Patents by Inventor Dean Ratcliffe

Dean Ratcliffe 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).

  • News distribution
    Patent number: 7398324
    Abstract: Financial news distribution apparatus comprising: a first terminal (10) comprising means (14, 17) for displaying a selected one of a plurality of data entry screens (1000) associated with news items of different types, each said data entry screen comprising: a plurality of data entry fields (1004) for entry of respective data items of a new said news item, and respective data item label text fields (1002) each containing text describing the corresponding data entry field in a source language, selection means (12) for selecting at least one of a plurality of target languages; translation means (50) for translating the source language text of said data item label text fields (1002) into corresponding text in said at least one target language; means (12) for inputting data specifying a type of news item and a subject of a new news item; a computer (30) remote to said first terminal (10), said computer (40) being arranged to read a store (40) containing a database of previous news items, accessible by type and su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Reuters Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Brennan, Kathleen Elizabeth Callo, Nicholas Grant Fulton, Dean Ratcliffe, Jeffrey Stearns, Miles Jonathan Whitehead
  • News distribution
    Publication number: 20030140098
    Abstract: Financial news distribution apparatus comprising: a first terminal (10) comprising means (14, 17) for displaying a selected one of a plurality of data entry screens (1000) associated with news items of different types, each said data entry screen comprising: a plurality of data entry fields (1004) for entry of respective data items of a new said news item, and respective data item label text fields (1002) each containing text describing the corresponding data entry field in a source language, selection means (12) for selecting at least one of a plurality of target languages; translation means (50) for translating the source language text of said data item label text fields (1002) into corresponding text in said at least one target language; means (12) for inputting data specifying a type of news item and a subject of a new news item; a computer (30) remote to said first terminal (10), said computer (40) being arranged to read a store (40) containing a database of previous news items, accessible by type and su
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony Brennan, Kathleen Elizabeth Callo, Nicholas Grant Fulton, Dean Ratcliffe, Jeffrey Stearns, Miles Jonathan Whitehead