Abstract A personal computer system or workstation is arranged to display pertinent trading data in separate windows of a display. A trading window is sub-divided into separate windows, for the display of rich securities data, customer data, bond yield data, and cheap securities data. Upon initiation of a trade, buy/sell tickets and transaction confirmation notices are also displayed. Once a rich bond is selected, a list of customers owning the bond is displayed in another window. Also, the bond yield data is calculated over a period of time and plotted in another window. Yield data for the cheap bond is also plotted in the same window as the rich bond yield data. Once a customer decides to make the trade, buy and sell tickets are completed and the trade order sent to the backroom for completion.
A method for facilitating a securities transaction comprising the following steps: providing data about securities to be traded, said data including the owner of the securities and the past yield performance of the securities; providing data about customers; simultaneously displaying on a computer display data about selected securities, data about selected customers; and initiating a securities transaction.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A system for facilitating a securities transaction comprising: a computer having means for storing data, means for processing data and means for displaying data on a display; said data including securities data and customer data; said data processing means including means for extracting data about selected securities and selected customers, and for transferring said extracted data to said displaying means; said displaying means including means for partitioning a display into windows and means for displaying data about selected securities and selected customers in separate windows; whereby various types of data pertinent to a securities transaction are simultaneously displayed.