Patent ID: 7865422

Claim:
An apparatus comprising at least one processor in communication with a trading server in a networked trading system, the at least one processor configured to electronically communicate with a user-interactive computer interface for allowing data input to an application capable of assuming a plurality of different states, the interface having a display device that displays a plurality of user-selectable buttons, wherein said user-selectable buttons are arranged to communicate with the application and wherein at least some of the user-selectable buttons display an identification of function of the associated button, the interface being responsive to state change of said application to cause at least one of the user-selectable buttons to change function and identification, in which the interface comprises: order indicia representing the price, the quantity, and the financial instrument for each of a plurality of orders, each of the plurality of orders comprising a plurality of bids and a plurality of offers, each bid and each offer comprising a price and a quantity of a financial instrument traded on an electronic exchange, in which the plurality of orders is received from a user over a networked trading system having a plurality of workstations; in which the interface is operable to: display order indicia representing the price, the quantity, and the financial instrument for each of the plurality of orders; display a plurality of order-specific price adjustment indicia corresponding to the plurality of orders, each order-specific price adjustment indicia selectable by the user to change the price of a specific one of the plurality of orders; display a bid-specific price adjustment indicia selectable by the user to change the price of all of the plurality of bids; display an offer-specific price adjustment indicia selectable by the user to change the price of all of the plurality of offers; the interface being further configured to: receive a selection of one of (1) the bid-specific price adjustment indicia and (2) the offer-specific price adjustment indicia; and based on the act of receiving the selection of one of the bid-specific price adjustment indicia and the offer-specific price adjustment indicia, change the prices of one of (1) all of the plurality of bids and (2) all of the plurality of offers; and the display device further operable to: display a modified price for each of the plurality of bids based on the changed prices.