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Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2006
Applicants:

Howard W. Lutnick, New York, NY (US);

Joseph Noviello, Summit, NJ (US);

Michael Sweeting, Aldershot, GB;

Bijoy Paul, Morganville, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Howard W. Lutnick, New York, NY (US);

Joseph Noviello, Summit, NJ (US);

Michael Sweeting, Aldershot, GB;

Bijoy Paul, Morganville, NJ (US);

Assignee:

BGC Partners, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing trading exclusivity/priority in response to quantity of items traded in electronic trading systems is provided. The method preferably includes receiving an incoming order for the item and determining whether the incoming order matches a current order for the item and satisfies a minimum volume requirement. When the incoming order matches a current order for the item and satisfies a minimum volume requirement, the method includes transacting a trade between the incoming order and the current order and providing a predetermined time period of exclusive trading between a participant associated with the incoming order and a participant associated with the current order.


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