Patent ID: 7181406

Claim:
A method for displaying the status of at least a first financial indicator and a second financial indicator using a geographic orientation, each said financial indicator representing financial activity in a particular geographic region, each said financial indicator including a plurality of sectors and each of said sectors including a plurality of financial instruments, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a map, said map including at least a first geographic region and a second geographic region, and a first financial indicator representing financial activity in said first geographic region, and a second financial indicator representing financial activity in said second geographic region, said first financial indicator including a plurality of sectors and each of said sectors including a plurality of financial instruments, and said second financial indicator including a plurality of sectors and each of said sectors including a plurality of financial instruments; simultaneously displaying on said first geographic region of said map a visual indicator that represents the status of said first financial indicator, each of said first financial indicator sectors and each of said first financial indicator financial instruments; wherein each of said first financial indicator plurality of sectors has a size and a weighting in the first financial indicator, wherein said size of each of said first financial indicator plurality of sectors is proportional to said weighting of each of said first financial indicator plurality of sectors, respectively; and simultaneously displaying on said second geographic region of said map a visual indicator that represents the status of said second financial indicator, each of said second financial indicator sectors and each of said second financial indicator financial instruments; wherein each of said second financial indicator plurality of sectors has a size and a weighting in the second financial indicator, wherein said size of each of said second financial indicator plurality of sectors is proportional to said weighting of each of said second financial indicator plurality of sectors, respectively; wherein said first geographic region on said map and said second geographic region on said map each have a size and said first financial indicator and said second financial indicator each have a market capitalization, wherein said size of said first geographic region and said size of said second geographic region is proportional to said market capitalization of said first financial indicator and said second financial indicator, respectively.