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Securities trading workstation

  • US 5,297,032 A
  • Filed: 02/01/1991
  • Issued: 03/22/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination in a system for controlling the operation of a trader work station as integrated in a network for the trading of financial instruments wherein a database is configured to deliver an on-line datastream to a plurality of traders said system comprising:

  • data communication means for managing the transfer of on-line data from said database to the work station and the transfer of trader selected transactions to said database;

    data compilation means for providing select records to a plurality of separate window interface applications;

    market maker application means for displaying a select security and associated market makers with current price quote information, and further permitting the entry of a transaction order by the trader for transmission to the database; and

    trader book application means for displaying a select group of securities associated with an individual trader wherein said group of securities include current data on an inside market, depth of said inside market, and direction of said inside market for each security in said group.

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