Patent ID: 8554661

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving by at least one computing system from a selling trader via a selling trader computer in use by the selling trader a command to access a database of bond lots, wherein the computing system is communicatively coupled to the selling trader computer via a communications network; in response to receiving the command, transmitting by the computing system to the selling trader computer a plurality of bond lots from the database of bond lots; receiving by the computing system from the selling trader via the selling trader computer a selection of at least one bond lot from the transmitted plurality of bond lots, wherein the selected bond lot is received from the selling trader in connection with the selling trader wanting to include the selected bond lot in a bid wanted; receiving by the computing system from the selling trader via the selling trader computer a request to solicit bids for at least the selected bond lot; incorporating by the computing system into a bid wanted for at least the selected bond lot at least one item of data associated with the selected bond lot; based at least in part on receiving the request to solicit bids, transmitting by the computing system to a plurality of bidding traders via respective bidding trader computers in use by the plurality of bidding traders the bid wanted, wherein the computing system and the bidding trader computers are communicatively coupled via the communications network; in response to transmitting the bid wanted, receiving by the computing system from at least a portion of the plurality of bidding traders via respective bidding trader computers bids on at least the selected bond lot; and transmitting by the computing system to the selling trader via the selling trader computer at least a portion of the bids received from the bidding traders.