Method and system to facilitate on-line trading

• US 8,463,692 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2009
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TradeKing Group, Inc. (Ally Financial, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: TradeKing Group, Inc. (Ally Financial, Inc.)
• Inventors: de Boer, Michiel, Kang, Yung Ho, Raneri, Michael Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TIEN C
• Application Number:
  US12/491,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20100332366A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,447 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/38, 705/26.1, 705/67, 715/234, 707/706, 709/236, 380/279
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/335 for accessing specific resources, e.g. using Kerberos tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method and system to facilitate on-line trading is presented. An example system, in one embodiment, comprises a web page scanner, a trading control generator, an event detector, and a trading ticket generator. The web page scanner may be configured to scan a web page in order to detect security symbol information. The trading control generator may be configured to present a trading control to associate visually the trading control with the detected security symbol information, the trading control to access a trading service. The event detector may be configured to detect an event associated with the trading control, so that the trading ticket generator receives a request to launch a trading ticket associated with the security symbol information. A trading ticket may be then utilized by a user for submitting a security order using the trading service.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system to facilitate on-line trading, the system comprising:

a web page scanner to scan a web page to detect security symbol information;

a trading control generator to present a trading control to associate visually the trading control with the detected security symbol information, the trading control to access a trading service;

an event detector to detect an event associated with the trading control;

wherein responsive to the event associated with the trading control;

determining that a user associated with the event has an account with the trading service; and

determining that a secure session with the trading service has been established for the user; and

a trading ticket generator to launch a trading ticket associated with the security symbol information, the trading ticket suitable for submitting an order using the trading service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the web page is associated with a third party provider distinct from a provider of the trading service.

3. The system of claim 1, comprising a session module to:

determine that a user associated with the event associated with the trading control has an account with the trading service, and

determine that a secure session with the trading service has been established for the user.

4. The system of claim 1, comprising a web page source detector to determine, using the trading service, that the web page is a relevant financial or investing web page.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising a security symbol resolver to:

communicate, to the trading service, a request including the security symbol information; and

receive a resolved security symbol from the trading service.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the security symbol information is a name of a company.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising a session module to:

responsive to the event associated with the trading control, determine that a secure session with the trading service has not been established for a user associated with the event associated with the trading control; and

present an authentication dialog for the user.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the trading ticket generator is to:

obtain, from the trading service, data suitable for pre-filling the trading ticket; and

pre-fill the trading ticket with the obtained data.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the event associated with the trading control comprises a click event.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the event associated with the trading control comprises a hover event.

11. A computer-implemented method to facilitate on-line trading, the method comprising:

using one or more processors to perform operations of;

scanning a web page to detect security symbol information;

presenting a trading control to associate visually the trading control with the detected security symbol information, the trading control to access a trading service;

detecting an event associated with the trading control;

wherein responsive to the event associated with the trading control;

determining that a user associated with the event has an account with the trading service; and

determining that a secure session with the trading service has been established or the user; and

launching a trading ticket associated with the security symbol information, the trading ticket suitable for submitting an order using the trading service.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the web page is associated with a third party provider distinct from a provider of the trading service.

13. The method of claim 11, comprising:

determining, using the trading service, that the web page is a relevant financial or investing web page.

14. The method of claim 11, comprising:

communicating, to the trading service, a request including the security symbol information; and

receiving a resolved security symbol from the trading service.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the security symbol information is a name of a company.

16. The method of claim 11, comprising:

responsive to the event associated with the trading control

determining that a secure session with the trading service has not been established for the user; and

presenting an authentication dialog.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the launching of the trading ticket associated with the security symbol information comprises:

obtaining, from the trading service, data suitable for pre-filling the trading ticket; and

pre-filling the trading ticket with the obtained data.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the event associated with the trading control comprises a click event.

19. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium to facilitate on-line trading, wherein the machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

scan a web page to detect security symbol information;

present a trading control to associate visually the trading control with the detected security symbol information, the trading control to access a trading service;

detect an event associated with the trading control;

wherein responsive to the event associated with the trading control;

determining that a user associated with the event has an account with the trading service; and

determining that a secure session with the trading service has been established for the user; and

launch a trading ticket associated with the security symbol information, the trading ticket suitable for submitting an order using the trading service.