| 6941280 |
Determining intra-day net asset value of an actively managed exchange traded fund |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A system for determining an intra-day net asset value proxy of an actively managed exchanged traded fund and the like includes a trusted computer system that has a physical hardware and operating system... |
| 6941279 |
Mutual fund card method and system |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A computerized method and system for implementing such method, the method comprising establishing a card payment instrument account for an approved customer and an investment account for the benefit of... |
| 6938012 |
Method, apparatus and program for quantitative competition and recording medium having recorded thereon the program |
| Aug-30-2005 |
Numbers 1, 2, . . . , M are assigned to bidding prices from the minimum to maximum values V1 to VN. For a bidding value Vvi each user 11-i generates two sequences... |
| 6938011 |
Click based trading with market depth display |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading commodities on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders... |
| 6937990 |
System for syndication of insurance |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A system is described for facilitating a syndicated sale of an insurance policy. The system employs a processor and a storage device connected to the processor, and a data receiving device and data output... |
| 6934692 |
On-line interactive system and method for transacting business |
| Aug-23-2005 |
The present invention includes a method for transacting business over a network between multiple buyers and sellers. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention operates within an improved extranet system... |
| 6925446 |
Purchase price, auction server, product retailing method, product purchasing method, program storage device, and program transmission apparatus therefor |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A purchase price bid research system comprises: a mediator server connected to a communication network and to intending purchaser terminals, wherein the intending purchaser terminals transmit purchase... |
| 6925364 |
Power market approach for device cooling |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A market-based approach provides temperature control for a number of areas of a heat-generating device. Bids for a cooling resource are generated, each bid associated with a particular area of the device.... |
| 6920433 |
Vehicular data exchange system and method therefor |
| Jul-19-2005 |
The vehicular data exchange system of the present invention includes a plurality of computer terminals and a processor. Each of the computer terminals include an input device for inputting the vehicular... |
| 6920430 |
Method and system for an electronic procurement system for state governments |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A system is disclosed for providing electronic procurement services to a state government agency at a price to the government agency which will permit the government agency to share in savings resulting... |
| 6920429 |
Method for online display and negotiation of cargo rates |
| Jul-19-2005 |
Freight forwarders and carriers post published rate and discount information for land, sea and air bearing cargo vessels to allow customers the opportunity to evaluate competitive prices, preferably in... |
| 6915274 |
Reverse logistics method for recapturing value of used goods over internet exchange portals |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A reverse logistics method for recapturing value of used goods over one or more internet exchange portals is disclosed. The method of the present invention includes the steps of offering used goods, owned... |
| 6912511 |
Method of monitoring market liquidity |
| Jun-28-2005 |
The present invention provides market participants the ability to infer the current internal state, i.e., the depth and activity of active buyers and sellers, in a variety of markets, such as double-auction... |
| 6912510 |
Methods of exchanging an obligation |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A method of exchanging an obligation between parties where the exchange is administered by a supervisory institution that ensures real-time settling of obligations between parties by updating shadow records... |
| 6912509 |
Investment portfolio selection |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A system for and method of investing a lump sum amount in order to return N periodic installments at a specified confidence level. A set of candidate investment instruments is selected from a universe... |
| 6912277 |
Assigning telecommunications services to matchable classes |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A telecommunications services exchange that assigns telecommunications services to a relatively small number of tagged classes based on the values of certain parameters characterizing these services is... |
| 6911133 |
Automated system for issuing and managing offence tickets |
| Jun-28-2005 |
The invention concerns a system for issuing and managing offence tickets comprising a portable input device provided to the policeman for recording therein data concerning the contravening vehicle, a ticket... |
| 6910019 |
Countdown on-line auction clock |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A method is disclosed herein for displaying time lapse for an on-line auction for an item in a computer. According to the method, the processor time in the computer is obtained and compared to the official... |
| 6909941 |
Methods for the management of a bulk electric power market |
| Jun-21-2005 |
The present invention provides methods for managing a bulk electric power market. In an example embodiment of the invention, a set of inter-related process streams relating to the bulk electric power market... |
| 6907405 |
Computer controlled priority right auctioning system |
| Jun-14-2005 |
An automated priority right auctioning system receives and evaluates bid information records received from a plurality of remote terminals. The bid information records correspond to bids for one or more... |
| 6907402 |
Commodity trading system |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A method for buying commodities comprising identifying suppliers of commodities having surplus capacities; entering into take or pay supply agreements for a plurality of commodities with one or more of... |
| 6901383 |
Stock purchase indices |
| May-31-2005 |
A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated... |
| 6892186 |
Auction method and apparatus for electronic commerce |
| May-10-2005 |
An electronic trading entity (400) comprises a computing device having a processor, memory, user interface, and communications functionality, the computer entity comprising an algorithm (700) for monitoring... |
| 6882985 |
Marketplace system fees enhancing market share and participation |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A method for use by buyers and sellers in the execution of trades. The price of each executed trade within the system is logged. Next, a trend line is derived from the logged trades. The trading fee for... |
| 6879964 |
Investment company that issues a class of conventional shares and a class of exchange-traded shares in the same fund |
| Apr-12-2005 |
An investment company is administered by issuing one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the company at a net asset value, issuing one or more classes of shares that are listed... |
| 6876997 |
Method and apparatus for indentifying related searches in a database search system |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A method of generating a search result list also provides related searches for use by a searcher. Search listings which generate a match with a search request submitted by the searcher are identified in... |
