Patent ID: 7680715
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing an anonymous request for quotation environment that enables sharing of confidential trading interest information without sacrificing anonymity or enabling information leakage, comprising: receiving, by a computer, a request for quotation and confidential information regarding said request for quotation from a market participant; determining, by said computer, a risk categorization for said request for quotation, wherein said risk categorization provides information from which to generate a quotation without revealing said confidential information; communicating said request for quotation and said risk categorization to at least one capital provider that provides quotations based on risk categorizations that do not reveal said confidential information; transmitting a message to said at least one capital provider, said message comprising a symbol for said request for quotation but not said risk categorization; receiving at least two one-sided or two-sided conditional quotations from one or more of said at least one capital provider in response to said message, wherein each of said at least two conditional quotations specifies a maximum risk level for requests for quotation for which said conditional quotation can be revealed; and for each of said at least two conditional quotations, displaying said conditional quotation to said market participant only if said risk categorization for said request for quotation is less than said maximum risk level specified by said conditional quotation.