| 6829589 |
Method and apparatus for stock and index option price improvement, participation, and internalization |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A method for stock and index option trading includes the steps of receiving an option order copy from an order flow provider. The option order is contemporaneously submitted to a market. The option order... |
| 6826687 |
Commitments in signatures |
| Nov-30-2004 |
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for generating a TCR-commitment having properties differing from the properties of a regular commitment. It provides solutions to the problem of packet... |
| 6826543 |
System and method for matching an offer with a quote |
| Nov-30-2004 |
Described is a system and method that satisfies offers from customers with quotes from suppliers in a way that increases the likelihood of achieving an acceptable match. The system of the present invention... |
| 6816841 |
Program providing apparatus and method, program receiving apparatus and method |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A method and apparatus for providing pay programs to viewers, distributes program guide information representing the program subject which will be broadcast receives subscription information from a person... |
| 6813612 |
Remote bidding supplement for traditional live auctions |
| Nov-2-2004 |
A remote bidding supplement for traditional-style live auctions, comprising an audio/video system for streaming instantaneous and buffer-free live audio and video data from a live auction site to one or... |
| 6810386 |
Company information disclosure system and memory medium |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A company information disclosure system quickly discloses information about companies listed in a securities exchange with fairness and in an adequate time to enhance the trading of the securities. A transmission... |
| 6807635 |
Using digital signatures to validate trading and streamline settlement of financial transaction workflow |
| Oct-19-2004 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses digital signatures in a novel configuration to perform validations to facilitate a trade. This system operates by receiving a quote related... |
| 6799183 |
Operation assistance method and system and recording medium for storing operation assistance method |
| Sep-28-2004 |
A work assistance method previously stores at least a plurality of work items required for a predetermined project work, a plurality of work products to be achieved for the respective work items, and a... |
| 6795811 |
Method for investing working capital |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A method of doing business comprises receiving an investment contract offer from a corporate investor specifying a principal amount and a maturation term. The investment contract offer is communicated... |
| 6792399 |
Combination forecasting using clusterization |
| Sep-14-2004 |
Combination forecasts are generated using predictions obtained from a group of forecasters. The forecasters are first divided into a number of pre-defined clusters, which typically will have been formed... |
| 6785660 |
E-business bid process |
| Aug-31-2004 |
Items for sale are listed on a first spreadsheet. A digital picture of an item taken by a video camera and imported to the first spreadsheet. Bids for the items are solicited from potential buyers by sending... |
| 6778968 |
Method and system for facilitating opportunistic transactions using auto-probes |
| Aug-17-2004 |
An automated internet based exchange system is described for controlling the exchanging of ownership interests in objects on a secondary market. The automated exchange includes one or more sub-exchanges... |
| 6778820 |
Method and apparatus for assuring that a telephone wager is placed within the wagering jurisdiction |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A wireless phone is provided with a GPS receiver and a system which is utilized to report the local position of the wireless phone either prior or during to the time of a telephone placed wager, in which... |
| 6772132 |
Click based trading with intuitive grid display of market depth |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable... |
| 6768981 |
Method for executing a cross-trade in a two-way wireless system |
| Jul-27-2004 |
A method for executing a cross-trade. The method includes the steps of receiving at a computer carried by a floor broker a sell order for execution, the sell order concerning an instrument and including... |
| 6766307 |
System and method for providing complete non-judicial dispute resolution management and operation |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A system and method for providing complete non-judicial dispute resolution management and operation. The system includes an electronic architecture which receives, sorts, and stores data related to non-judicial... |
| 6766304 |
Click based trading with intuitive grid display of market depth |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable... |
| 6760710 |
Process and products produced thereby, apparatus, and articles of manufacture, for computerized conversion of preferred-return instruments |
| Jul-6-2004 |
An improved process for the computerized conversion of preferred-return constant-dollar financial instruments into equivalent nominal-dollar instrument. The method includes providing a first digital electrical... |
| 6757687 |
Storage of data entries in digital devices and methods |
| Jun-29-2004 |
The present invention provides a storage means to store digital data entries, chronometer means arranged to provide chronological information to the device, and data entry arrangement means to manipulate... |
| 6751597 |
System and method for adaptive trade specification and match-making optimization |
| Jun-15-2004 |
Electronic commerce is facilitated through adaptive trade specifications and matchmaking optimization. Adaptive trade specifications provide a standard format for traders to specify what they want to obtain... |
| 6751596 |
System and method for tracking, monitoring, and supporting self-procuring principals in real estate transactions |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A system and method for tracking, monitoring, and supporting self-procurement of an individual for the purchase of a home. As a self-procuring principal (SPP), the individual would be entitled to the real... |
| 6748417 |
Autonomous network service configuration |
| Jun-8-2004 |
The present invention liberates service provider architecture by allowing the primary logic component that manages the live data to be autonomous from the client interactive logic components. The client... |
| 6742123 |
Apparatus and methods for preventing denial of service attacks |
| May-25-2004 |
In one aspect of the invention, the frames of a thread stack that associated with the misbehaving code are popped from the thread stack. Exception handling code is allowed to execute for trusted code by... |
| 6725204 |
System for facilitating the sale and shipment of cores |
| Apr-20-2004 |
The present invention provides a system for facilitating the sale and shipment of cores. The system includes a host processor that stores and processes data supplied by a plurality of vendors. The data... |
| 6721743 |
Value points exchanging managing method among first and second business entities where value points available to on-line customer obtaining goods or services |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A customer-use terminal unit 20 managed by a customer transmits exchange instructing information, which instructs an exchange of valuable points obtained by the customer for communication points used for... |
| 6718312 |
Method and system for combinatorial auctions with bid composition restrictions |
| Apr-6-2004 |
