Patents by Inventor Hal Hinkle

Hal Hinkle 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).

  • System and Method for Use in Auditing Financial Transactions
    Publication number: 20120109812
    Abstract: A data processing system that records detailed market information for one or more financial markets to facilitate the audit of executed trades for time, quantity, and price as being reasonable. The system receives and records data from financial markets, including the date and time trades are executed and the prices at which the financial instruments traded. The system provides users the ability to compare a particular transaction for a financial instrument to transaction data for the same and/or related financial instruments at around the same time, to determine whether the price paid for the financial instrument is reasonable for the time the trade was executed. A trade confirmation service is also provided to permit traders to verify the parameters of executed transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ICAP SERVICES NORTH AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Hal Hinkle, R. Raymond May
  • System and method for use in auditing financial transactions
    Patent number: 8103575
    Abstract: A data processing system that records detailed market information for one or more financial markets to facilitate the audit of executed trades for time, quantity, and price as being reasonable. The system receives and records data from financial markets, including the date and time trades are executed and the prices at which the financial instruments traded. The system provides users the ability to compare a particular transaction for a financial instrument to transaction data for the same and/or related financial instruments at around the same time, to determine whether the price paid for the financial instrument is reasonable for the time the trade was executed. A trade confirmation service is also provided to permit traders to verify the parameters of executed transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: ICAP Services North America LLC
    Inventors: Hal Hinkle, Richard Raymond May