# US 12,112,374 B2 · Timescaled price range summary symbols data structure generation, display, 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 12,112,374 B2 - Document ID: US12112374B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/086,346 - Filed: 2022-12-21 - Published: 2023-04-27 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-13 - Applicants: Eric Schneider - Inventors: Eric Schneider - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12112374B2 ## CPC - G06Q 40/04: Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange - 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 A method of displaying a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the method includes receiving, for each intra-time period of a plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, intra-time price data including an intra-time open price and an intra-time close price corresponding to the intra-time period, determining, from the received intra-time price data for the plurality of intra-time periods, an open price, which is an intra-time open price of an initial intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods, determining a total-above-open-price counter value by determining, for each particular intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods, whether the intra-time close price of the particular intra-time period was greater than the open price, so that the total-above-open-price counter value indicates a number of the intra-time periods for which the intra-time close price was greater than the open price, and generating and displaying, the symbol, which illustrates a relationship between the total-above-open-price counter value and the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of displaying a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the method comprising: receiving, for each intra-time period of a plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, intra-time price data including an intra-time open price and an intra-time close price corresponding to the intra-time period; determining, from the received intra-time price data for the plurality of intra-time periods, an open price, which is an intra-time open price of an initial intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods; determining a total-above-open-price counter value by determining, for each particular intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods, whether the intra-time close price of the particular intra-time period was greater than the open price, so that the total-above-open-price counter value indicates a number of the intra-time periods for which the intra-time close price was greater than the open price; and generating and displaying, the symbol, which illustrates a relationship between the total-above-open-price counter value and the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol is a first symbol, the total-above-open-price counter value is a first total-above-open-price counter value and the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period are a first plurality of intra-time periods in a first time period, and the method further comprises generating and displaying, a second symbol, which illustrates a relationship between a second total-above-open-price counter value and a second plurality of intra-time periods in a second time period. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising generating the second time period from the first time period in accordance with a selected sequence. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the selected sequence is one of a calendar sequence, an arithmetic sequence, a geometric sequence, a triangular number sequence, a square number sequence, a cube number sequence, and a Fibonacci sequence. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising generating and displaying, an Nth symbol having an Nth time period corresponding to an Nth element in the selected sequence, wherein N>0. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein a width of the first symbol and a width of the second symbol are identical and a height of the first symbol and a height of the second symbol are identical. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising determining a first close price occurring at a first time, the first close price being an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the first plurality of intra-time periods in the first time period and a second close price occurring at a second time, the second close price being an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the second plurality of intra-time periods in the second time period wherein the first time and the second time are identical. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining from an intra-time high price of each of the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, a highest price and from an intra-time low price of each of the plurality of intra-time periods, a lowest price. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein a height of the symbol illustrates a range between the lowest price and the highest price, and the method further comprises displaying a marking upon the symbol, the marking illustrates the open price positioned at a portion of the height of the symbol proportionate to a relationship between the open price, the lowest price, and the highest price. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein a height of the symbol illustrates a range between the lowest price and the highest price, and the method further comprises determining a close price which is an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, displaying a marking upon the symbol, the marking illustrates the close price positioned at a portion of the height of the symbol proportionate to a relationship between the close price, the lowest price, and the highest price. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the above-open-price counter value is incremented whenever it is determined that the intra-time close price of a current intra-time period is greater than or equal to the open price. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol is in the form of one of a bar chart, stacked bar chart, and pie chart and the symbol is one of a demarcation indicator and an element of an off-chart technical indicator. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the time period is one of an amount of ticks, an amount of volume, an amount of price range, and an amount of time between a fraction of a second and decades and 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 14 An apparatus for displaying a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to receive, for each intra-time period of a plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, intra-time price data including an intra-time open price and an intra-time close price corresponding to the intra-time period; determine, from the received intra-time price data for the plurality of intra-time periods, an open price, which is an intra-time open price of an initial intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods; determine a total-above-open-price counter value by determining, for each particular intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods, whether the intra-time close price of the particular intra-time period was greater than the open price, so that the total-above-open-price counter value indicates a number of the intra-time periods for which the intra-time close price was greater than the open price; and generate and display, the symbol, which illustrates a relationship between the total-above-open-price counter value and the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the symbol is a first symbol, the total-above-open-price counter value is a first total-above-open-price counter value and the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period are a first plurality of intra-time periods in a first time period further comprising the processing circuitry configured to generate and display, a second symbol, which illustrates a relationship between a second total-above-open-price counter value and a second plurality of intra-time periods in a second time period. