Patent ID: 7818247
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying market information corresponding to a commodity being traded at an electronic exchange, comprising: receiving by a computer device market data relating to the commodity from the electronic exchange, the market data comprising a quantity of an order that is pending at a first price level; displaying by the computer device a first graphical area corresponding to the first price level; displaying by the computer device a second graphical area corresponding to a second price level, the second price level corresponding to a price level for the commodity that is different than the first price level, wherein the first and second graphical areas are arranged in an axial direction; color-coding the first graphical area using a first color to indicate that the order is pending at the first price level; determining by the computer device from the market data that there is no order pending at the second price level; color-coding the second graphical area using a second color to indicate that there is no order pending at the second price level; updating the first graphical area such that the first graphical area is color-coded using the second color in response to new market data indicating that there is no order pending at the first price level; and updating the second graphical area such that the second graphical area is color-coded using the first color in response to new market data indicating that there is an order pending at the second price level.