Graphical user interface for managing and distributing indications of interest

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a display device;
• and
• a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer to perform a method of generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for enabling an end user of the GUI to manage the distribution of indications of interest (IOIs) to one or more clients, the method comprising:
• receiving, from an order management server, a plurality of orders to trade financial instruments;
• rendering, on a display device, a plurality of rows, each row corresponding to an order to trade a financial instrument;
• rendering, on the display device, a plurality of columns, each column corresponding to one of the one or more clients, wherein each column intersects each of the plurality of rows to define a cell at each said intersection;
• accessing a data store to read data corresponding to the one or more clients, wherein the data describes one or more of the clients' current and historical holdings of financial instruments, the clients' current orders, and the clients' proprietary trading interest;
• determining, based on the data corresponding to the one or more clients, one or more sets of data, each data set corresponding to one of the orders to trade a financial instrument and to one of the one or more clients;
• selecting and rendering, for each of the data sets, a graphical symbol in the cell defined at the intersection of the row and column of, respectively, the corresponding order to trade a financial instrument and the corresponding one of the one or more clients, wherein the graphical symbol is selected based on the data set;
• and
• generating, for each cell, graphical means for receiving instructions to transmit an IOI to the corresponding client for the corresponding financial instrument, wherein receiving said instructions causes the GUI to transmit an instruction to an IOI transmission module to distribute the IOI for the corresponding financial instrument to the corresponding client.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by a processor on a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for enabling an end user of the GUI to manage the distribution of indications of interest (IOIs) to one or more clients, the method comprising:

• receiving, from an order management server, a plurality of orders to trade financial instruments;
• rendering, on a display device, a plurality of rows, each row corresponding to an order to trade a financial instrument;
• rendering, on the display device, a plurality of columns, each column corresponding to one of the one or more clients, wherein each column intersects each of the plurality of rows to define a cell at each said intersection;
• accessing a data store to read data corresponding to the one or more clients, wherein the data describes one or more of the clients' current and historical holdings of financial instruments, the clients' current orders, and the clients' proprietary trading interest;
• determining, based on the data corresponding to the one or more clients, one or more sets of data, each data set corresponding to one of the orders to trade a financial instrument and to one of the one or more clients;
• selecting and rendering, for each of the data sets, a graphical symbol in the cell defined at the intersection of the row and column of, respectively, the corresponding order to trade a financial instrument and the corresponding one of the one or more clients, wherein the graphical symbol is selected based on the data set;
• and
• generating, for each cell, graphical means for receiving instructions to transmit an IOI to the corresponding client for the corresponding financial instrument, wherein receiving said instructions causes the GUI to transmit an instruction to an IOI transmission module to distribute the IOI for the corresponding financial instrument to the corresponding client.