Trading, Matching, Or Bidding

Trading, Matching, Or Bidding patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

11/23/06 - 20060265323 - Method and system for facilitating, coordinating and managing a competitive marketplace
A system and method for facilitating, coordinating and managing the operation of a competitive marketplace via the Internet. The system and method collect bids for market services from a plurality of customers, calculators a clearing piece for the market service and calculates settlement information based on the clearing piece calculated ...

11/23/06 - 20060265322 - Method, apparatus and interface for trading multiple tradeable objects
An interface for trading multiple tradeable objects includes a price axis or scale. A first indication of quantities represented in a market for a first tradeable object is displayed in association with the price axis or scale. A second indication of quantities represented in the market for a second tradeable ...

11/23/06 - 20060265321 - System and method for trading and displaying market information in an electronic trading environment
A system and method for trading and displaying market information along a static axis are described to ensure fast and accurate execution of trades. The static axis, whether is a straight axis or a curved one, can be oriented in any direction. Regardless of how the axis is oriented, a ...

11/23/06 - 20060265320 - System and method for analyzing and displaying security trade transactions
A system and methods for processing and charting security exchange trading and market information shows security traders if current transactions originated as buy orders (810) or sell orders (812), and simultaneously indicates traded quantity. Security exchange trading information is received including price, volume and time of each trade. Market information ...

11/23/06 - 20060265319 - User interface for an electronic trading system
A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote client terminals, and this information is ...

11/23/06 - 20060265318 - User interface for an electronic trading system
A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote client terminals, and this information is ...

11/23/06 - 20060265317 - System and method for analyzing and displaying security trade transactions
A system and methods for processing and charting security exchange trading and market information shows security traders if current transactions originated as buy orders (810) or sell orders (812), and simultaneously indicates traded quantity. Security exchange trading information is received including price, volume and time of each trade. Market information ...

11/23/06 - 20060265316 - System and method for trading and displaying market information in an electronic trading environment
A system and method for trading and displaying market information along a static axis are described to ensure fast and accurate execution of trades. The static axis, whether is a straight axis or a curved one, can be oriented in any direction. Regardless of how the axis is oriented, a ...

11/23/06 - 20060265315 - User interface for semi-fungible trading
A user interface and method are disclosed for providing trading between a plurality of semi-fungible and non-fungible goods. A plurality of book axes are displayed in a single interface, each book axis representing a market for a particular good. Orders for goods are displayed as marks on the axes to ...

11/23/06 - 20060265314 - System and method for variably regulating order entry in an electronic trading system
A system and method are provided to intelligently limit the frequency at which automated or semi-automated trading tools move or re-price orders in an exchange order book. A tolerance may be input that limits when one or more orders in the exchange order book are moved from one price to ...

11/23/06 - 20060265313 - Trading bids with bounded odds by auction
Bids are traded using an auction process. The bids specify bounds on their odds and are collected during an auction period. The collected bids form a bid pool. The bid pool is settled by determining which of the bids from the pool qualify (e.g., based on their specified odds) and ...

11/23/06 - 20060265312 - Online real estate auctions
A facility for conducting a real estate auction having a number of participants is described. Each of the participants uses a participant computing system or similar device. The facility receives bidding instructions from participants, and transmits auction status updates to each of the participant computing systems. ...

11/23/06 - 20060265311 - Threshold trading method
The method of investing in the stock market using the Threshold Trading Method wherein multiple stock movement trends are studied and the investor's decision to purchase stock is based primarily on the direction of the next longer trend. ...

11/23/06 - 20060265310 - Realtime transparent commodity index and trading database
The computerized method creates, maintains and displays realtime indexes and a trading database for diamonds or other commodities. The method maintains, on a periodic trading basis, and displays upon command, a computerized database representing diamonds available for sale. Data is processed from the database for a plurality of predetermined stone ...

11/23/06 - 20060265309 - System and method for automatically distributing a trading order over a range of prices
According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. A trading order intended for a trading exchange is received from a trader, the trading order having an associated trading order price. A group of distributed trading orders is automatically generated based at least on the trading order price ...

11/23/06 - 20060265308 - System and method for paperless bid management
Servers connected to the World Wide Web serve website account pages to the computers of system participants. The system is organized around two classes of participants: buyers and suppliers. Each buyer maintains an account, including website folders and subfolders, at the Website at which she can post to a Web ...

11/23/06 - 20060265307 - Trader's hedge
The process of collecting trades is done every ten minutes by pulling an updated file from the FCM. The file comes in varying formats from the FCM's worked with. Each line of the file represents a fill and it is sent though custom mapping code to convert to a common ...

11/16/06 - 20060259418 - E-commerce transaction facilitation system and method
accepting in respect of said first entity (3) one or more further trading profiles including values or ranges of multiple of said trading parameters; establishing one or more functional relationships between variations in a key trading parameter and one or more other of said trading parameters; wherein each of said ...

11/16/06 - 20060259417 - Automated trading system in an electronic trading exchange
An electronic exchange system network includes a trader site having an automated trading system capable of submitting orders to an exchange site. The automated trading system determines whether an order should be submitted based on, for example, the current market price of an option and theoretical buy and sell prices. ...

11/16/06 - 20060259416 - Distributed system for securities transactions
The present invention is a distributed information system that automates the front office function of a traditional stock brokerage, including the ability to register new consumers as clients at an accessible kiosk. Consumers establish cash accounts at the kiosk and undertake securities transactions against a cash account. This system provides ...

11/16/06 - 20060259415 - Auction system and auction method using presence information and chat function
An auction system is disclosed which is designed to better reflect the preferences of the user to participate by examining whether or not the potential participants are in a situation in which they are able to participate. When an auction is to be held, an auction administration device retrieves user ...

11/16/06 - 20060259414 - System and method for variably regulating order entry in an electronic trading system
A system and method are provided to intelligently limit the frequency at which automated or semi-automated trading tools move or re-price orders in an exchange order book. A tolerance may be input that limits when one or more orders in the exchange order book are moved from one price to ...

11/16/06 - 20060259413 - User interface for semi-fungible trading
A user interface and method are disclosed for providing trading between a plurality of semi-fungible and non-fungible goods. A plurality of book axes are displayed in a single interface, each book axis representing a market for a particular good. Orders for goods are displayed as marks on the axes to ...

11/16/06 - 20060259412 - System and method for performing automatic spread trading
The present embodiments are provided to facilitate the automatic trading of spreads in a fast and accurate manner. One or more market data feeds that contain market information for tradeable objects are received at an exchange. A spread data feed is generated in response to the market data feeds and ...

11/16/06 - 20060259411 - Method, apparatus and interface for trading multiple tradeable objects
An interface for trading multiple tradeable objects includes a price axis or scale. A first indication of quantities represented in a market for a first tradeable object is displayed in association with the price axis or scale. A second indication of quantities represented in the market for a second tradeable ...

11/16/06 - 20060259410 - User interface for semi-fungible trading
A user interface and method are disclosed for providing trading between a plurality of semi-fungible and non-fungible goods. A plurality of book axes are displayed in a single interface, each book axis representing a market for a particular good Orders for goods are displayed as marks on the axes to ...

11/16/06 - 20060259409 - System and method for estimating a spread value
An estimated spread value is computed that represents a price at which a trader might have been able to buy or sell a spread given the current market conditions of the legs. In particular, when an event occurs in one of the legs, price information is gathered from each of ...

11/16/06 - 20060259408 - Method and system for facilitating purchasing of advertising via electronic auction
Purchasing of advertising is facilitated via an electronic auction. A purchase price is set, and includes an amount that an advertising purchaser is willing to pay for advertising. Advertising sellers are informed of the purchase price. The electronic auction is conducted via a website interface maintained on a computer network. ...

11/16/06 - 20060259407 - Method and system for providing automatic execution of black box strategies for electronic trading
A method and system for providing automatic execution of black box trading strategies for electronic trading. A black box trading entity is created from two or more real or synthetic trading entities including real or synthetic contracts or financial instruments. The black box trading entity is automatically traded via one ...

11/16/06 - 20060259406 - System and method for performing automatic spread trading
The present embodiments are provided to facilitate the automatic trading of spreads in a fast and accurate manner. One or more market data feeds that contain market information for tradeable objects are received at an exchange. A spread data feed is generated in response to the market data feeds and ...

11/16/06 - 20060259405 - User interface for an electronic trading system
A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote client terminals, and this information is ...

11/16/06 - 20060259404 - System and method for automatic scalping a tradeable object in an electronic trading environment
A system and methods for automatic scalping in an electronic trading environment are presented. According to one embodiment, a trading application may display an indicator associated with a price level based on which a tradable object can be automatically traded. When a scalping application detects a fill associated with a ...

11/16/06 - 20060259403 - System and method for improving electronic trading
A system and method is described herein for an exchange to act based on a market event on behalf of a trader. According to one aspect, a first electronic market can send orders to and/or manage orders at a second electronic market based on an internal and/or external market event ...

11/16/06 - 20060259402 - System and method for displaying money management information in an electronic trading environment
A system and method for displaying a plurality of profit and risk related indicators are described. A graphical interface displays and dynamically updates a plurality of profit/loss (P/L) indicators including a realized, net, and open indicator. The net and open indicators are based on a trader's net position and a ...

11/16/06 - 20060259401 - System and method for displaying money management information in an electronic trading environment
A system and method for displaying a plurality of profit and risk related indicators are described. A graphical interface displays and dynamically updates a plurality of profit/loss (P/L) indicators including a realized, net, and open indicator. The net and open indicators are based on a trader's net position and a ...

11/16/06 - 20060259400 - System and method for improved electronic trading
A system and method is described herein for an exchange to act based on a market event on behalf of a trader. According to one aspect, a first electronic market can send orders to and/or manage orders at a second electronic market based on an internal and/or external market event ...

11/16/06 - 20060259399 - System and method for simulating an electronic trading environment
Market data is recorded from a real live exchange. The recording data can be played back in real time or delayed, in any manner, to simulate the recorded market. Moreover, one or more users can participate in the simulated market just as if they were participating in a real-live market. ...

11/16/06 - 20060259398 - Method and interface for consolidating price levels on a trading screen
A trading screen may display price and quantity information for price levels in a static axis of prices. The static axis of prices may be divided into two or more different regions. The price and quantity information for one or more of the regions may be consolidated from price and ...

11/16/06 - 20060259397 - Method and apparatus for a fair exchange
A fair exchange is disclosed to reduce potential inequities in an electronic trading environment. Market data is sent from a host system to client devices through one or more synchronized local communication servers such that the data can be displayed simultaneously or nearly simultaneously at each client device. Market data ...

11/16/06 - 20060259396 - System and method for money management in electronic trading environment
A system and method for money management in an electronic trading environment are presented. According to one embodiment, a trader may configure a plurality of filters, each including at least one filter criteria and filter condition. When a money management module detects a new order, the money management module intercepts ...

11/16/06 - 20060259395 - Initiating orders to buy or sell tradeable objects
A system and method for providing order entry devices which are tailored for use in an electronic trading environment are described herein. To assist traders in performing at their most optimum levels, some of the preferred order entry devices include only input mechanisms tailored for fast data entry into a ...

11/16/06 - 20060259394 - Systems and methods for order analysis, enrichment, and execution
A preferred embodiment of the invention provides an interface providing a model-driven projection of various order execution statistics based on the exact strategy (channel, algorithm, and parameters) that is selected by a user. In at least one embodiment, the interface is linked to at least order execution system and comprises ...

11/16/06 - 20060259393 - Method of using an automatic trading machine as a medium trading relay and apparatus thereof
A method of using an automatic trading machine as a medium trading relay is characterized in that the automatic trading machine, which has a merchandise in and out control system, a pricing and accounting system and storage spaces, is acted as a trading platform and being disposed at a fixed ...

11/16/06 - 20060259392 - System for generating inspection reports for inspected items
An electronic inspection report system includes a central report generator and a data collection device. The central report generator is adapted to produce multiple types of inspection report template. The central report generator is adapted to select a type of inspection report template to provide to a data collection device ...

11/16/06 - 20060259391 - Anonymous trading system
An anonymous computerised trading system matches orders by conducting auctions at specified times. As well as entering orders, participants assign credit limits for the duration of the auction, thus minimising the time for which credit is allocated to the system. ...

11/09/06 - 20060253385 - Interactive specialty commodities information and exchange system and method
An interactive database and real time exchange system for specialty commodity products and other products that must have their identity preserved from trade to delivery. The database includes specialty commodity products available from member producers and other information related to such products, and is accessible to system users, preferably through ...

11/09/06 - 20060253384 - On-screen roller controlled price change
A system and method of providing control of prices in an on screen window having a price held for further transactions on an interface for traders of financial instruments. The interface contains a display of products for trading and respective prices for bids and offers. The user has a control ...

11/09/06 - 20060253383 - Over the counter traded product and system for offset and contingent trading of commodity contracts
A method for facilitating the offset or contingent trading of commodity contracts comprising: providing a futures exchange wherein a futures or option contract based on a first commodity of a commodity type is traded; and automatically registering a trade of the futures or options contract on the futures exchange at ...

11/09/06 - 20060253382 - Tracking liquidity order
A tracking liquidity order and related market center and process are disclosed which allow posting market centers (e.g. exchanges) to fill routable, smaller orders that would have otherwise routed off the posting market center. Such tracking liquidity orders increase the liquidity of that posting market center and allow it to ...

11/09/06 - 20060253381 - Reprice-to-block order
A reprice-to-block order and related market center and process are disclosed which automatically reprice a posted limit order to the price of a block trade executed at an inferior price on a market away from the market center that posted the limit order. ...

11/09/06 - 20060253380 - Unpriced order auction and routing
An unpriced order auction and related market center and process are disclosed which allow posting market centers (e.g., exchanges) to schedule an auction that includes unpriced (Market) orders only. Such unpriced order auction executes at the midpoint of the NBBO, ensuring that the cross reflects the best prices in the ...

11/09/06 - 20060253379 - Passive liquidity order
A passive liquidity order and related market center and process are disclosed which allows market participants to trade without displaying any part of their order to the public order book, while still directly interacting with the public marketplace according to price/time priority rules that give preference to displayed trading interest ...

11/09/06 - 20060253378 - Anti-internalization order modifier
An anti-internalization order modifier and related market center and process are disclosed which prevent orders sent from the same trading firm from executing against one another on the posting market center the orders are posted on. ...

11/09/06 - 20060253377 - Aggregated trading system
A trading system is described herein for hosting a collection of one or more electronic exchanges. The collection of electronic exchanges may be made up of separately designated exchanges under one or more authorizing and regulating bodies. The trading system receives from traders bids to purchase and offers to sell ...

11/09/06 - 20060253376 - Method and system for calculating an intraday indicative value of a leveraged bullish and bearish exchange traded funds
A computer implemented method, system, and software for calculating and using an intraday indicative value of a leveraged Bullish or Bearish exchange traded fund (“ETF”) for arbitrage purposes, includes calculating an intraday current value of all the equity securities in the ETF (applicable only to Bullish ETFs), calculating mark to ...

11/09/06 - 20060253375 - Portfolio execution and reporting
A program trade order process and related market center are disclosed which accumulate program trade orders throughout the trading day and execute the accumulated program trade orders at a designated time. The process disclosed provides trade reporting and order surveillance capabilities as well. ...

11/09/06 - 20060253374 - Cross and post order
A cross and post order and related market center and process are disclosed which automatically convert any unfilled balance of a cross order that was broken up due to interaction with the posting market center's order book to a limit order at the same price. The process also automatically associates ...

11/09/06 - 20060253373 - Method and system for providing multiple graphic user interfaces for electronic trading
A method and system for providing multiple graphical user interfaces for electronic trading is provided. Electronic trading information is obtained on an application on a target device from one or more electronic trading exchanges. The electronic trading information is displayed on a multi-windowed graphical user interface (GUI) with a number ...

11/09/06 - 20060253372 - Consolidated accounting
Method for performing consolidated accounting or accounting reporting for a specific period in a group of companies including at least one parent company and at least one subsidiary. ...

11/09/06 - 20060253371 - On-screen price lock for electronic trading
A system and method of providing an on screen window having a price held for further transactions on an interface for traders of financial instruments. The interface contains a display of products for trading and respective prices for bids and offers. Selection of a particular product results in the display ...

11/09/06 - 20060253370 - Method of creating and trading derivative investment products based on a statistical property reflecting the variance of an underlying asset
A method of creating and trading derivative contracts based on a statistical property reflecting a variance of an underlying asset is disclosed. Typically, an underlying asset is chosen to be a base of a variance derivative and a processor calculates a value of the statistical property reflecting an average volatility ...

11/09/06 - 20060253369 - Method of creating and trading derivative investment products based on an average price of an underlying asset during a calculation period
A method of creating and trading derivative contracts based on an average trading price of an underlying asset over a calculation period is disclosed. Typically, an underlying asset is chosen to be a base of an Asian derivative and a processor calculates a cumulative realized average price reflecting an average ...

11/09/06 - 20060253368 - System and method for creating and trading credit rating derivative investment instruments
A method of creating and trading packaged standard credit rating derivatives on an exchange is provided, as well as a trading facility for trading such packaged standard credit rating derivatives. Credit rating derivatives are created by identifying a credit rating service that includes a plurality of risk categories. Unique monetary ...

11/09/06 - 20060253367 - Method of creating and trading derivative investment products based on a volume weighted average price of an underlying asset
A method of creating and trading derivative contracts based on a volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of an underlying asset is disclosed. Typically, an underlying asset is chosen to be a base of a VWAP derivative and a processor calculates a VWAP reflecting an average trading price of an underlying ...

11/09/06 - 20060253366 - Reverse auction system and method
An apparatus and method for implementing a reverse auction comprising steps of gathering a first set of personal information from at least one buyer of goods or services, creating a second set of personal information based on the first set of personal information, disposing the second set of personal information ...

11/09/06 - 20060253365 - System facilitating communications and financial contributions involving facilities and residents thereof
A computer system and method for facilitating communications and financial contributions related to a resident of a facility. The facility is used by an organization to support the resident. In one embodiment, the computer system includes a plurality of instructions which direct a processor operating on a network to: (a) ...

11/02/06 - 20060247999 - Process for dynamic routing of customer contacts to service providers in real time
A process for dynamic routing of customer contacts to service providers includes establishing accounts in a service provider contact system for a plurality of service providers. The plurality of service providers are permitted to bid against one another for providing goods and/or services to a customer. A contact list is ...

11/02/06 - 20060247998 - Multimodal context marketplace
A method and system for trading of rights to associate information services with multimodal contexts is described. Also described are methods for associating financial transactions with trading of rights in the marketplace and determining the value of the financial transactions. Also described are user interfaces for trading on the marketplace. ...

11/02/06 - 20060247997 - System and method for money management using a plurality of profit levels in an electronic trading environment
A system and method for money management in an electronic trading environment are presented. According to one embodiment, a money management application intercepts an order before the order is sent to an exchange, and determines a plurality of P/L levels, based on which the money management application then selects a ...

10/26/06 - 20060242056 - System and method for encouraging competitive participation in an auction
In both an on-line and a conventional auction, an auctioneer may encourage competitive bidding behavior through the provision of rewards to those bidders whose s bids meet predetermined criteria For example, a bidder may be rewarded if her bid exceeds a prior bid by a threshold value. An auctioneer may ...

10/26/06 - 20060242055 - System and method for encouraging competitive participation in an auction
In both an on-line and a conventional auction, an auctioneer may encourage competitive bidding behavior through the provision of rewards to those bidders whose bids meet predetermined criteria. For example, a bidder may be rewarded if her bid exceeds a prior bid by a threshold value. An auctioneer may further ...

10/26/06 - 20060242054 - Electronic real estate bartering system
A real estate bartering system implements barters between a plurality of parties each having one or more classes of items available for barter. Preferably, barter orders are created by designating a selected quantity of a first class of items to be bartered, designating a date range for transferring title of ...

