Patent ID: 6907404

Claim:
An automated investment chart pattern search system comprising: a computer; a historical information database accessible by said computer, said historical information database having historical information for a plurality of investments stored thereon; a connection to a supply of real-time data, said real time data comprising real-time data relating to a plurality of investments; a templates database accessible by said computer, said templates database having a plurality of templates stored thereon; software executing on said computer for generating an investment chart for the investment to be examined based upon the historical information and the real-time data relating to the investment to be examined; software executing on said computer for retrieving at least one template from said templates database, and for performing geometric projection analysis on the retrieved template and the investment chart to determine if a pattern exists in the investment chart; software executing on said computer for retrieving at least one template from said templates database, and for performing template matching analysis on the retrieved template and the investment chart to determine if a pattern exists in the investment chart; and software executing on said computer for performing projection line analysis on the investment chart to determine if a pattern exists in the investment chart.