Apparatus and method for processing data

US8738487B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Two Sigma Investments, LLC · US

Inventors

• Edward A. Schmidt · Mandeville, US
• Dan Cioaca · New York, US
• Alexander Stein · Berlin, DE
• Nyla H. Ibrahim · West Nyack, US
• Matthew Jacobus · Brooklyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2008
• Grant date: May 27, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for processing data. The apparatus includes a plurality of entry systems for receiving the data from a respective plurality of contributors which each formulate the data based on respectively different: a) input data, and b) rules for governing how the input data is used to formulate the data. The apparatus also includes a tracking system having a data normalizer configured to normalize the formulated data received from each of the plurality of contributors into a common format. The tracking system performs at least one comparison of the normalized data from the entry systems and signals results of the comparison.