Patent ID: 8150752

Claim:
A method comprising: showing, on a display screen of a computer, a limited amount of financial information related to each of a plurality of financial instruments, the limited amount of financial information to indicate in an alphanumeric or a graphic form at least a symbol of the financial instrument and a price of the financial instrument; receiving an indication, from a user, of a chosen financial instrument of the plurality of financial instruments; showing, on the display screen of the computer, a plurality of elements that are each associated with a different type of additional information supplemental of the limited amount of financial information, each element further associated with a preferred remote data source for retrieval of that type of additional information; retrieving, when a particular element of the plurality of elements is chosen by the user, additional information of the type associated with the particular element related to the chosen financial instrument, by constructing a uniform resource locator (URL) that combines a first financial instrument-independent URL portion that is specific to the preferred remote data source and a second financial instrument-specific URL portion that is specific to the chosen financial instrument, and using the constructed URL to obtain the additional information; and showing, on the display screen of the computer, the additional information for the chosen financial instrument.