Methods and Apparatus to Implement Spin-Gesture Based Trade Action Parameter Selection

• US 20150088722A1
• Filed: 09/26/2013
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Singer, Scott F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,727,915 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to implement spin-gesture based trade action parameter selection are disclosed herein. An example method includes detecting, via a user interface of a trading application generated by a computing device, an activation event associated with an interface control corresponding to a trade action, wherein the activation event is a gestural input received via the generated user interface. The example method also includes updating, via the user interface, a value of a trade action parameter associated with the trade action, wherein the value of the trade action parameter updates in a sequence based on a direction associated with the gestural input.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, via a user interface of a trading application generated by a computing device, an activation event associated with an interface control corresponding to a trade action, wherein the activation event is a gestural input received via the generated user interface; and

updating, via the user interface, a value of a trade action parameter associated with the trade action, wherein the value of the trade action parameter updates in a sequence based on a direction associated with the gestural input.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the sequence is customized by a user.

3. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the gestural input causes the value of the trade action parameter to increase based on the sequence.

4. The method as described in claim 3, wherein the gestural input causes the value of the trade action parameter to decrease based on the sequence.

5. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising detecting an enabling event associated with the interface control.

6. The method as described in claim 5, further comprising:

comparing the enabling event to an activation criterion; and

in response to the enabling event satisfying the activation criterion, updating the user interface to include an activated second interface control.

7. The method as described in claim 6, wherein the activation criterion is a period of time.

8. The method as described in claim 6, wherein selecting the second interface control initiates the trade action associated with the interface control.

9. The method as described in claim 6, wherein selecting the second interface control initiates a trade action including the value of the trade action parameter.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a user interface rendering module to generate a user interface of a trading application that is to include an interface control, wherein the interface control is to correspond to a trade action;

an activation event detecting module to detect an activation event associated with the interface control, wherein the activation event is a gestural input; and

a sequencing module to update a value of a trade action parameter associated with the trade action based on the gestural input.

11. The apparatus as described in claim 10, wherein the sequencing module is to increase the value of the trade action parameter in response to the gestural input.

12. The apparatus as described in claim 11, wherein the sequencing module is to decrease the value of the trade action parameter in response to the gestural input.

13. The apparatus as described in claim 10, further comprising:

an enabling event detecting module to detect an enabling event associated with the interface control; and

a criterion satisfying detection module to compare the enabling event to an activation criterion.

14. The apparatus as described in claim 13, wherein the user interface rendering module is to activate a second interface control based on a determination that the interface control selection satisfies the activation criterion.

15. The apparatus as described in claim 14, further comprising a timing module to de-activate the second interface control after a period of time.

16. The apparatus as described in claim 13, further comprising a trade action execution module to, based on the activation criterion comparison, execute the trade action that is to correspond to the interface control.

17. A tangible computer readable storage medium including computer program code to be executed by a processor, the computer program code, when executed, to implement a method comprising:

detecting, via a user interface of a trading application, an activation event associated with an interface control corresponding to a trade action, wherein the activation event is a gestural input received via the generated user interface; and

updating, via the user interface, a value of a trade action parameter associated with the trade action, wherein the value of the trade action parameter updates in a sequence based on a direction associated with the gestural input.

18. The tangible computer readable storage medium as described in claim 17, further comprising detecting an enabling event associated with the interface control.

19. The tangible computer readable storage medium as described in claim 18, further comprising:

comparing the enabling event to an activation criterion; and

in response to the enabling event satisfying the activation criterion, updating the user interface to include an activated second interface control.

20. The tangible computer readable storage medium as described in claim 19, wherein the activation criterion is a period of time.