Patents by Inventor Brian K. High

Brian K. High 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).

  • Funds having investment results related to occurrence of external events to investor-selected investment options
    Patent number: 7031938
    Abstract: A system for causing investment returns for individual investors in a fund to correspond to occurrence of selected events with respect to investment options selected by said individual investors, the system including instructions for: defining a plurality of said investment options each having a yield calculator, said calculator having a value related to occurrence of predefined events; selecting a nominal yield of said fund; allocating a portion of said nominal yield to each of said investment options ratably with respect to the portion of said value of each said yield calculator bears to all values of said yield calculators; calculating, on a periodic basis, a change in total value of assets owned by said fund and ratably allocating said change to investors in said fund; and periodically redetermining said values in each of said yield calculators by measuring occurrence of said predefined events during a selected measuring period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Inventors: James Fraivillig, Brian K. High
  • Funds having investment results related to occurrence of external event to investor-selected investment options
    Publication number: 20040098330
    Abstract: A system for causing investment returns for individual investors in a fund to correspond to occurrence of selected events with respect to investment options selected by said individual investors, the system including instructions for: defining a plurality of said investment options each having a yield calculator, said calculator having a value related to occurrence of predefined events; selecting a nominal yield of said fund; allocating a portion of said nominal yield to each of said investment options ratably with respect to the portion of said value of each said yield calculator bears to all values of said yield calculators; calculating, on a periodic basis, a change in total value of assets owned by said fund and ratably allocating said change to investors in said fund; and periodically redetermining said values in each of said yield calculators by measuring occurrence of said predefined events during a selected measuring period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: James Fraivillig, Brian K. High