Patents by Inventor Yuan-An Fan

Yuan-An Fan 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: 10223749
    Abstract: Retirement planning methods and systems for use with an individual investor having a retirement plan comprising assets and future liabilities. One or more computing devices perform the methods. Embodiments of the methods include determining a net present value of the assets and a net present value of the future liabilities. A funded ratio is calculated as a function of the net present value of the assets and the net present value of the future liabilities. If the funded ratio is less than a predetermined threshold value, the retirement plan is at risk of being underfunded. If the funded ratio is greater than the predetermined threshold value, the retirement plan is not at risk of being underfunded. An indication may be displayed indicating whether the retirement plan is at risk of being underfunded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: RUSSELL INVESTMENTS GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Rod Steven Greenshields, Grant Walter Gardner, Samuel David Pittman, Steven M. Murray, Yuan-An Fan
  • Publication number: 20140143175
    Abstract: Retirement planning methods and systems for use with an individual investor having a retirement plan comprising assets and future liabilities. One or more computing devices perform the methods. Embodiments of the methods include determining a net present value of the assets and a net present value of the future liabilities. A funded ratio is calculated as a function of the net present value of the assets and the net present value of the future liabilities. If the funded ratio is less than a predetermined threshold value, the retirement plan is at risk of being underfunded. If the funded ratio is greater than the predetermined threshold value, the retirement plan is not at risk of being underfunded. An indication may be displayed indicating whether the retirement plan is at risk of being underfunded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Rod Steven Greenshields, Grant Walter Gardner, Samuel David Pittman, Steven M. Murray, Yuan-An Fan
  • Patent number: 8671045
    Abstract: Method and system for implementing an adaptive investing methodology. An asset allocation is determined for each of a plurality of periods of a model duration that optimize an objective function. The asset allocations identify for each of the periods how much of the investment account to invest in one or more asset classes. The objective function subtracts a value of a shortfall risk function from an expected value of an amount of income to be generated by an annuity purchased at the end of the model duration with funds in the investment account at the end of the model duration. The asset allocations are associated with values of a plurality of investor variables. The values of the plurality of investor variables and their associated asset allocations may be stored in one or more wealth tables and used to look up asset allocations for one or more investors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Frank Russell Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. O'Connor, Grant W. Gardner, Yuan-An Fan
  • Publication number: 20130085963
    Abstract: Method and system for implementing an adaptive investing methodology. An asset allocation is determined for each of a plurality of periods of a model duration that optimize an objective function. The asset allocations identify for each of the periods how much of the investment account to invest in one or more asset classes. The objective function subtracts a value of a shortfall risk function from an expected value of an amount of income to be generated by an annuity purchased at the end of the model duration with funds in the investment account at the end of the model duration. The asset allocations are associated with values of a plurality of investor variables. The values of the plurality of investor variables and their associated asset allocations may be stored in one or more wealth tables and used to look up asset allocations for one or more investors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: FRANK RUSSELL COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin P. O'Connor, Grant W. Gardner, Yuan-An Fan