Patent ID: 8175955
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating the placement of an order for an item and displaying market information regarding the item, the method comprising: receiving market data from an electronic trading exchange via a computing device, the market data identifying at least an inside market including a bid quantity available at a highest bid price for an item and an ask quantity available at a lowest ask price for the item; displaying a display region having a plurality of locations via an output associated with the computing device, each of the plurality of locations associated with a value level along a value axis having a lowest value level and a highest value level; displaying a first indicator at a first location of the plurality of locations, the first location associated with a first value level corresponding to any of the highest bid price and the lowest ask price; receiving at least one user command via an input device associated with the computing device to move an order indicator to a location along the value axis corresponding to a desired price; and initiating, via the computing device, submission of an order to the electronic trading exchange for an order quantity at the desired price.