CyberSTEEL dynamo internet based procurement and price risk management method and trading system
First Claim
1. A method and system for interfacing between a steel construction or manufacturing project design application in a CAD/CAM environment and an Internet based steel products procurement and futures and options trading system, comprising the following steps of:
- (a) Prompting a user in a CAD/CAM environment to browse and locate module of information stored in memory on a user database that reflects a bill of materials of a ferrous and non-ferrous metal construction or manufacturing project, (b) uploading via a communication channel said module of information to a host terminal in the same format as the user CAD/CAM system environment, (c) separating said module of information into distinct physical and chemical properties components before storing on the host CAD/CAM database, (d) Designing futures and forward contracts for each component using guidance from the project schedule and specification of the bill of materials, (e) store designed contracts in a CAD/CAM environment on a host database, (f) prompting a user via an communication channel to login into the host database then view, accept or seek amendment to designed contracts, (g) prompting the user to set a spot price to initiate a dynamic trading process, predominately reversed auctions, said spot price is tied to the Purchasing Magazine Steel Index.
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Abstract
A system for transferring bill of materials data comprising; a first computer for performing computer aided design, said first computer having a computer aided design system application and a data subsystem application; a second computer for performing Internet based futures and option trading control functions; a third computer having memory for storing the bill of materials in the database; and a networking circuitry for transferring the bill of materials data among said first, second and third computers.
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4 Claims
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1. A method and system for interfacing between a steel construction or manufacturing project design application in a CAD/CAM environment and an Internet based steel products procurement and futures and options trading system, comprising the following steps of:
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(a) Prompting a user in a CAD/CAM environment to browse and locate module of information stored in memory on a user database that reflects a bill of materials of a ferrous and non-ferrous metal construction or manufacturing project, (b) uploading via a communication channel said module of information to a host terminal in the same format as the user CAD/CAM system environment, (c) separating said module of information into distinct physical and chemical properties components before storing on the host CAD/CAM database, (d) Designing futures and forward contracts for each component using guidance from the project schedule and specification of the bill of materials, (e) store designed contracts in a CAD/CAM environment on a host database, (f) prompting a user via an communication channel to login into the host database then view, accept or seek amendment to designed contracts, (g) prompting the user to set a spot price to initiate a dynamic trading process, predominately reversed auctions, said spot price is tied to the Purchasing Magazine Steel Index. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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2. (h) displaying on a host terminal said contract on a computer displaying device, represented by visual linked objects colored red, yellow, green, white, blue, and orange, each color reflecting a specific characteristics of a contract,
(i) a plurality of users login to a host database and using cursors controlled through the use of mouse devices, superimpose them over a specific visual link object triggering a pop-up interface that reflects a text description of the characteristics of a specific contract, (j) a plurality of users using cursor controlled through the use of mouse devices, superimposes over a specific area on the pop-up interface triggering a device driver that couples an operating system to a host computer system for the generation of programming values applied to a computer interface to establish an operating mode of a predetermined sub-element of controlling device, (k) a plurality of users using input devices such as keyboards connected to user terminals, input data that reflects a user'"'"'s desired offer price for one or more component of a bill of materials contract, (l) the plurality of inputted data generates a linear graph on an interface at the host terminal, of which each component'"'"'s resulting graph are displayed on a computer displaying device, (m) the ultimate generation of a mean linear graph for each contract reflecting the bidding and settlement prices for the combined components of a bill of material, (n) using the settlement prices of daily transaction to generate new floating prices dubbed the “ - CyberSTEEL Index”
, from which the CyberSTEEL Triangle Index is evolve.(o) using the “
CyberSTEEL Index” and
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CyberSTEEL Triangle Index”
as a benchmark and mathematical tools to settle transactions and design price risk management solutions for trading initiated on the above platform, P1 (p) said CyberSTEEL Index represents the moving averages of a specific component of a contract'"'"'s daily, weekly, monthly and annually settlement price after a reverse auction that was initiated by the Purchasing Magazine Steel price Index.
- CyberSTEEL Index”
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4. A system for transferring bill of materials data comprising;
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a first computer for performing computer aided design, said first computer having a computer aided design system application and a data subsystem application;
a second computer for performing Internet based futures and option trading control functions;
a third computer having memory for storing the bill of materials in a database; and
a networking circuitry for transferring the bill of materials data among said first, second and third computers.
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