Patent ID: 8326734

Claim:
A system for facilitating automated securities trading comprising: an anonymous server configured to: receive, from a first computer of a first party, price data for the predetermined amount of securities, wherein the price data for the predetermined amount of securities is predicted by the first computer of the first party based on predetermined selected types of pricing input and for which the first party is interested in buying or selling the predetermined amount of securities; store the price data for the predetermined amount of securities; periodically communicate with a second computer of a second party; receive queries by the second computer of the second party for the price data stored in the server for securities the second party is interested in trading with the first party, wherein the second computer of the second party does not provide to the first party an identity of the second party who has interest in the price data unless an order is executed on the price data; and when, in response to receiving queries for the price data, securities information is found that relates to securities both the first and second parties are interested in trading, receive an offer to trade the securities from the second computer of the second party, wherein the securities are offered by the second party to the first party, wherein the first computer executes the offer to trade offered by the second party; provide an identity of the second party from the second computer of the second party to the first computer of the first party.