Virtual trading floor system
First Claim
1. A trading simulator, comprising:
- a coder/decoder that receives and transmits data;
a graphic interface coupled to said coder/decoder, that receives and displays certain of said data transmitted from said coder/decoder as a plurality of buying and selling trader metaphors representative of actual buying and selling traders;
a control interface coupled to said coder/decoder for initiating orders related to said data received and transmitted by said coder/decoder; and
a data interface coupled to said coder/decoder for displaying said data in a non-graphic, human-readable form, and for receiving and transmitting data to and from said coder/decoder.
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Abstract
A virtual trading floor system for simulating the selling and buying in a financial market, auction forum or any market where buying and selling occurs is disclosed. The virtual trading floor system comprises a coder/decoder that receives data from a trading source such as data received from a central market place, such as the well-known NASDAQ, CBOT, CME, NYSE, EUREX markets, an exchange database or a website; a graphical interface that receives the data from the coder/decoder and displays a plurality of buying and selling trader metaphors representative of actual buying and selling traders; a control interface coupled to the coder/decoder for initiating orders, and a data interface coupled to the coder/decoder for displaying, receiving and transmitting data sent to and from the trading source.
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40 Claims
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1. A trading simulator, comprising:
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a coder/decoder that receives and transmits data;
a graphic interface coupled to said coder/decoder, that receives and displays certain of said data transmitted from said coder/decoder as a plurality of buying and selling trader metaphors representative of actual buying and selling traders;
a control interface coupled to said coder/decoder for initiating orders related to said data received and transmitted by said coder/decoder; and
a data interface coupled to said coder/decoder for displaying said data in a non-graphic, human-readable form, and for receiving and transmitting data to and from said coder/decoder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A trading simulator, comprising:
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a source that provides data; and
a graphical interface that receives said data and displays a plurality of buying and selling trader metaphors representative of actual buying and selling traders.
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35. A trading simulator, comprising:
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a source that generates data;
a coder/decoder coupled to said source, said coder/decoder receiving said data from said source; and
a graphical interface that receives said data from said coder/decoder and displays a plurality of buying and selling trader metaphors representative of actual buying and selling traders.
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36. A trading simulator, comprising:
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a source that generates data;
a coder/decoder coupled to said source;
a graphic interface coupled to said coder/decoder;
a control interface coupled to said coder/decoder; and
a data interface coupled to said coder/decoder.
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37. A trading simulator, comprising:
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a coder/decoder that transmits and receives data;
a control interface coupled to said coder/decoder;
a data interface coupled to said coder/decoder; and
a graphical interface coupled to said coder/decoder for receiving said data from said coder/decoder and for displaying a plurality of buying and selling trader metaphors representative of actual buying and selling traders, wherein the movement of at least one of said buying and selling metaphors is responsive to and synchronized with an actual trader'"'"'s movements.
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38. A trading simulator, comprising:
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a source that generates data;
a coder/decoder coupled to said source;
a control interface coupled to said coder/decoder;
a data interface coupled to said coder/decoder; and
a graphical interface coupled to said coder/decoder for receiving said data from said coder/decoder and for displaying a plurality of buying and selling trader metaphors representative of actual buying and selling traders, wherein the movement of at least one of said buying and selling metaphors is responsive to and synchronized with an actual trader'"'"'s movements. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method of trading using a trading simulator, comprising the steps of:
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generating data;
receiving said data; and
displaying said data in the form of a plurality of buying and selling trader metaphors representative of actual buying and selling traders.
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