Patent AU-2013205451-B2 (AU)
Title: Trading circles
Inventor: LANE RICHARD
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2013-04-08
Granted: 2016-01-28
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date W O 2014/143079 Al 18 September 2014 (18.09.2014) W I P 0 I P C T (51) International Patent Classification: Chicago, IL 60606 (US). BUCK, Brian, J.; 2369 Senger G06Q 40/04 (2012.01) G06Q 40/06 (2012.01) Street, Livermore, CA 94550 (US). UNETICH, Michael; ) .a 2657 N. Geneva Terrace, Chicago, IL 60614 (US). (21) Iterational Application Number:PCTUS2013/035654 MINTZ, Sagy, Pundak; 3 Middlebury Lane, Lincolnshire, PCI/5201/03554 IL 60069 (US). (22) International Filing Date: April 2013 (08.04.2013) (74) Agent: WILLIAM, Daniel, P.; Mcdonnell Boehnen Hul bert & Berghoff Llp, 300 S. Wacker Drive Suite 3200, (25) Filing Language: English Chicago, IL 60606 (US). (26) Publication Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (30) Priority Data: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, 13/839,369 15 March 2013 (15.03.2013) US BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, (71) Applicant: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNA- DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, TIONAL, INC. [US/US]; 222 South Riverside Plaza, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60606 (US). KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, (72) Inventors: LANE, Richard; c/o Trading Technologies In- NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, ternational, Inc., 222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1100, RW, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, Chicago, IL 60606 (US). WEISS, Thomas, Jeffrey; c/o TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, Trading Teclologies International, Inc., 222 South River- ZM, ZW. side Plaza, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60606 (US). WOO, Thurston; c/o Trading Technologies International, Inc., (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60606 kind of regional protection available>: ARIPO (BW, GH, (US). SHAFFER, Jason; c/o Trading Technologies Inter- GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SL, TZ, national, Inc., 222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1100, UG, LM, LW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, [Continued on next page] (54) Title: TRADING CIRCLES TRADING ORGA ZATION 402 -- 7N5 1-50 TRADING TRDN TRADING ORGANIZE iON 400 \ FTRADING 40o. 40ob ElM--- - r (57) Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide trading circles. An example method includes defining a group having a plurality Cof members, wherein one or more of the plurality of members interacts with an exchange that facilitates market transactions; detect Ning a first interaction of a first group member with the exchange; and communicating, in response to detecting the first interaction, data related to the first interaction to a second group member before the first group member receives confirmation of the first interac tion from the exchange. W O 2 0 1 4 /1 4 3 0 7 9 A 1 ||1 IIlII|||ll||I l IIIII IIV| I |I|||||| I||||||||| ||III||| || II||| | II|I|I||I|I|I|I||I||II| TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, Published: EE, ES, Fl, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IF, IS, IT, LT, LU - with internationalsearch report (Art. 21(3)) LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG).