Stock information display method and information terminal

• US 5,880,726 A
• Filed: 10/10/1996
• Issued: 03/09/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nakamura, Kazumasa, Yokoyama, Susumu, Takiguchi, Takahiro, Takahashi, Nobuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Katbab, A.
• Application Number:
  US08/728,230
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 345/333, 345/334, 345/339, 345/340, 345/342, 345/343, 345/346, 345/962, 345/968, 340/825.26, 273/278, 705/10, 705/35, 705/36, 705/37, 705/400, 705/411
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A stock information display method wherein, when a screen pattern and a stock are entered, stock information regarding the entered stock on display types specified by the entered screen pattern is displayed in accordance with a division pattern designated by the screen pattern. An information terminal wherein an auxiliary memory is equipped with a linkage registration table for storing, as screen patterns, a plurality of screen division patterns and the types of information to be displayed at respective display locations on a divided screen. When a screen pattern and a stock are entered, a controller reads from a main memory the stock information regarding the entered stock on the display types corresponding to the entered screen pattern, creates display data in accordance with a format of the division pattern which corresponds to the screen pattern, and supplies the created data to a display unit. The stock information display method and the information terminal enable a plurality of types of stock information to be displayed on the same screen, thus achieving easier input operation.

Claims

1. A stock information display method comprising:

storing a screen pattern having a set of division pattern which specifies a divided form of a screen, and a display type which specifies items of stock,

when a command which specifies a particular screen pattern is entered, a display type and division pattern are specified by said particular screen pattern, and when a first stock is entered, stock information regarding said first stock on said specified display type is displayed in accordance with a division pattern, which corresponds to a screen to be displayed which is specified by said particular screen pattern, and when a second stock is entered, in accordance with a division pattern which corresponds to a screen to be displayed which is specified by said specified division pattern, stock information regarding said second stock is displayed on said specified display type, and when a command which specifies another particular screen pattern is entered, another display type and another division pattern is specified, and displays stock information of said second stock on said another screen pattern, at the display location which is specified by said another screen pattern in accordance with said another division pattern.

2. An information terminal comprising:

a display unit for displaying stock information;

an input unit for entering a stock;

a main memory for storing stock information;

a controller which reads stock information from said main memory according to a stock which has been entered through said input unit and outputs the read stock information to said display unit; and

an auxiliary memory which is provided with a linkage registration table for storing a plurality of screen division patterns which specifies a screen division form and display types which specifies a stock corresponding to a screen to be displayed in divided screens as screen patterns;

wherein,

when a command which designates a particular screen pattern is entered through said input unit, said controller refers to said linkage registration table to read a display type which corresponds to a screen to be displayed which is specified by said particular screen pattern;

when a first stock is entered through said input unit, said controller reads stock information of said display type regarding said first stock from said main memory, and outputs screen information to display said stock information on said display unit in accordance with a division pattern which corresponds to a screen to be displayed which is specified by said particular screen pattern; and

when a second stock is entered through said input unit, said controller reads stock information of said display type regarding said second stock from said main memory, and outputs screen information to display said stock information on said display unit in accordance with a division pattern which corresponds to a screen to be displayed which is specified by said particular screen pattern; and

when a command which designates another particular screen pattern is entered through said input unit, said controller refers to said linkage registration table to read a display type which corresponds to a screen to be displayed which is specified by said another particular screen pattern, and reads stock information of said display type regarding said second stock from said main memory, and outputs screen information to display said stock information on said display unit in accordance with a division pattern which corresponds to a screen to be displayed which is specified by said another particular screen pattern.

3. An information terminal according to claim 2, wherein the screen pattern is a divided pattern which is comprised of two screen segments, namely, an upper screen segment and a lower screen segment, and which is equipped with items "Stock" and "CB" as the display types;

wherein the upper screen segment, which is an upper window, displays "Stock" information, while the lower screen segment, which is a lower window, displays "CB" information.

4. An information terminal according to claim 2, wherein the screen pattern is a divided pattern which is comprised of four screen segments, and which is equipped with items "Stock," "CB," "Finance," and "Settlement of Accounts" as the display types;

wherein a top left screen segment, which is a top left window, displays "Stock" information, a top right screen segment, which is a top right window, displays "CB" information, a bottom left screen segment, which is a bottom left window, displays "Finance" information, and a bottom right screen segment, which is a bottom right window, displays "Settlement of Accounts" information.