Patents by Inventor Patrick Alan Thornton

Patrick Alan Thornton 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: 8577701
    Abstract: A computer system for processing data related to investment management includes a data storage device storing data including an account value; a plurality of investments and, for each of the investments, one of a plurality of categories associated with the investments and a value of the investments; and a server. The server is configured to access the stored data; determine a proportion of the value of the investments in the at least one of the plurality of categories to the account value; compare the determined proportion to at least one of an upper threshold proportion and a lower threshold proportion; and responsive to determining that the determined proportion is in breach of either the upper threshold proportion or the lower threshold proportion, provide output data to a fund manager computer system with instructions to reallocate value so as to provide the proportion at a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Rodney R. Howard, Patrick Alan Thornton