Patents by Inventor Clifford A. Mackenzie

Clifford A. Mackenzie 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).

  • OFFER MATCHING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20010039527
    Abstract: An improved matching system for trading instruments in which the occurrence of automatically confirmed trades is dependent on receipt of match acknowledgement messages by the host computer (200) from all counterparties (KS A, KS B) to the matching trade. The host computer (200) matches like bids and offers provided thereto by the various keystations (KS A, KS B) in accordance with a predetermined matching criteria. Each of the keystations (KS A, KS B) includes a trade status timer (300, 302) and a display (310, 312) for timing receipt of a confirmed trade and/or ticket generation message from the host (200) after the keystation (KS A, KS B) has sent a match acknowledgement message and for displaying an “unconfirmed trade” status message awaiting receipt of the “confirmed trade” indication from the host (200). An alarm and a display message is provided at the keystation (KS A, KS B) when the “confirmed trade” indication is not timely received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER J. ORDISH, JOHN M. RICHARDS, CLIFFORD A. MACKENZIE
  • Offer matching system having timed match acknowledgment
    Patent number: 5727165
    Abstract: An improved matching system for trading instruments in which the occurrence of automatically confirmed trades is dependent on receipt of match acknowledgement messages by the host computer (200) from all counterparties (KS A, KS B) to the matching trade. The host computer (200) matches like bids and offers provided thereto by the various keystations (KS A, KS B) in accordance with a predetermined matching criteria. Each of the keystations (KS A, KS B) includes a trade status timer (300, 302) and a display (310, 312) for timing receipt of a confirmed trade and/or ticket generation message from the host (200) after the keystation (KS A, KS B) has sent a match acknowledgement message and for displaying an "unconfirmed trade" status message awaiting receipt of the "confirmed trade" indication from the host (200). An alarm and a display message is provided at the keystation (KS A, KS B) when the "confirmed trade" indication is not timely received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Reuters Limited
    Inventors: Christopher J. Ordish, John M. Richards, Clifford A. Mackenzie