Patents by Inventor Jack W. Hoffman

Jack W. Hoffman 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).

  • Distributed matching system for displaying a book of credit filtered bids and offers
    Patent number: 6260025
    Abstract: A distributed electronic trading system for displaying a real-time credit filtered view of at least one market in which financial instruments are traded in which the market view includes a predetermined number of orders currently available to a viewing trading entity based upon one or more credit limits entered by the viewing trading entities and/or other trading entities in the system includes a host for receiving and storing orders and credit information entered by a plurality of trading entities including the viewing trading entity, for transmitting the orders and predetermined display parameters, and for selectively transmitting the credit information; a plurality of intelligent nodes linked to the host; and a plurality of keystations respectively linked to one or more of the intelligent nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Geneva Branch of Reuters Transaction Services Ltd.
    Inventors: David L. Silverman, Jack W. Hoffman
  • Distributed matching system for displaying a book of credit filtered bids and offers
    Patent number: 5924083
    Abstract: A distributed electronic trading system for displaying a real-time credit filtered view of at least one market in which financial instruments are traded in which the market view includes a predetermined number of orders currently available to a viewing trading entity based upon one or more credit limits entered by the viewing trading entities and/or other trading entities in the system includes a host for receiving and storing orders and credit information entered by a plurality of trading entities including the viewing trading entity, for transmitting the orders and predetermined display parameters, and for selectively transmitting the credit information; a plurality of intelligent nodes linked to the host; and a plurality of keystations respectively linked to one or more of the intelligent nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Geneva Branch of Reuters Transaction Services Limited
    Inventors: David L. Silverman, Jack W. Hoffman