10/26/06 - 20060242053 - Interactive auction style system and method for coordinating user activities
Embodiments enable auction style dating comprising posting and bidding for activities which have at least a temporal component. Bids are a commitment from a bidder to attend an activity posted by a posting member that occur at a given time and possibly location. Embodiments of the invention enable an auction ...

10/19/06 - 20060235787 - Electronic spread trading tool
A versatile and efficient electronic spread trading tool to be used when buying and selling comparable commodities either simultaneously or in conjunction with one another. The spread trading tool involves a method of displaying, on an electronic display device, the market depth of a plurality of commodities including an anchor ...

10/19/06 - 20060235786 - System and method for securities liquidity flow tracking, display and trading
A method, system and computer program that receives, processes, and displays level one, level two, and time and sales securities data. Through a variety of charts, the data is analyzed to identify liquidity trade imbalances and trends in trading liquidity. A logic based trading algorithm utilizes the current market maker ...

10/19/06 - 20060235785 - System and method for trading financial instruments using multiple accounts
A system and method for trading financial instruments from a master account having a plurality of sub-accounts. A user defines an account group, which includes a plurality of sub-accounts, and the user selects an allocation model for the account group from a group of allocation models. After executing an order ...

10/12/06 - 20060229973 - Transaction structures, systems, and methods for issuing a debt instrument backed by a market value of an asset
A transaction structure for issuing a debt instrument. The transaction structure includes a first entity and a second entity. The first entity transfers an asset in exchange for receiving a beneficial interest in the asset, then issues the debt instrument. The debt instrument is backed by a market value of ...

10/12/06 - 20060229972 - Live auction system
A method of conducting an auction transaction via a global communication network includes receiving requests to participate in a live auction, incrementing a bid price for participants at periodic time intervals, acknowledging withdrawal by each of the participants until a last active participant remains in the live auction and designating ...

10/12/06 - 20060229971 - Electronic trading system
A client terminal for use in an electronic trading system is disclosed. The client terminal comprises a data interface for sending data to and receiving data from a server; and a user interface including a display for presenting information to a user and receiving trading commands from a user. In ...

10/12/06 - 20060229970 - Sell-side order processing method and system
A method, computer program product, and client computer for defining a differential price amount. An option sell order is received for a first quantity of options at a first price. A second quantity of options, which is less than the first quantity of options, is sought for purchase at the ...

10/12/06 - 20060229969 - Method of optimal informed trading with limited competition
An improved optimization method for maximizing the profit available to an informed securities or commodities trader as a result of unique information known by the trader about a traded unit which enables the trader to formulate the true per-unit value the security or commodity whereby the effect on the market ...

10/12/06 - 20060229968 - Market participant issue selection system and method
A system and method of allocating rights for quoting issues on a trading facility such as an exchange is described. The method may include providing market participants such as remote market makers with a listing of issues available for remote quote streaming where the available issues are ranked according to ...

10/12/06 - 20060229967 - Systems and methods for providing price improvement in an active trading market
Systems and methods for providing traders an opportunity to improve prices for an item trading in an active market are provided. After a trader HITS or LIFTS a bid or offer, a market becomes active. When the market is active, traders can submit orders that improve on the price of ...

10/05/06 - 20060224498 - Internet-based money order system
A system and method for purchasing a money order via the internet including the steps of providing an internet based money order system capable of generating money orders upon the receipt of a purchase request by a prospective buyer via the internet for a predetermined amount of funds. The prospective ...

10/05/06 - 20060224497 - Method, system and computer program product for facilitating an auction behavior and automatic bidding in an auction
One or more proxy bidders is associated with a rule which determines a time to place a bid. The proxy bidder places a bid at the determined time, instead of immediately after the bidder's prior bid is exceeded. Such rules may be selected for all proxy bidders to encourage a ...

10/05/06 - 20060224496 - System for and method of expressive sequential auctions in a dynamic environment on a network
In an on-line ad auction, bids for the right to display at least one advert on a display of a computer of a computer network in response to the bid being allocated a query received from the computer are received via a computer network. At a time t, at least ...

10/05/06 - 20060224495 - Methods and apparatus for optimizing the distribution of trading executions
The present invention relates to electronic trading of securities. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus for optimizing the distribution of trading executions in an investor's accounts. Pursuant to some embodiments, an integer allocation algorithm is provided. ...

10/05/06 - 20060224494 - Trading and settling enhancements to the standard electronic futures exchange market model that allow bespoke notional sizes and better global service of end users and make available a new class of negotiable security including equivalents to products nor
A pair of clearing house enhancements comprising a method that allows bespoke notional sizes to be handled rigorously plus a method that allows a plurality of daily settlement times to be introduced over the product set within an adapted electronic futures exchange type market model, rules and legal environment. In ...

10/05/06 - 20060224493 - Trading and settling enhancements to the standard electronic futures exchange market model leading to a novel pooled and potentially guaranteed risk deposit market
A method allows an interbank deposit market to be created within an adapted electronic futures exchange type market model, rules and legal environment. The basic embodiment allows all participating individual banks to avoid the need to calculate and maintain traditional counterparty credit limits against each other. Another embodiment comprises the ...

10/05/06 - 20060224492 - Trading and settling enhancements to the standard electronic futures exchange market model leading to novel derivatives including on exchange isda type interest rate derivatives and second generation bond like futures based in part or entirely on them
A set of linked methods allows accessing derivative products other than traditional futures and options within an adapted electronic futures exchange type market model, rules and legal environment. One embodiment comprises a linkage of such new methods which provides exchange members with access to exact OTC ISDA type interest rate ...

10/05/06 - 20060224491 - Trading and settling enhancements to the standard electronic futures exchange market model leading to novel derivatives including on exchange isda type credit derivatives and entirely new recovery products including novel options on these
A set of linked methods allows accessing derivative products other than traditional futures and options within an adapted electronic futures exchange type market model, rules and legal environment. One embodiment comprises a linkage of such new methods which provides exchange members with access to several new products giving either entirely ...

10/05/06 - 20060224490 - Services scheduling
A system and a method to receive a price submission in connection with a service at an incremental time block is described. Schedule information is to be received from a service provider. The information indicates at least one incremental time block at which the service provider is available to provide ...

10/05/06 - 20060224489 - Method and system for providing displays of securities trading information
A method for providing a display of securities information, said includes entering securities trading information comprising a closing price for at least one security from a previous trading period, at least one price for the at least one security in a current trading period, and displaying the securities-trading information in ...

09/28/06 - 20060218077 - Method, system and computer program product for facilitating an auction behavior and automatic bidding in an auction
One or more proxy bidders is associated with a rule which determines a time to place a bid. The proxy bidder places a bid at the determined time, instead of immediately after the bidder's prior bid is exceeded. Such rules may be selected for all proxy bidders to encourage a ...

09/28/06 - 20060218076 - Method, system and computer program product for facilitating an auction behavior and automatic bidding in an auction
One or more proxy bidders is associated with a rule which determines a time to place a bid. The proxy bidder places a bid at the determined time, instead of immediately after the bidder's prior bid is exceeded. Such rules may be selected for all proxy bidders to encourage a ...

09/28/06 - 20060218075 - Exchange traded fund with futures contract based assets
An exchange trade fund comprising: an amount of a commodity trading in a spot and futures market, wherein the commodity is deposited with one or more custodians in exchange for one or more creation units as assets of the fund; wherein each creation unit represents a plurality of shares of ...

09/28/06 - 20060218074 - Automated trading platform
Embodiments of the present invention include forecasting methods and systems and methods and systems for responding to forecasts. In one embodiment of the present invention, financial market trends are automatically forecast, allowing for automatic generation of specific market-transaction recommendations. An automated trading program embodiment of the present invention includes a ...

09/28/06 - 20060218073 - Buy-side order processing method and system
A method, computer program product, and client computer for defining a differential price amount. An option buy order is received for a first quantity of options at a first price. A second quantity of options, which is less than the first quantity of options, is available for purchase at the ...

09/28/06 - 20060218072 - Systems and methods for protecting against erroneous price entries in the electronic trading of financial and other instruments
The invention relates to systems and methods that provide a user interface for use with an electronic trading system. The interface notifies the user that the price at which he or she may have attempted to trade has changed and presents the user with the opportunity to submit, modify or ...

09/28/06 - 20060218071 - System and method for managing trading between related entities
A method for managing electronic trading is provided. In an electronic market having trade matching rules, a plurality of first orders each associated with an account are received. A contra order is also received at the electronic market. For each of one or more first orders, it is electronically determined ...

09/28/06 - 20060218070 - Method of advertising, marketing and auctioning real estate
A method of advertising, marketing, and auction sale of real estate properties and more particularly a method of handling last minute online bidding extensions are described. An Internet website has been designed for this purpose such that prospective customers or interested bidders may view property specific photographs and other details ...

09/28/06 - 20060218069 - Financial instruments and methods
A business entity creates a real estate investment trust. The trust issues shares of preferred stock, each of which is associated with either a forward purchase contract obligating the holder to purchase common stock of business entity at a predetermined future time, or a warrant to purchase common stock. The ...

09/21/06 - 20060212384 - Commodity futures index and methods and systems of trading in futures contracts that minimize turnover and transactions costs
This invention relates to methods and systems for reducing transaction costs and minimizes turnover in the trading of futures contracts. The invention further describes an algorithm whose output is a unique method of investing in futures contracts that reduces the rate of turnover, and thus the cost of trading, of ...

09/21/06 - 20060212383 - Systems and methods of product placement
A product seller site distributes on a pay for placement basis placed product with purchased product when the purchased product is delivered, where the placed product is associated with the purchased product by at least one specific characteristic. For example, the owner of a product funds an account and supplies ...

09/21/06 - 20060212382 - Graphical curve fitting method and system
A method, computer program product, and client computer for processing a plurality of initial data points, such that each initial data point includes a strike price coordinate and a volatility coordinate. A best-fit curve is generated based, at least in part, upon two or more of the plurality of initial ...

09/21/06 - 20060212381 - Method of and system for displaying market information
A method of displaying market information in a market place includes capturing trade information relevant to a trading area using a computer and projecting visual information representative of portions of the captured trade information using one or more laser projectors. The visual information may be projected onto any suitable surface ...

09/14/06 - 20060206413 - Systems and methods for facilitating a transaction by matching seller information and buyer information
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate a transaction between a seller and a buyer According to one embodiment, seller offer information is received at a controller. The seller offer information is associated with an item, such as a secondary market item, being offered for sale by a seller. Buyer ...

09/14/06 - 20060206412 - Systems and methods for facilitating a transaction by matching seller information and buyer information
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate a transaction between a seller and a buyer. According to one embodiment, seller offer information is received at a controller. The seller offer information is associated with an item, such as a secondary market item, being offered for sale by a seller. Buyer ...

09/14/06 - 20060206411 - Custom application builder for supply chain management
Supply chain management is performed by building a user-defined custom application that uses supply chain data. The supply chain data is returned for display and/or use in the custom application based on metadata stored in a database that is arranged to store supply chain data. The metadata specifies a stored ...

09/14/06 - 20060206410 - Configurable state model for supply chain management
Methods and systems for supply chain management in accordance with a state model. A supply chain management system includes a transaction state module within an inter-enterprise server assessable by trading partners. The transaction state module can define a state model which allows a trading partner to view a transaction and ...

09/14/06 - 20060206409 - Bid system
A system and method for receiving bids over a computer network including the steps of creating a bid request that is accessible over a network such as the Internet. Posting the bid request on a computer network, and receiving sealed electronic bids over the computer network. Storing the sealed bids ...

09/14/06 - 20060206408 - Real-time, interactive, competitive method of on-line auction utilizing an auctioneer
The present inventive device provides a new method of real-time, interactive, competitive, live on-line auction using an animated auctioneer. The animated auctioneer initiates the auction, actively solicits bids from the auction participants, acknowledges bids input from auction participants, and moves to close the auction when there is a cessation in ...

09/14/06 - 20060206407 - System and method of utilizing a distributed order book in an electronic trade match engine
Methods and systems are providing for minimizing the effects of transmission delays when providing orders for financial instruments. A plurality of order books and match engines may be maintained at geographically dispersed locations. The orders may be synchronized to provide the appearance of a single order book to traders and ...

09/14/06 - 20060206406 - Program-based supply chain management
An inter-enterprise supply chain management system uses programs to manage supply chain transaction data received from a plurality of trading partners. A program is defined using program definers including at least a first trading relation between a first and a second trading partner and a second trading relation between a ...

09/14/06 - 20060206405 - Gambill stock oscillator
Described are methods of using “insider” transactions for purchases and sales of stock equities, as reported in Form 4 filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, in a method of gauging valuation of a group of stocks or a general market of stocks. ...

09/14/06 - 20060206404 - Opening cross in electronic market
A method, executed in a computer system, for opening an electronic market for trading of a security is described. The method includes receiving by the computer system eligible orders and quotes for the security traded in the electronic market and disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics ...

09/07/06 - 20060200405 - Electronic spread trading tool
A versatile and efficient electronic spread trading tool to be used when buying and selling comparable commodities either simultaneously or in conjunction with one another. The spread trading tool involves a method of displaying, on an electronic display device, the market depth of a plurality of commodities including an anchor ...

09/07/06 - 20060200404 - Trading system having a market depth tool with dynamic price axis
A trading system having a graphical user interface having a first axis showing a plurality of prices for a given trading vehicle, a second axis showing a plurality of bids corresponding to the prices on the first axis, a third axis showing a plurality of asks corresponding to the prices ...

09/07/06 - 20060200403 - Method and apparatus for distributing items
A method is disclosed for managing the trade of at least one offered item by at least one item offeror for at least one wanted item of at least one item acceptor. First, the method of managing item trades includes the step of establishing for the one item acceptor and ...

09/07/06 - 20060200402 - Internet based aggregation, interpretation, matching of disparate forms of bond holdings
A system is provided which enables the computer- and web-assisted assimilation of fixed income securities data. The system uses this data to identify potential trading opportunities. Semi-structured and unstructured data describing fixed income holdings, indications of interest and axes are automatically interpreted and assimilated into the system. Instances of similar ...

09/07/06 - 20060200401 - Online descending bid auction
An online descending bid auction for selling an item to clients on a network. A server on the network announces a starting price for the item and the duration of the auction, then proceeds to decrement the price at intervals of the remaining time and present the new price to ...

08/31/06 - 20060195389 - Click based trading with market depth display
A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading commodities on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable prices and quantities. Click based trading, as described herein and specifically the “Click” ...

08/31/06 - 20060195388 - Click based trading with intuitive grid display of market depth
A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable prices and quantities. The “Mercury” display and trading method of the present invention ensure ...

08/31/06 - 20060195387 - Click based trading with intuitive grid display of market depth and price consolidation
A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable prices and quantities. The “Mercury” display and trading method of the present invention ensure ...

08/31/06 - 20060195386 - Global trading network
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for facilitating trading two items (L,Q) from the group of items comprising commodities and financial instruments. At least two agents (2) want to trade the items (L,Q). There is a trading channel (3) between the two agents (2) allowing for the execution of trades. ...

08/31/06 - 20060195385 - System and method for exchanging sales leads
A subscriber-based sales leads exchange system and method for efficiently maximizing revenue to lead sellers and for providing high quality, temporally relevant sales leads to lead buyers based on a transaction between a lead seller and a customer of said lead seller. ...

08/31/06 - 20060195384 - Systems and methods for determining vehicle salvage value
An exemplary system for determining vehicle salvage value includes a valuation subsystem configured to communicate with one or more access devices over a data communication network. The valuation subsystem includes a bid module and a valuation module. The bid module is configured to solicit bids for a vehicle over the ...

08/31/06 - 20060195383 - Method of generating and displayjing stock index
An arithmetic operation for calculating a value of a Masuda ratio (Mratio) or a value substantially equivalent to the Masuda ratio (Mratio) on the basis of the stock price information on a database is executed. The Masuda ratio (Mratio) is represented by a formula Mratio={(B−E)/SUM}×100, where SUM is a total ...

08/31/06 - 20060195382 - Method for providing auction service via the internet and a system thereof
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for providing an auction service via the Internet. The auction service providing method includes the step of maintaining a commodity information database (DB). Thereafter, a bid information DB is maintained. Bid request data including specific bid price information is received from bidders. The ...

08/24/06 - 20060190393 - Trade finance automation system
A trade finance automation system includes an accounts receivable database receiving and storing invoices issued by one or more prescribed vendors for sales made to specified buyers. A credit limits database contains various credit limits applicable to buyers invoices that are subject to existing third party financing, the credit limits ...

08/24/06 - 20060190392 - Tradechess: a game formatted trading environment
A game-formatted trade environment where unlimited number of sellers and unlimited number of buyers interact for the purpose of exchanging goods for money in a format that presents a limited (known) risk to both buyers and sellers, along with the opportunity for unlimited high-price for sellers, and the opportunity for ...

08/24/06 - 20060190391 - Project work change in plan/scope administrative and business information synergy system and method
A project-work administrative management method includes receiving, from a buyer, project-administration configurations, storing transactional project work data relating to project work to be performed for the buyer by a supplier, receiving, from the buyer, configuration of project statement-of-work (SOW) records, processing a project change in plan/scope record set of the ...

08/24/06 - 20060190390 - Compound buy-sell auctions
Methods, systems and data structures are described for conducting buy-sell auctions. A method includes participating in a compound buy-sell auction having contingent bidding on a plurality of heterogeneous items substantially simultaneously contingent on selling one or more other items in another auction. A composite reverse auction, defined by a bid ...

08/24/06 - 20060190389 - Compound buy-buy auctions
Methods, systems and data structures are described for conducting buy-buy auctions. A method includes participating in a compound buy-buy auction having contingent bidding on a plurality of heterogeneous items substantially simultaneously contingent on buying one or more other items in another auction. A composite reverse auction, defined by a bid ...

08/24/06 - 20060190388 - Synthetic continuous double auctions
Methods, systems and data structures are described for conducting synthetic continuous double auctions. A method includes participating in a synthetic continuous double auction having contingent bidding on a plurality of heterogeneous item auctions. A composite reverse auction, defined by a bid set including a first contingent bid on a first ...

08/24/06 - 20060190387 - Normalized synthetic continuous double auctions
Methods, systems and data structures are described for conducting normalized synthetic continuous double auctions. A method includes participating in a normalized auction having contingent bidding on a plurality of heterogeneous item auctions. Contingent bidding includes price normalization as a function of at least one attribute. A composite reverse auction, defined ...

08/24/06 - 20060190386 - Automated order protection trading system
Methods and systems for trading financial or commodity assets are presented. In particular, the invention relates to a trading system and method that operates with third party data and a Third Party Inside Market to promote fair and orderly transactions. In some embodiments, a client order or client bid/offer is ...

08/24/06 - 20060190385 - Dynamic bidding, acquisition and tracking of e-commerce procurement channels for advertising and promotional spaces on wireless electronic devices
The present invention assists the critical real-time decision making required to make important decision on bidding on various customer procurement commodities in a wireless display advertising markets. The invention provides dynamic pricing as a function of the criteria of the wireless advertising criteria, such as exposures, type of advertisers and ...

08/24/06 - 20060190384 - System and method for promoting internet auction listings in public & private venues
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method of promoting an auction item has been provided that includes providing a venue promotion option to a user. The venue promotion option includes a list of venues where information concerning auction listings can be displayed. Instructions are received from the user, ...

08/24/06 - 20060190383 - Systems for risk portfolio management
A switch engine module enables anonymous switches between a first trader and a plurality of second traders. The switch engine module receives interest rate risk portfolios from a plurality of traders, and for each prospective trader, provides available switches based on positions in other counterparty portfolios that offset the viewing ...

08/24/06 - 20060190382 - Calculator apparatus
A calculator is provided that includes an input pad that includes a sales tax button and a currency pad, which includes a change due button and a number of currency keys. The currency keys can be depressed in order to enter numeric values associated with currency. The change due button ...

