Patent ID: 7574398

Claim:
A method of facilitating trading on a platform comprising a computer system on which multiple processes are executing, the method comprising: automatically operating a first market process on the platform, wherein the first market process provides a first market having a market methodology that comprises rules of engagement for trading an item between at least two trading processes that are executing on the platform, automatically operating a representation process on the same platform as the first market process and the at least two trading processes, wherein the representation process is communicatively coupled to the first market process and to a second market process, wherein the second market process provides a second market that is separate and distinct from the first market for trading the item between the at least two trading processes, automatically receiving at the representation process an order action from one of the first market process and the second market process, and automatically transmitting the order action from the representation process to the other of the first market process and the second market process according to a type of the order action.