Methods and apparatus to implement spin-gesture based trade action parameter selection

• US 9,727,915 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2013
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Jagdish
• Application Number:
  US14/038,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20150088722A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,412 Days
• Field of Search: 705 37, 705 35
• 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:

generating, via an electronic processor on a display of a computing device, a user interface for providing data to a user and for receiving user inputs from the user, the user interface having a parameter control input displayed by the user interface, where the parameter control input is configured to receive gestural inputs for a trade action;

detecting, via the electronic processor, an activation event for the parameter control input, wherein the activation event is a first gestural input received via the parameter control input of the generated user interface;

determining, via the electronic processor, whether the activation event for the parameter control input satisfies at least one activation criterion;

in response to determining that the activation event satisfies the at least one activation criterion via the electronic processor, activating, via the electronic processor, the parameter control input, where the activated parameter control input is configured to receive a user input for a trade action parameter;

displaying, via the electronic processor on the user interface, a plurality of eligible values for the trade action parameter and a current value of the trade action parameter, the plurality of eligible values for the trade action parameter being displayed via the user interface in a relative sequence;

detecting, via the electronic processor, a second gestural input received via the parameter control input, the second gestural input defining a directional movement relative to the parameter control input and the displayed plurality of eligible values; and

in response to detecting the second gestural input, updating, via the electronic processor on the user interface, the current value of the trade action parameter, wherein the current value of the trade action parameter is updated according to the relative sequence based on the directional movement of the second gestural input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative sequence is customizable.

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

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

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting an enabling event associated with the parameter control input.

6. The method of 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 parameter control.

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

8. The method of claim 6, wherein selecting the second parameter control initiates the trade action.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein selecting the second parameter control initiates the trade action including the value of the trade action parameter.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a display device configured to generate a user interface of a trading application, where the user interface receives user inputs from the user via a parameter control input configured to receive gestural inputs for a trade action, and where the user interface displays a plurality of eligible values for a trade action parameter and a current value of the trade action parameter, the plurality of eligible values for the trade action parameter being displayed in a relative sequence;

user input sensor coupled with the display device and configured to detect an activation event for the parameter control input, wherein the activation event is a first gestural input received via the parameter control input;

an electronic processor coupled with the display device and the user input sensor, where the electronic processor is configured to determine whether the activation event satisfies at least one activation criterion, and where, in response to determining that the activation event satisfies at least one activation criterion where the electronic processor is configured to cause the parameter control input to be activated to receive a user input for the trade action parameter,

where in response to receiving a second gestural input via the parameter control input, the electronic processor is configured to cause the display device to update a value of the current value of the trade action parameter according to a directional movement of the second gestural input, where the directional movement is detected by the user input sensor and is received relative to the parameter control input and the displayed plurality of eligible values.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the value of the trade action parameter is increased in response to the second gestural input.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the value of the trade action parameter is decreased in response to the second gestural input.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, where the user input sensor is further configured to detect an enabling event associated with the parameter control input and the electronic processor is further configured to compare the enabling event to an activation criterion.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a second parameter control is activated based on a determination that the parameter control input satisfies the activation criterion.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising a timing module de-activates the second parameter control after a period of time.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, where the trade action is executed based on the activation criterion comparison.

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:

generating, via an electronic processor on a display of a computing device, a user interface for providing data to a user and for receiving user inputs from the user, the user interface having a parameter control input displayed by the user interface, where the parameter control input is configured to receive gestural inputs for a trade action;

detecting, via the electronic processor, an activation event for the parameter control input, wherein the activation event is a first gestural input received via the parameter control input of the generated user interface;

determining, via the electronic processor, whether the activation event for the parameter control input satisfies at least one activation criterion;

in response to determining that the activation event satisfies the at least one activation criterion via the electronic processor, activating, via the electronic processor, the parameter control input, where the activated parameter control input is configured to receive a user input for a trade action parameter;

displaying, via the electronic processor on the user interface, a plurality of eligible values for the trade action parameter and a current value of the trade action parameter, the plurality of eligible values for the trade action parameter being displayed via the user interface in a relative sequence;

detecting, via the electronic processor, a second gestural input received via the parameter control input, the second gestural input defining a directional movement relative to the parameter control input and the displayed plurality of eligible values; and

in response to detecting the second gestural input, updating, via the electronic processor on the user interface, the current value of the trade action parameter, wherein the current value of the trade action parameter is updated according to the relative sequence based on the directional movement of the second gestural input.

18. The tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising detecting an enabling event associated with the parameter control input.

19. The tangible computer readable storage medium of 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 parameter control.

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