Patents by Inventor Mark W. Triplett

Mark W. Triplett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8407132
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Publication number: 20120265664
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to intelligently activating and deactivating a trading tool element of a trading tool to improve a user's confidence in the trading tool. By dynamically activating and deactivating elements on the trading screen, the trading tool effectively increases a user's confidence in placing a trading order, canceling a trade order, or both, for example, by eliminating or reducing undesirable options. Undesirable options might include those that are risky, contrary to a particular trading strategy, would result in a loss of money, and so on. Such an embodiment can improve the overall speed at which a user places or cancels a trade order by, among other things, effectively increasing the user's overall confidence in the trading tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark W. TRIPLETT, Brian J. BUCK
  • Publication number: 20120259765
    Abstract: A user can submit an order to buy or sell a tradeable object, only the order does not get sent to the matching engine. Instead, the order is placed in temporary storage and it is displayed to the user in the form of a virtual order icon. The virtual order icon indicates that an order request is waiting for an event to occur before it is automatically released to the matching engine. The virtual order icon can be managed by the user, which might include moving the icon to a different price level or deleting it. The system continuously monitors for an event to take place. In response to detecting the event, the order is released to the matching engine. As such, the virtual order icon is transformed or removed and a real order icon is displayed indicating that the order has now been sent to the matching engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Publication number: 20120254016
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Trading Technologies International Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 8249978
    Abstract: A user can submit an order to buy or sell a tradeable object, only the order does not get sent to the matching engine. Instead, the order is placed in temporary storage and it is displayed to the user in the form of a virtual order icon. The virtual order icon indicates that an order request is waiting for an event to occur before it is automatically released to the matching engine. The virtual icon to a different price level or deleting it. The system continuously monitors for an event to take place. In response to detecting the event, the order is released to the matching engine. As such, the virtual order icon is transformed or removed and a real order icon is displayed indicating that the order has now been sent to the matching engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 8219486
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Publication number: 20120109845
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a trading screen allow a market value indicator to go out of view without necessarily triggering a command to reposition a value axis. The value axis may be repositioned to bring the market value indicator back in view when the market value indicator satisfies a threshold condition. The threshold condition is defined such that it is possible for the market value indicator to go out of view and not trigger a command to reposition the value axis. Various embodiments automatically reposition the value axis in a way that can provide the user with more overall control of the trading screen than previous trading screens. Further, the user may gain increased confidence in using the trading display, particularly with respect to single action order entry, because there is less risk of the value changing on the display during order entry. These advantages and others will be evident to a person of ordinary skill in the art of the embodiments described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Publication number: 20120066112
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 8086522
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Publication number: 20110276462
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Trading Technologies International Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 8010443
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 7917428
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Publication number: 20110029426
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 7769671
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 7761362
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Publication number: 20100153257
    Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 7647266
    Abstract: A user can submit an order to buy or sell a tradeable object, only the order does not get sent to the matching engine. Instead, the order is placed in temporary storage and it is displayed to the user in the form of a virtual order icon. The virtual order icon indicates that an order request is waiting for an event to occur before it is automatically released to the matching engine. The virtual order icon can be managed by the user, which might include moving the virtual order icon to a different price level or deleting it. The preferred system continuously monitors for an event to take place, and in response to detecting the event, the order is released to the matching engine. As such, a real order icon is displayed to indicate that the order has now been sent to the matching engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 7454382
    Abstract: A user can submit an order to buy or sell a tradeable object, only the order does not get sent to the matching engine. Instead, the order is placed in temporary storage and it is displayed to the user in the form of a virtual order icon. The virtual order icon indicates that an order request is waiting for an event to occur before it is automatically released to the matching engine. The virtual order icon can be managed by the user, which might include moving the icon to a different price level or deleting it. The system continuously monitors for an event to take place. In response to detecting the event, the order is released to the matching engine. As such, the virtual order icon is transformed or removed and a real order icon is displayed indicating that the order has now been sent to the matching engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 7389258
    Abstract: A system and method for trading and displaying market information along a static axis are described to ensure fast and accurate execution of trades. The static axis, whether is a straight axis or a curved one, can be oriented in any direction. Regardless of how the axis is oriented, a first region may display price levels that are arranged along the static axis. A second region, which overlaps the first region, may display one or more indicators for highlighting one of the price levels associated with the lowest offer and one of the price levels associated with the highest bid. Moreover, a third region, which overlaps the first region, may be included for initiating placement of an order to buy or an order to sell the tradeable object through an action of a user input device. Other overlapping regions may also be displayed so that additional market information may be viewed by a trader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Harris C. Brumfield, Steven F. Borsand, Mark W. Triplett
  • Patent number: 7228289
    Abstract: A system and method for trading and displaying market information along a static axis are described to ensure fast and accurate execution of trades. The static axis, whether is a straight axis or a curved one, can be oriented in any direction. Regardless of how the axis is oriented, a first region may display price levels that are arranged along the static axis. A second region, which overlaps the first region, may display one or more indicators for highlighting one of the price levels associated with the lowest offer and one of the price levels associated with the highest bid. Moreover, a third region, which overlaps the first region, may be included for initiating placement of an order to buy or an order to sell the tradeable object through an action of a user input device. Other overlapping regions may also be displayed so that additional market information may be viewed by a trader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Harris C. Brumfield, Steven F. Borsand, Mark W. Triplett