Patent ID: 7509276

Claim:
A method for repositioning information related to a plurality of commodities on a graphical user interface, the method comprising: receiving market information relating to a plurality of commodities, the market information comprising a highest bid price and a lowest ask price currently available for each commodity; displaying a plurality of regions on the graphical user interface, wherein each region corresponds to one of the plurality of commodities and has a plurality of locations that correspond to a plurality of price levels along an axis within the corresponding region; displaying within each region a first indicator at a first location of the plurality of locations associated with a highest bid price of the corresponding commodity, and displaying a second indicator at a second location of the plurality of locations associated with a lowest ask price of the corresponding commodity, and wherein the first and second indicators are moved relative to the axis when the highest bid price or lowest ask price for the corresponding commodity changes; linking the plurality of regions; selecting one of the linked regions as a master region; receiving a command to reposition the axis within the master region; and repositioning, upon receipt of the command to reposition, each axis within each region that is linked with the master region, wherein the first and second indicators within each linked region are moved to new locations along the repositioned axis corresponding to the highest bid price and lowest ask price for the corresponding commodity.