Customizable trading display of market data

• US 10,379,701 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2012
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BGC Partners Incorporated (BGC Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: BGC Partners Incorporated (BGC Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Langridge, Philip S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Robinson, Marshon L
• Application Number:
  US13/412,181
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,717 Days
• Field of Search: 715243, 715762, 715803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method for providing a customizable trading display of market instrument data includes selecting a subset from a plurality of quadrants, with each quadrant associated with one benchmark instrument and each benchmark instrument associated with one or more non-benchmark instruments. Market data is automatically retrieved for the instruments associated with each selected quadrant. A customizable trading display is generated, with the display comprising the subset of quadrants in a selectable layout and each quadrant presenting the associated market data.

Claims

1. A method for providing a dynamically configurable display of market data, the method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a user selection, of a plurality of quadrants to be displayed on the dynamically configurable display, in which each of the plurality of quadrants comprises a portion of the dynamically configurable display, in which each of the plurality of quadrants comprises a benchmark trading product and a plurality of associated non-benchmark trading products that are different from but correlated to the trading product;

retrieving, via the computing device, market data for each benchmark trading product and the associated non-benchmark trading products, in which the market data is retrieved from a server device coupled to the computing device over a network; and

generating the dynamically configurable display in accordance to a layout that is determined by a user to whom the dynamically configurable display is displayed, in which the layout determines a placement of each of the plurality of quadrants in the dynamically configurable display, in which generating the dynamically configurable display comprises generating a display of a plurality of quadrants arranged in a non-overlapping rectangular array, each quadrant comprising a window display object comprising a graphical user interface window, and in which each quadrant comprises the retrieved market data for its respective benchmark trading product, and the retrieved market data for its respective plurality of associated non-benchmark trading products;

receiving a selection of a new benchmark trading product from one of a selected plurality of quadrants;

determining a replacement quadrant selected from the plurality of quadrants;

associating the replacement quadrant with the new benchmark trading product;

automatically retrieving market data for the trading products associated with the replacement quadrant;

updating the dynamically configurable display based on the replacement quadrant which includes the new retrieved market data;

in response to detecting a request to replace a trading product displayed on the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants, displaying a pop-up window over the one quadrant of the pularity of quadrants to display a selectable list of replacement trading products; and

in response to detecting a selection of a replacement trading product from the selectable list of replacement trading products, removing the pop-window displayed over the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants, and updating the trading product on the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants with the selected replacement trading product.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a first quadrant from the plurality of, in which the first comprises a first trading product of a first type and a plurality of first associated trading products correlated to the first trading product; and

retrieving market data for the first trading product and the plurality of first associated trading products.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

selecting a second from the plurality of , in which the second comprises a second trading product of a second type and a plurality of second associated trading products correlated to the second trading product, in which the second type differs from the first type; and

retrieving market data for the second trading product and the plurality of second associated trading products.

4. The method of claim 3, in which the first type comprises a U.S. treasury note having a first maturity year and the second type comprises a U.S. treasury note having a second maturity year.

5. The method of claim 1, in which in each quadrant, the trading product comprises a benchmark instrument and the plurality of associated trading products comprises a plurality of non-benchmark instruments correlated to the trading product.

6. The method of claim 1, in which the layout comprises display quadrants arranged in at least one of:

1×

6;

2×

3;

3×

2; and

6×

1.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request to replace the layout of the dynamically configurable display with a second layout.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request to exchange a position of a first quadrant in the layout with the position of a second quadrant in the layout.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining that the request to exchange is a permissible option; and

updating the dynamically configurable display, in which the layout of the updated dynamically configurable display comprises the first quadrant being located in the position that was formerly occupied by the second quadrant and the second quadrant being located in the position of that was formerly occupied by the first quadrant.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request to add a third trading product to the dynamically configurable display;

selecting a third quadrant, in which the third quadrant comprises the third trading product;

replacing the layout that was previously used by the dynamically configurable display with a second layout, in which the second layout decreases a size of each quadrant from the previous layout in order to accommodate the size of the third quadrant; and

generating the dynamically configurable display in accordance to the second layout, in which the dynamically configurable display comprises the third quadrant.

11. The method of claim 10, in which a size parameter of each quadrant satisfies a specified minimum requirement.

12. The method of claim 1, in which the dynamically configurable display comprises a maximum quantity of quadrants.

13. An article of manufacture for providing dynamically configurable trading display of market data, the article of manufacture comprising:

a dynamically configurable trading display that comprises a plurality of quadrants, in which each of the plurality of quadrants comprises a portion of the dynamically configurable display, in which each of the plurality of quadrants comprises a benchmark trading product and a plurality of associated non-benchmark trading products that are different from but correlated to the trading product; and

a tangible, non-transitory storage medium which stores instructions which, when executed by a processor, direct the processor to;

retrieve market data for each benchmark trading product and the plurality of associated non-benchmark trading products;

