Patents by Inventor Michael G. Phillips

Michael G. Phillips 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: 8645257
    Abstract: A computer system for administering investment funds holding shares of funds includes a processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is adapted to access from the memory storage device data indicative of allocation targets for allocating invested funds among two or more funds in two or more investment categories; receive data indicative of current holdings of shares, subscriptions and redemptions, and including security values, prices and fund value data; calculate the current allocations among investment categories and determine any differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets; allocate cash from the subscriptions to funds having allocations below their target allocations, commencing with a fund ranked at a greatest level below its target allocation; and allocate the cash to be withdrawn via redemptions to funds having allocations above their target allocations, commencing with a fund ranked at a greatest level above its target allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Annoni, William J. Hovel, Michael G. Phillips, Donald M. Pizzella, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130346341
    Abstract: A computer system for administering investment funds holding shares of funds includes a processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is adapted to access from the memory storage device data indicative of allocation targets for allocating invested funds among two or more funds in two or more investment categories; receive data indicative of current holdings of shares, subscriptions and redemptions, and including security values, prices and fund value data; calculate the current allocations among investment categories and determine any differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets; allocate cash from the subscriptions to funds having allocations below their target allocations, commencing with a fund ranked at a greatest level below its target allocation; and allocate the cash to be withdrawn via redemptions to funds having allocations above their target allocations, commencing with a fund ranked at a greatest level above its target allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Annoni, William J. Hovel, Michael G. Phillips, Donald M. Pizzella, JR.
  • Patent number: 8468080
    Abstract: A computer system for administering investment funds holding shares of funds includes a processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is adapted to access from the memory storage device data indicative of allocation targets for allocating invested funds among two or more funds in two or more investment categories; receive data indicative of current holdings of shares, subscriptions and redemptions, and including security values, prices and fund value data; calculate the current allocations among investment categories and determine any differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets; allocate the subscriptions in accordance with the differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets, and allocate the redemptions in accordance with the differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Annoni, William J. Hovel, Michael G. Phillips, Donald M. Pizzella, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100191668
    Abstract: A computer system for administering investment funds holding shares of funds includes a processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is adapted to access from the memory storage device data indicative of allocation targets for allocating invested funds among two or more funds in two or more investment categories; receive data indicative of current holdings of shares, subscriptions and redemptions, and including security values, prices and fund value data; calculate the current allocations among investment categories and determine any differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets; allocate the subscriptions in accordance with the differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets, and allocate the redemptions in accordance with the differences between the current allocations and the allocation targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Annoni, William J. Hovel, Michael G. Phillips, Donald M. Pizzella, Jr.