A method and system for dynamic combinatorial auctions employing bid composition restrictions is disclosed. Three exemplary types of bid composition restrictions, which may be applied either singly or... |
| 6704716 |
Method and system for conducting an online transaction that allows the seller and bidder to negotiate |
| Mar-9-2004 |
A method and system for conducting an online transaction that allows a seller and a bidder to negotiate a final sale price. The system displays information about the item. An offer is received from at... |
| 6704713 |
Computer controlled event ticket auctioning system |
| Mar-9-2004 |
An automated event ticket 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... |
| 6701434 |
Efficient hybrid public key signature scheme |
| Mar-2-2004 |
Methods, apparatus and computer products provide solutions to the problem caused by the slow speed of public key signature algorithms. The solutions also solve problems of packet authentication for multicast... |
| 6691094 |
Bank loan trading system and method |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A bank loan trading system and method is provided to utilize an electronic facility to facilitate the trading of bank loans. Sellers and buyers enter offers and bids that are posted to all potential buyers... |
| 6687682 |
System for discounting in a bidding process based on quality of service |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A multi-agent system for selecting a service based on competing bids, comprising a Bid Manager agent for issuing a call for bids, receiving the bids and selecting a best bid from among the received bids... |
| 6687681 |
Method and apparatus for tax efficient investment management |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A method and apparatus for automatically managing investment portfolios to substantially track a selected index and to automatically harvest tax losses is disclosed. Preferably, the system comprises an... |
| 6684196 |
Beginning-to-end online automation of real estate transactions |
| Jan-27-2004 |
Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating a transaction corresponding to real property between a seller and a buyer via a network. A negotiation relating to the real property between the buyer... |
| 6681211 |
Security analyst estimates performance viewing system and method |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A system and method for measuring, analyzing, and tracking the past performance of security analysts' earnings estimates and recommendations. The present invention provides a database of historical data... |
| 6681156 |
System and method for planning energy supply and interface to an energy management system for use in planning energy supply |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A system for planning energy supply for energy consumers includes a first sub-system operatively associated with an energy coordinating body, such as an energy management system, and second sub-systems... |
| 6671698 |
Method and system for automated tracing of an agricultural product |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A method and system of tracing an agricultural product relates to recording of at least one of planting information, growing information, harvesting information, chemical information, and weather information... |
| 6671676 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing and allocating resources of time-varying value using recursive lookahead |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A method and apparatus for continuously settling multi-sided competition for allocation of multi-attribute time-variable resources whose value that change over time or which expire if not allocated prior... |
| 6671674 |
Computer-based auction and sale system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A computer-based method and system for executing an auction. The invention discloses a method for conducting an online auction in which a nonredeemable fee is collected from each auction participant to... |
| 6671585 |
System, method and computer program product for enhancing commercial value of electrical power produced from a renewable energy power production facility |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A method, system and computer program product enhance the commercial value of electrical power produced from a wind turbine production facility. Features include the use of a premier power conversion device... |
| 6665649 |
Smooth end of auction on the internet |
| Dec-16-2003 |
The present invention provides a smooth ending system for an auction on the Internet. The system randomly selects an end time for the auction by picking an auction duration from a probability distribution,... |
| 6662340 |
Client-side form filler that populates form fields based on analyzing visible field labels and visible display format hints without previous examination or mapping of the form |
| Dec-9-2003 |
Client side program code examines electronic documents such as web pages and automatically fills out fields of forms contained in the document with the appropriate data from a user profile, without requiring... |
| 6647375 |
Risk reduction system |
| Nov-11-2003 |
A method for reducing risk including the steps of holding by a seller a liability having a future value S.sub.1 and determining the present value P.sub.1 of the liability in accordance with the future... |
| 6647374 |
System and method of assessing and rating vendor risk and pricing of technology delivery insurance |
| Nov-11-2003 |
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... |
| 6647373 |
Method and system for processing and transmitting electronic reverse auction information |
| Nov-11-2003 |
In order to conduct an electronic reverse auction, a computer system has a post means for posting product description information across a network, a bidding means for submitting a plurality of bids, proposals,... |
| 6633860 |
Method for fast multi-dimensional packet classification |
| Oct-14-2003 |
A simple and fast algorithm for multi-dimensional packet classification by solving the best matching filter problem. The substantial part of the algorithm includes the search of filters being concurrently... |
| 6629083 |
Computer-based service cooperative system and method for using the same |
| Sep-30-2003 |
A computer-based service cooperative system and method for use includes a host computer or a member initiator computer and at least two member computers linkable to the host or initiator computer. The... |
| 6629082 |
Auction system and method for pricing and allocation during capital formation |
| Sep-30-2003 |
Techniques are provided for an auction system that is used for pricing and allocating equity securities. Information about an offering to accept bids for equity shares is provided to qualified potential... |
| 6625583 |
Handheld trading system interface |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A computer implemented method for interacting with a user of a trading computer includes forming a number of ticker pages, simultaneously displaying ticker page selection elements, and displaying one of... |
| 6622130 |
Methods and apparatus relating to the formulation and trading of investment contracts |
| Sep-16-2003 |
Methods and apparatus relating to the formulation and trading of investment contracts are described. An ordering party inputs contract data relating to a phenomenon. The phenomenon has a range of future... |
| 6622129 |
Method of creating an index of residual values for leased assets, transferring residual value risk, and creating lease securitizations |
| Sep-16-2003 |
A method of creating an index of residual values for leased assets such as vehicles, transferring residual value risk, and creating lease securitizations. The index of residual values includes valuation... |