generate the dynamically configurable display in accordance to a layout that is determined by a user to whom the dynamically configurable display is displayed, in which the layout determines a placement of each of the plurality of quadrants in the dynamically configurable display, in which generating the dynamically configurable display comprises generating a display of a plurality of quadrants arranged in a non-overlapping rectangular array, each quadrant comprising a window display object comprising a graphical user interface window, and in which each quadrant comprises the retrieved market data for its respective benchmark trading product and the retrieved market data for its respective plurality of associated non-benchmark trading products;

receive selection of a new benchmark trading product from one of a selected plurality of quadrants;

determine a replacement quadrant selected from the plurality of quadrants;

associate the replacement quadrant with the new benchmark trading product;

automatically retrieve market data for the trading products associated with the replacement quadrant;

update the dynamically configurable display based on the replacement quadrant which includes the new retrieved market data;

in response to detecting a request to replace a trading product displayed on the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants, display a pop-window over the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants to display a selectable list of replacement trading products; and

in response to detecting a selection of a replacement trading product from the selectable list of replacement trading products, remove the pop-window displayed over the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants, and updating the trading product on the one quadrant of the plurality of quandrants with the selected replacement trading product.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 13, in which the storage medium further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to:

select a first quadrant from the plurality of quadrants, in which the first quadrant comprises a first trading product of a first type and a plurality of first associated trading products correlated to the first benchmark instrument; and

retrieve market data for the first trading product and the plurality of first associated trading products.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 14, in which the storage medium further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to:

select a second quadrant from the plurality of quadrants, in which the second quadrant comprises a second trading product of a second type and a plurality of second associated trading products correlated to the second trading product, in which the second type differs from the first type; and

retrieve market data for the second trading product and the plurality of second associated trading products.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15, in which the first type comprises a U.S. treasury note having a first maturity year and the second type comprises a U.S. treasury note having a second maturity year.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 13, in which in each quadrant, the trading product comprises a benchmark instrument and the plurality of associated trading products comprises a plurality of non-benchmark instruments correlated to the trading product.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 13, in which the layout comprises quadrants arranged in at least one of:

1×

6;

2×

3;

3×

2; and

6×

1.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 13, in which the storage medium further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to:

receive a request to replace the layout of the dynamically configurable display with a second layout.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 13, in which the storage medium further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to:

receive a request to exchange a position of a first quadrant in the layout with the position of a second quadrant in the layout;

determine that the request to exchange is a permissible option; and

update the dynamically configurable display, in which the layout of the updated dynamically configurable display comprises the first quadrant being located in the position that was formerly occupied by the second quadrant and the second quadrant being located in the position of that was formerly occupied by the first quadrant.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 13, in which the storage medium further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to:

receive a request to add a third trading product to the dynamically configurable display;

select a third quadrant, in which the third quadrant comprises the third trading product;

replacing the layout that was previously used by the dynamically configurable display with a second layout, in which the second layout decreases a size of each quadrant from the previous layout in order to accommodate the size of the third quadrant; and

generate the dynamically configurable display in accordance to the second layout, in which the dynamically configurable display comprises the third quadrant.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 21, in which a size parameter of each quadrant satisfies a minimum requirement.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 13, in which the dynamically configurable display comprises a maximum quantity of quadrants.

24. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor of at least one computer; and

at least one memory in electronic communication with the at least one processor having instructions stored thereon that are configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to;

select a plurality of quadrants to be displayed in the dynamically configurable display, in which each of the plurality of quadrants comprises a portion of the dynamically configurable display, in which each of the plurality of quadrants comprises a benchmark trading product and a plurality of associated non-benchmark trading products that are different from but correlated to the benchmark trading product;

retrieve market data for each benchmark trading product and the associated non-benchmark trading products, in which the market data is retrieved from a server coupled to the computing device over a network; and

generate the dynamically configurable display in accordance to a layout that is determined by a user to whom the dynamically configurable display is displayed, in which the layout determines a placement of each of the plurality of quadrants in the dynamically configurable display, in which generating the dynamically configurable display comprises generating a display of a plurality of quadrants arranged in a non-overlapping rectangular array, each quadrant comprising a window display object comprising a graphical user interface window, and in which each quadrant comprises the retrieved market data for its respective benchmark trading product and the retrieved market data for its respective plurality of associated non-benchmark trading products;

receive selection of a new benchmark trading product from one of a selected plurality of quadrants;

determine a replacement quadrant selected from the plurality of quadrants;

associate the replacement quadrant with the new benchmark trading product;

automatically retrieve market data for the trading products associated with the replacement quadrant;

update the dynamically configurable display based on the replacement quadrant which includes the new retrieved market data;

in response to detecting a request to replace a trading product displayed on the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants, display a pop-window over the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants to display a selectable list of replacement trading products; and

in response to detecting a selection of a replacement trading product from the selectable list of replacement trading products, remove the pop-window displayed over the one quadrant of the plurality of quadrants, and updating the trading product on the one quadrant of the plurality of quandrants with the selected replacement trading product.