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| 20090076975 | STOCK INDEX LIQUIDITY SCREEN - A method of identifying global securities considered adequately liquid for foreign investment and/or inclusion in a global index. For each security, the method selects a portion of its issues (e.g., local issues) and calculates an Average Daily Trading Volume (“ADTV”) for each issue. The issue having the largest ADTV is identified as the primary issue. The method calculates the Active Trading Ratio (“ATR”) of the primary issue and determines the security is adequately liquid if the ADTV of the primary issue is greater than or equal to a minimum ADTV threshold and the ATR of the primary issue is greater than or equal to a minimum ATR threshold. The method may determine an inadequately liquid security is adequately liquid if the ADTV and ATR of another issue (e.g., a foreign issue) or depository receipts are greater than or equal to the minimum ADTV and ATR thresholds, respectively. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076976 | GLOBAL RELATIVE MARKET CAPITALIZATION - A method of constructing one or more global cap-size stock indexes. The method includes aggregating securities traded in a plurality of regions of the world into a single pool. Optionally, the securities may be screened to remove securities that are not available for investment by foreign investors. Additionally, a portion of the securities issued by companies having small company total market capitalizations may be screened from the pool. Then, the method determines a global market capitalization associated with each security in the pool. Finally, a portion of the securities is assigned to one of the global cap-size stock indexes based on the global market capitalization associated with the securities and one or more threshold values calculated as a function of the global market capitalizations of the securities in the pool. The global market capitalization associated with each security may include the company total market capitalization of the security's issuing company. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076977 | METHOD OF ASSIGNING SECURITIES TO A COUNTRY - A method of assigning securities to countries/regions. A company having a formation country/region, headquarters country/region, and primary exchange country/region issued each security. Countries/regions are classified as special, no domestic exchange (“NDE”), benefits driven incorporation (“BDI”), and non-BDI. Special rules apply to securities issued by companies formed in special countries/regions. Securities issued by companies formed in NDE countries/regions are assigned to their primary exchange countries/regions. Each security issued by a company formed in a non-BDI country/region is assigned to its formation country/region if its formation, headquarters, and primary exchange country/region are identical. If these three countries/regions are not identical and the formation country/region is a BDI country/region, the security is assigned to either the headquarters or primary exchange country/region. If these three countries/regions are not identical and the formation country/region is not a BDI country/region, the security is assigned to one of the formation, headquarters, or primary exchange country/region. | 03-19-2009 |
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| 20090132951 | UTILITY OBJECT FOR SPECIALIZED DATA ENTRY - An object is associated with one or more controls in a software application. An object associated with a control determines the operation of the data entry user interface when the data entry user interface is being employed to enter data into the control. More particularly, the object may communicate interface e characteristics to a component that is responsible for providing the user interface to the user. Such a component may be, for example, a shared software module that renders the user interface on a display, receives input data from the user through the user interface, and routes the entered data to a designated destination. Alternately, the object itself may create a user interface having the specified characteristics. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090150776 | UTILITY OBJECT FOR SPECIALIZED DATA ENTRY - An object is associated with one or more controls in a software application. An object associated with a control determines the operation of the data entry user interface when the data entry user interface is being employed to enter data into the control. More particularly, the object may communicate interface e characteristics to a component that is responsible for providing the user interface to the user. Such a component may be, for example, a shared software module that renders the user interface on a display, receives input data from the user through the user interface, and routes the entered data to a designated destination. Alternately, the object itself may create a user interface having the specified characteristics. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150777 | UTILITY OBJECT FOR SPECIALIZED DATA ENTRY - An object is associated with one or more controls in a software application. An object associated with a control determines the operation of the data entry user interface when the data entry user interface is being employed to enter data into the control. More particularly, the object may communicate interface e characteristics to a component that is responsible for providing the user interface to the user. Such a component may be, for example, a shared software module that renders the user interface on a display, receives input data from the user through the user interface, and routes the entered data to a designated destination. Alternately, the object itself may create a user interface having the specified characteristics. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090189879 | Synchronization of Plugins - A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to order when events occur and may be performing dynamic rendering prior to other steps. | 07-30-2009 |
