System and Method for Assisted Awareness

• US 20120109813A1
• Filed: 01/10/2012
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Buck, Brian J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,560,429 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/554 involving event detection and direct action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2151 Time stamp
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1415 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the displays
• 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 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/02 Handling of images in compressed format, e.g. JPEG, MPEG
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

A data feed is monitored to determine whether a condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, an alert is initiated to attract a user'"'"'s attention. Thereafter, playback mode is entered causing the example system to playback a short period of time-compressed data that occurred just prior to the event occurring to set context for the user. Once the playback signal has caught up with the real-time data feed, the data is output at normal levels. Other configurations, which are described herein, are also possible.

Claims

1. A method for presenting trading information, the method comprising:

recording, via a computing device, market information received via a data feed for a tradable object into a memory to store a recorded portion of the market information for a predetermined amount of time; and

replaying, via the computing device, the recorded portion in response to detecting a triggerable event, the recorded portion including information for the tradable object received in the data feed prior to the triggerable event being detected.

2. The method of claim 1 where the recorded portion is replayed at a user-selectable playback rate of a range of playback rates.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting the triggerable event in the data feed.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising replaying the recorded portion according to a user-selectable format.

5. The method of claim 1 where the recorded portion is replayed at least until the replayed recorded portion of the market information coincides with substantially present market information of the data feed.

6. The method of claim 1 where the triggerable event comprises a keyword or keyword phrase.

7. The method of claim 1 where only a part of the recorded portion is replayed in response to the triggerable event being detected.

8. The method of claim 1 where replaying occurs without human intervention after the triggerable event is detected.

9. The method of claim 1 where replaying occurs in response to detecting a user visually focusing on a target area.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising outputting a signal consisting of video, audio, or both video and audio components, in response to detecting the triggerable event.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising ending the signal in response to an end of the recorded portion being replayed.

12. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor for presenting trading information comprising:

a first software component for recording market information received via a data feed for a tradable object into a memory to store a recorded portion of the market information for a predetermined amount of time; and

a second software component for replaying the recorded portion in response to detecting a triggerable event, the recorded portion including information for the tradable object received in the data feed prior to the triggerable event being detected.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where the first and second software components comprise an integrated software application.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 12 further comprising an input interface component configured to receive user instructions for the triggerable event.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 12 further comprising a data interface component configured to receive the data feed.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where the recorded portion is replayed at a user-selectable playback rate of a range of playback rates.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where the triggerable event is detected in the data feed.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where the recorded portion is replayed according to a user-selectable format.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where the recorded portion is replayed at least until the replayed recorded portion of the market information coincides with substantially present market information of the data feed.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where the triggerable event comprises a keyword or keyword phrase.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where only a part of the recorded portion is replayed in response to the triggerable event being detected.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where replaying occurs without human intervention after the triggerable event is detected.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 12 where replaying occurs in response to detecting a user visually focusing on a target area.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 12 further comprising an output component for outputting a signal consisting of video, audio, or both video and audio components, in response to detecting the triggerable event.