Patents Examined by Gregory Pollock
  • Patent number: 8521644
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for directing cash flows associated with a mortgage-backed security to back other securities without collapsing the original mortgage-backed security. A mortgage-backed security/an/or a set of loans is analyzed to identify cash flows from mortgages having specific desirable characteristics, and the cash flows are directed to subgroups or pools that support new mortgage-backed securities. The new securities make the desirable cash flows available to an issuer or prospective investor without collapsing the original mortgage-backed security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
    Inventors: Mark David Hanson, Marian J. Gora, Menner Abdullatief Tatang, Kalpana Rumburg, Xiaolan Pang, Philip Martin Dunn
  • Patent number: 8396796
    Abstract: A system and method for establishing a healthcare network across small businesses whereby two or more small businesses and one or more healthcare insurance providers are enrolled in a small business employee healthcare network. The one or more healthcare insurance providers then offer one or more healthcare insurance plans through the small business employee healthcare network at initial bid prices. Employees of the enrolled small businesses are then provided an opportunity to view the one or more healthcare insurance plan offers. Interested employees of the enrolled small businesses then opt into one or more of the one or more healthcare insurance plan offers through the small business employee healthcare network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Miriam Nga-Shun Vu, Lucinda Foss