Patents by Inventor Ric Marshall

Ric Marshall 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).

  • Publication number: 20040215648
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for identifying and displaying inter-relationships between corporate directors and boards is provided. The system includes a user interface that permits a user to select a query entity, which can include a director or corporation and an application program that accesses a relational database to identify interlinks between the query entity and other entities. Where the query entity is a director, interlinks can be identified based on membership on a common board of directors or an affiliation with a common non-corporate organization, and where the query entity is a corporation, interlinks can be identified based on sharing a common director. Where two entities share two or more interlinks, an “interlock” is identified, which signifies a relationship of mutual self-interest or potential conflicts-of-interest that may adversely impact corporate governance. Results are displayed to a user via a graphical or tabular display interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: The Corporate Library
    Inventors: Ric Marshall, Jacqueline Cook
  • Publication number: 20030225652
    Abstract: A method and computer program product is provided for analyzing and projecting the future investment value of a business organization, such as a publicly-traded corporation. The method includes the assignment of a first score to the business organization based on one or more factors related to the corporate governance of the organization, including chief executive officer (CEO) compensation, outside director shareholdings, merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions, and accounting and audit practices. A second score is assigned to the business organization based on the past performance of the organization. The first and second scores are then correlated to provide a third score, which indicates a projected investment value of the business organization. The results may then be stored in a database and provided to an end user via a data network, such as the Internet, or stored on a computer useable medium, such as a floppy disk, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Nell Minow, Robert A.G. Monks, Ric Marshall
  • Patent number: 6154731
    Abstract: A computer program product stores computer instructions therein for instructing a computer to perform a process. The program product includes a recording medium readable by the computer, and computer instructions stored thereon instructing the computer to perform the process. The instructions and the process include determining and storing at least one enterprise attribute data, customer attribute data, shareholder attribute data and government attribute data, and implementing an enterprise computer simulation model that utilizes the attribute data and generates enterprise performance data. The enterprise simulation model evaluates the enterprise performance data with respect to the at least one of each other and predetermined criteria. The data from evaluated enterprise performance is then used for ranking, indexing, decision making, enterprise controlling and/or investment purposes, manually and/or electronically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Inventors: Robert A. G. Monks, Ric Marshall