Systems and methods for trading financial instruments across different types of trading platforms
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1. A system for offering a financial instrument across different types of trading platforms, comprising:
- a plurality of trading platforms, at least two of the trading platforms using different protocols for exchanging trading information; and
an interface for linking the trading platforms to allow an offering posted in one of the trading platforms to be simultaneously offered in each of the trading platforms and a particular quantity of the offering to be purchased in any of the trading platforms.
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Abstract
A plurality of trading platforms are communicatively linked. At least two of the trading platforms employ different protocols for exchanging trading information. An interface allows the trading platforms to share information regardless of protocol differences. An offering posted in one of the trading platforms can be simultaneously offered in all trading platforms, and a particular quantity of the offering can be purchased in any of the trading platforms.
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1. A system for offering a financial instrument across different types of trading platforms, comprising:
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a plurality of trading platforms, at least two of the trading platforms using different protocols for exchanging trading information; and
an interface for linking the trading platforms to allow an offering posted in one of the trading platforms to be simultaneously offered in each of the trading platforms and a particular quantity of the offering to be purchased in any of the trading platforms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for offering a financial instrument across different types of trading platforms, at least two of the trading platforms using different protocols for exchanging trading information, comprising the steps of:
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posting an offering in one of the trading platforms; and
displaying the posted offering simultaneously in each of the other trading platforms, so as to allow a particular quantity of the offering to be purchased in any of the trading platforms. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable on the machine to perform method steps for offering a financial instrument across different types of trading platforms, at least two of the trading platforms using different protocols for exchanging trading information, the method steps comprising:
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posting an offering in one of the trading platforms; and
displaying the posted offering simultaneously in each of the other trading platforms, so as to allow a particular quantity of the offering to be purchased in any of the trading platforms.
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