Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Stevens

Andrew J. Stevens 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: 7873564
    Abstract: Various embodiments show a system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts: The system may comprise at least one processor. The at least one processor may be programmed to receive a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant and a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant. The at least one processor may also be programmed to match a batch of bids, where the bids may be linear combinations, to create a plurality of awarded bids that may maximize an economic surplus or maximize a volume of awarded bids. Degenerate price solutions may be solved by minimizing variations from historic pricing levels for a contract. The contracts may include, for example, an oil contract, a coal contract, a natural gas contract, an electricity contract, a weather contract, a weather-related events contract, a commodities contract, a location specific service contract (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: DC Energy LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Stevens, Matthew R. Tate, Mark A. Bulkeley, Dean L. Wilde, II, Paul S. Gibbs, Stefan Jacob, Ann Sacra
  • Publication number: 20100121760
    Abstract: Various embodiments show a system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts: The system may comprise at least one processor. The at least one processor may be programmed to receive a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant and a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant. The at least one processor may also be programmed to match a batch of bids to create a plurality of awarded bids. The contracts may include, for example, an oil contract, a coal contract, a natural gas contract, an electricity contract, a weather contract, a weather-related events contract, a commodities contract, location specific service contracts (e.g., passenger contract and/or freight contracts).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: DC Energy LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Stevens, Matthew R. Tate, Mark A. Bulkeley, Dean L. Wilde, II
  • Patent number: 7676424
    Abstract: Various embodiments show a system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts: The system may comprise at least one processor. The at least one processor may be programmed to receive a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant and a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant. The at least one processor may also be programmed to match a batch of bids to create a plurality of awarded bids. The contracts may include, for example, an oil contract, a coal contract, a natural gas contract, an electricity contract, a weather contract, a weather-related events contract, a commodities contract, location specific service contracts (e.g., passenger contract and/or freight contracts).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: DC Energy LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Stevens, Mark A. Bulkeley, Matthew R. Tate, Dean L. Wilde, II
  • Publication number: 20090132408
    Abstract: Various embodiments show a system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts: The system may comprise at least one processor. The at least one processor may be programmed to receive a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant and a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant. The at least one processor may also be programmed to match a batch of bids to create a plurality of awarded bids. The contracts may include, for example, an oil contract, a coal contract, a natural gas contract, an electricity contract, a weather contract, a weather-related events contract, a commodities contract, location specific service contracts (e.g., passenger contract and/or freight contracts).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew J. Stevens, Mark A. Bulkeley, Matthew R. Tate, Dean L. Wilde, II