for the first and second credit lines.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)Inventors: Michael G. Bradley, J. Douglas Gordon, Walter C. Muren
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Patent number: 7028007Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for issuing a new type of security, referred to herein as a “Guarantee Certificate,” which offers payments to a holder contingent upon the occurrence of specified risk-related events that would typically trigger an insurance or guaranty payment. Guarantee Certificates offer a mechanism for separating certain payment rights associated with a pool of assets (which may or may not be securitized) from the remaining payment rights associated with the pool, such that the payment rights form separate, transferable financial instruments. These instruments evidence an obligation of a mortgage insurer or a securities guarantor to make payments triggered by certain default-related events involving a corresponding (in the case of a mortgage insurer) or an underlying (in the case of a securities guarantor) mortgage loan or loans. A data processing system creates and maintains information corresponding to the Guarantee Certificates. A Guarantee Certificate may be tradable by the holder.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2000Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.Inventors: Steven W. Abrahams, Henry J. Cassidy