Patrick J Downes

Address:

52 Godwin Ave, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407

Phone:

(201)7734782

VIN:

2HJYK16577H524724

Make:

HONDA

Model:

RIDGELINE

Year:

2007

US Patent:

20020095369, Jul 18, 2002

Filed:

Jan 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/043899

Inventors:

Harry Kaplan - Brooklyn NY, US
Patrick Downes - Greenwich CT, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/037000

Abstract:

A method and system for anonymously buying and selling a structured financial product over a computer network includes providing a host for receiving information for the offer for sale of a structured financial product from a first client, anonymously publishing the offer for sale of the structured financial product over a computer network by the host to a plurality of second clients over the computer network for a predetermined period of time, initiating the offer for sale of the product over the network at a prescribed starting time, providing an opportunity for the plurality of second clients to bid on the product in real-time during the period of time, automatically publishing to the plurality of second clients viewing the sale of the product each bid in real-time as each bid is submitted by one of the second clients, wherein a substantial number of all submitted bids are displayed together during the offer for sale, and awarding the structured financial product to a second client of the plurality of the second clients submitting the highest bid by the end of the predetermined period of time.