METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC COLLECTIVE WINDOWS FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ELECTRONIC TRADING
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1. A method for automatically creating a collective graphical window, comprising:
- receiving a selection input to automatically create a collective window displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) generated by a trading application on a target network device with one or more processors, wherein the collective window includes two or more selected individual graphical windows used for automatic electronic trading and wherein the collective window is automatically created using a plurality of pre-selected collective window parameters;
automatically and dynamically creating the collective window on the GUI using the plurality of pre-selected parameters including automatically creating a collective window with two or more pre-selected individual graphical windows with a pre-selected size and a shape for the two or more pre-selected individual graphical windows to be maintained in the collective window, with a pre-selected desired alignment of the two or more individual graphical windows in the collective window on the GUI and with a desired pre-selected position on the GUI;
receiving automatically a plurality of different types of electronic trading information via the trading application via a communications network from one or more electronic trading exchanges;
displaying automatically the plurality of different types electronic trading information on the two or more individual graphical windows comprising the collective window; and
automatically executing one or more electronic trades from the collective window via the trading application via the communications network on one or more electronic trading exchanges.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing automatic collective windows for a multi-windowed graphical user interface (GUI) for electronic trading. The collective windows are automatically created with pre-determined individual graphical windows, with selectable desired screen positions on a graphical user interface, with different desired alignments of the individual graphical windows within the collective window and with a two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) display mode.
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1. A method for automatically creating a collective graphical window, comprising:
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receiving a selection input to automatically create a collective window displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) generated by a trading application on a target network device with one or more processors, wherein the collective window includes two or more selected individual graphical windows used for automatic electronic trading and wherein the collective window is automatically created using a plurality of pre-selected collective window parameters; automatically and dynamically creating the collective window on the GUI using the plurality of pre-selected parameters including automatically creating a collective window with two or more pre-selected individual graphical windows with a pre-selected size and a shape for the two or more pre-selected individual graphical windows to be maintained in the collective window, with a pre-selected desired alignment of the two or more individual graphical windows in the collective window on the GUI and with a desired pre-selected position on the GUI; receiving automatically a plurality of different types of electronic trading information via the trading application via a communications network from one or more electronic trading exchanges; displaying automatically the plurality of different types electronic trading information on the two or more individual graphical windows comprising the collective window; and automatically executing one or more electronic trades from the collective window via the trading application via the communications network on one or more electronic trading exchanges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for automatically creating collective graphical windows for electronic trading, comprising in combination:
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means for receiving a selection input to automatically create a collective window displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) generated by a trading application on a target network device with one or more processors, wherein the collective window includes two or more individual graphical windows used for electronic trading and wherein the two or more individual graphical windows are not in contact with each other on the GUI when the selection input is received; means for automatically and dynamically creating the collective window from the two or more individual graphical windows, wherein a size and a shape of the two or more individual graphical windows is maintained in the collective window and wherein the collective window is created with a desired alignment of the two or more individual graphical windows; means for automatically and dynamically moving the created collective window to a desired position on the GUI, wherein the collective window is used for electronic trading; means for receiving a plurality of different types electronic trading information via the trading application via a communications network from one or more electronic trading exchanges; means for displaying the plurality of different types electronic trading information on the two or more individual graphical windows comprising the collective window; and means for automatically executing one or more electronic trades from the collective window via the trading application via the communications network on one or more electronic trading exchanges. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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