Patents by Inventor Jennifer Ruth Mead

Jennifer Ruth Mead 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).

  • Patent number: 8170942
    Abstract: A system and method provides investors with meaningful information extracted from large volumes of available data for a particular stock, mutual fund, bond, or other investment. The system includes one or more computers that receive and process multiple data feeds to extract information relating to each type of investment. The processed data is compared to “alert rules” each corresponding to a predefined condition, and a truth table is established that identifies alerts that are true for each particular investment. An investor logs onto a web site and enters a stock ticker symbol or similar investment identifier. Computer software displays a web page including “alerts” that are presently true for that particular investment. The alerts can be predefined by financial experts to make them useful to novice investors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Ruth Mead, Eric K. Zinda, Daniel J. Fisher, Malti Raghavan, James Jubak
  • Publication number: 20100332414
    Abstract: A system and method provides investors with meaningful information extracted from large volumes of available data for a particular stock, mutual fund, bond, or other investment. The system includes one or more computers that receive and process multiple data feeds to extract information relating to each type of investment. The processed data is compared to “alert rules” each corresponding to a predefined condition, and a truth table is established that identifies alerts that are true for each particular investment. An investor logs onto a web site and enters a stock ticker symbol or similar investment identifier. Computer software displays a web page including “alerts” that are presently true for that particular investment. The alerts can be predefined by financial experts to make them useful to novice investors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Ruth Mead, Eric K. Zinda, Daniel J. Fisher, Malti Raghavan, James Jubak
  • Patent number: 7818232
    Abstract: A system and method provides investors with meaningful information extracted from large volumes of available data for a particular stock, mutual fund, bond, or other investment. The system includes one or more computers that receive and process multiple data feeds to extract information relating to each type of investment. The processed data is compared to “alert rules” each corresponding to a predefined condition, and a truth table is established that identifies alerts that are true for each particular investment. An investor logs onto a web site and enters a stock ticker symbol or similar investment identifier. Computer software displays a web page including “alerts” that are presently true for that particular investment. The alerts can be predefined by financial experts to make them useful to novice investors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Ruth Mead, Eric K. Zinda, Daniel J. Fisher, Malti Raghavan, James Jubak
  • Patent number: 6092067
    Abstract: A system for selectively recording a data structure where one or more external program modules are registered. A group of important actions is selected corresponding to both internal program modules and registered external program modules. The system determines if an action associated with one of the internal program modules or one of the registered external program modules has occurred. If so, the system determines if the action is one of the important actions. If the action is an important action, then information associated with the important action is placed into data fields of a data structure. The data structure containing the information is stored in computer memory. The data structure is maintained within a central container or folder in memory, along with previously recorded data structures. The data structure can be automatically deleted after a predetermined threshold of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Marcus Girling, Jennifer Ruth Mead, Nicholas Paul Duane, Se-Wai Lee, David John Brennan, Eric Van Doren, Michael Gene Leu