Patent ID: 7747486

Claim:
An apparatus to display an interface for a financial analysis system comprising: a computer having a display screen, the computer configured to display on the display screen a first panel formed from a plurality of first windows stacked either vertically or horizontally or both, the first windows arranged in a non-overlapping manner such that each first window is visible simultaneously to a user, each first window configured to display therein, in alphanumeric form, financial data corresponding to one of a plurality of different financial instruments, each different financial instrument individually chosen by the user, the first windows further configured to be updated from a remote data source to display real time data therein, a second panel configured to correspond to the first panel, the second panel configured to be displayed when activated by a single user action, the second panel configured to present a plurality of second windows, the second windows arranged in a non-overlapping manner such that each window is visible simultaneously to the user, each second window representing a separate graphic view corresponding to one of the plurality of different financial instruments, and each second window configured to display, at least in part, the same financial data as displayed in a corresponding one of the first windows, and at least one icon configured to cause, when selected, retrieval from a different remote data source of additional data related to the financial data presented in the first and second panels for a selected financial instrument of the plurality of different financial instruments, the additional data retrieved by construction of a uniform resource locator (URL) including a first portion of the URL specific to the different remote data source, and a second portion of the URL specific to the selected financial instrument, the additional data retrieved by access to the constructed URL.