Patent ID: 6505175
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for processing an order for a security, the method comprising the steps of:receiving an order for a security into a computerized order management system; representing the security with a symbol in the computerized order management system; allocating the symbol in the computerized order management system to a booth, wherein the allocation is accomplished by an automated process executed by the computerized order management system; allocating the symbol to a floor broker ID, wherein the allocation is accomplished by an automated process executed by the computerized order management system; transmitting the order to a computer server; associating a computerized booth station with the booth; routing the order through the computer server to the computerized booth station associated with the booth to which the symbol has been allocated; logging the floor broker ID into a handhold computing device; and routing the order through the computer server to the handheld computing device into which the floor broker ID to which the symbol has been allocated has been logged.