| 6876983 |
System and method for facilitating aggregate shopping |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A system for facilitating aggregate shopping is disclosed. The system comprises (a) a database server system being for maintaining at least one shoppers group, the at least one shoppers group being characterized... |
| 6876982 |
Universal contract exchange |
| Apr-5-2005 |
This invention concerns trading in financial instruments, such as by use of a computer based cash management facility electronically linked to a computer based clearing house, and an automated real time... |
| 6876309 |
Bond trading system |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A computer-implemented, transaction-making, municipal bond trading system having a capability to conduct a private electronic auction of bid wanteds between a central brokers' broker and multiple prospective... |
| 6871191 |
Method and system for partial quantity evaluated rank bidding in online auctions |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method and system for conducting electronic online auctions having partial quantity evaluated rank bidding is disclosed. Submitted bids are ordered on a basis of a comparative bid parameter used by an... |
| 6871190 |
System and method for conducting an electronic auction over an open communications network |
| Mar-22-2005 |
An interactive system conducts auctions over an open communications network. Remote bidder site(s) are interconnected with remote scum site(s). Data for desired merchandise to be acquired at an auction... |
| 6871181 |
System and method of assessing and rating vendor risk and pricing of technology delivery insurance |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method and system for providing a standardization and commoditizing the process of technology contracts and creating method for assessing, scoring, ranking and rating technology vendors for the purpose... |
| 6868401 |
Transaction processing system to facilitate the commercial support activities associated with the buying and selling of commodity products |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A transaction processing system facilitates the buying and selling of commodity products by establishing a single documentary record for the transaction, requiring approval of variables introduced into... |
| 6868400 |
Spread-maximizing travel-services trading system using buyer- and seller-specified multi-attribute values |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A multi-attribute trading system creates value for both the buyer and seller. A spread or net value between the buyer's true value and the seller's true value is divided among the buyer, seller, and trading... |
| 6862580 |
System and method for managing tier-priced commodity transactions |
| Mar-1-2005 |
In an embodiment, a method of operating a processor coupled to a network to manage the sale of a commodity is comprises providing bidders with respective prices for bundled products. Each bundled product... |
| 6856970 |
Electronic financial transaction system |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A financial transaction system consistent with the invention allows clients of a financial institution to use a web-based workstation to interface with a plurality of back office systems within one or... |
| 6850907 |
Automated price improvement protocol processor |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A data processing system for implementing transaction management of auction-based trading for specialized items such as fixed income instruments. The data processing system provides a highly structured... |
| 6850906 |
Real-time financial search engine and method |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A real-time financial search engine retrieves financial updates in real-time. A condensation memory in the real-time financial search engine stores financial data in a compacted space that allows computation... |
| 6847944 |
Method of evaluating long-term average portfolio risk and return for cyclical corporation |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method of evaluating long-term average portfolio risk and return for a cyclical corporation includes the steps of obtaining historical pricing information for financial instruments used for a relevant... |
| 6847939 |
System and method of conducting on-line auctions |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A system for conducting on-line auctions of products is disclosed. The system comprises (a) a database server system being for storing and providing on demand, information pertaining to a plurality of... |
| 6847938 |
Method of exchanging goods over the internet |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method and system is taught for coordinating the exchange of goods between parties over a communications network such as the internet. Users of the system can interact with a central computer to input... |
| 6839690 |
System for conducting business over the internet |
| Jan-4-2005 |
An Internet-based system that allows a buyer and a seller to obtain information about each other while remaining somewhat anonymous. The system provides historic information to buyer and seller by having... |
| 6839685 |
Method and system for creating a portfolio of stock equities |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A computer-implemented method and system for selecting stock equities for inclusion in a strategic investment portfolio includes identifying stocks making up a preselected index, and analyzing the stocks... |
| 6839453 |
Method and apparatus for authenticating unique items such as sports memorabilia |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A method and system for providing owners, potential buyers and other users of autographed items such as sports and other entertainment memorabilia visual evidence for verifying the authenticity of the... |
| 6836762 |
Internet-audiotext electronic advertising system with anonymous bi-directional messaging |
| Dec-28-2004 |
The present invention relates to an electronic advertising system. More specifically, the present invention allows telephone users to create a "mailbox" at the point of responding to an ad, regardless... |
| 6834811 |
Market-based temperature control system and method |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A temperature control system and method uses a market-based approach to control the temperature of regions within an unpartitioned space, such as a computer data center. Market agents may be associated... |
| 6834272 |
Privacy preserving negotiation and computation |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A method for secure multi-party function evaluation with a non-limiting application to the holding of auctions. The outcome of an auction can be determined by an auctioneer without learning any information... |
| 6832211 |
System and method for producing technology-based price targets for a company stock |
| Dec-14-2004 |
Target valuations for company stocks are produced based on the strength and quality of their technology. The valuations are derived from a combination of indicators that measure the quality of companies'... |
| 6832210 |
Market neutral pairtrade model |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A process for implementing a market neutral relative value strategy to provide up-to-the-minute equity trading recommendations includes selecting pairtrades, each having both high correlation coefficient... |
| 6832209 |
Method and apparatus for tax-efficient investment using both long and short positions |
| Dec-14-2004 |
Methods and apparatus are provided for investment which utilize knowledge which predicts both financial instruments which are expected to outperform their markets and financial instruments which are expected... |
