Patent ID: 7627517
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a collective graphical window, comprising: receiving in real-time a plurality of pieces of electronic data from one or more electronic trading exchanges on an application on a target device with one or more processors via a communications network; receiving from the application a display of the plurality of pieces of electronic data in a plurality of graphical windows on a graphical user interface (GUI) used for electronic trading in real-time, wherein each of the plurality of graphical windows includes one or more specific types of trading functionality for electronic trading; selecting two or more individual graphical windows from the plurality graphical windows displayed by the application on the graphical user interface of the target device, wherein the plurality of graphical windows include varying shapes and sizes depending on a function provided for electronic trading and wherein a size and shape of an individual graphical window is selected specifically for displaying one or more pieces of electronic data used for electronic trading in one or more specific locations in a desired format in the individual graphical window based on trader preferences; moving the selected two or more individual graphical windows on the graphical user interface so a portion of each of the selected two or more individual graphical windows touch, thereby forming a collective window, wherein the collective window is formed whenever any portion of two or more individual graphical windows touch; receiving a collective window from the application including the touching two or more selected individual graphical windows, wherein the two or more individual graphical windows maintain an original size and shape in the collective window and wherein a resulting size and shape of the collective window reflects the original size and shape of the two or more individual graphical windows and actual locations where the two or more individual graphical windows touch and wherein retaining the original size and shape of the two or more individual graphical windows in the collective window retains displaying the one or more pieces of electronic data used for electronic trading in one or more specific locations in the desired format in the two or more individual graphical window based on trader preferences; selecting the collective window, thereby allowing the collective window including the two or more graphical windows to be moved around the graphical user interface of the target device and used for electronic trading and thereby providing a customized trading interface in the selected collected window with a desired set of graphical windows used for a desired type of electronic trading; and executing one or more electronic trades on one or more electronic trading exchanges via the application via the selected collective window for the desired type of electronic trading.