User interface for electronic trading

• US 20050256799A1
• Filed: 04/01/2005
• Published: 11/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Waverules LLC
• Original Assignee: Wave Rules LLC
• Inventors: Handley, John, Warsaw, Jeff
• Application Number:
  US11/098,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20050256799A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• 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

The present invention relates to systems and methods for electronic trading. In embodiments, the systems and methods involve providing a computer program with a user interface for presenting an item of information, wherein the item of information changes positions in the user interface; and associating the cursor with the item of information, so that the cursor tracks the movement of the item in the user interface.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a computer program with a user interface for presenting an item of information, wherein the item of information changes positions in the user interface; and

associating a cursor with the item of information, so that the cursor tracks the movement of the item in the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the cursor is associated with the item of information by movement of a user device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the user device is a mouse.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the association is established by a down click of the mouse button.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the association is established by a full up and down click of the mouse button.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the association is established by a double click of the mouse button.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein the user device is a keyboard.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the association is established by a keystroke when the cursor is positioned over the item of information.

9. The method of claim 2 wherein the user interface is a trading software program.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the item of information is a price

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the item of information is a quantity

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the quantity is an ask quantity

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the quantity is a bid quantity

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises preprogramming an action of the user interactive device to realign the GUI with respect to the information upon a user'"'"'s interaction with the user interactive device.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the interactive device is a mouse.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the method further comprises clicking a button on the mouse to bring the information to the center of the GUI.

17. A method, comprising:

providing a software user interface for a trading program, wherein the interface presents trading information that refreshes in the user interface; and

automatically resizing a column of the user interface to accommodate refreshed data that appears in the column.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the column includes a bid quantity.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the column includes an ask quantity.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein the column includes a price.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein the column includes a current market contract.

22. The method of claim 17 wherein the column includes a historical market quantity.

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