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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190509 | System and method for price-based annotations in an electronic trading environment A system and method for generating and displaying annotations in relation to one or more prices corresponding to trader-related or market related events are described. In one embodiment, a trader may enter an annotation to be displayed in relation to one or more pri... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190505 | System and method for providing a financial product linked to a specific return A method for providing a financial contract having a payout amount based on a specific return on an asset for a performance period. The method includes the step of determining the total return, risk-free return and common factor return associated with the asset over... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190490 | Overconstraint detection, rule relaxation and demand reduction in a combinatorial exchange In a combinatorial exchange, a set of rules can be input for processing of bids received in connection with the exchange. At least one bid can be received from each of a plurality of exchange participants and a desired exchange objective can be defined. A determinat... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190489 | Bid modification based on logical connections between trigger groups in a combinatorial exchange In a combinatorial exchange, rules can be input for processing bids and a desired exchange objective can be defined. A subset of the rules can be used to determine if an allocation of the bids exists that is optimal for the type of exchange being conducted. If the d... | 05/29/2012 |
| RE43435 | Financial instruments, system, and exchanges (financial, stock, option and commodity) based upon realized volatility A financial instrument, exchange, and method based upon the volatility in the price of an underlying. Such volatility contracts have a creation date, a term expiring at an expiration date, and a settlement price at the expiration date defined as “Svol... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190508 | Bid management optimization A computing device receives, from a module that manages bids to bid engines, data relating to a bid rule, the data including at least two metrics concerning performance of the bid rule. Two of the metrics are selected for defining a goal for the bid rule, wherein a ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190510 | System and method for estimating and optimizing transaction costs A method and system for forecasting the transaction cost of a portfolio trade execution that may be applied to any given trade strategy or an optimal trade strategy that minimizes transaction costs. In preferred embodiments, a server comprises one or more computers ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190506 | Solutions server Method and system for providing solutions to problems including generating problem definitions for problems, receiving environmental information required for generating solutions for the problems, generating solutions for the problems dependent upon the environmenta... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190507 | Cash-out methods and systems yielding enhanced time-deferred value A method of exchanging assets within a wagering establishment computer-based marketplace layer including the acts of accessing a wagering establishment marketplace layer using a peripheral device, offering a first asset for exchange in the wagering establishment mar... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185469 | Computer-based method for teaming research analysts to generate improved securities investment recommendations A computer-based method for combining investment recommendations of individual research providers such as stock analysts. The method includes providing a server running a research team management module. A list of individual research providers is displayed on a clie... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185466 | System and method for securities borrowing and lending Disclosed is a an electronic system for equities securities lending and financing. In particular, the disclosed system provides a hub for electronic financial transactions such as securities borrowing and lending and facilitates the ability of borrowers and lenders ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185467 | User interface for an electronic trading system A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote clien... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185468 | System and method for smart hedging in an electronic trading environment A system and associated methods are provided for smart hedging in an electronic trading environment. According to one example method, a first order for a first tradeable object and a second order for a second tradeable object are placed based on a spread strategy. U... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180699 | System and method for facilitating unified trading and control for a sponsoring organization's money management process An embodiment of the present invention provides a system, method, process, software and standards that enable a unified trading and control process utilized by sponsoring organizations and asset managers (money managers) for sub advised or externally managed investm... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180698 | System for physicals commodity trading A method and system for an electronic commodities trading marketplace along with ancillary tools provide an electronic trading center for world market commodity importers, exporters, and the intermediaries and processors between them. This trading center is offered ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180676 | Systems and methods to connect people in a marketplace environment Systems and methods to provide telephonic connections. In one embodiment, a method includes: providing a listing on a marketplace, the listing including an assigned reference to be used to initiate a real time communication connection; and billing for a real time co... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180700 | Transaction system for employee stock options and other compensation programs Systems and methods of selling employee stock options (ESOs) and other compensation instruments. The method may comprise receiving a sale order for the employee stock options from a seller. The method may also comprise the step of determining a winning bidder based ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180701 | Secure bidding method and system Secure image bidding system process for financial transactions, including structured investment products, escrows and interest rate swaps. Some embodiments provide a secure image bidding system and process for image-based bid transmissions where each of a plurality ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175955 | User interface for an electronic trading system A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote clien... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175956 | Method and apparatus for automated trading of equity securities using a real time data analysis A system and method for buying and selling securities based on volatility and liquidity rather than other fundamentals is demonstrated. The method involves: providing at least one decision model to buy and sell a security; inputting real-time data into the decision ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175958 | Hybrid trading system for concurrently trading combined orders for financial instruments through both electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms A system and method of trading combined orders in an exchange configured for trading by a combination of electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms is provided. One method includes receiving an incoming order having a first order component and a second order comp... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175959 | System and method for implementing financial transaction A method for executing a trade is provided that includes communicating financial information to a handheld device via a network, the financial information being associated with a trade that can be initiated by the handheld device. The handheld device is connected to... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175957 | Call for quote/price system and methods for use in a wholesale financial market An electronic trading system and associated methods that provide for anonymous pricing data while ensuring the integrity of the system by preventing it from being used for price discovery information only. Methods are included to police the dealers requesting price ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175960 | System and method for dynamically regulating order entry in an electronic trading environment A system and method are provided for trading a trading strategy defined for at least one tradeable object in an electronic trading environment. More specifically, one example method includes using a first pay-up tick value to determine a first acceptable price level... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175954 | Method and system for offering and managing an exchanging of property A computer system for offering property for exchange over a computer network includes a master database for storage of information pertaining to the property that is located on at least one master server which can be accessed by an exchangee, e.g. through a browser.... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170947 | Fraud detection based on call attempt velocity on terminating number A method of identifying fraud in a telecommunications system, the method including receiving data related to a current call placed from an originating ANI to a terminating ANI, where the received data includes the terminating ANI and a billing number used to place t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170948 | Client account and information management system and method An information repository and management system for data regarding a client base which integrates a plurality of information types including database records, word processor files, e-mail, other hyperlinked documents, web pages and web sites. Implemented as a databa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170946 | Cost management file translation methods, systems, and apparatuses for extended commerce A quantity of an item referenced within a multilevel bill of material (BOM) is determined. A price bid for the item is received into an application framework from a supplier. The price bid is associated with the item. The cost of the multilevel BOM is determined bas... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170945 | System and method for providing security to a game controller device for electronic trading A system for managing electronic trading, comprises an interface application including a mapping module that defines a plurality of controller signal relationships. Each controller signal relationship associates one or more of a plurality of game controller signals ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170951 | Method and apparatus for facilitating shipment of packages A method and apparatus for facilitating the shipment of a package or packages, each package containing one or more items, from a Sender to a Recipient, via one of a number of shippers. The apparatus includes a database for storing shipper data, a processor for proce... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170949 | Products and processes for order distribution Systems and methods for trading financial instruments through multiple trading intermediaries are described. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170950 | System and method for automated order entry on short queues Orders are automatically sent to the market when certain user defined conditions are met. In particular, a trader can configure the trading application to automatically send orders for preset quantities at price levels with queues falling below a user-defined thresh... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165951 | Implied market trading system A computer based trading system implies spread markets from multiple real or implied spread markets. In particular, one aspect of the invention permits implication of a spread market from a combination of inter-commodity and inter-calendar spread orders. Furthermore... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165950 | Method and a system for trading stripped bonds In an automated trading system for matching bids and offers entered into the system by a number of traders connected to the system, a server hosts a matching processor and an associated memory forming an orderbook of the system where both fixed-income instruments pa... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165954 | Block trading system and method providing price improvement to aggressive orders In a trading system for trading securities or the like, traders are given various methods for providing protection from poor executions caused by adverse movements in the market and/or other traders seeking to “game” the system. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165952 | Electronic trading system An electronic trading system facilitates electronic trades of fungible trading elements. Fungible trading elements are electronically displayed and the system facilitates the trading operations. A risk factor for a particular transaction may be determined and based ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165955 | Method and system for computer-implemented trading of secondary market debt securities A computer-implemented method and system for trading of debt securities (bonds), where multiple dealers participate and compete on a single platform (100). Dealers and investors have respective interfaces (250, 230) for communicating. In one aspect, de... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165956 | Bill availability notification and billing information request Systems and methods for presenting billing information are provided. A notice may be transmitted via a network by a bill presentment service provider system comprising one or more computers. The notice may be transmitted in accordance with an e-mail protocol, and th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165957 | System and method for a trading interface incorporating a chart A graphical interface and method are provided for displaying market information corresponding to a tradeable object. One graphical interface includes a chart region for displaying historical market data in relation to a first value axis, and a market grid region in ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165953 | System and method for creating and trading a derivative investment instrument over a range of index values An investment instrument based on a range of index values is disclosed that allows investors to take risk positions relative to the size, or length, of the range. The investment instrument has a monetary value that increases as the index value increases within a low... | 04/24/2012 |