08/24/06 - 20060190381 - Collective purchase model for medical products
A procurement method for the collective purchase of products, including medical products such as cardiology implant devices, for use by members of a consortium. The members of the consortium can be physicians such as cardiologists. An advisory panel composed of consortium members first reviews available products in a relevant product ...

08/17/06 - 20060184448 - Computerized system for managing communications between a buyer, seller, and lender
A computerized system and method are presented for exchanging information between a buyer, a seller, and a lender. The system permits sellers and lenders to input buyers that are then submitted for activation. The buyers use the system to obtain information about items, while the sellers and lenders make consistent ...

08/17/06 - 20060184447 - Automated system for conditional order transactions in securities or other items in commerce
An apparatus and method of automatically and anonymously buying and selling positions in fungible properties between subscribers. The specific embodiment described in the disclosure relates to the buying and selling of securities or contracts where the offer to purchase or sell the property may be conditioned upon factors such as ...

08/17/06 - 20060184446 - Method for indicating the market value of an employee stock option
A method is disclosed for indicating the value of an employee stock option issued by an employer to an employee. The method comprises the steps of issuing the employee stock option having employee stock option restrictions. A secondary stock option of the stock of the employer is established having secondary ...

08/17/06 - 20060184445 - Systems and methods for trading emission reductions
Systems and methods for facilitating trading of emission allowances and offsets among participants are described. In some embodiments, methods of facilitating such trading include establishing an emissions reduction schedule for certain participants based on emissions information provided by those participants; determining debits or credits for each certain participant in order ...

08/17/06 - 20060184444 - Trading tool to enhance stock and commodity index execution
The invention provides systems and methods for providing replicable financial instrument orders, and establishing a fill price that is better than the theoretical upper limit of the industries' best order execution. The system has the capability of transforming a client's index order into a replicable product, such as index futures ...

08/17/06 - 20060184443 - Method for conducting an on-line forum for auctioning intangible assets
An on-line forum for auctioning non-performing assets includes offering for auction sale of non-performing assets in a lot of as few as a single asset or a plurality of assets following completion of a third-level registration. Access to a limited amount of information on the on-line forum is permitted without ...

08/10/06 - 20060178981 - Method and system for evaluation of market centers for security trading performance
A system and method for creating an index value for evaluating market center execution quality. This can include a summation of at least two derived values selected from: an execution speed of a predetermined order of covered security orders that were executed at a market center; price improvement of a ...

08/10/06 - 20060178980 - Systems and methods for pricing and selling digital goods
Systems and methods are provided for pricing, selling, and/or otherwise distributing electronic content using auction mechanisms. A randomized auction mechanism is used to determine both the number of goods that are sold and the selling price. The auction mechanism automatically adapts to the bid distribution to yield revenue that is ...

08/10/06 - 20060178979 - Auction system and method for a life insurance secondary exchange
An auction-based system and method for a life insurance secondary exchange. Through a phased process that includes an information phase, a submission phase, an offer phase and a close phase, a life insurance policy may be submitted and sold by a policy holder to purchasing groups via a trusted advisor ...

08/10/06 - 20060178978 - System and method for soliciting a bid to list a property
A method in a data processing system is provided for soliciting bids to list a property for sale. The method includes receiving from a seller a request to list a property for sell, receiving information for listing the property, providing the listing information to one or more brokers, receiving one ...

08/10/06 - 20060178977 - Online auction promotion method
A method in a computer system for conducting a reward structure and implementing commissions in an online auction comprising the steps of: online consumers providing one or more items for bid on the online auction; the online auction announcing a drawing with a reward for the completed sales of any ...

08/03/06 - 20060173775 - Computer system and method for facilitating and managing the project bid and requisition process
A comprehensive, web-enabled computer system and method is provided for facilitating and managing all aspects of project work, while synchronizing communications, data and transaction processing across multiple user platforms. To implement the computer system and method, a bid item list is utilized to create configurable and scalable customized bid templates ...

08/03/06 - 20060173774 - Systems and methods for improving auction liquidity
Systems, methods, apparatus, and means for improving liquidity in a securities auction include selecting a cover to use to provide general liquidity to the auction, the cover having a plurality of options, calculating a fair value price for each option in the cover, creating an order associated with each of ...

08/03/06 - 20060173773 - Systems and methods for automated offer-based negotiation
A system/method for simultaneously extending an offer to multiple sellers of an identical product/service in real time and on a substantially simultaneous basis is provided. The system has the ability to filter and/or sort the list of sellers who receive the offer based on credibility levels, user feedbacks scores, and/or ...

08/03/06 - 20060173772 - Systems and methods for automated processing, handling, and facilitating a trade credit transaction
The present invention relates to methods and systems for automated processing, handling, and facilitating a trade credit transaction. One embodiment of the invention can comprise an automated trade credit processing application engine. The automated trade credit processing application engine can be adapted to approve a customer for a purchase using ...

08/03/06 - 20060173771 - Foreign currency exchange
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a system is provided to help link foreign exchange liquidity at a given settlement date. Exchange trade is represented as a positive product flow and a negative product flow relative to a side of the exchange trade. An exchange relationship between ...

08/03/06 - 20060173770 - Telephony controlled auction
An online auction such as Ebay is provided with a telephone interface. This allows buyers, sellers or auction watchers to receive spoken information describing the auction progress and also allows bidding by telephone using speech and/or DTMF. Reminders may also be issued when a certain bid price has been reached ...

08/03/06 - 20060173769 - Computer system for evaluating fixed income trade opportunities
Systems and methods embodying the present invention permit a trader of securities such as municipal bonds to observe real-time data relating to actual or prospective trades of relevance to a contemplated trade, while excluding those actual or prospective trades that are insufficiently relevant. The trader, or other user, can specify ...

08/03/06 - 20060173768 - Processing of deal tickets
A deal feed system for passing deal tickets to back office systems comprises a deal feed contributor which receives tickets from trades on a plurality of trading systems on a plurality of trading floors, a database for storing the tickets, and a distributor for passing the tickets to back office ...

07/27/06 - 20060167790 - Method and system for transmitting real-time or near real-time price and/or product information to consumers and for facilitating optional fulfillment and optional, automated, real-time or near real-time reverse auctions through wireless or wireline commu
A method for conducting a reverse auction is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) receiving, from a potential purchaser using a communications device, a reverse auction request for a product and/or service that contains descriptive information about the product and/or service; (b) conducting a reverse auction by querying ...

07/27/06 - 20060167789 - Method and system for providing order routing to a virtual crowd in a hybrid trading system
A method of providing orders to a virtual trading crowd in an exchange prior to automatically linking the order to an away market is disclosed. The method may include receiving a marketable order for a security or derivative at the exchange, wherein the exchange has a price that differs from ...

07/27/06 - 20060167788 - Method and system for broker trading in a hybrid trading system for concurrently trading securities or derivatives through both electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms
A method of broker trading in an exchange configured for trading securities or derivatives by a combination of electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms is disclosed. The method includes receiving an order in a public automated routing system workstation, accessing the public automated routing system workstation by a broker with a ...

07/27/06 - 20060167787 - System and method for an efficient dynamic multi-unit auction
A method and apparatus allow the computer based implementation of an auction of heterogeneous types of items wherein one or more types of the items may include plural items. At any point in the bidding process, the set of feasible assignments of the items, given the bidding state is the ...

07/27/06 - 20060167786 - System and method for intra-day pricing of mutual funds
A computer-implemented method for facilitating the purchase and sale of shares in an open-ended mutual fund, in a single or plurality of different currencies, during a trading day when assets held by the mutual fund fluctuate in value as the assets trade on one or more exchanges. The trading day ...

07/27/06 - 20060167785 - Bidding a price for goods and/or services in an auction of wireless communication access requests within a marketplace
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for using a bidding strategy to select a bid price for at least one of goods and services in an auction of wireless communication access requests within a marketplace of sellers and buyers to obtain a profit gain in that auction. ...

07/27/06 - 20060167784 - Game theoretic prioritization scheme for mobile ad hoc networks permitting hierarchal deference
A method for providing unequal allocation of rights among agents while operating according to fair principles, comprising assigning a hierarchal rank to each agent; providing a synthetic economic value to a first set of agents at the a high level of the hierarchy; allocating portions of the synthetic economic value ...

07/27/06 - 20060167783 - System and method for deriving data
Best bid and best offer rate data from deals concluded on an anonymous trading system in a fungible instrument such as a foreign currency pair are processed to derive indicative rates. A minimum indicative rates spread between bid and offer prices is defined. The indicative rate bid and offer prices ...

07/20/06 - 20060161498 - Implied market trading system
A computer based trading system implies spread markets from multiple real or implied spread markets. In particular, one aspect of the invention permits implication of a spread market from a combination of inter-commodity and inter-calendar spread orders. Furthermore, another aspect of the invention allows use of nontradeable implied or bridge ...

07/20/06 - 20060161497 - Dynamic account mapping system for computerized asset trading
Methods and apparatuses for processing orders in a computerized asset trading system when the order contains trading requirements for trading accounts that do not map to trading accounts recognized by the provider trading system. The invention books trading requirements associated with the unrecognized trading accounts against a default trading account ...

07/20/06 - 20060161496 - Money market trading system
A computerized automated trading system that allows users to execute money market transactions wherein the principal trading amount for a proposed money market transaction may be distributed across a plurality of different providers. Customers can make multiple money market deposits (or loans) for different amounts, and can split the total ...

07/20/06 - 20060161495 - Graphical user interface to facilitate rapid and reliable electronic trading assessment and execution
An electronic trading user interface allows a trader to react to market conditions very quickly in order to give the trader an improved probability of trading at a desired price and volume. The electronic order process is made faster, more efficient, and more reliable. The construction and sending of orders ...

07/20/06 - 20060161494 - Method for providing aggregation of trading on multiple alternative trading systems
A method for performing financial trading amongst a plurality of alternative trading systems using a common financial computer platform. The method including the steps of receiving at the common financial computer platform a buy-order for a prescribed number shares at a prescribed price. Electronic communication is then established between the ...

07/13/06 - 20060155638 - System & method for the creation of a global secure computerized electronic market-making exchange for currency yields arbitrage
A multi-participant financial transaction with no downside risks that results in a net profit for all participants when the transaction is accomplished according to certain required steps, including the step of having simultaneously closings in escrow. A multi-step approach to issuing and selling custom-designed, specially engineered and underwritten securities or ...

07/13/06 - 20060155637 - Combined on-site and online auction systems and methods
Auction systems and methods for using such auction systems to sell items and conduct auctions are described. The auction systems contain an online auction system, an on-site auction system, or a combination thereof. The action system contains an item(s) for the auction(s) in a warehouse or other location physically accessible ...

07/13/06 - 20060155636 - Method and system for recruiting for employee positions and employees bidding for the same
This method and system provides for an organization to electronically post an open position and for potential candidates to bid on those positions through the use of a “blind bid” system. In addition, the system allows organizations to query a database for potential candidates and directly invite them to bid ...

07/13/06 - 20060155635 - Distributed trade match service
Financial instrument trade systems and methods are disclosed. Trade data is processed at a plurality of match servers. Trade data that remains unmatched may be stored in one or more aging queues. Trade data is periodically retrieved from the aging queues and attempts are made to match the unmatched trades. ...

07/13/06 - 20060155634 - Novel construction contractors bidding system and method
A method for controlling the bidding of construction contracts and subcontracts, and generating competitive quality bids; employing a central manager or contracting specialist, to obtain a list of project contract plans and specifications; identifying a plurality of specialty trade contractors within a region; and distributing the project contract plans and ...

07/13/06 - 20060155633 - Automatically distributing a bid request for a grid job to multiple grid providers and analyzing responses to select a winning grid provider
A method, system, and program for automatically distributing a bid request for a grid job to multiple grid providers and analyzing responses to select a winning grid provider are provided. A user at a grid client enters at least one bid criteria for a particular grid job intended for submission ...

07/06/06 - 20060149662 - System and method for real-time options trading over a global computer network
The present invention relates to a method and system for electronically trading a financial instrument. The method includes entering a bid order for the financial instrument and placing the bid order in a bid queue associated with a buyer who maintains a list of sellers to sell the financial instrument ...

07/06/06 - 20060149661 - Numerical calculation device, numerical calculation method, and computer product
A numerical calculation device calculates a value of any one of an option premium or an option risk indicator or both related to a barrier option. The numerical calculation device includes a magnitude relation judging unit that judges a magnitude relation between a value of a volatility used for a ...

07/06/06 - 20060149660 - Implied market trading system
A computer based trading system implies spread markets from multiple real or implied spread markets. In particular, one aspect of the invention permits implication of a spread market from a combination of inter-commodity and inter-calendar spread orders. Furthermore, another aspect of the invention allows use of nontradeable implied or bridge ...

07/06/06 - 20060149659 - Hybrid trading system for concurrently trading through both electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms
A system and method of allocating orders in an exchange configured for trading by a combination of electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms is provided. One method includes permitting multiple quotes to be disseminated to the market, and providing market making rights of varying degrees to entities having a physical presence ...

07/06/06 - 20060149658 - Construction contract bidding
In certain embodiments, a web based centralized electronic bidding system for construction bidding includes a database manager that stores contractor and subcontractor and supplier company identification information in a database. A bid processor is provided along with a mechanism for permitting any of the contractor, subcontractor and supplier to log ...

07/06/06 - 20060149657 - Paid-for research method and system
A method, computer program product, and server computer for monitoring one or more commissions generated during a offering of a security. A research portion of the one or more commissions generated is designated for funding paid-for research for the security. ...

07/06/06 - 20060149656 - System and method for conducting auctions of product sets
Systems and method for providing an auction. A computer server has a searchable database of items offered for sale by a plurality of sellers. The database is accessible by a plurality of sellers and a plurality of buyers. A conglomeration agent running on the server identifies related items for sale ...

07/06/06 - 20060149655 - Methods and systems to alert a user of a network-based marketplace event
A system to alert a user of a network-based marketplace event. The system receives the network-based marketplace event and determines if the network-based marketplace event is associated with a network-based marketplace alert that has been requested by the user. If so, the system communicates the network-based marketplace alert to the ...

07/06/06 - 20060149654 - Initiating orders to buy or sell tradeable objects
A system and method for providing order entry devices which are tailored for use in an electronic trading environment are described herein. To assist traders in performing at their most optimum levels, some of the preferred order entry devices include only input mechanisms tailored for fast data entry into a ...

07/06/06 - 20060149653 - Method and system for online sales and purchase
Internet-based commercial network connects multiple qualified participant buyers and sellers. Items are made available for defined periods of time, referred to as an event (139). Event terms and conditions include item types, price, quantity, volume or units, discount, shipping terms (138). Reiterative offer and counteroffers permit negotiation of terms for ...

06/29/06 - 20060143111 - System and method for trading spectrum rights
An exchange platform for facilitating a transaction involving spectrum assets is provided that includes a database operable to store information associated with at least one spectrum asset that includes virtual rights to be afforded to a holder of the spectrum asset. The database is further operable to communicate with an ...

06/29/06 - 20060143110 - Computer-implemented securities trading system with a virtual specialist function
A computer-implemented financial management system provides the trading of securities via a network using virtual currency. A server computer receives buy and sell orders for derivative financial instruments from a plurality of client computers. The server computer attempts to match the buy and sell orders and then generates a market ...

06/29/06 - 20060143109 - Method and system of listing an item in a fixed-price section
A method and system includes listing an item for sale in a first section of an electronic system and listing the item in a second section of the electronic system. In an example, the first section may offer the item for sale from a time A to a time B, ...

06/29/06 - 20060143108 - Negotiation system
Negotiations for internet-based auctions or other bidding processes use a plurality of computer-based agent means 21,23,24. An originating agent 21 first defines the rules of the session by retrieving from a store 22 a previously-generated definition of the interactions required in a negotiation, and the purpose of each interaction, and ...

06/22/06 - 20060136326 - System and method for generating liquidity
A system for generating liquidity includes a plurality of client user interfaces and a matching system. Each client user interface includes a trading desktop which stores unexecuted trading positions. The matching system is coupled with the plurality of client user interfaces and configured to receive information about the unexecuted trading ...

06/22/06 - 20060136325 - Automated proxy bidding
The present invention provides a method, program and system for automated proxy bidding in an auction. The invention includes defining a desired price position relative to competing bids based on qualitative ratings associated with competing bidders and submitting a bid related to a product. Competing bids are retrieved along with ...

06/22/06 - 20060136324 - Reverse auction with qualitative discrimination
The present invention provides a reverse auction system for procuring goods and services. A customer business provides details concerning its needs by means of a detailed questionnaire. An invitation to bid is then sent to potential sellers. The invention rates bidders according to quality and risk based on historical data ...

06/22/06 - 20060136323 - Method for determining single figure of merit
A method, program and system for analyzing product price structures are provided by the present invention. The invention involves receiving product information about a multi-component product, such as a service plan, and analyzing individual price elements within the multi-component product. These individual price elements may include, purchase price, fixed periodic ...

06/22/06 - 20060136322 - Semi-blind, multi-round bidding
A method, program and system for conducting a reverse auction are provided by the present invention. The auction is divided into a specified number of rounds of specified duration, and bids are received from a plurality of bidders. The bidders are rated according to specified qualitative parameters. While the auction ...

06/22/06 - 20060136321 - Bid methods and systems for an auction website
A bid method for an auction website is provided. The auction items are searched according to search parameters to acquire candidate items satisfying the search parameters. Item factors and corresponding weights are then acquired. Purchase value for each candidate item is calculated according to the item factors and the weights. ...

06/22/06 - 20060136320 - Systems and methods that facilitate maximizing revenue for multi-unit auctions with private budgets
The subject invention relates to systems and methods that provide a truthful incentive-compatible mechanism for budget-constrained bidders in order to facilitate asymptotically maximizing revenue with multi-unit auctions in which individual bidders have private valuation per item (e.g., bids, offer prices, utility . . . ) and overall budgets. The systems ...

06/22/06 - 20060136319 - Method and apparatus for bidding on broadcast service requests and offers from nearby devices
An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a portable device for obtaining bids for a task. Access to a task in a set of tasks for bidding is provided through a wireless network. The access to the task includes a specification of a selected distance between a bidding entity ...

06/22/06 - 20060136318 - Automated system for routing orders for financial instruments
A method for routing orders for financial instruments among users is provided. A first order for one of a plurality of financial instruments is received from a first user, wherein the first order, which includes undisclosed liquidity, includes a first symbol component identifying the one of the plurality of financial ...

06/15/06 - 20060129477 - System and method for trading and originating financial products using a computer network
The invention relates to systems and methods for trading financial products over a computer network, such as the Internet. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for trading financial products over a computer network. Seller information is received from a first client, the seller information relating to a financial ...

06/15/06 - 20060129476 - Sales system with buyer price selection
A networked sales method is disclosed that includes presenting price choices to a user for an item on a sales screen via a network. Available supply and sales activity level information about actions by other users for the item for which the price choices are presented can be converted into ...

06/15/06 - 20060129475 - Method and system for providing configurable features for graphical user interfaces for electronic trading
A method and system for providing configurable features for a multi-windowed graphical user interface (GUI) for electronic trading. The configurable features include, but are not limited to, creating collective windows comprising plural individual windows, where the collective window functions like an individual window, collapsing plural windows with a single action ...

06/15/06 - 20060129474 - Electronic trading system
A client for trading on an electronic exchange is disclosed. The client has a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes the following components. a) A price region comprising a plurality of cells arranged along a locus within each of which a price can be displayed; b) An order region adjacent ...

06/15/06 - 20060129473 - Controlling an order slicer for trading a financial instrument
In one aspect, the present invention provides an order slicer that receives an order that to trade a financial instrument. The order associates a trading strategy with said order. The trading strategy is replaceable. In another aspect, an interface accepts a trading strategy of an order to trade a financial ...

