Patent ID: 7970694

Claim:
A method comprising: submitting a query from a client system to select a set of user preferred securities, wherein the query selects the user preferred securities according to M parameters, where M is an integer greater than one, wherein at least one of the M parameters relates to a property of securities; generating an N-dimensional graph of the selected set of user preferred securities on a display of the client system, wherein N is an integer and is at least three, wherein each of the N dimensions of the graph corresponds to one of N properties of the user preferred securities; wherein the N dimensions help a user to visually and simultaneously ascertain relative differences between each of the N properties of the user preferred securities represented in the N-dimensional graph; receiving, from the user, a selection of a security represented in the N-dimensional graph on the display of the client system; generating an order on the client system for the security indicated by the received selection; and sending the order from the client system to a processing entity over a network, wherein the processing entity effectuates the order.