Patent ID: 7133847
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating the bartering of publicly traded securities on a computerized system, comprising: receiving on the computerized system a first barter order from a user including: a first security including a quantity thereof to be sold in a barter, a second security different from the first security to be purchased in said barter concurrent with the sale of the first security, and a condition relating to the value of said barter under which condition said barter may be executed; comparing on the computerized system said first barter order to a list including multiple barter orders, each of said barter orders including: a first security including a quantity thereof to be sold in a barter, a second security different from the first security to be purchased in said barter concurrent with the sale of the first security, and a condition relating to the value of said barter under which condition said barter may be executed; determining from said list a plurality of selected barter orders which, if executed, will consummate said first barter order and one or more of said list of plurality of selected barter orders; transmitting to said user, based on said determining, an indication that said first barter order may be executed; communicating to said user a value indicator based upon a value ratio determined by a combination of the ratios x/y and a/b where: a=a sale value of the first security to be sold, b=a market price of the first security to be sold, x=the purchase value of the second security to be acquired and y=a market price of the second security to be acquired; and receiving from said user a request to execute said barter order.