Patents by Inventor Dan Barnard Franks

Dan Barnard Franks 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).

  • Closing in an electronic market
    Patent number: 8280797
    Abstract: A method for trading a security in an electronic market includes receiving closing orders and orders for the security traded in the electronic market, disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the close of trading, determining a closing price for the security based on the closing orders and orders, and executing at least some of the closing orders at the determined closing price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hatheway, Daniel F. Moore, Timothy E. Cox, Peter J. Martyn, Dan Barnard Franks, Adam Seth Nunes, Oliver Albers
  • Closing in an Electronic Market
    Publication number: 20100205109
    Abstract: A method for trading a security in an electronic market includes receiving closing orders and orders for the security traded in the electronic market, disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the close of trading, determining a closing price for the security based on the closing orders and orders, and executing at least some of the closing orders at the determined closing price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Frank Hatheway, Daniel F. Moore, Timothy E. Cox, Peter J. Martyn, Dan Barnard Franks, Adam Seth Nunes, Oliver Albers
  • Closing in an electronic market
    Patent number: 7647264
    Abstract: A method for trading a security in an electronic market includes receiving closing orders and orders for the security traded in the electronic market, disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the close of trading, determining a closing price for the security based on the closing orders and orders, and executing at least some of the closing orders at the determined closing price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Hatheway, Daniel F. Moore, Timothy E. Cox, Peter J. Martyn, Dan Barnard Franks, Adam Seth Nunes, Oliver Albers