Graphical user interface for order entry with hovering functionality
AssigneeBGC Partners, Inc.
InventorsHarris Park, Eric Hirschhorn
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are an apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium that improves the functioning of the computer. A drop down menu with different options may be rendered for an order associated with a product on which a cursor hovers. In response to a selection of a parameter option, an order for a product is transmitted.
Claims19
An apparatus for performing electronic trading using a network connected computing device controlled by a user and having a display screen and at least one processor configured to:
- render on the display screen a plurality of rows, each row displaying a unique tradeable product, and a plurality of fields including bid and offer price fields and bid and offer size fields that correspond to the unique tradeable product;
- cause, in response to a user action, a movement of a cursor on the display screen to a first row of the plurality of rows;
- in response,
- superimpose over the first row a drop down menu having a plurality of rows with different respective size options for trading the unique tradeable product associated with the first row, wherein the drop down menu continues to be superimposed only while the cursor is over the first row, and price changes in the bid and offer price fields corresponding to the unique tradeable product of the plurality of rows are visible while the drop down menu is superimposed, wherein the drop down menu is displayed in a region superimposed over a plurality of the bid size fields or a plurality of the offer size fields and blocks visibility of all values previously displayed in the region;
- select, in response to a user input, a first of the different respective size options;
- and in response,
- transmit, via the network, an order for the unique tradeable product specified in the first row and having a size corresponding to the first of the different respective size options.
A method for performing electronic trading using a network connected computing device controlled by a user and having a display screen and at least one processor, the method being performed by the least one processor and comprising:
- rendering a plurality of rows on the display screen, each said row displaying a unique tradeable product, and a plurality of fields including bid and offer price fields and bid and offer size fields corresponding to the unique tradeable product;
- causing, in response to a user action, a movement of a cursor on the display screen to one of the bid and offer size fields in a first row of the plurality of rows;
- in response,
- superimposing over the first row a drop down menu having a plurality of rows with different respective size options for trading the unique tradeable product associated with the first row, wherein price changes in the bid and offer price fields corresponding to the unique tradeable products of the plurality of rows are visible while the drop down menu is superimposed, and the drop down menu continues to be superimposed only while the cursor is over the first row, wherein the drop down menu is displayed in a region superimposed over a plurality of the bid size fields or a plurality of the offer size fields and blocks visibility of all values previously displayed in the region;
- selecting, in response to a user input, a first of the different size options;
- and in response,
- transmitting, via the network, an order for the unique tradeable product specified in the first row and having a size corresponding to the first of the different respective size options.
A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored therein which, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method for performing electronic trading using a network connected computing device controlled by a user and having a display screen and the at least one processor, the method comprising:
- rendering a plurality of rows on the display screen, each said row displaying a unique tradeable product, and a plurality of fields including bid and offer price fields and bid and offer size fields corresponding to the unique tradeable product;
- causing, in response to a user action, a movement of a cursor on the display screen to one of the bid and offer size fields in a first row of the plurality of rows;
- in response,
- superimposing over the first row a drop down menu having a plurality of rows with different respective size options for trading the unique tradeable product associated with the first row, wherein price changes in the bid and offer price fields corresponding to the unique tradeable product of the plurality of rows are visible while the drop down menu is superimposed, and the drop down menu continues to be superimposed only while the cursor is over the first row, wherein the drop down menu is displayed in a region superimposed over a plurality of the bid size fields or a plurality of the offer size fields and blocks visibility of all values previously displayed in the region;
- selecting, in response to a user input, a first of the different size options;
- and in response,
- transmitting, via the network, an order for the unique tradeable product specified in the first row and having a size corresponding to the first of the different respective size options.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.