Patent ID: 7127424
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying market information relating to a commodity being traded in a market with a highest bid price and a lowest ask price on a graphical user interface, the method comprising: dynamically displaying a plurality of bid indicators in a bid display region in association with price levels arranged along a common static axis of prices, each bid indicator representing quantity associated with a price level; dynamically displaying a plurality of ask indicators in an ask display region in association with the price levels arranged along the common static price axis, each ask indicator representing quantity associated with a price level; consolidating the price levels of the common static price axis such that a plurality of price levels are combined into a consolidated price level; consolidating the display of the plurality of bid and ask indicators into a plurality of consolidated bid and ask indicators so that each consolidated bid and ask indicator represents quantity associated with a plurality of price levels within a consolidated price level.