System and method for automatic repositioning of market information in a graphical user interface

• US 20060259384A1
• Filed: 05/03/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Schluetter, Jens-Uwe, Brumfield, Harris C.
• Application Number:
  US11/417,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20060259384A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/35
• 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

A method for automatically positioning information related to a commodity on a graphical user interface. Market information is displayed on the graphical user interface. The market information may be presented as a number of indicators, corresponding to particular items of interest, that are associated with a static scale. The scale may, for example, represent price. Upon detecting a predetermined condition, the location of the market information is automatically repositioned.

Claims

1. A method for automatically positioning information related to a commodity on a graphical user interface, the method comprising:

receiving market information relating to the commodity from an electronic exchange, the market information comprising a plurality of items of interest, each item of interest associated with a price;

displaying an information display region comprising a plurality of locations arranged such that each location corresponds to a price level along at least a portion of a static price axis;

displaying a plurality of indicators at a first time, each indicator associated with an item of interest and each indicator being displayed in one of the plurality of locations in the information display region corresponding to a price level that is associated with the item of interest; and

automatically repositioning the static price axis upon detecting a predetermined condition such that the plurality of locations of the information display region corresponds to a different portion of the static price axis at a second time;

wherein each of the plurality of indicators is moved to a new location in the information display region that corresponds to the price level on the static price axis that is associated with that indicator.

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