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Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination > Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement > Finance (e.g., Banking, Investment Or Credit) > Trading, Matching, Or Bidding Trading, Matching, Or BiddingTrading, 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 - |