06/08/06 - 20060122929 - Multi-auction user interface
In a real-time auction user interface display, the user may select to participate in multiple auctions simultaneously in which case the user interface divides the display screen into different areas and displays information about an ongoing auction in each of the different display areas. The user may select which auction ...

06/08/06 - 20060122928 - Computerized reverse auction
The auction is carried out over the Internet in which the computers of potential bidders are used to access a web server. The server displays on the bidders' computers a description of an article to be auctioned and a table in association with the description. The table sets out consecutive ...

06/08/06 - 20060122927 - System and method for allocating resources in a distributed computational system using proportional share auctions
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for allocating resources in a distributed computational system. Embodiments of the present invention may comprise a plurality of user agent programs, each adapted to place a bid on behalf of a user for computational resources based on a preference ...

06/01/06 - 20060116950 - Prioritizing product development lines
Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining building serviceability information for geographic locations. The disclosed systems and methods may include forming a future market in which the product developments lines are equated to stocks. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining participants in a trading session of the ...

05/25/06 - 20060112004 - Method for providing an auction service using a tightly coupled multimedia conference in terminals and apparatus thereof
Disclosed is a method for providing an auction service to terminals using a tightly coupled multimedia conference and an apparatus thereof. The method includes determining participants who use the terminals and auction service session, deciding an auction policy composed of a membership policy and a media policy related to the ...

05/25/06 - 20060112003 - Method and apparatus for holding an online live auction to combine features of both the internet and traditional, real world auctions
A method and apparatus are provided for conducting a live auction that combines various features of traditional and online auctions. According to one aspect of the present invention, the live auction includes a live, in-person auction component and a real-time online bidding environment component. Bidding information associated with an item ...

05/25/06 - 20060112002 - Method and apparatus for managing data in a business to business environment
Shown is a method and apparatus of controlling a commercial environment. The environment comprises a plurality of traders, each of the traders included in at least one of a plurality of members, wherein the plurality of members defines a community. The method comprises the steps of, defining the community, defining ...

05/25/06 - 20060112001 - Method and apparatus for online platforms for enabling a professional trader to provide a plurality of clients with real-time market timing guidance
A platform is provided that enables a professional trader to relay information for educational purposes about buying and selling assets using a color system (red, green, and yellow) represented by a small sphere located on the user's desktop. A central server is used to send information over the Internet necessary ...

05/25/06 - 20060112000 - Method of trading a financial instrument using stop-order quantity
A stop quantity order (SQO) on a market-traded instrument for a computerized trading system. An order to buy [sell] instrument X is an SQO if, in addition to a limit price, and a stop price, it also specifies a stop quantity SQ. It is triggered by either of the following ...

05/18/06 - 20060106714 - Systems and methods for pricing and selling digital goods
Systems and methods are provided for pricing, selling, and/or otherwise distributing electronic content using auction mechanisms. A randomized auction mechanism is used to determine both the number of goods that are sold and the selling price. The auction mechanism automatically adapts to the bid distribution to yield revenue that is ...

05/18/06 - 20060106713 - Method and system for providing an automated auction for internalization and complex orders in a hybrid trading system
A method of providing an automated auction for internalization for the purchase or sale of securities or derivatives in an exchange is disclosed. The method may include receiving an order at an electronic trade engine, disseminating a request for price message to at least one user in response to receiving ...

05/18/06 - 20060106712 - Method and apparatus for online buyer oriented reverse auction system
Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers via the Internet. Product information relating to a plurality of products meeting product criteria specified by a group of buyers is presented via the Internet. Buyers place requests for products at desired ...

05/18/06 - 20060106711 - Reverse billing in online search
There is disclosed reverse billing in online search. A telephony server may receive a request from a user to cause a telephone call to be established between the user and a merchant. A notice to the merchant may be generated. The notice may include an offer to establish a telephone ...

05/18/06 - 20060106710 - Systems and methods for determining relative placement of content items on a rendered page
Systems and methods for determining the value of bids placed by content providers for placement positions on a page, e.g., a web page, rendered according to a given context, for instance, the search results listing for a particular query initiated on a search engine web site, are provided. Additionally, systems ...

05/18/06 - 20060106709 - Systems and methods for allocating placement of content items on a rendered page based upon bid value
Systems and methods for determining the value of bids placed by content providers for placement positions on a page, e.g., a web page, rendered according to a given context, for instance, the search results listing for a particular query initiated on a search engine web site, are provided. Additionally, systems ...

05/18/06 - 20060106708 - System and method for processing matched trades
A system for reporting and processing a matched trade from a market in response to orders submitted by traders includes a management subsystem for developing configuration data regarding products that are to be traded and traders who are authorized to trade. The system further includes a trade processing subsystem for ...

05/18/06 - 20060106707 - Method and system for trading derivatives
A computer-based system provides a synthetic Contract for Difference (CFD) trading exchange that has the ability to link and replicate the order flow of corresponding underlying commodity markets into derivative CFDs and also link and replicate the CFD order flow into the underlying commodity markets in underlying non-derivative form, all ...

05/11/06 - 20060100956 - Search engine
The present invention provides for a method of updating an internet search engine database with the results of a user's selection of specific web page listings from the general web page listing provided to the user as a result of his initial keyword search entry. By updating the database with ...

05/11/06 - 20060100955 - Data processing for an exchange traded fund
An accounting system allows posting transactions to a general ledger of an Exchange Traded Fund. The accounting system includes a computer-assisted process that nets subscription and redemption orders that occurred over a particular time (e.g., one day) and records a transfer of securities into or out of the fund based ...

05/11/06 - 20060100954 - Automated trading system
An anonymous trading system is configured to receive a price stream from a bank or other institution. The price stream is converted into a quote stream and input into the trading system via an automated trading interface. The quote stream has its own deal code. The deal code credit limits ...

05/11/06 - 20060100953 - Data processing flow chart control system
A data processing flow chart control system includes a variable sequence series of independent data processing blocks for receiving input data corresponding to price versus time data for a variable price item and for generating time-related entry and exit signals corresponding to the acquisition and disposition of rights to the ...

05/11/06 - 20060100952 - Method of preparing a product quote for a customer
The present invention provides an efficient and simple method of preparing a product quote for a customer operating a technical installation. The product quote is based on a data set acquired during the operation of the installation, a product chosen for use with the installation and a customer benefit related ...

05/11/06 - 20060100951 - System and method for implementing push technology in a wireless financial transaction
A method for executing a trade is provided that includes communicating financial information to a handheld device via a network, the financial information being associated with a trade that can be initiated by the handheld device. The handheld device is connected to the network via a Push to Trade™ protocol. ...

05/11/06 - 20060100950 - Method for valuign forwards, futures and options on real estate
A system and method for matching buy and sell orders is provided. A daily cash index of real estate values for a local region is maintained based on real estate transactions and/or real estate transactional activity, and a trading instrument representative of an interest in real estate in the local ...

05/04/06 - 20060095366 - Method and apparatus for an electronic marketplace for services having a collaborative workspace
A method and system for buying and selling services online includes a process for custom services, a commodity process and a collaborative workspace on a website. The process for custom services includes the posting by a buyer of specific criteria for a desired service, the bidding by a seller to ...

05/04/06 - 20060095365 - System and method for conducting an auction in a peer-to peer network
A system and method are disclosed for conducting an auction in a peer-to-peer network. In one example, the method includes initiating the auction by notifying a p-commerce server of the auction's start time, end time, and item being auctioned. A bid is received for the auction directly from another endpoints, ...

05/04/06 - 20060095364 - Real-time foreign exchange services method and apparatus
An international foreign exchange (FX) payment solution is provided that offers straight-through processing of FX rate requests, FX contract initiation, and settlement of funds to and from foreign beneficiaries. The invention is based on a system and method of business using a real-time XML messaging interface, open source access, and ...

05/04/06 - 20060095363 - Systems and methods for performing two-way one-to-many and many-to-many auctions for financial instruments
A switch engine module receive interest rate risk portfolios from a plurality of traders, and for each prospective trader, provides available switches based on positions in other counterparty portfolios that offset the viewing traders' positions. The offsetting positions are encoded with credit preference information in order to identify eligible trades ...

05/04/06 - 20060095362 - Managing and evaluating procurement risk
Methods, systems, and computer programs that enable procurement risk to be efficiently and effectively managed and evaluated are described. In one aspect, inputs specifying one or more forward contracts in a sourcing portfolio for procuring a resource from one or more suppliers are received. Inputs specifying one or more aspects ...

05/04/06 - 20060095361 - Methods and apparatus for automatic settlement of foreign securities trades in trader's operating currency
A method includes placing a securities trading order on a securities exchange and determining a net settlement amount for the securities trading order in the local currency of the securities exchange. In response to the determined net settlement amount, a foreign exchange trading order is automatically placed to convert the ...

04/27/06 - 20060089901 - Uniform price auction method
The invention relates to an auction method for selling a plurality of articles of same type, which comprises the steps of: (a) determining the cost C of a single article to the seller; (b) dividing the range of expected bids for the product into a limited number of prices p; ...

04/27/06 - 20060089900 - Internet auction clocking system and method of use
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for time tracking with respect to an item in an auction. Certain embodiments include a clock for tracking a time associated with an item sold to a buyer, wherein the time is elapsed after sale of the item, and ...

04/27/06 - 20060089899 - Intra-day matching message system and method
A system and method that provides a message engine to facilitate intra-day receiving of first data relative to the trade transaction on behalf of one party to the trade transaction, wherein the first data include a code identifying an opposing party to the transaction; sending a message to the designated ...

04/27/06 - 20060089898 - Intra-day matching system and method
A system and method that provides intra-day confirmation of non-anonymous trade transactions made at an exchange includes the entry into a computer system of first data relative to the trade transaction on behalf of one party to the trade transaction, wherein the first data include a code identifying an opposing ...

04/27/06 - 20060089897 - Systems and methods for online trade-in of goods
An online trade-in system comprises: a pricing guide module, an affiliates module, a marketplace listing module, a trade-in website module, a transaction processing module, an inventory handling module, a database and a marketplace manager. The marketplace manager creates an online trade-in system that accesses the other modules to complete a ...

04/27/06 - 20060089896 - Method and system for estimating valuation
A method for valuation of the market, sectors of the market, industries in the market or companies, where price ratios of a predetermined group of securities representing the market, sector or industry are determined and debt adjusted ratios are determined by adjusting the price ratios using debt to capitalization ratios ...

04/20/06 - 20060085322 - Internet-based method for construction bid and contract management
Method of topologically subdividing and unambiguously defining the scope of work and for inter-linking construction plans/specifications to construction contracts to eliminates errors and uncertainty in contractor performance. Electronic overlays are applied onto the digitized construction plans corresponding to different categories of work. Each overlay is divided into a series of ...

04/20/06 - 20060085321 - Simulation auction for public offering
The invention provides a method and system to estimate demand, pricing, allocation and aftermarket demand for public offerings via a simulation auction using collaborative forecasting. The simulation auction incorporates features to enhance participant knowledge about a particular company and its proposed auction. The simulation auction may be used to collect ...

04/20/06 - 20060085320 - Flexible system and method for electronic trading
System, method, and program products offer flexibility to the rather rigid way of trading in an electronic trading system. Orders for a tradeable object may typically get matched according to set terms and/or conditions at an electronic exchange. A trader may log onto the electronic exchange to trade the tradeable ...

04/20/06 - 20060085319 - Methods and apparatus for routing options orders
An options trading system may include a routing system that receives an options trading order from a customer and divides the customer order into secondary orders. Each of the secondary orders may be sent to a respective securities exchange for execution. The size of some or all of the secondary ...

04/20/06 - 20060085318 - Systems and methods for providing reverse-auction
Systems and methods are disclosed for conducting a reverse auction by receiving request data for a requested item, the request data including an item description and bid evaluation information including at least desired price and proximity to a predetermined location; storing the request data in a requisition database; receiving bid ...

04/20/06 - 20060085317 - Computer-based system and method for executing orders
The present invention provides a novel system and method for executing orders. In an embodiment, a system for executing orders includes a communications gateway through which orders and intents can be passed to an internalization engine. The internalization is operable to maintain intents and compare them with incoming orders, and ...

04/13/06 - 20060080227 - Market motion detector
To enhance information available to a user, such as a trader, an exemplary embodiment allows users to quickly and easily identify stocks with the highest speed change per unit time and acceleration, or rate of change of speed. More specifically, exemplary aspects at least allow users to visualize for one ...

04/13/06 - 20060080226 - System and method for swapping of tangible items
A system and method for an on-line swapping service. The service registers members and allows members to list items that each member is willing to swap in exchange for credits with the service for an item from listed by another member. An example of the items that may be swapped ...

04/13/06 - 20060080225 - Systems and methods for providing a trading interface with advanced features
Systems and methods for a trading interface with advanced features are provided. Using these systems and methods, a user may create orders, manipulate orders, cancel orders, configure alternative keyboard settings, and/or obtain additional information on transactions. When a user clicks on a bid and/or offer, a dialog box may pop-up, ...

04/13/06 - 20060080224 - Method for dynamically initiated interactive group communications
A method for dynamically initiated interactive group communication between several participants concerning a process offered by an organizer includes: definition and conditioning of the process according to parameters that can freely be defined by the organizer, selection of the resource(s) to display the process, definition of target persons or groups ...

04/13/06 - 20060080223 - Method and system for providing automatic execution of trading strategies for electronic trading
A method and system for providing automatic execution of trading strategies for electronic trading. A synthetic trading entity is created from two or more actual trading entities. Two or more sets of electronic trading information are received from one or more electronic trading exchanges including trading information for the two ...

04/13/06 - 20060080222 - Systems and methods for commission allocation
The invention relates to systems and methods that allocate different types of commissions to participants based on at least one factor contributing to the liquidity to the market in which an item trades. The commission may accordingly depend on the order in which trading commands are received from different participants ...

04/13/06 - 20060080221 - Reverse auction control method, computer program product, and server
The server registers a plurality of supplier groups composed of one supplier or a combination of two or more suppliers so as to offer all items constituting a procurement object in a supplier group list. Then, it receives a bid price of a first supplier for an item included in ...

04/13/06 - 20060080220 - Liquidity book system and method
A system is disclosed for providing services related to the securities industry to customers of broker-dealers. The system comprises a broker-dealer services module providing for at least one of indications of liquidity and/or interest, order entry, order management, and order crossing. The system further comprises a service transport media module ...

04/13/06 - 20060080219 - Systems and methods of obtaining trading exclusivity in electronic trading systems
Systems and methods for obtaining trading exclusivity in electronic trading systems are provided. The systems and method preferably provide criteria for determining whether exclusivity to certain incoming orders is available. Suitable electronic trading systems for implementation of such methods include, but are not limited to, hit/lift exclusive priority systems, price ...

04/13/06 - 20060080218 - Method and system for creating and marketing employee stock option mirror image warrants
A warrant on company stock that is used to determine value of employee options for U.S. accounting purposes on company stock. The warrant comprises an amortization factor, an exercise term that is the same or substantially similar to an exercise term of the employee options, and a strike price that ...

04/13/06 - 20060080217 - Clearing house for buying and selling short term liquidity
A clearing house process for buying and selling short term liquidity, such as Fed Funds, by financial institutions into an open, fair, and efficient market. The process automatically matches all trades at a preset rate and automatically clears and confirms the trade through a secure on line website. Sellers manage ...

04/13/06 - 20060080216 - Counterparty credit limits in computerized trading
Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for establishing and using credit limits between counterparties and for managing risk in the trading of financial interests. The invention provides a trading party with the ability to control the amount of future financial exposure that the trading party will incur with ...

04/13/06 - 20060080215 - Method and system for electronic trading including transactional history
The present invention relates to systems and methods of electronic trading. Embodiments involve presenting real-time financial market data in a user interface, wherein the real-time financial market data includes a plurality of adjacent cells containing proposed trade quantities with associated prices; and presenting historical trade quantity and price information in ...

04/13/06 - 20060080214 - Computer trading of interests
The invention provides systems, methods, and programs for improved computer trading of financial and other interests, including improvements in the making, acceptance, and control of proposals for transactions in interests. Among improvements provided by the invention are the presentation of terms of proposed transactions to trading parties in terms selected ...

04/13/06 - 20060080213 - Auction methods and system for perishable products
An auction system (X) has a marketable auction device 2 to actuate a purchasing scale distinction member (24) provided to distinguish large lot buyers who bid more than 2 unit number from small lot buyers who bid falling short of 2 unit number. A redistribution member (25) works to multiply ...

04/13/06 - 20060080212 - Real-time adaptive moduluar risk management trading system for professional equity traders
The present invention provides traders with a real-time fed computer-based system for trading commodities based on a traders risk profile, particularly equities, by providing a careful selection of the data to analyze and selecting the correct manipulation of that data. The invention uses the initially selected data components or factors, ...

04/13/06 - 20060080211 - Real-time adaptive moduluar risk management trading system for professional equity traders
The present invention provides traders with a real-time fed computer-based system for trading commodities based on a traders risk profile, particularly equities, by providing a careful selection of the data to analyze and selecting the correct manipulation of that data. The invention uses the initially selected data components or factors, ...

04/13/06 - 20060080210 - System and network for obtaining competitive quotes on user-configured articles
Configuration data received from a consumer regarding a configurable article such as an automobile in which the consumer is interested in purchasing is entered by the consumer and automatically forwarded to a number of participating dealers within the consumer's geographic area. The dealers can respond by quoting for an exact ...

04/13/06 - 20060080209 - Submitting requests with degrees of satisfaction to be used for fuzzy evaluation of responses
The present invention provides a system and method for providing requests using linguistic terms to describe importance and degrees of satisfaction. For example, a user may submit a bid invitation for items and use linguistic terms to describe the importance of each item and of attributes of the items. Linguistic ...

04/13/06 - 20060080208 - Financial instrument for a specific deliverable product on a daily settlement basis
A new class of instruments extends the use or operation of futures contracts to encompass specific deliverable products on a daily settlement basis. These new instruments can be created to cover a wide range of market sectors and financial classes. The new instruments are exchange traded instruments that define exactly ...

04/13/06 - 20060080207 - Method, system and internet platform for classified request auction
An auction method, system and Internet platform where registered requesters/buyers (here in after used as Buyer or Requester) post their requests/classifieds and registered providers/sellers (here in after used as Provider or Seller) provide bids/competitive rates. More particularly, the invention provides a central platform for all kinds of residential and business ...

04/06/06 - 20060074792 - Continuous online auction system and method
A continuous online auction system and method enabling the auctioning of products. An online product auction system comprises an auction center having a microprocessor operably connected to a storage media. The online product auction system also includes a product receive module configured to execute in the auction center. The product ...

04/06/06 - 20060074791 - System, method and associated software for managing the transportation of goods
A macro-collaboration solution is provided through which trading partners in the transportation and logistics industry can efficiently exchange contractual, order and financial information facilitating the movement of shipments over the road, or through intermodal means. A combination of web portals and wireless devices are leveraged by this marketplace to offer ...

03/30/06 - 20060069639 - System and methods for prioritized management of financial instruments
The invention relates to an improved means for interactive computerized communications having a facilitated capability for order entry and order execution, and providing an enhanced range of trading forms and methods to clients of brokerage firms dealing in financial securities. In particular, the invention relates to a type of interactive ...

03/30/06 - 20060069638 - Bid management unit, bid management method and computer program product
The bid management unit has a lockout management section that determines whether to impose restrictions on submission of bid information by a participant terminal according to a predetermined determination condition, and a lockout timer that control a timing to perform determination in the lockout management section. The bid management unit ...

03/30/06 - 20060069637 - Systems and methods for providing neutral price improvement
Electronic trading systems and methods are provided that permit traders to submit price improvement orders that are traded at predetermined pricing increments and that maintain a position in a trading stack based on the size of other orders already existing in the stack at the time the order is submitted. ...

