Graphical Display with Integrated Recent Period Zoom and Historical Period Context Data

• US 20080129735A1
• Filed: 02/06/2008
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Buck, Brian J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,629,975 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A system and method are provided for displaying a data series. In one embodiment, a graphical interface is provided including at least one axis that is divided into a plurality of axis regions. Preferably, each axis region uses a different linear scale, and the plurality of axis regions forms a continuous non-linear scale. The graphical interface also displays the data series in relation to the plurality of axis regions, and the data series is plotted in relation to each axis region based on a scale resolution corresponding to each respective axis region.

Claims

1-35. -35. (canceled)

36. A method for displaying a time data series, the method comprising:

providing a time axis divided into a plurality of time axis regions comprising at least a first time axis region and a second time axis region, wherein each of the first time axis region and the second time axis region uses a different linear time scale, and wherein the plurality of time axis regions forms a continuous non-linear time scale on the time axis;

displaying a chart in relation to the plurality of time axis regions, wherein the chart displays the time data series, wherein the time data series is plotted in each region based on a different linear time scale corresponding to each axis region;

detecting an event that controls a scale of at least one of the first time axis region and the second time axis region;

dynamically changing the scale of the at least one of the first time axis region or the second time axis region upon detecting the event; and

upon receiving a new data in the time series;

displaying the new data in the first time axis region having a first linear time scale, thereby resulting in automatically shifting the time data series along the time axis such that an oldest data previously displayed in the first time axis region is moved to the second time axis region for display along a second time linear scale.