Patents by Inventor Loni J. Paul

Loni J. Paul 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).

  • Device and method for improving the speed and reliability of security trade settlements
    Patent number: 5497317
    Abstract: A security trade settlement device is provided. The device comprises a database having a plurality of delivery instruction sets, a database receiver for receiving an identifier, a database searcher for searching the database, and a database transmitter for transmitting the retrieved instruction set corresponding to the identifier. The device preferably also comprises a participant transmitter for transmitting the identifier and a participant receiver for receiving and outputting the retrieved, transmitted delivery instruction set. The database preferably also includes a plurality of account information sets which include a custodian delivery instruction set specified by the institution. In other aspects, the invention comprises methods of operating the database and the security trade settlement communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Thomson Trading Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Hawkins, Loni J. Paul, Phillip R. Cardwell, Peter T. Reeves, Helen B. Dean, Daniel B. Doherty, V, Paul J. Flaherty