03/30/06 - 20060069636 - Computer implemented and/or assisted methods and systems for providing guaranteed, specified and/or predetermined execution prices in a guaranteed, specified and/or predetermined timeframe on the purchase or sale of, for example, listed options
Methods and systems are provided which enable options broker-dealers to guarantee execution of an option trade order within a specified time window. By providing means to quantify and mitigate the effects of several factors which contribute to options market inefficiency (e.g., market structure, regulatory constraints, and “market misbehavior”), these methods ...

03/30/06 - 20060069635 - Method of buying or selling items and a user interface to facilitate the same
A method of buying or selling items having at least one market and its associated processes are disclosed. The method includes the steps of, under control of a client system, displaying information identifying at least one item and a bid and/or ask price for the item in the market; and ...

03/23/06 - 20060064369 - Fuzzy evaluation of responses to provide degree of satisfaction
The present invention provides a system and method for evaluating offers that are received in response to a request of a user. The system and method of the present invention use fuzzy logic to evaluate the offers. The evaluation provides a degree of satisfaction based on the information provided by ...

03/16/06 - 20060059083 - User interface for semi-fungible trading
A user interface and method are disclosed for providing trading between a plurality of semi-fungible and non-fungible goods. A plurality of book axes are displayed in a single interface, each book axis representing a market for a particular good. Orders for goods are displayed as marks on the axes to ...

03/16/06 - 20060059082 - Matching computer of a negotiated matching system
A matching computer is provided for a negotiated matching system that includes a plurality of remote terminals associated with respective potential counterparties, a communications network for permitting communication between the remote terminals, and the matching computer. Each user enters first parameters for a trading instrument into his or her remote ...

03/16/06 - 20060059081 - Opening price process for trading system
A system for determining an opening price for products traded over a distributed, networked computer system is described. The system includes a plurality of workstations for entering orders for financial products into the distributed, networked computer system, said orders specifying a quantity of the financial product. A plurality of workstations ...

03/16/06 - 20060059080 - Online electronic trading system including lines of credit
An electronic trade service device includes processing devices providing computational functions providing negotiation and resolution of commercial agreements between buyers and sellers. The service includes defining contract terms, including price and payment terms and securing electronic connections by the buyer and seller to an electronic trade system. The buyer is ...

03/16/06 - 20060059079 - Price improvement in electronic trading system
Price improvement in credit screened trading systems is achieved by entering a maximum price improvement (MPI) amount with a maker quote. The system prepares separate quote queues for each trading floor including only quotes where bilateral credit exists. Quotes are arranged using Price, MPI, time priority. When a quote is ...

03/16/06 - 20060059078 - Sell-side benchmarking of security trading
A benchmark price reflective of trading in a financial instrument for benchmarking sell-side traders performance is provided by calculating based on received trades a buy volume weighted average price and a sell volume weighted average price for every contra-side party trading in a selected security during a period of time. ...

03/16/06 - 20060059077 - Electronic completion of cash versus futures basis trades
An electronic trading system is described herein. More specifically, the electronic trading system may relate to the substantially simultaneous trading of cash instruments and their related futures contracts for interest-rate related instruments. The electronic trading system may also be used to allow a user (such as a market maker or ...

03/16/06 - 20060059076 - System for aggregating executions in a communication network for securities transactions and the like
An execution concentrator is interposed in a communications network for handling information concerning securities transactions or the like, that concentrator acting to transmit transaction information to the trader or the like at such times and in such details as may be most convenient or efficient to the recipient, independently of ...

03/16/06 - 20060059075 - Systems and methods for auctioning access to securities research resources
Methods and systems for auctioning units of securities research resources from a supplier of securities research services to potential consumers of the supplier's securities research are disclosed. According to various embodiments, the method includes the steps of receiving from a plurality of the potential consumers at least one bid for ...

03/02/06 - 20060047598 - System and method for web-based procurement
The invention relates to the field of business-to-business (B2B) commerce and in particular to a real-time, computer implemented system and method for conducting a reverse auction for procuring maintenance, repair and operations components over the Internet. Integral to the present invention is a Reverse Auction Module (RAM) which is a ...

03/02/06 - 20060047597 - Options calculator
A calculator for analyzing options and option spreads includes a memory storage having software where the software permits a user to input into the system a type of transaction, a type of option contract, a number of option contracts, a strike price and a premium price. A processor in communication ...

03/02/06 - 20060047596 - Derivative instruments support
The invention relates to a method, a central system, an application, and an electronic memory for a pricing function for derivatives of market maker participants. Market makers are electronically addressing the application recalculating the pricing function of the derivatives to an option price for an underlying instrument pricing, having an ...

03/02/06 - 20060047595 - Message consolidation
The invention relates to a method and a trading system for consolidating messages in intermediate server layers. It is operated in at least one of a data- and telecommunication network. Message distribution is introduced by collecting and distributing them through hold-back time frames, thereby, eliminating transactional overhead and achieving a ...

03/02/06 - 20060047594 - Circle chain contract
A Circle Chain Contract is a tool a producer/owner of goods or services can use to trade their product/property at market value for goods or services instead of paying cash. Consider a carousel surrounded by people with packages as it rotates; people place a package on it and remove a ...

02/23/06 - 20060041503 - Collaborative negotiation methods, systems, and apparatuses for extended commerce
A round of negotiation for an item is initiated between a plurality of bidders at a plurality of client nodes and a host processing node. A price bid for the item is received from each of the plurality of bidders. At least one negotiation parameter is received from at least ...

02/23/06 - 20060041502 - Cost management file translation methods, systems, and apparatuses for extended commerce
A quantity of an item referenced within a multilevel bill of material (BOM) is determined. A price bid for the item is received into an application framework from a supplier. The price bid is associated with the item. The cost of the multilevel BOM is determined based on the quantity ...

02/23/06 - 20060041501 - Reverse auction control method, computer program product, and server
A control method of reverse auction that is implemented by a server connected to a plurality of supplier terminals through a communication network. The control method first receives bids from the plurality of supplier terminals through the communication network. Then, the server calculates a bid price ratio for relatively comparing ...

02/23/06 - 20060041500 - System for implementing automated open market auctioning of leads
In an automated leads-and-bids exchange system, bid profiles are defined to describe desires of lead buyers. Received leads are matched to active ones of the bid profiles whose specifications the leads substantially match. An auctioning subsystem finds the highest one or group of bids for each given lead. A quality ...

02/23/06 - 20060041499 - Obtaining a need with guiding information and credit worthiness using a competitive process
A process for obtaining a need with guiding information and credit worthiness using a competitive process. The competitive process could be a reverse auction where multiple sellers bid on the need. The guiding information and credit worthiness make the need under bid a competitive one for the buyer and the ...

02/23/06 - 20060041498 - Central credit filtering in computerized trading
Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for establishing and using credit limits between counterparties and for managing risk in the trading of financial interests. The invention provides credit filtered views of executable market information to trading parties. By setting credit limits used to provide credit-filtered views, the invention ...

02/23/06 - 20060041497 - Systems and methods for maintaining system performance
Systems, methods and computer programs may be used to represent first and second components of a commodity transport network. A first operating characteristic value may correspond to the first component. A critical value may be received. A programmed computer may be used to determine if the first operating characteristic value ...

02/23/06 - 20060041496 - Method and system for automating proposals involving direct and indirect sales
A sales automation system is described. The system can be customized to generate complex proposals involving direct and indirect sales. The system allows users to manage sales projects comprising complete solutions. Proposals are generated by integrating third party products and services offering and by using a pool of products stored ...

02/23/06 - 20060041495 - Computer-based virtual personal economies implemented over public and private networks and methods for configuration, use and pooling of same
In one mode the present invention allows for transactions of various types to take place “anonymously” and securely over public (WAN), semi-public (e.g. AOL) and private or subscription networks and without regard or dependency to currency valuations or per se financial institutional policy. The present invention in another mode ...

02/16/06 - 20060036533 - Method and apparatus for creating and administering a publicly traded interest in a commodity pool
Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means for creating and administering a publicly traded interest in a commodity pool include forming a commodity pool having a first position in a futures contract and a corresponding second position in a margin investment, and issuing equity interests of the commodity pool ...

02/16/06 - 20060036532 - Methods and apparatus for executing small size orders
A method and system for executing a small size trade, the method including, in some embodiments, receiving a limit order associated with a security trade order to be forwarded to at least one order execution destination, the security trade order comprising a security to be traded and an order size, ...

02/16/06 - 20060036531 - Short-term option trading system
Option contracts are traded by valuing an option that has at least one of a) strike price or b) expiration time unknown at the time the option is valued. The previously unknown values of the option are assigned at the time or after the time the trade is completed. An ...

02/16/06 - 20060036530 - Method and apparatus for facilitating micro energy derivatives transactions on a network system
A system and method and device for using a computer to facilitate the issuance and redemption of energy related micro derivative contracts between a buyer and an seller, including a customer determining the derivative contract to be purchased and swiping the card through the card reader. The customer then submits ...

02/09/06 - 20060031157 - Method and system for facilitating automated interaction of marketable retail orders and professional trading interest at passively determined prices
A method and system for an automated trading network that continuously collects invisible, anonymous, binding orders and indications of interest to buy and sell specific equity securities at variable, passively determined prices and, then, executes trades based on these collected orders and indications. In general, the binding orders are collected ...

02/09/06 - 20060031156 - System and method for managing trading using alert messages for outlying trading orders
According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. In a market for a particular type of instrument, electronic data including buy orders and sell orders are received from a plurality of traders. Each buy order has an associated bid price and each sell order has an associated ...

02/09/06 - 20060031155 - System and method to process an alert from a monitored device based on business context information
A system and method for servicing a monitored device provided to a company, including: receiving, by a service provider over a network, a service alert regarding the monitored device; determining whether a business relationship exists between the company and the service provider for service of the monitored device; and responding ...

02/09/06 - 20060031154 - System and method for managing trading using alert messages for outlying trading orders
According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. In a market for a particular type of instrument, buy orders and sell orders are received from a plurality of traders. Each buy order has an associated bid price and each sell order has an associated offer price. A ...

02/09/06 - 20060031153 - Methods and systems for matching buyers and sellers over electronic networks
An electronic matching system is provided for facilitating online transactions between buyers and sellers. Electronic buy offers and electronic sell offers received by the system can be compared and matched. The offers can be transmitted to the system through a plurality of communication media including email messaging, text messaging, and/or ...

02/09/06 - 20060031152 - System and method to calculate the value of a non-tradable option such as an employee stock option, considering characteristics such as term structure in interest rates, volatility and dividends, constraints such as vesting and black-out periods as well a
The current invention is a system and method to calculate the value of a non-tradable option such as an employee stock option, considering characteristics such as term structure in interest rates, volatility and dividends, constraints such as vesting and black-out periods as well as voluntary and involuntary early exercise patterns ...

02/09/06 - 20060031151 - System and method for a life settlement and/or viatical exchange
A life exchange system and method for life settlement and/or viaticals are provided where a plurality of life insurance policies can be sorted and matched between brokers and funders. The life exchange system allows brokers and providers to exchange secondary life insurance by way of a life exchange component including ...

02/02/06 - 20060026091 - System and method for processing securities trading instructions and commnicating order status via a messaging interface
A system allowing traders, etc. to use instant messaging (IM) (or other non-FIX based) communications to input trading instructions directly into a broker's Order Management System (OMS) for managing/executing trades. Accordingly, trading instructions may be provided electronically directly from a buy-side trader, and directly to a sell-side broker's/brokerage's OMS, without ...

02/02/06 - 20060026090 - System and method for facilitating trading of financial instruments
A system and method for facilitating trading of financial instruments. According to one embodiment, an application receives an indication of interest to trade a financial instrument by a first party, provides the indication of interest to other parties without disclosing a side of trade, receives an offer to trade the ...

02/02/06 - 20060026089 - Telephonic device to connect query initiator to provider
The present disclosure pertains to a method and an apparatus for facilitating communication between a potential customer and a potential provider of goods and services, and further provides a method for the financing of the method and apparatus. This method and apparatus are particularly applicable to expensive and/or personalized services ...

02/02/06 - 20060026088 - Stock channel and news channel
The present invention provides a stocks channel and a news channel to a user on a mobile device. Stocks based content associated with a stocks channel and news content associated with the news channel is automatically delivered and stored on a mobile electronic device for access by a user. Using ...

02/02/06 - 20060026087 - Client-oriented, on-demand trading system
A client-oriented, on-demand automated trading system that facilitates client-oriented automated trading with suppliers. A client transaction agent is adapted to provide trading requirements for notification to one or more suppliers, and to discover automated services provided by the one or more suppliers that conform to the trading requirements. A broker ...

01/26/06 - 20060020538 - Tabs based drag and drop graphical trading interface
The interface comprises one or more grids, each grid typically associated with a specific security. GUI objects or icons representing orders of a specific quantity may be dragged and dropped onto the grid to place, change, or cancel orders. The Grids are contained within tab pages, which are further contained ...

01/26/06 - 20060020537 - Internet business transactions approach model system
The present invention relates to an internet business transactions approach model system, which uses an internet electrical business platform to proceed the following steps. Generate the member chain group, being able to recommend son members by existed members, and generate the member chain group by above linkage of members and ...

01/26/06 - 20060020536 - System and method for managing trading orders received from market makers
According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. A first offer for a particular instrument in a particular market is received from a first market maker at a first offer price. A first bid for the same particular instrument in the same particular market is received from ...

01/26/06 - 20060020535 - Insurance for dollar equivalent stock certificates
Insuring a product and method of electronically trading stocks globally on their respective exchanges using a common currency, preferably U.S. currency. ...

01/26/06 - 20060020534 - Global stock trading with uniform monetization
A product and method of electronically trading stocks globally on their respective exchanges using a common currency, preferably U.S. currency. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015449 - Method for conducting a computerized auction
The invention provides a method for conducting a computerized auction of property according to a tiered restriction process. The sale or transfer of the proper can be restricted as to the community a potential buyer must be a member of an specific attributes of the buyer. The buyer is only ...

01/19/06 - 20060015448 - System and method for determining and applying parity in a hybrid auction market
A plurality of limit orders are received at the same price and the limit orders are aggregated as a single aggregate. A plurality of broker interests are received at the same price. Equal parity is assigned to the single aggregate and each of the plurality of broker interests. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015447 - System and method for order sweep in a hybrid auction market
A first price and first size of a published offer to sell shares of a security are determined, and a second price and second size of orders to sell shares of the security are determined. A third price and third size of orders to sell shares of the security are ...

01/19/06 - 20060015446 - System and method for setting and using a momentum liquidity replenishment price in a hybrid auction market
The lowest trade price for a security within a predetermined period of time is determined, and a momentum liquidity replenishment price is determined by adding the greater of a predetermined price or a predetermined percentage of the last trade price to the lowest trade price for the security for the ...

01/19/06 - 20060015445 - System and method for presenting broker and specialist interest in a hybrid auction market
Broker or specialist interest to buy or sell a security at a first price and a first size is received, and it is determined whether the first price equals a published best bid or offer price. If the first price equals the published bid or offer price, first size is ...

01/19/06 - 20060015444 - System and method for setting and using a sweep liquidity replenishment price in an hybrid auction market
The price of a best bid is determined, and a proposed bid sweep liquidity replenishment price is determined by subtracting five cents from the price of the best bid. The proposed bid sweep liquidity replenishment price is incrementally decreased by 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 cents until the proposed ...

01/19/06 - 20060015443 - System and method for managing an imbalance in a hybrid auction market
A large market order to buy is received causing an imbalance. A portion of the market order is executed at a best offer price. A quote is changed from fast to slow, and a remaining unexecuted size of the market order is calculated. The unexecuted size of the market order ...

01/19/06 - 20060015442 - System and method for publishing liquidity replenishment prices in a hybrid auction market
A sweep liquidity offer price is determined, and a momentum liquidity offer price is determined. If the sweep liquidity offer price is less than the momentum liquidity offer price, the sweep liquidity offer price is published. If the sweep momentum liquidity offer price is greater than the momentum liquidity offer ...

01/19/06 - 20060015441 - System and method for managing and trading auction limit orders in a hybrid auction market
A buy order is received with a limit price that is above a published best offer, and represented in the auction market. If the buy order is not immediately executed, it is quoted at a minimum variation better than a published best bid, and the price of the quoted buy ...

01/19/06 - 20060015440 - Dynamic liquidity management system
The present invention provides systems and methods liquidity providers can use to manage and reduce their overall market exposure when multiple offers to deal are received substantially simultaneously. The invention automatically processes offers to deal according to provider-specified parameters, including a customer trading limit, a global trading limit and an ...

01/19/06 - 20060015439 - Shareable quote streams
Method and apparatus for providing price quote streams to a multiplicity of customers in an online asset trading system. The invention allows providers to establish, maintain and revise only one shareable price quote stream (or, alternatively, just a relative few number of shareable price quote streams) for each currency pair ...

01/19/06 - 20060015438 - System for linking initiators and beneficiaries, and method suited therefor
A system for linking initiators and beneficiaries, and a method suited therefor, are provided in which a linking unit is provided, which provides an agreement concluded between the initiator and the beneficiary, whereby the agreement is concluded earmarked for a certain product. A first mediation unit for an interested party ...

01/19/06 - 20060015437 - Systems and methods for performing international money exchanges
Disclosed are systems and methods for effecting international online financial transactions between individuals or between individuals and entities such as banks, merchants and other companies. In one embodiment, requests for international currency exchanges are processed in batch form. A currency accumulator may be used to keep track of currency exchange ...

01/19/06 - 20060015436 - System and method for facilitating trading of multiple tradeable objects in an electronic trading environment
A system and method are provided for trading multiple tradeable objects. One example method includes displaying at least one combined quantity indicator representing a combined quantity associated with at least two tradeable objects, detecting an input associated with an order for a predetermined order quantity in relation to one of ...

01/19/06 - 20060015435 - System and method for an automated sales system with remote negotiation and post-sale verification
The present invention provides a system and method to process items for sale or bid, to transmit electronic negotiations between prospective buyer and seller, and to verify the condition of the item before delivery to the buyer. The invention facilitates autonomous and remote negotiation between sellers and prospective buyers while ...

01/12/06 - 20060010066 - Method and system for providing a graphical user interface for electronic trading
A method and system for providing a graphical user interface for electronic trading. Electronic trading information is obtained on an application on a target device from one or more electronic trading exchanges. The trading electronic information is processed electronic trading information is displayed on a multi-windowed graphical user interface (GUI) ...

01/12/06 - 20060010065 - Automated trading systems
In an electronic trading system, prime brokerage services may be provided by assigning one or more dependent or child deal codes to a deal code. Prime broker trades are conducted via the dependent deal codes but appear to the market as deals with the parent deal code using credit assigned ...

01/12/06 - 20060010064 - Method and system for real time margin calculation
Methods and systems for real time margin management are provided. A margin inquiry request from a user is processed in real time. Such a margin inquiry request may include a real time on-demand margin inquiry. In addition, a margin inquiry request may also correspond to a hypothetical margin inquiry. ...

01/05/06 - 20060004649 - Method and system for a failure recovery framework for interfacing with network-based auctions
A method of failure recovery is provided that includes providing an automatic failure recovery transaction in an auction application interacting with a network-based auction service. The network-based auction service has a forward-only process that is adapted to prevent roll-back to a process state at a time of a failure. If ...

01/05/06 - 20060004648 - Method and system for using templates for enhanced network-based auctions
A system and method are provided for generating a listing on a network-based auction service using a listing template. A listing template is generated using an auction application and a previously created listing and/or a set of user-provided listing information. The listing template is used to create a listing that ...

01/05/06 - 20060004647 - Method and system for configurable options in enhanced network-based auctions
A system and method are provided for including a configurable order option in a listing on a network-based auction service. The system and method include specifying the configurable order using an auction application separate from the network-based auction service and communicating the configurable order option specified using the auction application ...

