Patent ID: 7904358

Claim:
A processing system-implemented method, comprising: providing via a processor a plurality of financial information data sources to a server side data processing system; providing a plurality of applications that interact with said plurality of financial information data sources; receiving at least one customization parameter; constructing, by said plurality of applications and according to the received at least one customization parameter, a plurality of customized graphical user interface panels from a plurality of non-customized graphical user interface panels that include financial information data from said plurality of financial information data sources; providing, within a second interface, user selectable options for pre-selecting a plurality of panels from said plurality of non-customized panels; receiving a plurality of pre-selected panels from said plurality of non-customized graphical user interface panels; providing said plurality of customized panels and said plurality of pre-selected panels for display by a client side graphical user interface according to the at least one customization parameter; providing at least one Alert interface according to the at least one customization parameter to present an indication of an alert, the alert received from an alert server; and displaying, according to the at least one customization parameter, said plurality of customized graphical user interface panels and said plurality of pre-selected graphical user interface panels by said client side graphical user interface, and said Alert interface within said graphical user interface, to present the financial information data from said financial information data sources in a consistent and personalized manner.