Graphical representation of financial information

• US 8,456,473 B1
• Filed: 10/17/2012
• Issued: 06/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cary D. Perttunen
• Original Assignee: Cary D. Perttunen
• Inventors: Perttunen, Cary D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kimbinh T
• Application Number:
  US13/573,977
• Time in Patent Office: 230 Days
• Field of Search: 345/440, 345/440.1
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

A method comprises displaying a visible representation of a plurality of stocks in a stock market by a respective plurality of regions that are arranged based on a plurality of similarity values between a respective plurality of pairs of the stocks. Each of the plurality of similarity values is based on a respective correlation between a respective first time series indicating, for each of a plurality of time intervals, an aggregate level of messaging in postings of messages for a respective first stock in its respective pair of the stocks and a respective second time series indicating, for each of the plurality of time intervals, an aggregate level of messaging in postings of messages for a respective second stock in its respective pair of the stocks. Each of the regions is user-selectable to retrieve information from a message board associated with its respective one of the plurality of stocks.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program to cause a computer to display, using a display device, a visible representation of a plurality of stocks in a stock market by a respective plurality of regions that are arranged based on a plurality of similarity values between a respective plurality of pairs of the stocks in the stock market, wherein each of the plurality of similarity values is based on a respective correlation between a respective first time series indicating, for each of a plurality of time intervals, an aggregate level of messaging in postings of messages for a respective first stock in its respective pair of the stocks and a respective second time series indicating, for each of the plurality of time intervals, an aggregate level of messaging in postings of messages for a respective second stock in its respective pair of the stocks, and wherein each of the plurality of regions is user-selectable to retrieve information from a message board associated with its respective one of the plurality of stocks.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the plurality of regions are arranged to optimize a function of at least two similarity values between a respective at least two pairs of the stocks represented by a respective at least two angularly-adjacent pairs of the plurality of regions.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the function is a minimum of the at least two similarity values between the respective at least two pairs of the stocks represented by the respective at least two angularly-adjacent pairs of the plurality of regions, and wherein the plurality of regions are arranged to maximize the function.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the computer program further is to cause the computer to initiate a transaction involving one of the plurality of stocks.

5. An apparatus comprising:

a display device; and

a computer coupled to the display device, the computer programmed to cause the display device to display a visible representation of a plurality of stocks in a stock market by a respective plurality of regions that are arranged based on a plurality of similarity values between a respective plurality of pairs of the stocks in the stock market, wherein each of the plurality of similarity values is based on a respective correlation between a respective first time series indicating, for each of a plurality of time intervals, an aggregate level of messaging in postings of messages for a respective first stock in its respective pair of the stocks and a respective second time series indicating, for each of the plurality of time intervals, an aggregate level of messaging in postings of messages for a respective second stock in its respective pair of the stocks, and wherein each of the plurality of regions is user-selectable to retrieve information from a message board associated with its respective one of the plurality of stocks.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the plurality of regions are arranged to optimize a function of at least two similarity values between a respective at least two pairs of the stocks represented by a respective at least two angularly-adjacent pairs of the plurality of regions.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the function is a minimum of the at least two similarity values between the respective at least two pairs of the stocks represented by the respective at least two angularly-adjacent pairs of the plurality of regions, and wherein the plurality of regions are arranged to maximize the function.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the computer is programmed to initiate a transaction involving one of the plurality of stocks.

9. A method comprising:

displaying, using a display device, a visible representation of a plurality of stocks in a stock market by a respective plurality of regions that are arranged based on a plurality of similarity values between a respective plurality of pairs of the stocks in the stock market, wherein each of the plurality of similarity values is based on a respective correlation between a respective first time series indicating, for each of a plurality of time intervals, an aggregate level of messaging in postings of messages for a respective first stock in its respective pair of the stocks and a respective second time series indicating, for each of the plurality of time intervals, an aggregate level of messaging in postings of messages for a respective second stock in its respective pair of the stocks, and wherein each of the plurality of regions is user-selectable to retrieve information from a message board associated with its respective one of the plurality of stocks.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the plurality of regions are arranged to optimize a function of at least two similarity values between a respective at least two pairs of the stocks represented by a respective at least two angularly-adjacent pairs of the plurality of regions.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the function is a minimum of the at least two similarity values between the respective at least two pairs of the stocks represented by the respective at least two angularly-adjacent pairs of the plurality of regions, and wherein the plurality of regions are arranged to maximize the function.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising initiating a transaction involving one of the plurality of stocks.