# US 11,452,097 B2 · Method and interface for historical display of market information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,452,097 B2 - Document ID: US11452097B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/146,406 - Filed: 2018-09-28 - Published: 2019-02-07 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2002-11-26 - Assignees: Trading Technologies International, Inc. - Applicants: Trading Technologies International, Inc. - Inventors: Sagy Pundak Mintz; Ryan N. Andrews; Scott F. Singer; Jens-Uwe Schluetter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11452097B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - G06Q 20/10: specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems - G06Q 40/00: Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes - G06Q 40/03: Credit; Loans; Processing thereof - G06Q 40/04: Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange - G06Q 40/06: Asset management; Financial planning or analysis - H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Trading software may receive information from an exchange. The trading software may track historical bid and ask information for a tradeable object. The trading software may display historical market depth information for the tradeable object on a trading screen. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for displaying historical market information, the method comprising: displaying, by a display of a trading device, an ask indicator for at least one of a plurality of ask orders for a tradeable object, wherein the ask indicator is displayed at one of a plurality of axially-aligned price levels according to market information received from an electronic exchange during a current time; displaying, by the display of the trading device, an bid indicator for at least one of a plurality of bid orders for the tradeable object, wherein the bid indicator is displayed at one of the plurality of axially-aligned-price levels according to market information received from an electronic exchange at a first time; and displaying, by the display of the trading device, historical market information for at least one price level in the plurality of axially-aligned price levels, wherein displaying the historical market information includes: displaying a total ask indicator for a total ask quantity available at the one of the plurality of axially-aligned price levels corresponding to an identified ask price of the at least one of the plurality of ask orders during a second time period, where the second time occurs before the first time, the total ask quantity being determined according to the market information received from the electronic exchange during the second time period; and displaying a total bid indicator for a total bid quantity available at the one of the plurality of axially-aligned price levels corresponding to an identified bid price of the at least one of the plurality of bid orders during the second time period, where the second time occurs before the first time, the total bid quantity being determined according to the market information received from the electronic exchange during the second time period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: displaying a plurality of bid indicators adjacent to the plurality of axially-aligned price levels; and displaying a plurality of ask indicators adjacent to the plurality of axially-aligned price levels. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of bid indicators are displayed in a bid order region aligned with the plurality of axially-aligned price levels and the plurality of ask indicators are displayed in an ask order region aligned with the plurality of axially-aligned price levels. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the total bid indicator is displayed in a prior bid region aligned with the plurality of axially-aligned price levels, and where the total ask indicator is displayed in a prior ask region aligned with the plurality of axially-aligned price levels. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: displaying, for each of a plurality of second time periods that occur before the first time, a plurality of total bid locations, wherein each of the plurality of total bid locations is aligned with one of the plurality of axially-aligned price levels; and displaying at least one total bid indicator along at least one of the total bid locations, where the at least one total bid indicator is determined according to a total bid quantity available during the at least one of the plurality of time periods for the at least one of the total bid location for the at least one of the one of the plurality of axially-aligned price levels with which the at least one of the total bid locations is aligned. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein a number of the prior time periods is a user-established variable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying, for each of a plurality of second time periods that occur before the first time, a plurality of total ask locations, each of the plurality of total ask locations is aligned with the plurality of axially aligned price levels; and displaying at least one total ask indicator along at least one of the total ask locations, where the at least one total ask indicator is determined according to a total ask quantity available during the at least one of the plurality of time periods for the at least one of the total ask location for the at least one of the one of the plurality of axially aligned price levels with which the at least one of the total ask locations is aligned. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein a number of the second time periods is a user-established variable. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, a duration for the second time period is user-established variable. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a user command via a user input device to select and place an icon in one of a plurality of order entry locations of an order entry region aligned with an associated one of the plurality of axially-aligned price levels; and in response to receiving the user command, submitting an order to the electronic exchange, the order having a price corresponding to the associated one of the plurality of axially-aligned price levels.