Christopher B Keith

US Patent:

6632142, Oct 14, 2003

Filed:

Jul 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/919300

Inventors:

Christopher Keith - New York NY 10013

International Classification:

A63F 922

US Classification:

463 42

Abstract:

A home site operates a game involving player visits to play sites, to view information at the play sites and possibly to perform additional activity at the play sites. Play sites are selected in accordance with interests of a game player and/or because characteristics of a game player satisfy desired player characteristics associated with the play site. The play site game activity, performed to participate in the game, may be viewing information at the play site, or pseudo-buying an item at the play site. In some games, member icons are provided to players, and the players must find the member icons at the play sites. After an icon is found, communication between the player and member is enabled.

US Patent:

7315840, Jan 1, 2008

Filed:

Dec 24, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/329174

Inventors:

Christopher Keith - New York NY, US

Assignee:

PDQ Enterprises LLC - New York NY

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37, 705 35

Abstract:

A procedure is a template that specifies trigger conditions and what to do when the trigger conditions occur, or do not occur within a specified time. Generally, a procedure corresponds to an order handling strategy used by a trader. A menu of standard procedures exist, and custom procedures are accommodated after being qualified for use in the present system. An interest represents an intent to trade. In contrast, an order is a definite commitment to buy or sell a certain amount. Generally, an institution or professional trader will know that they wish to trade when conditions are right, but will not be quite ready to submit an order. The institution or trader thus represents untapped market liquidity. By representing such liquidity as interests, the liquidity can be more efficient coupled to markets. Typically, a trader creates an interest by selecting a procedure from a menu, then supplying parameters representing what the trader wishes to trade and the conditions that will convert the general interest to a specific order.

US Patent:

7383220, Jun 3, 2008

Filed:

Mar 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/802088

Inventors:

Christopher Keith - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Stikine Technology, LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37

Abstract:

A trading process automatically requests a short term option having a term of less than a minute, and sometimes less than a second, from a market process. The trading process and the market process both operate on a platform. The market process requests a platform service to set a timer to measure the expiration time of the short term option, and to notify the market process and the trading process at the expiration of the short term option. The short term option is particularly useful for a list of orders that must be executed, if at all, at a guaranteed price; in which case, the platform may adjust the expiration time of the short term options associated with the orders in the list to ensure that the orders in the list can be executed at particular respective prices.

US Patent:

7383222, Jun 3, 2008

Filed:

Aug 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/469470

Inventors:

Christopher Keith - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Stikine Technology, LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37

Abstract:

Trading processes are operative to route orders from order rooms to market processes, which process the orders according to respective market methodologies. The order routing strategy can be embodied in a decision table having rules with conditions and actions to be taken when the conditions are true. Accordingly, order rooms can readily configure and reconfigure trading processes.

US Patent:

7398244, Jul 8, 2008

Filed:

Mar 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/802169

Inventors:

Christopher Keith - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Stikine Technology, LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37, 705 38, 705 36, 705 35, 705 5

Abstract:

A market process operates according to a market methodology that enables crowd price improvement relative to the prices in a stored order file during both price discovery and execution. The market process operates on a platform that also supports trading processes. The trading processes either are actively inquiring about market prices, have posted orders with the market process to be executed in due course, or have registered to be in the crowd of the market process and receive price improvement opportunities from the market process. During price discovery, an actively inquiring trading process can request crowd price improvement, and if the crowd provides an improved price, the active trading process must execute at the crowd provided price. During pairing, such as when an active side trading process submits a market order to the market process, whenever the market process detects that the best price from its stored order file is about to change to a new value, the market process notifies its crowd of trading processes of a price improvement opportunity, and if the crowd provides a better price than the new value, the active side order is paired with an order from the crowd associated with the crowd price.

US Patent:

7472087, Dec 30, 2008

Filed:

Mar 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/802025

Inventors:

Christopher Keith - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Stikine Technology, LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37, 705 35, 705 36 R

Abstract:

A trading process having a trading methodology selected by a user is operative to interact with market processes having respective market methodologies. The trading process and the market processes are supported on a platform that also supports platform processes for providing services to the trading processes and market processes. The trading processes interact with each other and with external markets through the market processes.

US Patent:

7496533, Feb 24, 2009

Filed:

Mar 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/801583

Inventors:

Christopher Keith - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Stikine Technology, LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37

Abstract:

Trading processes and market processes interact with each other on a platform. Each of the trading processes has a trading strategy embodied in a decision table. Each of the market processes has a market methodology that may employ a decision table in like manner as the trading processes. Accordingly, the trading processes and market processes are easy to configure. The decision table comprises rules having conditions and actions that are to be performed when the conditions are true.

US Patent:

7539638, May 26, 2009

Filed:

Mar 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/802161

Inventors:

Christopher Keith - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Stikine Technology, LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37, 705 36, 705 38, 705 35

Abstract:

A trading process represents an order that it is handling at multiple market processes simultaneously. Each of the market processes and the trading process follow a two-phase commit protocol, wherein permission to execute the order is obtained from the process controlling the order, and then the order is executed. Accordingly, multiple executions of an order are prevented. The control process is typically the trading process that originated the order. However, in some market methodologies, the market process may assume control over the order. Permission to execute the order is explicitly given by a trading process. Permission to execute the order may be inferred after a market process determines that no other market processes have control over the order.