Automated auction protocol processor
First Claim
1. In combination in a data processing system for implementing a structured trading environment for transacting the purchase and sale of select items having a predetermined set of characteristics wherein said data processing system is operated by a plurality of trading participants through a specific communication platform to permit exchanging positions regarding offers and bids and for receiving select participant trade commands relating to said items, comprising:
- a plurality of workstations comprising a display means for presenting to a participant information about pending market conditions as they relate to said items being traded and the select positions taken by other participants in regard to said items;
a central server in communication with said workstations, linked to said workstations and programmed to support a predetermined trading control logic wherein said trading control logic comprises a protocol of trade sequences initiated from a bid/offer state by a participant hit or lift trade command wherein said protocol is directed to implement trade commands from said participants in a predefined way corresponding to the development of a plurality of trade specific states defining the ability of various participants to participate in said trading activity.
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Abstract
A data processing system for implementing transaction management of auction-based trading for specialized items such as fixed income instruments. The data processing system provides a highly structured trading protocol implemented through a sequence of trading paradigms. The system employs a distributed computer processing network linking together a plurality of commonly programmed controlled workstations. The protocol and its programmed controlling logic enhances trading efficiency, rewards market makers and fairly distributes market opportunity to system users.
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30 Claims
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1. In combination in a data processing system for implementing a structured trading environment for transacting the purchase and sale of select items having a predetermined set of characteristics wherein said data processing system is operated by a plurality of trading participants through a specific communication platform to permit exchanging positions regarding offers and bids and for receiving select participant trade commands relating to said items, comprising:
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a plurality of workstations comprising a display means for presenting to a participant information about pending market conditions as they relate to said items being traded and the select positions taken by other participants in regard to said items; a central server in communication with said workstations, linked to said workstations and programmed to support a predetermined trading control logic wherein said trading control logic comprises a protocol of trade sequences initiated from a bid/offer state by a participant hit or lift trade command wherein said protocol is directed to implement trade commands from said participants in a predefined way corresponding to the development of a plurality of trade specific states defining the ability of various participants to participate in said trading activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21)
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16. A computer trading system for use by multiple participants wherein each participant operates a custom designed keypad for data entry and receives information about market conditions from a display comprising:
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a data processor with associated data storage for providing a trading protocol that establishes trading hierarchy among participants; a trade command input means including said custom designed keypad wherein said keypad includes a plurality of trade execute keys, individually assigned to a particular security available for trading, said keypad further comprises a plurality of participant entry keys assigning trade commands to a particular participant; a display means for presenting a trading information profile wherein said trading profile includes pending offers and bids at select price points and size. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
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24. A method of financial instrument trading implemented on a distributed workstation computer system, wherein said system provides for a predetermined trading protocol delineating participant access comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a Bid/Offer System State wherein participants participate by actively monitoring trading wherein some of said participants enter bids, offers, price and volume information; b. distributing said information to said plural workstations in essentially real time; c. receiving trade hits and/or lifts from said participants responding to pending bids/offers as displayed on said workstations; d. entering a Trading State wherein transactions are completed at one or more system defined prices; e. returning to the Bid/Offer State after a pre-established termination event in said Trading State; f. tracking and outputting consummated trades from said Trading State. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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