Title :
Patenting financial software
Author :
Lotvin, Mikhail ; Nemes, Richard
Abstract :
This paper presents some of the issues surrounding patentability of financial software. Two representative patents, one assigned to Merrill Lynch and the other to College Savings Bank, reveal what has already been patented in the area of financial services. Merrill Lynch´s patent formulates the Cash management Account (CMA) and shows its software implementation in the form of a high-level flowchart
Keywords :
bank data processing; financial data processing; industrial property; Cash management Account; College Savings Bank; Merrill Lynch; financial services; financial software; software patenting; Arithmetic; Artificial intelligence; Asset management; Computer industry; Educational institutions; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Instruments; Law; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Artificial Intelligence Applications on Wall Street, 1991. Proceedings., First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2240-7
DOI :
10.1109/AIAWS.1991.236590
