# US 12,008,637 B2 · Closed market time gap price chart display system, method, and device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,008,637 B2 - Document ID: US12008637B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/941,530 - Filed: 2022-09-09 - Published: 2023-05-11 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-13 - Applicants: Eric Schneider - Inventors: Eric Schneider - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008637B2 ## CPC - G06F 16/26: Visual data mining; Browsing structured data - G06Q 30/08: Auctions - G06Q 30/0201: Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data - G06Q 30/0206: {Price or cost determination based on market factors} - G06Q 30/0283: Price estimation or determination - G06Q 40/04: Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange - G06Q 40/06: Asset management; Financial planning or analysis - G06T 11/26: Drawing of charts or graphs - G06Q 30/0205: {based on location or geographical consideration} - G06Q 30/0284: {Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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 - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A method of displaying changes in price includes determining whether a configuration option to include a display of one or more closed market time gaps is selected, in response to determining that the configuration option to include the display of the one or more closed market time gaps is not selected, displaying a first price range that occurred during a first live open market and displaying a second price range that occurred during a second live open market adjacent to the first price range, wherein the second live open market occurred after the first live open market, and in response to determining that the configuration option to include the display of the one or more closed market time gaps is selected, displaying the first price range that occurred during the first live open market, displaying the closed market time gap including content in accordance with a selected time gap fill method adjacent to the first price range, and displaying the second price range adjacent to the content of the closed market time gap. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of displaying changes in price, the method comprising: determining whether a configuration option to include a display of one or more closed market time gaps is selected; in response to determining that the configuration option to include the display of the one or more closed market time gaps is not selected, displaying a first price range that occurred during a first live open market and displaying a second price range that occurred during a second live open market adjacent to the first price range, wherein the second live open market occurred after the first live open market; and in response to determining that the configuration option to include the display of the one or more closed market time gaps is selected, displaying the first price range that occurred during the first live open market, displaying the closed market time gap including content in accordance with a selected time gap fill method adjacent to the first price range, and displaying the second price range adjacent to the content of the closed market time gap. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the time gap fill method is content selected from one of a one or more ghost symbols and at least one of a news and an advertisement, the at least one of a news and advertisement context sensitive to one of a at least one event occurring during the closed market time gap and a traded asset corresponding to the first price range and the second price range and wherein the one or more ghost symbols are representative of a spatiotemporal relationship between a highest price, a lowest price, and a generated estimated last price during a time period in accordance with a selected symbol rendering method. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the first price range and the second price range are displayed at a first luminosity level and the one or more ghost symbols are displayed at a second luminosity level. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the time period is a first time period, the first time period is an intra-time period within a second time period, and the second time period is longer in duration than the first time period. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the selected symbol rendering method is selected from one of a candlestick, cross sticks, quadrilateral, triangle, HLC bars, dots, and contiguous. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the changes in price are of a market-traded object representative of one of a physical asset, a digital asset, an asset pair, and a ratio between two different assets. ### Claim 7 An apparatus of displaying changes in price, the apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configure to determine whether a configuration option to include a display of one or more closed market time gaps is selected; in response to the determination that the configuration option to include the display of the one or more closed market time gaps is not selected, display a first price range that occurred during a first live open market and display a second price range that occurred during a second live open market adjacent to the first price range, wherein the second live open market occurred after the first live open market; and in response to the determination that the configuration option to include the display of the one or more closed market time gaps is selected, display the first price range that occurred during the first live open market, display the closed market time gap including content in accordance with a selected time gap fill method adjacent to the first price range, and display the second price range adjacent to the content of the closed market time gap. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the time gap fill method is content selected from one of a one or more ghost symbols and at least one of a news and an advertisement, the at least one of a news and advertisement context sensitive to one of a at least one event occurring during the closed market time gap and a traded asset corresponding to the first price range and the second price range and wherein the one or more ghost symbols are representative of a spatiotemporal relationship between a highest price, a lowest price, and a generated estimated last price during a time period in accordance with a selected symbol rendering method. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein at least one of the first price range and the second price range are displayed at a first luminosity level and the one or more ghost symbols are displayed at a second luminosity level. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the time period is a first time period, the first time period is an intra-time period within a second time period, and the second time period is longer in duration than the first time period. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the selected symbol rendering method is selected from one of a candlestick, cross sticks, quadrilateral, triangle, HLC bars, dots, and contiguous. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the changes in price are of a market-traded object representative of one of a physical asset, a digital asset, an asset pair, and a ratio between two different assets. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform a method of displaying changes in price, the method comprising: determining whether a configuration option to include a display of one or more closed market time gaps is selected; in response to determining that the configuration option to include the display of the one or more closed market time gaps is not selected, displaying a first price range that occurred during a first live open market and displaying a second price range that occurred during a second live open market adjacent to the first price range, wherein the second live open market occurred after the first live open market; and in response to determining that the configuration option to include the display of the one or more closed market time gaps is selected, displaying the first price range that occurred during the first live open market, displaying the closed market time gap including content in accordance with a selected time gap fill method adjacent to the first price range, and displaying the second price range adjacent to the content of the closed market time gap. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the time gap fill method is content selected from one of a one or more ghost symbols and at least one of a news and an advertisement, the at least one of a news and advertisement context sensitive to one of a at least one event occurring during the closed market time gap and a traded asset corresponding to the first price range and the second price range and wherein the one or more ghost symbols are representative of a spatiotemporal relationship between a highest price, a lowest price, and a generated estimated last price during a time period in accordance with a selected symbol rendering method. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein at least one of the first price range and the second price range are displayed at a first luminosity level and the one or more ghost symbols are displayed at a second luminosity level. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the time period is a first time period, the first time period is an intra-time period within a second time period, and the second time period is longer in duration than the first time period. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the selected symbol rendering method is selected from one of a candlestick, cross sticks, quadrilateral, triangle, HLC bars, dots, and contiguous. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the changes in price are of a market-traded object representative of one of a physical asset, a digital asset, an asset pair, and a ratio between two different assets.