Patents by Inventor Paul WESTCOTT

Paul WESTCOTT 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIOUS ENTITIES USING A GRAPH DATABASE
    Publication number: 20220092117
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the extent of beneficial ownership of a target business by populating a database structure wherein businesses and ownership relationships between the business are represented by nodes and links. Steps include querying the database to establish the related ownership links; analyzing results of the query to determine ownership loops; de-looping the ownership relationships; and calculating the percentage ownership of each of the beneficial owners of the target business based on de-looped ownership relationships. A computer readable non-transitory storage medium stores instructions of a computer program, which when executed by a computer system results in performance of steps of the method. A system architecture having features uniquely suited to the task is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stuart SWINDELL, Yunhong LIU, Thomas KELLY, Paul WESTCOTT
  • System and method of creating different relationships between various entities using a graph database
    Patent number: 11222073
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the extent of beneficial ownership of a target business by populating a database structure wherein businesses and ownership relationships between the business are represented by nodes and links. Steps include querying the database to establish the related ownership links; analyzing the query to determine ownership loops; de-looping the ownership relationships; and calculating the percentage ownership of each of the beneficial owners of the target business based on de-looped ownership relationships. A computer readable non-transitory storage medium stores instructions of a computer program, which when executed by a computer system results in performance of steps of the method. A system architecture having features uniquely suited to the task is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: THE DUN AND BRADSTREET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stuart Swindell, Yunhong Liu, Thomas Kelly, Paul Westcott
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIOUS ENTITIES USING A GRAPH DATABASE
    Publication number: 20180225389
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the extent of beneficial ownership of a target business by populating a database structure wherein businesses and ownership relationships between the business are represented by nodes and links. Steps include querying the database to establish the related ownership links; analyzing the query to determine ownership loops; de-looping the ownership relationships; and calculating the percentage ownership of each of the beneficial owners of the target business based on de-looped ownership relationships. A computer readable non-transitory storage medium stores instructions of a computer program, which when executed by a computer system results in performance of steps of the method. A system architecture having features uniquely suited to the task is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Stuart SWINDELL, Yunhong LIU, Thomas KELLY, Paul WESTCOTT