Patents by Inventor Robert Eric RICE

Robert Eric RICE 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 including an electronic machine platform with multi-tier entity matching
    Patent number: 10776869
    Abstract: A system includes processing circuitry communicatively coupled to a plurality of terminals and a database that includes a first data structure that identifies a plurality of participant entities and that associates each of at least a subset of the participant entities with participant category information, by which the processing circuitry is configured to identify each of the participant entities as being one of three participant category entities, a second data structure that identifies assignable share data structures and respective ones of the plurality of participant entities to which the share data structures are assigned, and a third data structure that identifies offers of the participant entities to unload one or more of the share data structures assigned to the offering participant entities, and offers of the participant entities to obtain assignment of one or more of the share data structures, offers being matched according to a three-tier paradigm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: THE NASDAQ PRIVATE MARKET, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Eric Rice, Michael Chapman
  • SYSTEM INCLUDING AN ELECTRONIC MACHINE PLATFORM WITH MULTI-TIER ENTITY MATCHING
    Publication number: 20160086273
    Abstract: A system includes processing circuitry communicatively coupled to a plurality of terminals and a database that includes a first data structure that identifies a plurality of participant entities and that associates each of at least a subset of the participant entities with participant category information, by which the processing circuitry is configured to identify each of the participant entities as being one of three participant category entities, a second data structure that identifies assignable share data structures and respective ones of the plurality of participant entities to which the share data structures are assigned, and a third data structure that identifies offers of the participant entities to unload one or more of the share data structures assigned to the offering participant entities, and offers of the participant entities to obtain assignment of one or more of the share data structures, offers being matched according to a three-tier paradigm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Eric RICE, Michael CHAPMAN