01/05/06 - 20060004646 - Computer-assisted method and apparatus for absentee sellers to participate in auctions and other sales
A live auction or other sales transaction permits sellers to dynamically participate from remote locations. The remotely-located seller receives a simulcast of the auction in progress and is able to at any time indicate to the auctioneer an approval to sell an item on the block at the current high ...

01/05/06 - 20060004645 - Reversed auction
The invention relates to a system, a home page and a method in an open network for at least one of data- or telecommunication providing an electronic market place comprising a reversed auction application. Hereby a customer auctions out a product or a service to be purchased by the customer, ...

12/29/05 - 20050289043 - Maudlin-vickrey auction method and system for maximizing seller revenue and profit
A one-sided seller-defined method and system for maximizing a seller's profit by withholding supply in Vickery auctions based on a market-derived reserve price calculated from the buyers' bids in order to maximize revenues and/or profits to the seller(s). ...

12/29/05 - 20050289042 - Auction merger system
Methods and apparatus for creating and displaying a market for auctions. Many users who are connected by a network may participate in a number of different types of simultaneous auctions using a computer or some other terminal or other appliance. ...

12/29/05 - 20050289041 - System and method for computing the should be purchase cost of a product
A system and method to provide a buyer with what the purchase cost should be for a part that needs to be procured from a supplier. Knowledge of what the cost should be enables the buyer to negotiate with the supplier, relying on accurate and fact-based data before approving a ...

12/29/05 - 20050289040 - System and method of internet auctioning of goods dropped off by the general public or selected for liquidation at public storage facilities
A method and system for processing goods for auction by an online auction provider includes providing a multiplicity of sites within a designated limited geographical area for customer drop-off of goods desired to be sold at online auction, wherein the sites consist of a plurality of pre-existing free-standing multi-unit public ...

12/29/05 - 20050289039 - Online transaction hosting apparatus and method
An invention is disclosed relating to an apparatus and method for hosting transactions over a network such as the Internet. Sellers post offers to sell under a listing belonging to an organized database of listings. Likewise, buyers post offers to buy. A matching module selects offers to sell and matches ...

12/29/05 - 20050289038 - Method and system for voting for a future price of an asset
A method and system for voting for a future price of an asset. The online system accepts preferences of a plurality of participants for what a price of an asset should be at a particular time point. Participants assign a number of votes to their preferences. The system computes and ...

12/22/05 - 20050283428 - Systems and methods for electronic trading of carbon dioxide equivalent emission
Systems and methods for trading carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions reductions are provided. Users may construct bids, trade CO2e emissions reductions, and formulate CO2e emissions reduction plans. The electronic trading system may provide the user with the ability to develop and implement a customised CO2e emission reductions strategy. The electronic-trading ...

12/22/05 - 20050283427 - Automated trading system and software for financial markets
A redundant and hosted automated trading system and software for financial markets which allows price speculators to create fully automated or partially automated trading systems or engines using technical and fundamental data-driven triggers for market entry, exit, and trade management is provided. The automated trading system can reside locally on ...

12/22/05 - 20050283426 - Price display in an anonymous trading system
An anonymous trading system comprises an interconnected network of broking nodes arranged in cliques which receive buy and sell orders from trader terminals via connected trading engines and which match persistent orders, executed deals and distribute price information to trader terminals. The system has the ability for a trader to ...

12/22/05 - 20050283425 - Scalable auction management system with centralized commerce services
A system and method is provided for the scaleable sale of consigned items into an online auction marketplace with a plurality of intake nodes handling item intake, identification, description, warehousing, and post auction shipping, while a centralized commerce center uploads auction information to the marketplace, receives auction results and buyer ...

12/22/05 - 20050283424 - Factored cost bidding
A system may enable factored cost bidding to allow purchasers to favor or handicap bidders by automatically weighting the bidders' bids by factored assigned to the bidders based on collateral costs associated with doing business with the particular bidders. The factors may be adders and/or multipliers which may be used ...

12/22/05 - 20050283423 - System and method for updating stop loss orders
A method and system are disclosed for automatically updating individual conditions associated with a pending conditional financial transaction. As the price of a financial instrument varies, a pending conditional financial transaction may be issued to cause the financial instrument to be bought or sold whenever its price satisfies certain specified ...

12/22/05 - 20050283422 - Centralized electronic currency trading exchange
The invention is a system, method and computer software application for electronic currency trading exchange. It creates a centralized electronic marketplace for currency trading in which a central processing server automatically matches buy and sell orders for a plurality of currency pairs, and where trades registration, clearing and settlement are ...

12/22/05 - 20050283421 - Closing in an electronic market
A method for trading a security in an electronic market includes receiving closing orders and orders for the security traded in the electronic market, disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the close of trading, determining a closing price for the security based ...

12/22/05 - 20050283420 - Calendar auction system and method
The present invention facilitates a calendar auction over a computerized network wherein consumers of professional services may bid on calendar timeslots for needed professional services. A provider creates an account and manages an online calendar to facilitate actions for defined timeslots. A consumer also creates an account and manages an ...

12/15/05 - 20050278244 - Auction with methods and mechanisms to avoid fraud
An auction with methods and mechanisms to avoid fraud are described. One fraud avoidance aspect involves the use of a financial institution, such as a factoring entity. The financial institution guarantees at least a partial payment of the amount owed by the winning buyer to the seller in case the ...

12/15/05 - 20050278243 - Auction result prediction
An auction analysis system predicts auction results. The analysis system may determine item, seller, or auction characteristics from prior or pending auctions. The analysis system also obtains item characteristics of an item for which a result prediction is sought, either by a buyer or by a seller. A price predictor ...

12/15/05 - 20050278242 - System, apparatus and method for performing a trailing stop investment transaction
The present invention provides a system, apparatus and method for performing a buy/sell side trailing stop transaction by: (a) receiving a transaction request for an investment containing a target price, a stop price and a trail amount for an investment, (b) obtaining an ask/bid/last price for the investment, (c) determining ...

12/15/05 - 20050278241 - Buyer-initiated variable price online auction
A method for conducting a buyer-initiated variable price online auction comprises receiving from a buyer a description of an item; starting an auction for the item; providing the description to a first and a second potential seller; accepting a first and a second bid for the item from the first ...

12/15/05 - 20050278240 - Method and system for real-time allocation of a resource among several entities
A technique for the allocation and pricing of a resource among n buying agents during an auction bid. A bid sent by each buying agent in the form of a resource demand function si(p) is received, and a datum corresponding to the equilibrium price p* is calculated from the sum ...

12/08/05 - 20050273421 - Method and system for providing electronic information for multi-market electronic trading
A method and system for providing electronic information for multi-market electronic trading. The method and system dramatically improve an infrastructure used by electronic traders over a communications network by separating one or more data streams from one or more trading exchange with plural different types of electronic trading information into ...

12/08/05 - 20050273420 - Method and system for customizable homepages for network-based auctions
A system and method is provided for interfacing with a network-based auction service. The method includes providing a user login adapted to limit access to information about a user-managed auction to the user to the user and generating a page providing a graphical user interface to display information about the ...

12/08/05 - 20050273419 - Method for executing block orders of commodities
According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a computerized method for routing orders relating to a commodity block trade is provided. The computerized method for routing orders relating to a commodity block trade includes a process for receiving a block trade for X amount of a commodity, and ...

12/08/05 - 20050273418 - Method of computerized monitoring of investment trading and associated system
A method of computerized monitoring of investment trading includes providing historic trading data for a specific trader, selecting a plurality of trading parameters for the specific trader and obtaining current information regarding the selected parameters, and/or providing historic trading data and applying rules to the current information and/or historic trading ...

12/08/05 - 20050273417 - System and method for conducting electronic commerce
An electronic person-to-person double auction-like system that facilitates trade in many differs sorts of item via the World Wide Web or similar such interface. A plurality of sellers can post details of items for sale, including a minimum bid amount and buy price for each. A buyer can create a ...

12/08/05 - 20050273416 - Method and system for conducting an auction
A method and system for conducting a auctions. A method of conducting an auction is disclosed which involves specifying an item for sale; identifying at least two potential bidders; generating a bidder's array for each potential bidder, each bidder's array comprising at least one value; a bidder making at least ...

12/01/05 - 20050267836 - Method and system for transacting with a trading application
A method for transacting with a trading application includes receiving an order message from a short message service component. The order message comprises a first short message comprising order information converted into a second format. The order information relates to an order for a trading system. The method includes processing ...

12/01/05 - 20050267835 - System and method for evaluating exposure across a group of investment portfolios by category
A system and method are disclosed for evaluating risk exposure across portfolios of investments. The system and method involves storing portfolio data and investment data in a portfolio database, selecting portfolios of interest from the portfolio database, selecting a rule for categorizing the investments in the selected portfolios of interest, ...

12/01/05 - 20050267834 - Electronic auction loyalty and incentive system using demonstrated contributions to final sell price
This invention provides a system to correlate, accumulate and reward incentive points to Bidders in Online Electronic Auction venues. The invention recognizes milestones in Auction Listings and allows for the specific encouragement of bidding activity at each milestone. Further, this invention provides for the contribution made by each Bidder to ...

12/01/05 - 20050267833 - Method and a system for complex price calculations in automated financial trading
The invention discloses a function in an automated system for trading in one or several financial instruments. The function of the invention is used for calculating the price of an instrument which has been agreed upon between a first party, a seller, and a second party, a buyer, and comprises ...

11/24/05 - 20050262012 - Systems, methods and computer program products for modeling demand, supply and associated profitability of a good in a differentiated market
A method is provided that includes modeling demand and/or future supply for a good in a differentiated market. In accordance with the method, demand/supply in a differentiated market is modeled by first modeling demand and/or supply for a good in a non-differentiated market based upon a price sensitivity distribution of ...

11/24/05 - 20050262011 - Hypertext transfer protocol application programming interface between cleint-side trading systems and server-side stock trading systems
The present invention is a software program that modifies a client-side stock trading system fill orders to market orders that are transmitted to a remote broker trading system. The modification will synchronizing a users desktop trading system with a stockbrokers remote system. The HTTP-API (hypertext transfer protocol application program interface) ...

11/24/05 - 20050262010 - Systems and methods for converting closed-end funds to actively managed exchange traded funds
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for eliminating the premium or discount and providing liquidity and growth potential through new investments in closed-end funds. The systems and methods of the invention provide means for converting shares of closed-end funds into shares of actively managed exchange-traded funds. NAV ...

11/24/05 - 20050262009 - Method and system for bidding in on-line auction
A bidding method including: (a) generating a first bidding function value using an initial bidding price of a first bidder; (b) transmitting the first bidding function value to a successful bidding decider; (c) transmitting a second bidding function value of a second bidder to the first bidder; (d) transmitting a ...

11/24/05 - 20050262008 - Method of and system for consultant re-seller business information transfer
A computer system for storing of business information to be transferred from a consultant to a buyer includes a database system for maintaining configurable business information organized into a plurality of information components and a server connected to the database system and connectable to the buyer and the consultant. The ...

11/24/05 - 20050262007 - Systems and methods for a collaborative call center
A system and method for establishing a collaboration, comprising, requesting help from a collaboration process wherein the requesting is done by a first client process; evaluating a role to dynamically determine a set of potential participants; selecting a second client process from the set of potential participants; inviting the second ...

11/24/05 - 20050262006 - Systems and methods for a collaboration server
A system and method for establishing a collaboration, comprising evaluating a role to dynamically determine a set of potential participants; selecting a first participant from the set of potential participants; inviting the first participant to join the collaboration; receiving an answer to the inviting; and including the first participant in ...

11/24/05 - 20050262005 - Context-sensitive switching in a computer network environment
A conventional router can be used as a context-sensitive switch by encoding a header (e.g., a source and/or destination field of an address header) of a data packet with information descriptive of the data contained in a payload of the data packet and programming a router to route data packets ...

11/24/05 - 20050262004 - Stock-jobbing support device and stock-jobbing support system
A stock trading support apparatus 2 to support stock trading includes: a stock price analysis information creating section (for example, a CPU 21 and the like) to create stock price analysis information by analyzing a stock price of each brand based on stock price information; a promising brand information creating ...

11/24/05 - 20050262003 - System and method for automatic scalping of a tradeable object in an electronic trading environment
A system and methods for automatic scalping in an electronic trading environment are presented. According to one embodiment, a trading application may display an indicator associated with a price level based on which a tradable object can be automatically traded. When a scalping application detects a fill associated with a ...

11/17/05 - 20050256800 - System and method for determining latent demand for at least one of a plurality of commodities
A system for determining latent demand for at least one of a plurality of commodities includes an offer analyzer and a commodity selector. The offer analyzer analyzes at least a plurality of initially unaccepted offers for each of the plurality of commodities. The commodity selector selects at least one of ...

11/17/05 - 20050256799 - User interface for electronic trading
The present invention relates to systems and methods for electronic trading. In embodiments, the systems and methods involve providing a computer program with a user interface for presenting an item of information, wherein the item of information changes positions in the user interface; and associating the cursor with the item ...

11/17/05 - 20050256798 - Object model for global trade applications
Data management systems are described for managing product data during global trade scenarios. Product objects are used within a system landscape of a business or other organization to refer to products traded by the organization. Each product object is related to, but de-coupled for the purposes of global trading from, ...

11/17/05 - 20050256797 - Method and apparatus for user-interactive financial instrument trading
An improved interface for interacting with a user of financial instrument trading software is disclosed herein. The improvements include efficient user access to multiple accounts, the ability to quickly cancel open orders from an interface window, the display of real-time quote data within an order entry window, greater flexibility in ...

11/17/05 - 20050256796 - Mutual rating system, and terminal device and program for use in same system
The present invention provides a mutual rating system in which objects, such as users, content, and terminal devices, on the network can be rated and ratings for the objects can be checked without using a server. In the rating system, objects (users, content, terminal devices, etc.) associated with a network ...

11/10/05 - 20050251471 - Method for reprocessing accumulator or battery packs
Method for reprocessing of rechargeable accumulator or battery packs including testing, replacing, tuning, providing individual special types and charging accumulators in a store or in the framework of an independent service by using a special service station. The method includes the provision of service station business partners, the provision of ...

11/03/05 - 20050246266 - System and apparatus for hosting combined online and live auctions
A system for the hosting of a combined auction, with live bidders in physical presence at the auction site as well as online bidders being able to view the auction and bid over the Internet. Auction and bid processing are centralized on a central control system. A remote module is ...

11/03/05 - 20050246265 - Method and apparatus for assigning value to an item donated to an on-line charitable auction or fund raising event
The present invention discloses methods, systems, and program code that enable a nonprofit organization to manage its fundraising activities online. Disclosed are methods and systems for providing online hosting of fundraising auctions, and auction services such as maintaining donor/bidder registries, bid tracking, processing credit cards, and auction closeout activities. Also ...

11/03/05 - 20050246264 - Method of managing research/advisory service provider payments
A method for an electronic trading system is provided. This method includes the steps of allocating a portion of a trade commission received from a client to a research account, and accumulating, over a plurality of trades, the commissions allocated to the research account. The electronic trading system receives a ...

11/03/05 - 20050246263 - Automated system for routing orders for foreign exchange transactions
According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a computerized method for routing orders for foreign exchange transactions is provided. The computerized method for routing orders includes a process for receiving and aggregating updated foreign exchange price information from a plurality of foreign exchange electronic markets, and receiving and ...

11/03/05 - 20050246262 - Enabling interoperability between participants in a network
Interoperability is enabled between participants in a network by determining values associated with a value metric defined for at least a portion of the network. Information flow is directed between two or more of the participants based at least in part on semantic models corresponding to the participants and on ...

11/03/05 - 20050246261 - Method and system for block trading of securities
Method and system for block trading of securities. Embodiments of the present invention can provide an automated dealer system that formulates customized, risk-controlled, two-sided indicative quotations for block quantities of a security. A quotation can be delivered to requesting counterparties via a secured network or Web-based platform. The system can ...

10/27/05 - 20050240513 - Electronic trading systems
An anonymous trading system allows parties to divide potential counterparties into tiers according to their perceived creditworthiness and the risk involved in trading with them. Price adjustments are applied to order prices for all tiers other than the first so that second and subsequent tier counterparties trade at less favourable ...

10/27/05 - 20050240512 - Method and system for identifying auction items in a graphical location
Location based results are generated for on-line marketing, merchandise searches, and auction items searches. A candidate buyer sets search criteria in an on-line search engine which may include location conditions. Results are presented either graphically or in list form showing the proximity of not only stores that have items that ...

10/27/05 - 20050240511 - Investment system
An investment system for projects seeking funding, such as pre-trading enterprises, is disclosed. The system comprises a share allocation facility for allocating shares to a project on the basis of the funding that they require, and a stock exchange for trading shares in the project. During development of the project, ...

10/27/05 - 20050240510 - Integrated order matching system combining visible and hidden parameters
The invention provides back-end functionality for order processing in electronic order book trading. A sell/buy order is received comprising a lower/upper limit and a conditional lower/upper limit defining a conditional selling/buying price range for executing the sell/buy order under certain selling/buying conditions. A buy/sell order is received comprising an upper/lower ...

10/27/05 - 20050240509 - Method of computerized monitoring of investment trading and associated system
A method of computerized monitoring of investment trading includes providing historic trading data for a specific trader, selecting a plurality of trading parameters for the specific trader and obtaining current information regarding the selected parameters, and/or providing historic trading data and applying rules to the current information and/or historic trading ...

10/27/05 - 20050240508 - Multi-parties transaction system
A multi-parties transaction system is disclosed to solve problems when affiliates purchase the same goods from different sellers at different prices. In the system, multi-buyer needs and offers from seller affiliates are integrated so as to provide a quotation system in which one buyer representative and a plurality of seller ...

10/27/05 - 20050240507 - Methods and apparatus for an auction system with interactive bidding
Prospective suppliers competing in an auction format to fulfill a requisition receive assistance in responding to the requisition over a computer network. A plurality of bids responsive to the requisition are received from at least one prospective supplier. At least one initial winning bid is selected from the received bids ...

10/27/05 - 20050240506 - Method or process for selling shares of stock by a private corporation at different arrangements to a plurality of accredited investors over the internet
A method for selling shares of stock by a private corporation at different arrangements through a capital raising auction to a plurality of accredited investors. Auction is conducted through an on-line network of computers operating independently but linked to the central computer. Bidders are registered as accredited investors. Corporation inputs ...

10/27/05 - 20050240505 - Methods, systems, and products for selecting an auction structure
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for selecting a structure for an online auction. One method prompts a user to input details of the auction and suggests a reverse auction for sourcing goods and services in a telecommunications environment. If the market price for the auctioned goods/services is stable, then ...

10/27/05 - 20050240504 - Method and system for auctioning funds using a full-time public network
A method for auctioning funds to a bank or by a depositor using a full-time public network, including several steps. A connection is established (160) to a full-time public network. Bank or depositor criteria received via the full-time public network is accepted (162). Risk analytics is performed (164) to facilitate ...

10/27/05 - 20050240503 - Detailed trade data report
A payment performance score is calculated for particular industries, payment ranges, and time periods, such as 3, 6, 9, and 12 month calculations. The score is predictive of how a company will pay a particular party. The score is based on trade experiences and is provided in a report. ...

10/27/05 - 20050240502 - Dynamically adjusting online bidding method
An online bidding method includes an online bidding system established on a web server for a purchaser to publish at least an inquiring item, and a plurality of suppliers to compete the bids. The method includes the following steps. Receive inquiry information of at least a bid item registered by ...

10/27/05 - 20050240501 - Global financial commodity bull/bear positioning device
A global financial commodity bull/bear positioning device includes a processing unit, an input unit, a display unit and a program unit, wherein the processing unit is in connection with he input unit and the display unit and the program unit is installed in the processing unit for display market disk ...

10/20/05 - 20050234813 - Network auctioning apparatus, system and method of use thereof
The invention provides an apparatus comprising a hand-portable remote auction terminal operatively connected to an agent via a network, wherein the hand-portable remote auction terminal includes governing protocol executably operable to initiate conferencing with the agent and can also facilitate interactive screening during receipt of goods into a network auction. ...

