Method for directing and executing certified trading interests
First Claim
1. A method of managing orders in a financial securities market, comprising the steps of:
- (a) electronically receiving data comprising a securities order and conditions on said securities order from a first securities market participant;
(b) electronically storing said received data in a database;
(c) electronically receiving and storing in said database data comprising contra securities orders from other securities market participants;
(d) searching with a first processor in communication with said database for contra securities orders that satisfy said conditions on said securities order from said first securities market participant;
(e) ranking with a second processor contra securities orders that satisfy said conditions according to criteria comprising said conditions; and
(f) routing with a third processor said securities order received from said first securities market participant or portions thereof to securities market participants from which said ranked contra securities orders were received, according to ranking obtained in step (e),wherein said first, second, and third processors may the same processor, separate processors linked via a communications link, or a combination thereof.
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Abstract
Preferred embodiments of the subject invention comprise: (a) electronically receiving securities order-related data regarding a set of securities market participants; (b) electronically storing the received order-related data regarding the set of securities market participants; (c) electronically receiving a securities order-related query (or order parameters) from a first securities market participant; (d) based on the order-related query (or order parameters) received from the first securities market participant and on the securities order-related data regarding the set of securities market participants, computing a dissemination list of securities market participants based on ranking likely contras by probability of execution; and (e) transmitting that dissemination list to an entity who has been granted the privilege of receiving such lists in exchange for being contractually bound to respect confidentiality of the dissemination list and to use the list only for the purpose of sending securities-related information to members of the list.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of managing orders in a financial securities market, comprising the steps of:
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(a) electronically receiving data comprising a securities order and conditions on said securities order from a first securities market participant; (b) electronically storing said received data in a database; (c) electronically receiving and storing in said database data comprising contra securities orders from other securities market participants; (d) searching with a first processor in communication with said database for contra securities orders that satisfy said conditions on said securities order from said first securities market participant; (e) ranking with a second processor contra securities orders that satisfy said conditions according to criteria comprising said conditions; and (f) routing with a third processor said securities order received from said first securities market participant or portions thereof to securities market participants from which said ranked contra securities orders were received, according to ranking obtained in step (e), wherein said first, second, and third processors may the same processor, separate processors linked via a communications link, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for managing orders in a financial securities market, comprising:
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(1) memory operable to store at least one program to and to store (a) data comprising a securities order and conditions on said securities order, received from a first securities market participant; (b) data comprising contra securities orders received from other securities market participants; (2) a first processor, in communication with said memory and executing at least part of said at least one program, that searches for contra securities orders that satisfy said conditions on said securities order from said first securities market participant; (e) a second processor, in communication with said memory and executing at least part of said at least one program, that ranks contra securities orders that satisfy said conditions according to criteria comprising said conditions; and (f) a third processor, in communication with said memory and executing at least part of said at least one program, that routes said securities order received from said first securities market participant or portions thereof to securities market participants from which said ranked contra securities orders were received, according to said ranking by said second processor, wherein said first, second, and third processors may the same processor, separate processors linked via a communications link, or a combination thereof.
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