Patent ID: 8355979
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by at least one processor, a user preference from a first user for maintaining an identity of the first user anonymous in a trading system; tracking, by the at least one processor, trade history involving at least the first user and at least one other user; receiving, by the at least one processor, at least one order to trade an item from the first user; receiving, by the at least one processor, a request for market data associated with the item from the at least one other user; responsive to the act of receiving the request for market data, determining, by the at least one processor, trade history data based on the trade history, the trade history data comprising information specific to the first user and the at least one other user, in which the act of determining the trade history data comprises determining whether a pair of executed orders for an item occurred within a predetermined time from each other; retrieving, by the at least one processor, at least one rule for controlling interactions between anonymous users and the at least one other user in the trading system; and disposing, by the at least one processor, the request for market data based at least on (1) the act of determining whether a pair of executed orders associated with the first user occurred within a predetermined time from each other and (2) the at least one rule for controlling interactions between anonymous users and the at least one other user.