METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE WATCH LISTS
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring a items such as stocks and other securities, suitable for use in portable devices, such as personal organizers, wherein instead of separate watch lists, a pool of items being watched is maintained, and the total number of items which can be contained in the pool is intentionally limited to a predefined number, and further wherein each of the items in the pool includes an associated tag which defines a watch list to which it belongs, and the pool of the items being watched can be viewed simultaneously as one coherent collection, or specific watch lists can be displayed.
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57 Claims
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38. A method for organizing information for a plurality of data items which are being tracked in a computing device of the type which is capable of exchanging information with a communications center, comprising:
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maintaining a data list, which includes information for all of the plurality of data items being tracked, in the computing device; including in the data list at least one user defined category tag for each of the plurality of data items being tracked; and generating a plurality of different sublists in the computing device, wherein each sublist includes a different subset of the plurality of data items being tracked, wherein each sublist corresponds to a user defined category tag, whereby each data item displayed in a particular sublist has a user defined category tag which corresponds to the user defined category tag of the particular sublist.
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39. The method of claim 58, further comprising providing at least two user defined category tags for at least a first one of the data items being tracked.
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40. The method of claim 58, wherein the data items being tracked are securities.
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41. The method of claim 58, wherein the computing device is a wireless, hand held device.
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42. The method of claim 58, further comprising maintaining an elapsed time since the last exchange of information with the communications center.
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43. A system for organizing information for a plurality of data items being tracked comprising:
a computing device of the type capable of exchanging data with a communications center, wherein the computing device; maintains a data list which includes information for all of the plurality of data items being tracked; includes in the data list at least one user defined category tag for each of the plurality of data items being tracked; and generates a plurality of different sublists, wherein each sublist includes a different subset of the plurality of data items being tracked, wherein each sublist corresponds to a user defined category tag, whereby each data item displayed in a particular sublist has a user defined category tag which corresponds to the user defined category tag of the particular sublist.
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44. The system of claim 63, wherein the computing device further includes at least two user defined category tags for at least a first one of the data items being tracked.
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45. The system of claim 63, wherein the data items being tracked are securities.
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46. The system of claim 63, wherein the computing device is a wireless, hand held device.
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47. The system of claim 63, wherein the computing device further maintains an elapsed time since the last exchange of information with the communications center.
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48. A method for organizing information for a plurality of data items which are being tracked in a computing device of the type which is capable of exchanging information with a communications center, comprising:
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maintaining a data list, which includes information for all of the plurality of data items being tracked, in the communications center; including in the data list at least one user defined category tag for each of the plurality of data items being tracked; and sending the data list to the computing device.
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49. The method of claim 68, further comprising receiving updates to the data list items being tracked, wherein the updates are generated by the computing device.
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50. The method of claim 68, wherein sending the data list to the computing device is initiated by a request from the computing device.
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51. The method of claim 68, wherein at least one of the plurality of data items being tracked includes at least two user defined category tags.
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52. The method of claim 68, further comprising maintaining a copy of the data list in the computing device.
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53. A system for organizing information for a plurality of data items being tracked comprising:
a communications center of the type which is capable of exchanging information with a computing device, wherein the communications center; maintains a data list, which includes information for all of the plurality of data items being tracked; includes in the data list at least one user defined category tag for each of the plurality of data items being tracked; and sends the data list to the computing device.
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54. The system of claim 73, wherein the communications center further receives updates to the data list items being tracked, wherein the updates are generated by the computing device.
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55. The system of claim 73, wherein sending the data list to the computing device is initiated by a request from the computing device.
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56. The system of claim 73, wherein at least one of the plurality of data items being tracked includes at least two user defined category tags.
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57. The system of claim 73, wherein the computing device maintains a copy of the data list.
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