Patents by Inventor Andrew D. Klein

Andrew D. Klein 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).

  • Patent number: 8060434
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for trading financial instruments with an improved ergonomic graphical user interface (GUI) with non-overlapping screen components that include a display of offers to buy and sell, which can include a graphical display of bid, ask, and spread information, a user's current positions, and one or more areas to enter trades. The systems, methods, and devices involve receiving and updating trade information in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: UBS AG
    Inventors: Charles L. Mauro, Andrew D. Klein, Walter D. Buist
  • Patent number: 7720742
    Abstract: The system and method of the preferred embodiment supports trading of securities over the Internet both on national exchanges and outside the national exchanges. The preferred embodiment supports an improved human interface and a continuous display of real-time stock quotes on the user's computer screen. The ergonomic graphical user interface (GUI) of the preferred embodiment includes several functional benefits in comparison with existing on-line consumer trading systems. In the preferred embodiment, the users are subscribers to a securities trading service offered over the Internet. Preferably, each subscriber to this service is simultaneously connected from his own computer to a first system which provides user-to-user trading capabilities and to a second system which is a broker/dealer system of his/her choice. The system providing the user-to-user trading services preferably includes a root server and a hierarchical network of replicated servers supporting replicated databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: UBS AG
    Inventors: Charles L. Mauro, Andrew D. Klein, Walter D. Buist