10/20/05 - 20050234812 - Countdown on-line auction clock
A method is disclosed herein for displaying time lapse for an on-line auction for an item in a computer. According to the method, the processor time in the computer is obtained and compared to the official auction time for the items being auctioned in the on-line auction which is obtained ...

10/20/05 - 20050234811 - Method and system for virtual sealed-bid competitions held over a communications network
A computer-implemental method of transacting a sealed bid competition has deadline-assurance process which in part upholds the integrity of the sealed bid competition. In a sealed bid competition, a buyer originates a “request for bid” communication that specifies bid items as well as includes a parameter of deadline. Participating vendors ...

10/20/05 - 20050234810 - Joint purchase reverse auction control method, computer program product and server
A method for controlling joint purchase reverse auction. The method first determines a contract price for a total procurement amount putting together purchase desires of a plurality of buyers according to a bid by at least one supplier. Then, it calculates a contract price of each buyer from the contract ...

10/20/05 - 20050234809 - Optimized control system for portfolios of managed futures
Provided is a method that, given a price-time trajectory, seeks the policies that optimize portfolio performance over that trajectory. The claimed subject matter provides the result of a program of research that succeeded in that effort. The disclosed control theoretic approach: 1) develops a measure of profitability of the trading ...

10/20/05 - 20050234808 - Method of joint purchase reverse auction, computer program product and server
A reverse auction method implemented by a server connected to a plurality of buyer terminals and a plurality of supplier terminals through a network. The method selects desired purchase terms as candidates forjoint purchase from desired purchase terms received from the plurality of buyer terminals, and transmits an invitation to ...

10/20/05 - 20050234807 - Method and system for effecting straight-through-processing of trades of various financial instruments
A Straight-Through-Processing (STP) trading platform provides a fully electronic and seamless solution to substantially all aspects of the trading cycle for fixed income instruments and other financial instruments. In an exemplary embodiment, all participants to a trade transaction have access to computer software that facilitates trade order management, trade order ...

10/20/05 - 20050234806 - System and method for a continuous auction market with dynamically triggered temporal follow-on auctions
Systems, methods, and programs consistent with the present invention use the trading price for a fungible asset established in a continuous auction market as the set price for a call auction for the asset that occurs some time after the continuous market trade that establishes the trading price. Interested participants ...

10/20/05 - 20050234805 - Systems and methods for multiparty anonymous negotiation with incentives
Consistent with the present invention, systems, computer programs, and methods are provided for anonymously negotiating and matching buy and sell orders in a fungible asset trading market. Furthermore, systems and methods consistent with the present invention may provide a time-sensitive trading environment that encourages participants to continue negotiations for an ...

10/20/05 - 20050234804 - Method and system for auto-mapping to network-based auctions
A method of mapping user identifiers is provided. The method includes receiving customer information associated with a network-based auction site user and determining an identifier for the network-based auction site user based on the received information. The method also includes reviewing user identifier information about a set of users of ...

10/20/05 - 20050234803 - Method and system for verifying quantities for enhanced network-based auctions
A system and method are provided for checking product availability for a listing on a network-based auction service using a separate auction application where an available quantity is determined from information received from a business information management system and the available quantity is displayed to the a user (i.e., seller) ...

10/20/05 - 20050234802 - Method and system for order generation for enhanced network-based auctions
A system and method are provided for generating an order for a product in a listing on a network-based auction service. The system and method include using an auction application separate from the network-based auction service to create the listing and to communicate information about the listing to a business ...

10/20/05 - 20050234801 - Method and system for product identification in network-based auctions
A method is provided of accessing product information for listing a product on a network-based auction service. The method includes selecting via a user interface the product from stored product information and electronically sending to the auction information about the selected product. The selected product is to be listed on ...

10/20/05 - 20050234800 - Business-to-business (b2b) buyer organization administration
A method, system and apparatus for administrating a buyer organization in a B2B e-commerce host computing platform. In the method of the invention, a relationship chain can be established between an instance of a partner organization, an instance of a buyer organization, and at least one administrative user of the ...

10/20/05 - 20050234799 - Process for providing timely quality indication of market trades
Real time or near real time assessment of the quality of securities transactions is accomplished by intercepting order and execution communications between trader and broker, comparing the execution data with contemporaneous market data relative to the transaction or transactions involved, and informing the trader of that comparison. This is accomplished ...

10/20/05 - 20050234798 - System and method for conducting online auctions
The invention relates to a system and method for conducting online auctions, and has particular application in conducting business on-line over a network of computers such as the Internet, for establishing materials supply contracts. In particular, the invention relates to control of a reserve price in an online bidding event. ...

10/13/05 - 20050228748 - Credit management for electronic brokerage system
An anonymous trading system (FIG. 1) identifies the best bids and offers (QuoteSubmit, FIG. 3) from those counterparties (WS A1a1) with which each party (WS A1b1, WS A1b2, . . . . WSA2a2) is currently eligible to deal, while maintaining the anonymity of the potential counterparty and the confidentiality of ...

10/13/05 - 20050228747 - Cash exercise performance target securities (cash xprts)
Disclosed is a method of issuing a novel security in order to: 1) Raise capital, 2) Perform cashless buybacks of securities, and 3) Provide trading vehicles with unique risk/reward characteristics. The security may be structured to sell at a price above the underlying security's current market price and, potentially, above ...

10/13/05 - 20050228746 - Method and apparatus for contribution based placement of donor advertisements
The present invention discloses methods, systems, and program code that enable a nonprofit organization to manage its fundraising activities online. Disclosed are methods and systems for providing online hosting of fundraising auctions, and auction services such as maintaining donor/bidder registries, bid tracking, processing credit cards, and auction closeout activities. Also ...

10/13/05 - 20050228745 - Method and apparatus for conducting on-line auction events in coordination with incentive promotion for bidders
The present invention discloses methods, systems, and program code that enable a nonprofit organization to manage its fundraising activities online. Disclosed are methods and systems for providing online hosting of fundraising auctions, and auction services such as maintaining donor/bidder registries, bid tracking, processing credit cards, and auction closeout activities. Also ...

10/13/05 - 20050228744 - Method and apparatus for modifying the winning bid in an on-line auction to benefit a charitable organization
The present invention discloses methods, systems, and program code that enable a nonprofit organization to manage its fundraising activities online. Disclosed are methods and systems for providing online hosting of fundraising auctions, and auction services such as maintaining donor/bidder registries, bid tracking, processing credit cards, and auction closeout activities. Also ...

10/13/05 - 20050228743 - Systems and methods of electronic trading using automatic book updates
The present invention relates to electronic trading systems and methods. In embodiments, the systems and methods involve providing software for allowing a user to establish a target trading book; evaluating the user's pending trading contracts to determine an actual trading book at a point in time; determining a differential between ...

10/13/05 - 20050228742 - Method and apparatus for creating and conducting on-line charitable fund raising activities with competitive events
The present invention discloses methods, systems, and program code that enable a nonprofit organization to manage its fundraising activities online. Disclosed are methods and systems for providing online hosting of fundraising auctions, and auction services such as maintaining donor/bidder registries, bid tracking, processing credit cards, and auction closeout activities. Also ...

10/13/05 - 20050228741 - Financial instrument trading system and method
A computerized trading system for facilitating transactions of financial instruments between a plurality of traders. The computerized trading system includes a user interface, a matching engine, and a trade restrictor. The trade restrictor may be configured to detect bids and offers deviating from an expected price range, from an expected ...

10/13/05 - 20050228740 - Machine purchasing system and method
A machine purchasing system includes a database server (1), an application server (2), and a plurality of distributed client computers (4). The system receives historical transaction records from a financial management system (6) and current prices from an electronic marketing system (5), and sets a base price for each to-be-purchased ...

10/13/05 - 20050228739 - Financial instrument trading system, method and computer program product
A computerized trading system for facilitating transactions of financial instruments between a plurality of traders. A bid and offer recorder records bids and offers on financial instruments from traders. A matching engine is configured to match complementary bids and offers. A trade restrictor is configured to detect bids and offers ...

10/13/05 - 20050228738 - Base line futures contract (blc)
The invention titled the “Base Line Futures Contract”, (BLC) is a method of doing business enabling the trading of Futures Contracts for non-fungible properties. Unlike the traditional Futures Contract that trades specific fungible property and typically calls for physical delivery, the invention instead trades only the referent property's change in ...

10/13/05 - 20050228737 - Semiconductor manufacturing capacity features exchange system
A method for exchange of futures options through a semiconductor manufacturing environment. In one embodiment, a method is provided for establishing a virtual fab with a plurality of entities, each entity associated with an internal process to a semiconductor fab or an external process to the semiconductor fab. A futures ...

10/13/05 - 20050228736 - Method and system for an auction
An auction system for conducting an online auction of merchandise in a plurality of lots presented on a webpage between a bidder and a seller in a communication network. The system having a host computer associated with an auction host, a bidder computer and a seller computer coupled to the ...

10/13/05 - 20050228735 - System and method for analyzing and displaying security trade transactions
A system and methods for processing and charting security exchange trading and market information shows security traders if current transactions originated as buy orders (810) or sell orders (812), and simultaneously indicates traded quantity. Security exchange trading information is received including price, volume and time of each trade. Market information ...

10/06/05 - 20050222942 - Management of tasks required of trade subcontractors in the construction industry
The management of tasks required of trade subcontractors in the construction industry data base is performed comprehensively, quickly, and with little opportunity for error or omission by the use of a novel method, preferably implemented by computer. A method, user interface, computer program, and system are described that makes as ...

10/06/05 - 20050222941 - System and method for trading restricted financial products
The invention allows trading on an exchange of non-taxable insurance funds and other financial products for which ownership and/or trading rights are restricted. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to systems and methods for validating and routing orders for restricted financial products. Other embodiments relate to systems and methods for ...

10/06/05 - 20050222940 - Securitization of sales participation certificates
The invention relates to financial products that provide a return that is a function of future sales/revenues, preferably gross sales/revenue, over a specified period of time. One embodiment of a method for creating such a financial product includes providing standard forms to an issuer and underwriter and standard terms to ...

10/06/05 - 20050222939 - Method and system for average spot basket pricing options with arbitrary fixing schedules and with weighting factors
Methods and systems of calculating a net present value (“NPV”) of an average spot basket option are provided. One method includes reading an evaluation date, contract data and market data associated with a basket, and calculating net present value of the average spot basket option by applying Black-Scholes theory to ...

10/06/05 - 20050222938 - System and method for allocating nominal and cash amounts to trades in a netted trade
A system and method for allocating stock and cash amounts to individual trades in a netted trade. The system and method include bundling individual securities trades into a netted trade, transmitting the netted trade to a clearing house, receiving a settlement message from the clearing house, and allocating stock and ...

10/06/05 - 20050222937 - Automated customer exchange
A system and method that automatically executes orders that a user enters into an entry screen at a global trade workstation. The order is routed to an order processing server, which opens a transaction record in a database. If the order is executable on an automated exchange, then the order ...

10/06/05 - 20050222936 - Cross-trading system
A system and method for cross trading of financial instruments is provided. The system and method visually displays, on a display, a plurality of unexecuted orders for a given financial instrument. The unexecuted orders include a plurality of buy orders and a plurality of sell orders, and each order includes ...

10/06/05 - 20050222935 - Micro auctioning
A process for localizing online auctions and local or national businesses by zipcodes. with the steps of: Provide a national online auction site, Provide a national business advertisements web site, and Provide many localized, by zip codes, online web sites. Many domain names such as shop91042.com or shop 91011.com would ...

09/29/05 - 20050216394 - Computer-based system and method for confirming failed trades of securities
The present invention provides a novel system and method for confirming failed trades. In securities trading, and particularly mortgage backed securities trading, there can be a desire to provide market liquidity by allowing trading of securities by parties, even where party does not actually have the securities necessary to satisfy ...

09/29/05 - 20050216393 - Systems and methods for allowing market-maker participation in transactions
Systems and methods for implementing transaction management of trading of financial instruments. The systems and methods provide controlling logic that is implemented on a distributed computer network linking together a plurality of user workstations. The controlling logic rewards market-makers by allowing them to participate in trading the instrument before or ...

09/29/05 - 20050216392 - Network auctioning apparatus, system and method of use thereof
The invention provides an apparatus comprising a remote auction terminal operatively connected to a network auction via a network, wherein the remote auction terminal facilitates interactive screening before, and during, receipt of goods into the network auction and can also automatically notify potential auction agents of a pending sale by ...

09/29/05 - 20050216391 - System and method of on-line merchandising
A system and method for on-line merchandising utilizing a gaming format which includes the on-line purchase of a pre-determined number of bids each representing an equal opportunity for being awarded preselected merchandise. Any customer having purchased one or more bids from a bid pool will be awarded the merchandise at ...

09/29/05 - 20050216390 - System and method of managing a position in financial stock investments
The present invention provides a system and method for managing a financial investment in a combination of timed purchases of stocks and sale of options. The system and method also relates to the selection of stocks and amount of shares to purchase when to purchase shares and when and how ...

09/22/05 - 20050209954 - System and method for offering a futures contract indexed to entertainment revenue
A method of trading includes performing a transaction of a futures contract between a buyer and a seller. The futures contract is associated with at least one entertainment event and comprises a purchase price and a settlement date. The method concludes by performing a settlement of the futures contract based ...

09/22/05 - 20050209953 - Consolidated purchasing system for search term auctions
A consolidated purchasing system for search term auctions is provided. The system typically includes receiving logic, analyzing logic, and purchasing logic. The receiving logic receives orders from customers. The analyzing logic receives and consolidates the plurality of orders, analyzes a dynamic auction for search terms on a search engine, and ...

09/22/05 - 20050209952 - System and method for controlling electronic bidding across different time zones
A system and method for controlling bids between buyers and sellers accounts for differences in time zones between participants. In a buyer terminal, a buyer appoints a provisory bid closing time prior to a bid closing time. A bid control system computes a time of a specified preliminarily closing time ...

09/22/05 - 20050209951 - System and method for creating a cost-effective and efficient retail electric power exchange/energy service provider load optimization exchange and network therefor
An electric power exchange network includes a series of computerized exchange nodes that provide communications between suppliers and purchasers or users of electric power. Search engines enable suppliers to obtain information, such as load characteristics, from users in the network to allow the supplier to effectively merge or combine its ...

09/22/05 - 20050209950 - System and method for stock option accounting
The invention provides a method for business to business communication among trading partners that use differing business rules and processes. A trading partner server provides a center for communication between the trading partners enforcing the business rules and enabling the trading partners to communicate effectively. Legally binding and non-legally binding ...

09/15/05 - 20050203827 - Market system and method for promotion of innovations to efficient public policy
A public policy auction system for providing a monetary incentive for the adoption of efficient public policies, which encourages constituents of multiple government houses (house, senate, committee, councils, etc.) at different levels (federal, state, local, international) to bid on attempts to persuade members of those government houses to vote on ...

09/15/05 - 20050203826 - Implied spread trading system
Systems and methods are provided for creating and processing implied spread products that include one or more legs having nonstandard tick levels. One or more multiple financial instrument legs consist of underlying financial instruments that have standard tick levels and result in the leg(s) having a nonstandard tick level. The ...

09/15/05 - 20050203825 - Financial data processing system
A method of processing financial articles of trade is provided. The method includes collecting real time data from a plurality of liquidity destinations in trading at least one of securities, commodities, options, futures and derivatives, the real time data including information on submitted transactions of financial articles of trade. The ...

09/15/05 - 20050203824 - A system and method for using cash rebates
The present invention provides a system and method for facilitating a bid transaction over a computerized network using a rewards account balance from any type of cash rewards program. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a participant applies rewards from their rewards account to bid on items in ...

09/08/05 - 20050197951 - Method of marketing polished gemstones
A method of selling polished gemstones or jewelry pieces set with polished gemstones is presented. According to this method, the polished gemstone or the jewelry piece being sold is accompanied with a rough stone which is a part of the same unique piece of rough from which the polished gemstone ...

09/08/05 - 20050197950 - Network auction system and method
The present invention provides a computerized system and methods for conducting on-line auctions. One or more concurrent auctions for one or more lots of products or services may be conducted. A dynamic pricing mechanism allows bidders to view the price at which a lot is offered and to make a ...

09/08/05 - 20050197949 - Method of and system for generating purchase orders using an auction process
A method of generating a purchase order includes receiving purchasing data for the item to be purchased in a computerized system and generating the purchase order based on received purchasing data for the item to be purchased, determining whether a sufficient amount of funds is available for the purchase order, ...

09/08/05 - 20050197948 - System and method for wagering in a financial market environment
A method for providing a wager in a financial market environment is provided that includes presenting an opportunity to make a wager that is based on a moving market line associated with a financial market. An end user is given an opportunity to bet on whether a financial market value ...

09/01/05 - 20050192890 - Method and apparatus for trading securities or other instruments
A method and apparatus for trading securities trades on behalf of customers expressing orders in both share and dollar amounts. Where a brokerage receives orders from customers in both dollar and share amounts, the brokerage can combine the orders, e.g., by aggregating and netting, and executing the outstanding orders through ...

09/01/05 - 20050192889 - Investment company that issues a class of conventional shares and a class of exchange-traded shares in the same fund
An investment company is administered by issuing one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the company at a net asset value, issuing one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold at ...

09/01/05 - 20050192888 - System and method to instantaneously settle a securities transaction over a network
Methods and apparatus for instantaneously settling the transaction of securities over a network are disclosed. In one example, the trading system holds all users' money and securities and users are only able to exchange securities within the trading system. The trading system checks the users' accounts before initiating a buy ...

09/01/05 - 20050192887 - System and method for changing the view of a trading screen
A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the ...

08/25/05 - 20050187859 - Online auction method and system facilitating the sale of multiple product units at prices varying with volume
An online auction system for auctioning off products includes a server system, plural buyer systems, and plural seller systems. The server system comprises a seller interface, a buyer interface, a price adjustment mechanism, and a bid manager. The seller interface performs an online bid setup process including obtaining, from a ...

08/25/05 - 20050187858 - Fixed income security offerings management techniques and related applications
Disclosed is an electronic fixed income securities management and trading system and method for aggregating customer demand for investment securities, especially fixed income securities, and identifying suitable offered securities to meet that demand. This system and method enables the collection, organization, and integration of securities demand information from multiple sources, ...

08/25/05 - 20050187857 - Money market exchange traded funds
The invention provides money market exchange traded funds (MMETFS) and methods to allow trading of money market funds on an exchange. The invention includes a new settlement method for the money market exchange traded funds that allows creation and redemption of MMETFs on the primary market as well as settlement ...

08/25/05 - 20050187856 - Anonymous bidding system
An anonymous bidding system that allows bidders to participate in a live auction by placing bids for items, but that does not disclose the identify of the bidding parties. Bidding participants may utilize a bidding device, such as a handheld device, to receive information regarding the auction. This information can ...

08/25/05 - 20050187855 - Method for analyzing trade data
A method for analyzing trade data for financial products comprising the steps of selecting at least one financial product from a plurality of financial products; selecting a first time span, wherein the first time span includes a plurality of time units; determining trade data for the first time span for ...

08/25/05 - 20050187854 - Securities market and market maker activity tracking system and method
A method, system and computer program to monitor securities market activity to seek out imbalances in market activity that could lead to a price change in a particular security. Level 1 and/or level 2 data is analyzed to track the activity of market makers and to derive indicators of momentary ...

08/18/05 - 20050182707 - Online auction referral and compensation system
A system for promoting an online auction whereby an affiliate promotes said auction on behalf of the seller in exchange for an agreed-upon commission or fee paid to said affiliate by said seller upon the successful sale of the item to a buyer referred to said auction by said affiliate. ...

