Patent ID: 7813998
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively displaying market information related to a plurality of tradable objects being traded at an electronic exchange, the method comprising: displaying by a computing device a first interface adapted to display market data along a value axis; displaying by the computing device a second interface comprising a scan region, wherein the scan region comprises a plurality of aligned areas, each area associated with a tradable object in a plurality of tradable objects, wherein each tradable object in the plurality of tradable objects is associated with at least one of the aligned areas in the scan region; receiving by the computing device a definition defining a movement of a cursor, wherein the cursor corresponds to a user input device, wherein the definition for the movement includes a speed parameter, wherein the speed parameter defines a speed of movement of the cursor; detecting by the computing device a movement of the cursor over a selected area according to the defined movement, wherein the selected area is one of the plurality of aligned areas in the scan region; selecting by the computing device a selected tradable object from the plurality of tradable objects in response to detecting the movement of the cursor according to the defined movement, wherein the selected tradable object is the tradable object associated with the selected area; and displaying by the computing device via the first interface market data for the selected tradable object.