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising the processing circuitry configured to generate the second time period from the first time period in accordance with a selected sequence wherein the selected sequence is one of a calendar sequence, an arithmetic sequence, a geometric sequence, a triangular number sequence, a square number sequence, a cube number sequence, and a Fibonacci sequence. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein a width of the first symbol and a width of the second symbol are identical and a height of the first symbol and a height of the second symbol are identical. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising the processing circuitry configured to determine a first close price occurring at a first time, the first close price being an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the first plurality of intra-time periods in the first time period and a second close price occurring at a second time, the second close price being an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the second plurality of intra-time periods in the second time period and the first time and the second time are identical. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising the processing circuitry configured to determine from an intra-time high price of each of the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, a highest price and from an intra-time low price of each of the plurality of intra-time periods, a lowest price. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a height of the symbol illustrates a range between the lowest price and the highest price further comprising the processing circuitry configured to display a marking upon the symbol, the marking illustrates the open price positioned at a portion of the height of the symbol proportionate to a relationship between the open price, the lowest price, and the highest price. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a height of the symbol illustrates a range between the lowest price and the highest price further comprising the processing circuitry configured to determine a close price which is an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, displaying a marking upon the symbol, the marking illustrates the close price positioned at a portion of the height of the symbol proportionate to a relationship between the close price, the lowest price, and the highest price. ### Claim 22 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the above-open-price counter value is incremented whenever it is determined that the intra-time close price of a current intra-time period is greater than or equal to the open price. ### Claim 23 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the symbol is in the form of one of a bar chart, stacked bar chart, and pie chart and the symbol is one of a demarcation indicator and an element of an off-chart technical indicator. ### Claim 24 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the time period is one of an amount of ticks, an amount of volume, an amount of price range, and an amount of time between a fraction of a second and decades and 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 25 A method for generating a data structure, the data structure being used to generate a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the method comprising: receiving, for each intra-time period of a plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, intra-time price data including an intra-time open price and an intra-time close price corresponding to the intra-time period; determining, from the received intra-time price data for the plurality of intra-time periods, an open price, which is an intra-time open price of an initial intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods; determining a total-above-open-price counter value by determining, for each particular intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods, whether the intra-time close price of the particular intra-time period was greater than the open price, so that the total-above-open-price counter value indicates a number of the intra-time periods for which the intra-time close price was greater than the open price; and storing the time period, the open price, the total-above-open-price counter value, and a resolution value representative of the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period in association with one another in the data structure on a non-transitory computer readable medium. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the symbol which illustrates a relationship between the total-above-open-price counter value and the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period is a first symbol, the total-above-open-price counter value is a first total-above-open-price counter value and the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period are a first plurality of intra-time periods in a first time period, and the method further comprises generating and displaying, a second symbol, which illustrates a relationship between a second total-above-open-price counter value and a second plurality of intra-time periods in a second time period. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, further comprising generating the second time period from the first time period in accordance with a selected sequence wherein the selected sequence is one of a calendar sequence, an arithmetic sequence, a geometric sequence, a triangular number sequence, a square number sequence, a cube number sequence, and a Fibonacci sequence. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, wherein a width of the first symbol and a width of the second symbol are identical and a height of the first symbol and a height of the second symbol are identical. ### Claim 29 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26, further comprising determining a first close price occurring at a first time, the first close price being an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the first plurality of intra-time periods in the first time period and a second close price occurring at a second time, the second close price being an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the second plurality of intra-time periods in the second time period wherein the first time and the second time are identical. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, further comprising determining from an intra-time high price of each of the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, a highest price and from an intra-time low price of each of the plurality of intra-time periods, a lowest price. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The method of claim 30, wherein a height of the symbol illustrates a range between the lowest price and the highest price, and the method further comprises displaying a marking upon the symbol, the marking illustrates the open price positioned at a portion of the height of the symbol proportionate to a relationship between the open price, the lowest price, and the highest price. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The method of claim 30, wherein a height of the symbol illustrates a range between the lowest price and the highest price, and the method further comprises determining a close price which is an intra-time close price of a last intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, displaying a marking upon the symbol, the marking illustrates the close price positioned at a portion of the height of the symbol proportionate to a relationship between the close price, the lowest price, and the highest price. ### Claim 33 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the above-open-price counter value is incremented whenever it is determined that the intra-time close price of a current intra-time period is greater than or equal to the open price. ### Claim 34 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the symbol is in the form of one of a bar chart, stacked bar chart, and pie chart and the symbol is one of a demarcation indicator and an element of an off-chart technical indicator. ### Claim 35 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the time period is one of an amount of ticks, an amount of volume, an amount of price range, and an amount of time between a fraction of a second and decades and 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.