Patents by Inventor Howard S. Engelhart

Howard S. Engelhart 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).

  • Block trading system and method providing price improvement to aggressive orders
    Patent number: 8095456
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment comprises a method for trading items among a plurality of traders, the method comprising: (a) receiving a first order for at least one item from one of the traders into an electronic trading system, wherein the first order provides priority for said at least one item but does not reserve said at least one item; (b) receiving, from another one of the traders, a second order into the electronic trading system that matches said first order; (c) determining that at least a portion of the first order is available to be filled by at least a portion of the second order; (d) reserving said at least a portion of said first order for execution against said at least a portion of said second order; and (e) executing said at least a portion of said first order against said at least a portion of said second order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Pipeline Financial Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Henri Waelbroeck, Fred J. Federspiel, Andrew Roper, Howard S. Engelhart, Sean Kirkpatrick
  • Block Trading System And Method Providing Price Improvement To Aggressive Orders
    Publication number: 20110178914
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment comprises a method for trading items among a plurality of traders, the method comprising: (a) receiving a first order for at least one item from one of the traders into an electronic trading system, wherein the first order provides priority for said at least one item but does not reserve said at least one item; (b) receiving, from another one of the traders, a second order into the electronic trading system that matches said first order; (c) determining that at least a portion of the first order is available to be filled by at least a portion of the second order; (d) reserving said at least a portion of said first order for execution against said at least a portion of said second order; and (e) executing said at least a portion of said first order against said at least a portion of said second order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Henri Waelbroeck, Fred J. Federspiel, Andrew Roper, Howard S. Engelhart, Sean Kirkpatrick
  • Block trading system and method providing price improvement to aggressive orders
    Patent number: 7882015
    Abstract: In a trading system for trading securities or the like, Contra Targeting is performed by enabling users to expose the liquidity within their order management system without divulging order management system information to a central trading server. Also, virtual orders can be placed and executed which give users price-time priority on an order without reserving the shares until the moment of execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Pipeline Financial Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Henri Waelbroeck, Fred J. Federspiel, Andrew Roper, Howard S. Engelhart, Sean Kirkpatrick
  • BLOCK TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING PRICE IMPROVEMENT TO AGGRESSIVE ORDERS
    Publication number: 20090076961
    Abstract: In a trading system for trading securities or the like, Contra Targeting is performed by enabling users to expose the liquidity within their order management system without divulging order management system information to a central trading server. Also, virtual orders can be placed and executed which give users price-time priority on an order without reserving the shares until the moment of execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Pipeline Financial Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Henri Waelbroeck, Fred J. Federspiel, Andrew Roper, Howard S. Engelhart, Sean Kirkpatrick