Patents by Inventor William Cree Steward

William Cree Steward 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: 7171383
    Abstract: An integrated system organizes a company's experiences, operating procedures, best practices, information sources, competitive information and analytical tools. The goal is increasing profitability within a due diligence process while facilitating ongoing operations. The system incorporates a method for collaborating on due diligence issues to affect knowledge building within due diligence teams. The method includes accessing stored, accumulated knowledge in a repository from prior due diligence exercises, applying to due diligence decisions criteria based on consolidated analytical building blocks of past due diligence exercises and storing newly accumulated knowledge from the current due diligence exercise into the repository of accumulated knowledge. Access to this information is available globally via the internet as well as locally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: GE Corporate Financial Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Richard Paul Messmer, William Cree Steward, Marc Thomas Edgar, Brian N. Dingman
  • Patent number: 7039608
    Abstract: A method of valuation of large groups of assets by partial full underwriting, partial sample underwriting and inferred values of the remainder using an iterative and adaptive supervised and unsupervised statistical evaluation of all assets and statistical inferences drawn from the evaluation and applied to generate the inferred asset values. Individual asset values are developed and listed in realtional tables so that individual asset values can be rapidly taken from the tables and quickly grouped in any desired or prescribed manner for bidding purposes. The assets are collected into a database, divided into categories by credit variable, subdivided by ratings as to those variables and then rated individually. The assets are then regrouped according to a bidding grouping and a collective valuations established by cumulating the individual valuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: GE Capital Commercial Finance, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Tim Kerry Keyes, David Jonathan Spencer, Catharine Lynn Midkiff, Richard Paul Messmer, Chandrasekhar Pisupati, Yu-to Chen, Marc Thomas Edgar, James Louis Cifarelli, Kunter Seref Akbay, Vrinda Rajiv, David Richard Nelson, William Cree Steward
  • Patent number: 7028005
    Abstract: A method of valuation of large groups of assets by a partial full underwriting, partial sample underwriting and inferred valuation of the remainder using an iterative and adaptive statistical evaluation of all assets and statistical inferences drawn from the evaluation and applied to generate inferred asset values. Individual asset values are developed and listed so that individual asset values can be rapidly taken and quickly grouped in any manner for bidding purposes. The assets are collected into a database, divided into categories, subdivided by ratings and then rated individually. Asset value is continuously recalculated based on progressively improving asset valuation data. The assets are then regrouped for bidding and a collective valuation is established by cumulating individual valuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: GE Capital Commercial Finance, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Paul Messmer, Christopher Donald Johnson, Tim Kerry Keyes, William Cree Steward, Marc Thomas Edgar
  • Patent number: 6985881
    Abstract: A method of valuation of large groups of assets using an iterative and adaptive statistical evaluation to generate asset values is described. Individual asset values are developed and listed so that individual asset values can be rapidly taken and quickly grouped in any desired or prescribed manner for bidding purposes. One method of automated underwriting includes defining clusters of financial instruments by common attributes, receiving an expert opinion of value from selected samples of the clusters, checking values for combinations of attributes and reconciling the values. A collective valuation of the assets is established by cumulating the individual valuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: GE Capital Commercial Finance, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Tim Kerry Keyes, Marc Thomas Edgar, Chandrasekhar Pisupati, William Cree Steward
  • Publication number: 20020116236
    Abstract: An integrated system organizes a company's experiences, operating procedures, best practices, information sources, competitive information and analytical tools. The goal is increasing profitability within a due diligence process while facilitating ongoing operations. The system incorporates a method for collaborating on due diligence issues to affect knowledge building within due diligence teams. The method includes accessing stored, accumulated knowledge in a repository from prior due diligence exercises, applying to due diligence decisions criteria based on consolidated analytical building blocks of past due diligence exercises and storing newly accumulated knowledge from the current due diligence exercise into the repository of accumulated knowledge. Access to this information is available globally via the internet as well as locally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Richard Paul Messmer, William Cree Steward, Marc Thomas Edgar, Brian N. Dingman
  • Publication number: 20020052815
    Abstract: A method of valuation of large groups of assets using an iterative and adaptive statistical evaluation to generate asset values is described. Individual asset values are developed and listed so that individual asset values can be rapidly taken and quickly grouped in any desired or prescribed manner for bidding purposes. One method of automated underwriting includes defining clusters of financial instruments by common attributes, receiving an expert opinion of value from selected samples of the clusters, checking values for combinations of attributes and reconciling the values. A collective valuation of the assets is established by cumulating the individual valuations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Tim Kerry Keyes, Marc Thomas Edgar, Chandrasekhar Pisupati, William Cree Steward
  • Publication number: 20020013752
    Abstract: A method of valuation of large groups of assets by partial full underwriting, partial sample underwriting and inferred values of the remainder using an iterative and adaptive supervised and unsupervised statistical evaluation of all assets and statistical inferences drawn from the evaluation and applied to generate the inferred asset values. Individual asset values are developed and listed in realtional tables so that individual asset values can be rapidly taken from the tables and quickly grouped in any desired or prescribed manner for bidding purposes.. The assets are collected into a database, divided into categories by credit variable, subdivided by ratings as to those variables and then rated individually. The assets are then regrouped according to a bidding grouping and a collective valuations established by cumulating the individual valuations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher D. Johnson, Tim Kerry Keyes, David Jonathan Spencer, Catharine Lynn Midkiff, Richard Paul Messmer, Chandrasekhar Pisupati, Yu-To Chen, Marc Thomas Edgar, James Louis Cifarelli, Kunter Seref Akbay, Vrinda Rajiv, David Richard Nelson, William Cree Steward
  • Publication number: 20010039525
    Abstract: A method of valuation of large groups of assets by a partial full underwriting, partial sample underwriting and inferred valuation of the remainder using an iterative and adaptive statistical evaluation of all assets and statistical inferences drawn from the evaluation and applied to generate inferred asset values. Individual asset values are developed and listed so that individual asset values can be rapidly taken and quickly grouped in any manner for bidding purposes.. The assets are collected into a database, divided into categories, subdivided by ratings and then rated individually. Asset value is continuously recalculated based on progressively improving asset valuation data. The assets are then regrouped for bidding and a collective valuation is established by cumulating individual valuations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Richard Paul Messmer, Christopher Donald Johnson, Tim Kerry Keyes, William Cree Steward, Marc Thomas Edgar