Order entry actions

• US 10,521,860 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2017
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Buck, Brian J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Robinson, Kito R
• Application Number:
  US15/490,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20170221148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 705 37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis

Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to order entry. In the electronic trading process, order entry involves setting one or more order entry parameters, sending one or more order entry parameters, or both setting and sending one or more order entry parameters. As will be described in more detail below, various order entry actions, such as moving a cursor across an order entry line, moving a cursor into an order entry region, pressing an order entry button, or performing a gesture, may be used to trigger the setting, sending, or both setting and sending of one or more order entry parameters. At least some embodiments relate to enabling an order entry action before the order entry action is able to set, send, or both set and send one or more order entry parameters.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a processor, comprising instructions executable to:

display, via a display device of a trading device, a cursor on a graphical user interface of the trading device, where the cursor is movable relative to the graphical user interface in response to a user input;

receive, via a user input device of the trading device, a user input to move the cursor relative to an order entry area without operation of an order entry button of the user input device;

detect, via the trading device, the user input; and

in response to detecting the user input;

determine via the trading device, an order entry parameter associated with the user input,

set via the trading device, the order entry parameter, and

send the order entry parameter to an exchange system.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 where the movement of the cursor relative to the order entry area comprises movement of the cursor across the order entry area.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 where the user input consists of movement of the cursor via the user input device for the trading device.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 where the user input comprises an order entry action.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4 where the order entry action further comprises movement of the cursor into an order entry region.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 where the order entry area comprises an order entry line.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6 where the movement of the cursor comprises movement of the cursor across the order entry line.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 further comprising instructions executable to receive a gestural input received via an input device, where the movement of the cursor is in response to the gestural input.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 where detecting the user input is performed in response to enabling detection of an order entry input.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 where the enabling detection of the user input comprises receiving a user-selection to enable order entry.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 where the user-selection to enable order entry comprises the movement of the cursor relative to the order entry area without operation of the order entry button.