Hypertext transfer protocol application programming interface between client-side trading systems and server-side stock trading systems

• US 20020133450A1
• Filed: 03/13/2001
• Published: 09/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Douglas R. Deming
• Original Assignee: Douglas R. Deming
• Inventors: Deming, Douglas R.
• Application Number:
  US09/805,236
• Publication Number:
  US 20020133450A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The present invention is a software program that modifies a client-side stock trading system fill orders to market orders that are transmitted to a remote broker trading system. The modification will synchronizing a users desktop trading system with a stockbrokers remote system.

The HTTP-API (hypertext transfer protocol application program interface) provides client side users with the ability to use the computer resources of a remote server computer to effect transaction processing and/or the transfer of information from one computer to another without having the absolute need for a web browser, plugins or software languages contained within the server system.

Claims

1. A computer software program for capturing the HTTP commands generate by a user through a web browser to a remote web server, the program comprising:

a) capturing HTTP commands;

b) storing HTTP commands;

c) retrieving HTTP commands; and

d) transmitting HTTP commands.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said capturing HTTP commands includes processing for transcribing HTTP commands.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said storing HTTP commands includes processing for recording the HTTP commands to a storage media.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said retrieving HTTP commands includes processing for retrieving HTTP commands from a storage media.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said transmitting HTTP commands includes processing for transmitting HTTP commands to the TCP/IP handler.

6. A computer software program having means for capturing the HTTP commands generate by a user through a web browser to a remote web server, the program comprising:

a) means for capturing HTTP commands;

b) means for storing HTTP commands;

c) means for retrieving HTTP commands; and

d) means for transmitting HTTP commands.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said means for capturing includes processing means for transcribing HTTP commands.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein said means for storing includes processing means for recording the HTTP commands to a storage media.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein said means for retrieving includes processing means for retrieving HTTP commands from a storage media.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein said means for transmitting includes processing means for transmitting HTTP commands to the TCP/IP handler.

11. A HTTP-API method consisting of an interactive computer based program for recording HTTP commands between a client-side web browser and a web server.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising processing means for storing the client-side web browser and web-server HTTP commands on a storage media.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising processing means for retrieving an entity of HTTP session commands from a storage media.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising processing means for transmitting an entity of HTTP session commands from a storage media.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said means for capturing stock orders includes processing means for seizing trading system transaction records.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said means for modifying stock orders includes processing means for editing trading system transaction records.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said means for updating stock orders includes processing means for changing trading system transaction records.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein said means for transmitting market orders includes processing means for establishing a telecommunications link with a remote stockbroker system for the purpose of transmitting transaction records to said remote site.

15. A computer software program system that modifies a client-side trading system that modifies a client-side trading system output to market orders that are transmitted to a remote broker site, the program comprising:

a ) means for capturing stock orders;

b) means for modifying stock orders;

c) means for updating transaction records; and

d) means for transmitting market orders.

20. A computer software program system that modifies a client-side trading system that modifies a client-side trading system output to market orders that are transmitted to a remote broker site, the program comprising:

a) means for capturing stock orders;

b) means for modifying stock orders;

c) means for updating transaction records; and

d) means for transmitting market orders.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for modifying stock orders includes processing means for editing trading system transaction records.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for updating stock orders includes processing means for changing trading system transaction records.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for transmitting market orders includes processing means for establishing a telecommunications link with a remote stockbroker system for the purpose of transmitting transaction records to said remote site.

26. The computer software program of claim 25, having modified prerecorded HTTP commands for executing functions on a server-side trading system.

27. The computer software program of claim 25, having computer programming code for querying the user of said software for parameter information for completing the embedded HTTP commands.

28. The computer software program of claim 25, having computer programming code for modifying the output of a client-side trading system.

29. The computer software program of claim 25, having computer programming code for querying a user as to selected modifications to be made to the client-side trading system output data.

30. The computer software program of claim 25, having computer programming code for interfacing with a server-side trading system.

21. The system of claim 201, wherein said means for capturing stock orders includes processing means for seizing trading system transaction records.

25. A computer software program that can be selectively initiated by a user that will act as an interface between a client-side trading system and a server-side trading system.