08/18/05 - 20050182706 - Auction bidding apparatus and method, and recording medium having auction bidding program recorded therein
In the so-called network auction through the internet, in order to support a user's bid and to mitigate a burden in knocking down a desired product, it is known that a reentry is carried out automatically within the maximum frame of bidding price set up by the user, even if ...

08/18/05 - 20050182705 - System and apparatus for bidding
In connection with a computer-based auction system, the auction system communicatively coupled with sellers and bidders, the system having records indicative of sellers of items and records indicative of bidders for the items and identifying for each item a winning bidder in an auction, a first bidder selects a first ...

08/18/05 - 20050182704 - Multi site solution for securities trading
The invention discloses a method and a system for trading in securities at a primary site, the trading being carried out according to information received from market makers and traders, said information comprising quotes and orders for one or more instrument. The method comprises the reception and storing of said ...

08/11/05 - 20050177486 - Method and apparatus for aggregating and disseminating user activity data in online auctions
A method of recording and aggregating data related to visitor activity in an online auction environment, and of providing that data to a plurarity of online auction sellers for the purpose of improving the marketing of their online auctions. The present invention is comprised of computer programming code embedded in ...

08/04/05 - 20050171897 - Method and system for selecting and purchasing media advertising
The subject invention is directed to a method and system for selecting and purchasing media advertising in a user/server environment accessed through a Web site. The method includes accessing a server system through a Web site by an advertiser in which the advertiser provides information relating to buying criteria and ...

08/04/05 - 20050171896 - Vehicular data exchange system and method therefor
The vehicular data exchange system of the present invention includes a plurality of computer terminals and a processor. Each of the computer terminals include an input device for inputting the vehicular data and a display device for visually displaying the inputted vehicular data which include vehicular characteristics data units and ...

08/04/05 - 20050171895 - Method and apparatus for deriving benchmarks for trading instruments
Benchmarks for the price of a financial instrument such as FX spot rate for a currency pair are calculated by an algorithm based on a previous benchmark and a market price. The market price is derived from a deal price and a quote price. The deal price is based on ...

08/04/05 - 20050171894 - Exchange traded currency fund instrument and system
The herein described system and methods encompass a tradable (e.g., exchange-listed) instrument that represents an interest in a fund asset (e.g., an underlying currency). In an illustrative implementation, the interest in the fund asset can be purchased (or sold) against units of another currency and can function as a tradable ...

08/04/05 - 20050171893 - Electronic pitcard for wireless financial exchange
Systems and method for facilitating trading in a financial exchange including generating a pitcard interface on a wireless handheld computer. The pitcard interface includes a plurality of information display windows; a plurality of user input controls; and a view-specific data window, wherein the selection, order and arrangement of data in ...

08/04/05 - 20050171892 - Controlling resource group transfers for repo basket transaction systems
A repo basket transaction system is provided that has a trading system receiving repo quotes from market participants. The repo quotes specify a repo basket transaction by constituting a security basket definition indicating a security amount and at least one class of securities. The system further has a settlement system ...

08/04/05 - 20050171891 - System and method for controlling the disclosure of a trading order
A system for controlling the disclosure of a trading order comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores disclosure policies associated with market centers. The processor receives a trading order for a trading product that specifies a total quantity of the trading product and a maximum disclosure quantity of ...

08/04/05 - 20050171890 - System and method for matching trading orders
A system for matching trading orders comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores a plurality of bid requests for a trading product, each bid request is associated with at least one of a trader and a market center, a bid quantity for the trading product, and a bid ...

08/04/05 - 20050171889 - System and method for routing a trading order according to price
A system for routing a trading order to a market center according to price comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores policy information, cost information, and rebate information associated with a plurality of market centers. The processor receives a trading order specifying a trading product, a plurality of ...

08/04/05 - 20050171888 - System and method for routing a trading order
A system for routing a trading order to a market center comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores a trading order specifying a trading product. The processor determines a plurality of market center prices for the trading product, each market center price associated with at least one of ...

08/04/05 - 20050171887 - System and method for avoiding transaction costs associated with trading orders
A system for avoiding transaction costs associated with trading orders comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores an order identifier associated with a trading order, and a time threshold associated with the trading order. The processor monitors the length of time the trading order is active with a ...

07/28/05 - 20050165671 - Online trading system and method supporting heirarchically-organized trading members
An online trading system and method for establishing hierarchies of online trading units having plural levels of authority and available trading resources is disclosed. Each of the trading units represents part of a structured organization that trades goods and/or services, such as a global corporation, institution or government entity. The ...

07/28/05 - 20050165670 - Systems and methods for linking orders in electronic trading systems
Systems and methods for linking orders in electronic trading systems are provided. These systems and methods enable a trader to select two or more items that are to be linked and specify linking parameters for those items. Any desired set of items may be linked, and the linking parameters may ...

07/28/05 - 20050165669 - Binary options on an organized exchange and the systems and methods for trading the same
The invention relates to financial systems and methods for trading fixed return options on secondary markets such as stock exchanges. A financial system of the invention includes both an electronic order delivery and execution system and/or an on-floor trading auction, configured to provide an exchange-traded environment. The financial system also ...

07/28/05 - 20050165668 - Multi-processing financial transaction processing system
A financial transaction processing system is disclosed, wherein substantial processing efficiencies are provided with, additionally, a substantial decrease in the size of the executable code. Each transaction processed by the transaction processing system is described by a transaction data descriptor that includes a series of subtransaction data descriptions of actions ...

07/21/05 - 20050160032 - Automated price improvement protocol processor
Data processing systems and methods for managing transactions in auction-based trading of specialized items such as fixed income instruments are presented. The data processing system provides a highly structured trading protocol implemented through a sequence of trading paradigms. The system employs a distributed computer processing network linking together a plurality ...

07/21/05 - 20050160031 - Rules-based transaction billing, reporting and compliance system
An automated rules-based transaction processing system supports transaction reconciliation, billing, reporting and compliance activities for securities transactions. The system collects and interprets information from multiple data sources, corrects incorrect and/or inconsistent data, and creates and formats associated billing invoices and other reports. A concise audit trail is created for compliance ...

07/21/05 - 20050160030 - Relative pricing for proposals for trading of financial interests
A system, computer program, and method enable a trader to propose a trade in a financial interest where the price proposed for the financial interest is related to a price for the same or different financial interests and where the proposed price is updated at specified time intervals based on ...

07/21/05 - 20050160029 - System and method for forming a financial instrument indexed to entertainment revenue
A method for forming a securities bundle indexed to entertainment revenue includes determining a first funding amount for a first entertainment event. A second funding amount is determined for a second entertainment event. Next, a dividend schedule is determined for the first and second entertainment events. A securities bundle is ...

07/21/05 - 20050160028 - System and method for purchasing a financial instrument indexed to entertainment revenue
A method for purchasing a securities bundle indexed to entertainment revenue comprises selecting a securities bundle offered by a special-purpose entity. The securities bundle comprises a first security and a second security and the securities bundle is associated with a closing date. The first security is associated with a first ...

07/21/05 - 20050160027 - Model options
A method for devising an option contract so that it is valued based on a pre-defined formula. ...

07/21/05 - 20050160026 - Method and apparatus for selling with short-bidding on goods
One embodiment of the present invention is a Short-Bidding Auction manager that collects all potential purchaser “short-bids” on a good for sale at auction and provides the seller the ability to review and analyze some or all bids, the Short-Bidding Auction Manager comprising: (a) a User Account Manager and associated ...

07/21/05 - 20050160025 - Contingent convertible financial instruments
A contingent convertible debt instrument contains a provision permitting conversion only if any of certain economically substantial contingencies is satisfied. For example there may be a provision that conversion is permitted only if the issuer's stock price reaches some price, defined as some predetermined price substantially higher than the conversion ...

07/21/05 - 20050160024 - Automated system for aggregated price discovery and electronic trading of linked cash/cash equivalent and their derivative asset packages
An electronic system for aggregated pricing of linked multi-leg (e.g., equity/option and option/option) asset packages with an additional link to an automated broker system for trading the linked asset packages are disclosed. The invention provides methodology and apparatus to electronically produce aggregated price quotes for packages of instruments designed to ...

07/14/05 - 20050154668 - System and method for estimating a spread value
An estimated spread value is computed that represents a price at which a trader might have been able to buy or sell a spread given the current market conditions of the legs. In particular, when an event occurs in one of the legs, price information is gathered from each of ...

07/14/05 - 20050154667 - System and method for comparing results of multiple lot auctions using different sequencing rules
A system and method comprises simulating a multiple lot auction using a sequencing rule until bidding on all lots is closed, simulating the multiple lot auction using a different sequencing rule until bidding on all lots is closed, and comparing results of the simulated auctions with both sequencing rules. ...

07/07/05 - 20050149429 - Click based trading with market depth display
A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading commodities on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable prices and quantities. Click based trading, as described herein and specifically the “Click” ...

07/07/05 - 20050149428 - Apparatus, method and system for providing an electronic marketplace for trading credit default swaps and other financial instruments, including a trade management service system
A method and system for providing integrated credit derivative brokerage services, the method or system including or using a credit trading arrangement, a credit trade capture arrangement, a trade management service arrangement to process trade data for the credit trading arrangement and the credit trade capture arrangement, and a central ...

07/07/05 - 20050149427 - Systems and methods for corporate share buyback
Systems, methods and computer program products enable companies to consistently repurchase corporate stock at a price below the industry-standard Volume Weighted Average Pricing (VWAP). Historical trade data is analyzed to identify prior prime purchasing opportunities that are used in determining a baseline. During each trading period, as a favorable purchasing ...

07/07/05 - 20050149426 - Systems and methods for providing enhanced volume-weighted average price trading
Systems and methods for providing trading using an eVWAP price in an illiquid market are provided. In an illiquid market there may be little or no actual trades. During a trading period, the eVWAP price is therefore determined from not only trades, but also unmatched bids and offers. The eVWAP ...

06/30/05 - 20050144116 - Computerized commission based trading operations
A computerized information storage, filtering and presentation system configured to facilitate the function of intermediary broker agents in the purchasing and sale of consumable and perishable products, such as dairy goods. The computerized system provides agents of the intermediary broker with filtered information via a communications network identifying the sellers ...

06/30/05 - 20050144115 - Computer controlled auction system
An automated ticket auctioning system receives and evaluates bid information records received from a plurality of remote terminals. Each bid information record corresponds to at least one bid for one or more desired seats at a venue. Each bid information record may also include a plurality of additional bids identified ...

06/30/05 - 20050144114 - System and method for providing global information on risks and related hedging strategies
The present invention provides a system and method for information and data aggregation and analysis which provides risk managers, benefits managers, brokers, insurers and other insurance professional to have access to information resources, knowledge management tools, and powerful analytical models needed to increase their value and productivity. In accordance with ...

06/30/05 - 20050144113 - Methods and apparatus for facilitating financial instrument trading orders
According to some embodiments, components of a financial trading network may display financial instrument trading information on a display screen. The financial instrument trading information may include a first menu for displaying a first set of alternatives with respect to a first order parameter such as a trading symbol or ...

06/30/05 - 20050144112 - System and method for coordinating automated and semi-automated trading tools
The present embodiments include methods, systems, and computer program products that provide tools for use in any type of electronic trading environment. In one aspect, leaning manager includes software that can be implemented on any type of computer device for tracking and/or coordinating the buying and selling of available market ...

06/30/05 - 20050144111 - Currency-time line transaction system
Rather than the traditional methods of bilateral costing, namely either fixed pricing or an auction type environment, this unique method allows both the buyer and seller to have an influence over the price of the products or service being exchanged in the transaction, while also factoring and controlling the time ...

06/23/05 - 20050137964 - System and method for real-time options trading over a computer network
The present invention discloses a system for real-time trading of options contracts between a plurality of traders over a computer network. The system includes a computer network, a market server, and two or more trader clients. The market server is operably connected to the computer network. The two or more ...

06/23/05 - 20050137963 - Stock purchase indices
A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) ...

06/23/05 - 20050137962 - Quick-filling customer asset trading system
Apparatus and methods for use by a customer for trading assets, such as foreign exchange instruments, using a variety of trading protocols on an interconnected computer network, such as the Internet. The invention generates and displays easy-to-use, context-sensitive and meaningfully organized panels or windows containing visibly distinctive, user-activatible selectors and ...

06/23/05 - 20050137961 - Latency-aware asset trading system
An online trading system for providers, customers and online trading servers, as well as methods of conducting online trading transactions, that incorporate processing components and steps that measure, monitor, report and utilize up-to-date network latency data to process offers to deal so that an unnecessarily large number of deals will ...

06/23/05 - 20050137960 - Protocol-independent asset trading system and methods
Systems and methods for executing trades on an interconnected computer network, such as the Internet, using a catalog of protocol-independent fundamental asset trading messages, called “gestures,” that support multiple higher-level trading protocols which characterize most asset trading transactions. Trading transactions requiring protocol-dependent workflows are composed from protocol-independent gestures selected from ...

06/23/05 - 20050137959 - Simultaneous optimal auctions using augmented lagrangian and surrogate optimization
A method for determining a market clearing price in an electricity market, subject to a plurality of constraints, comprising the steps of defining an objective function relating the MCP and constraints in terms of a nonlinear programming expression, applying Lagrangian relaxation to the nonlinear programming expression to form a Lagrangian ...

06/23/05 - 20050137958 - Advertising methods for advertising time slots and embedded objects
Disclosed is a process for an advertising bidding system in which advertisers can bid on advertising time slots or enhanced ads that can be inserted in either prerecorded or live television programming. A high degree of flexibility is provided by allowing embedded ads to be purchased and displayed in a ...

06/23/05 - 20050137957 - Investment vehicle secured by government assets and electronic trading system for same
A computer system trades investment vehicles secured by governmental assets via a computerized network. A computer server is accessible with a network access device via a communications network. Executable software stored on the server is executed to transmit data relating to trading investment vehicles secured by governmental assets; to receive ...

06/23/05 - 20050137956 - Utilizing cash flow contracts and physical collateral for energy-related clearing and credit enhancement platforms
In accordance with the present invention, a financial instrument for the energy market is created. The financial instrument comprises a derivative instrument related to accounts receivable or accounts payable or both. In a preferred embodiment, the derivative instrument normally consists of two sets of linked swaps. In the first set, ...

06/16/05 - 20050131803 - Method of allowing a user to participate in an auction
A method of allowing a user to participate in an auction. The method includes, in a computer system, determining, information relating to the auction, and generating coded data indicative of at least one parameter relating to the auction. The computer system then determines a layout defining an arrangement for at ...

06/16/05 - 20050131802 - Method and system for network-decentralized trading with optimal proximity measures
A method and system provide for conducting of trades. A request is transmitted from one party, about an item the party is willing to trade. Rules are specified about what will be acceptable. Responses are received from other parties concerning requests which are responsive to the rules. A trade is ...

06/16/05 - 20050131801 - Single-period auctions network decentralized trading system and method
A method and system serve for network dealing for conducting single-period auctions where there is one seller and at least one buyer, but typically multiple buyers. The method and system allow for posting of at least one or multiple items offered for sale on a network by a computer at ...

06/16/05 - 20050131800 - Double blind electronic bidding system
A system for facilitating the bidding process to include a single computer portal is provided. The invention includes the use of a computer network system that can include modules that have the ability to analyze and process information unique to customers, contractors, and vendors associated with the bidding process on ...

06/16/05 - 20050131799 - Enhanced online auction method apparatus and system
An enhanced online auction system facilitates auction buyers listing items wanted for purchase. Users such as traders may use the auction system to search the item-wanted listings, the item-available listings, or both. Item-available listings may be offered for immediate-sale, auction, or best-offer sale. Item-wanted listings may be solicited for immediate-purchase, ...

06/16/05 - 20050131798 - Method and system for administering the hedging of an employee deferred compensation plan using swaps
A method and system for administering the hedging of an employee deferred compensation plan, e.g., which employs hedging of NQDC plan liabilities using total return swaps and/or put and call options and/or forwards, for tax purposes. A plan coordinator coordinates a transfer of information between an employer/plan sponsor, a plan ...

06/16/05 - 20050131797 - Method, system and computer program product for trading in an online market
The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for increasing the trading efficiencies for trading parties in an online market. The present invention couples the bilateral negotiations with the existing trading mechanisms. A buyer or seller in an online market can selectively execute the trading mechanism or ...

06/09/05 - 20050125333 - Pre-order wholesale system and method
The present invention provides a method and system that generates buying trends toward more popular products in an auction forum. It enables buyers to pool their buying power by allowing them to place a non-binding bid on an item, monitor their bid and the bids of all other consumers on ...

06/09/05 - 20050125332 - Electronic device operable as a trader in a market
An electronic device, operable as a trader in a market, the electronic device comprising: communication means for communicating a quote price to the market and for receiving a preceding market quote price made in the market; a plurality of trader agents including trader agents for buying by communicating a bid ...

06/09/05 - 20050125331 - Auction system for remote bidding and method
A system for conducting interactive auctions with remote bidders is provided. The system includes an auction system operable to maintain information related to a subject of an auction and a remote bidder system in communication with the auction system. The remote bidder system is operable to communicate a bid including ...

06/09/05 - 20050125330 - Auction system for remote bidding and method
A system for conducting interactive auctions with remote bidders is provided. The system includes an auction system operable to maintain information related to a subject of an auction and a remote bidder system in communication with the auction system. The remote bidder system is operable to communicate a bid including ...

06/09/05 - 20050125329 - Systems and methods for processing multiple contingent transactions
Systems, methods, and programs consistent with the present invention link markets for different fungible assets and different transaction types, allowing a participant to create and execute contingent orders across markets. Embodiments consistent with the invention provide an automated framework for participants to create a group of discrete orders for different ...

06/09/05 - 20050125328 - Method and system for displaying a cursor on a trading screen
A method, system, and computer program products are provided for updating the location of a cursor in a display window on a trading screen when certain events occurs. In a preferred embodiment, as market conditions change, the market information may be rearranged on a screen. To reduce the chances of ...

06/09/05 - 20050125327 - System and method for electronic spread trading in real and synthetically generated markets
A system and method are provided to analyze synthetic and real markets that offer interchangeable tradeable objects to find market opportunities that a trader may capitalize on. A synthetic market is an electronic market created out of real markets by a computer terminal or gateway. A real market is an ...

06/09/05 - 20050125326 - Methods and apparatus for routing securities orders
According to some embodiments, a securities order trading system may determine, during a trading session, one or more attributes of an order destination. The attribute or attributes may be other than a price quoted or a size of an order booked on an order destination. The trading system may also ...

06/02/05 - 20050119966 - Method and apparatus for conducting a dynamic exchange
In a combinatorial exchange, a set of rules can be input for processing of bids received in connection with the exchange. At least one bid can be received from each of a plurality of exchange participants and a desired exchange objective can be defined. A determination can be made as ...

06/02/05 - 20050119965 - Solutions server
Method and system for providing solutions to problems including generating problem definitions for problems, receiving environmental information required for generating solutions for the problems, generating solutions for the problems dependent upon the environmental information and the problem definitions, and communicating solutions to clients before the solutions are needed. A solution ...

06/02/05 - 20050119964 - Method and system for providing option spread indicative quotes
A computer network and method for electronically trading combinations of derivatives. One preferred method of trading includes providing quotes information to a central server, and determining indicative quotes for combination trades, and providing the non-binding, indicative quotes to market participants (which typically includes subscribers, but may also include market makers). ...

06/02/05 - 20050119963 - Auction method for real-time displaying bid ranking
Disclosed herein is a real-time auction method that is based on an auction server for performing a process of an auction and wired and wireless terminals of participants. The method includes the auction screen providing step of providing an auction screen, on which auction information is displayed, to wired and ...

06/02/05 - 20050119962 - Method and system for securitizing contracts valued on an index
In a method and system for securitizing contracts valued on an index, a special purpose entity (SPE) is provided and holds as substantially all of its assets a derivative contract with a contract dealer. The contract has an initial notional value and is tied to an index related to items ...

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