Patents by Inventor Alexander G. Zaharoff

Alexander G. Zaharoff 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).

  • Method and system for computing path dependent probabilities of attaining financial goals
    Patent number: 7509279
    Abstract: A method and system for computing the probability of attaining one or multiple financial goals is disclosed. Each goal is analyzed and reduced to a series of cash flows. A threshold criterion of success is established. A plurality of paths are generated. Each path is checked on the basis of the success criterion established earlier and those that do not meet the success criterion are considered failures. The probability of success is a function of the paths that are not failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Riskmetrics Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashvin Bonafede Chhabra, Alexander G. Zaharoff
  • Method and system for computing path dependent probabilities of attaining financial goals
    Patent number: 7031935
    Abstract: A method and system for computing the probability of attaining one or multiple financial goals is disclosed. Each goal is analyzed and reduced to a series of cash flows. A threshold criterion of success is established. A plurality of paths are generated. Each path is checked on the basis of the success criterion established earlier and those that do not meet the success criterion are considered failures. The probability of success is a function of the paths that are not failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: J.P. Morgan Advisory Services Inc.
    Inventors: Ashvin Bonafede Chhabra, Alexander G. Zaharoff