Method for directing and executing certified trading interests
First Claim
1. A method of managing securities market information, comprising the steps of:
- (a) electronically receiving over a computer network data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants, wherein said data is not disseminated to any market participant upon receipt or at any future time and comprises data whose dissemination could affect the price or availability of a security;
(b) electronically storing said received data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants;
(c) electronically receiving information from a first securities market participant'"'"'s computer;
(d) electronically storing said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer;
(e) producing a targeted dissemination list of securities market participants based on said confidential trading interest information of securities market participants and said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer, wherein said targeted dissemination list excludes one or more market participants identified as unlikely to take the contra side to a specified trade and likely to use said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer in a manner that would affect the price or availability of said security; and
(f) electronically transmitting to the securities market participants on said targeted dissemination list data based on said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer;
wherein said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer does not receive said confidential trading interest information of said securities market participants and does not receive information about size or composition of said targeted dissemination list.
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Preferred embodiments of the subject invention overcome the limitations of known trading interest dissemination and execution systems by (1) enabling market participants to limit dissemination of trading interests to only those other market participants likely to have a significant contra-interest, (2) enabling market participants to ensure that other market participants'"'"' disseminated trading interests are legitimate, and (3) enabling auctions among trading interests targeted and validated in this manner. Software of a preferred embodiment identifies likely contra-interests by analyzing information from various sources regarding certified trading interests.
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58 Claims
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1. A method of managing securities market information, comprising the steps of:
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(a) electronically receiving over a computer network data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants, wherein said data is not disseminated to any market participant upon receipt or at any future time and comprises data whose dissemination could affect the price or availability of a security; (b) electronically storing said received data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants; (c) electronically receiving information from a first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (d) electronically storing said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (e) producing a targeted dissemination list of securities market participants based on said confidential trading interest information of securities market participants and said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer, wherein said targeted dissemination list excludes one or more market participants identified as unlikely to take the contra side to a specified trade and likely to use said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer in a manner that would affect the price or availability of said security; and (f) electronically transmitting to the securities market participants on said targeted dissemination list data based on said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; wherein said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer does not receive said confidential trading interest information of said securities market participants and does not receive information about size or composition of said targeted dissemination list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program, stored in a computer memory, for managing securities market information comprising:
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(a) software for electronically receiving over a computer network data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants, wherein said data is not disseminated to any market participant upon receipt or at any future time and comprises data whose dissemination could affect the price or availability of a security; (b) software for electronically storing said received data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants; (c) software for electronically receiving information from a first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (d) software for electronically storing said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (e) software for producing a targeted dissemination list of securities market participants based on said confidential trading interest information of securities market participants and said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer, wherein said targeted dissemination list excludes one or more market participants identified as unlikely to take the contra side to a specified trade and likely to use said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer in a manner that would affect the price or availability of said security; and (f) software for electronically transmitting to the securities market participants on said targeted dissemination list data based on said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; wherein said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer does not receive said confidential trading interest information of said securities market participants and does not receive information about size or composition of said targeted dissemination list. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of effecting a targeted auction, comprising the steps of:
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(a) electronically receiving over a computer network data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants, wherein said data is not disseminated to any market participant upon receipt or at any future time and comprises data whose dissemination could affect the price or availability of a security; (b) electronically storing said received data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants; (c) electronically receiving information from a first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (d) electronically storing said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (e) producing a targeted dissemination list of securities market participants based on said confidential trading interest information of securities market participants and said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer, wherein said targeted dissemination list excludes one or more market participants identified as unlikely to take the contra side to a specified trade and likely to use said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer in a manner that would affect the price or availability of said security; and (f) electronically transmitting to the securities market participants on said targeted dissemination list data based on said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (g) electronically receiving subsequent orders from securities market participants in response to said transmitted data; (h) conducting an electronic auction among orders including said orders received in response to said transmitted data; and (i) electronically transmitting the status of orders to the respective securities market participants who initiated them. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer program, stored in a computer memory, for effecting a targeted auction, comprising:
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(a) software for electronically receiving over a computer network data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants, wherein said data is not disseminated to any market participant upon receipt or at any future time and comprises data whose dissemination could affect the price or availability of a security; (b) software for electronically storing said received data including confidential trading interest information of securities market participants; (c) software for electronically receiving information from a first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (d) software for electronically storing said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (e) software for producing a targeted dissemination list of securities market participants based on said confidential trading interest information of securities market participants and said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer, wherein said targeted dissemination list excludes one or more market participants identified as unlikely to take the contra side to a specified trade and likely to use said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer in a manner that would affect the price or availability of said security; and (f) software for electronically transmitting to the securities market participants on said targeted dissemination list data based on said information received from said first securities market participant'"'"'s computer; (g) software for electronically receiving subsequent orders from securities market participants in response to said transmitted data; (h) software for conducting an electronic auction among orders including said orders received in response to said transmitted data; and (i) software for electronically transmitting the status of orders to the respective securities market participants who initiated them. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of evaluating a securities market participant'"'"'s trading activities, comprising the steps of:
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(a) electronically receiving data regarding a first securities market participant, wherein said data comprises certified trading activity information and information describing numbers of shares of a specified security bought and sold by said first securities market participant during a specified time period; (b) electronically storing said received data regarding said first securities market participant; (c) producing a measure of said first securities market participant'"'"'s trading activity with respect to a standard, wherein said measure is based at least in part on a net change in said first securities market participant'"'"'s position as determined by subtracting number of said shares of said specified security sold during said specified time period from number of said shares purchased during said specified time period; (d) electronically storing said measure; (e) electronically receiving a request from said first securities market participant to have a report transmitted to a second securities market participant, wherein said report comprises said measure; (f) electronically storing said received request; and (g) electronically transmitting said requested report to said second securities market participant. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A computer program, stored in a computer memory, for evaluating a securities market participant'"'"'s trading activities, comprising:
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(a) software for electronically receiving data regarding a first securities market participant, wherein said data comprises certified trading activity information and information describing numbers of shares of a specified security bought and sold by said first securities market participant during a specified time period; (b) software for electronically storing said received data regarding said first securities market participant; (c) software for producing a measure of said first securities market participant'"'"'s trading activity with respect to a standard, wherein said measure is based at least in part on a net change in said first securities market participant'"'"'s position as determined by subtracting number of said shares of said specified security sold during said specified time period from number of said shares purchased during said specified time period; (d) software for electronically storing said measure; (e) software for electronically receiving a request from said first securities market participant to have a report transmitted to a second securities market participant, wherein said report comprises said measure; (f) software for electronically storing said received request; and (g) software for electronically transmitting said requested report to said second securities market participant. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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58. A method of managing securities market information, comprising the steps of:
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(1) enabling a first securities market participant to target dissemination of trading interests to only those other securities market participants likely to have a significant contra-interest, wherein said enabling comprises, for each order placed by said first securities market participant, creating a targeted dissemination list and ensuring that securities market participants not listed on said targeted dissemination list from receive no information regarding said order; (2) enabling securities market participants to ensure that other securities market participants'"'"' disseminated trading interests are validated as legitimate; and (3) enabling auctions among trading interests targeted and validated as in the preceding steps.
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