Patents by Inventor Shawn Simpson

Shawn Simpson 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: 12118614
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to electronic trading systems, and more specifically to systems and methods for electronic trade order routing. Specifically, electronic trade orders may be divided into a first set and a second set. The first set of trade orders are executed with ad hoc execution styles. For the second set, execution style recommendations are generated in a form of a lookup table for the second set of trade orders according to a testing routing strategy. The second set of trade orders are executed with recommended execution styles. A difference between performance metrics among the first set of trade orders and the second set of trade orders is computed. A decision on whether to adopt the recommended execution style is generated based at least in part on the computed difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: BlackRock, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Simpson, Jingxin Xi, Donald Weidner, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani
  • Patent number: 12067619
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to electronic trading systems, and more specifically to systems and methods for electronic trade order routing. A routing algorithm may generate an execution style recommendation for incoming IG corporate orders. For example, the style recommendation may be shown as a new column in the trading application dashboard that suggests a course of action to traders for each order. In one implementation, automatic decision making may occur based on the style recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: BlackRock, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Simpson, Jingxin Xi, Donald Weidner, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani
  • Patent number: 11887136
    Abstract: A decision-making tool for real estate properties consumes information about properties at a zip code level (including, but not limited to, transactions and construction), and outputs an indicator predicting whether capital is crowding into a specific region of the respective zip code in the next time period, e.g., next month, next quarter, etc. In this way, users can use the various deal flow data to better understand the likely patterns in capital flows in the real estate market for the upcoming quarter, and thus to inform decisions related to investing in real estate property or divesting existing properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BLACKROCK, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Symes, Anita Mehrotra, Melanie Manko, Patrick A. Ewane Essouman, Eric Warren Tawney, Shawn Simpson
  • Patent number: 5188546
    Abstract: A carrier web of sheet metal material joining stamped and formed components of an electrical connector is disclosed. The component is carried through the stamping and forming process by the carrier web of the sheet metal material. The component is stamped and formed from the material such that at least a portion of the component projects from one side of the original plane of the sheet metal material. The carrier web is formed into a three-dimensional configuration to reduce the spacing between adjacent components. A portion of the web may project a sufficient distance from the one side of the original plane of the sheet metal material to protect the projecting portion of the component during subsequent manufacturing operations on the component. A retaining structure may also be provided to retain the components at a predetermined spacing on the carrier web. A method of manufacturing the carrier web is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Ballard, Ronald E. Bottino, Mark K. Labbe, John E. Lopata, Tom Malinski, Wilhelm Meier, Lou Morelli, Michael G. Pacyga, Mitch Primorac, Bernardus Roodnat, Shawn Simpson