Patent ID: 7451112

Claim:
A method for use in a computerized exchange system for matching of financial instruments that controls the information that users of the computerized exchange system are given access to regarding an off-exchange trade order match of a financial instrument made outside of the computerized exchange system at a first time and then reported to the computerized exchange system at a second later time, said method comprising: defining a first set of boundaries within which the off-exchange trade order match will be accepted by the system, when a price of the off-exchange trade order match is outside of a price spread for the financial instrument in the computerized exchange system at the second later time, selecting a first sub-set of information about the off-exchange trade order match to be disseminated to users of the system that is different from a second sub-set of information about the off-exchange trade order match to be disseminated to the users when the off-exchange trade order match price is not outside of the price spread for the financial instrument in the computerized exchange system at the second later time.