Patents by Inventor Edoardo Dimitri

Edoardo Dimitri 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).

  • Synthetic currency
    Patent number: 8108283
    Abstract: A method for formulating a synthetic currency including the steps of borrowing an amount of funds in at least one first currency at a first interest rate, converting a portion of the borrowed funds to at least one second currency, investing the portion of the borrowed funds in an investment that pays interest which covers at least a portion of cost of borrowing the borrowed funds in the first currency, and providing a third currency based on the remaining portion of the borrowed funds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Barclays Bank PLC
    Inventors: Edoardo Dimitri, Filippos Kasimatis, Andrew Kaufmann
  • System and method for calculating a foreign exchange index
    Publication number: 20080290181
    Abstract: A method for calculating a foreign exchange index including the steps of: retrieving currency exchange rates corresponding to a plurality of currencies; adjusting long positions and short positions in the plurality of currencies based on an optimization algorithm; and generating the index based on the results of the adjusting step. The foreign exchange index may be calculated on a periodic basis using an optimization model implemented via a computer program, and may be used as a benchmark for a variety of financial products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Edoardo Dimitri, Philippos Kassimatis, Andrew Kaufmann
  • Synthetic currency
    Publication number: 20080222051
    Abstract: A method for formulating a synthetic currency including the steps of borrowing an amount of funds in at least one first currency at a first interest rate, converting a portion of the borrowed funds to at least one second currency, investing the portion of the borrowed funds in an investment that pays interest which covers at least a portion of cost of borrowing the borrowed funds in the first currency, and providing a third currency based on the remaining portion of the borrowed funds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Edoardo Dimitri, Filippos Kasimatis, Andrew Kaufmann