Patent ID: 7509283
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying information to a user regarding an order placed on an electronic trading system where orders comprise a bid type or an offer type, the method comprising: receiving order information from an electronic exchange at a computing device, the order information identifying pending orders for a tradeable object, each pending order defined by order parameters; displaying a price axis having a plurality of price levels on a graphical user interface via the computing device; displaying an order icon representing at least one pending order at an associated price level of the price axis on the graphical user interface according to the order information, the associated price level corresponding to a price of the represented pending order; selecting an area of the graphical user interface corresponding to the order icon in response to an order selection command received via an input device; in response to the selection of the area of the graphical user interface corresponding to the order icon, displaying a parameter for each of the at least one pending order represented by the order icon in a window being displayed relative to the order icon via the graphical user interface; selecting a location of the price axis in response to a price selection command received via the input device, the selected location identifying a desired price for a user order; and submitting the user order at the desired price.