Event-Driven Financial Analysis Interface
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing financial market data systems fail to effectively organize and display the high density of event-related information, leading to cluttered interfaces that hinder user understanding and decision-making.
Innovation Solution
A system that represents financial market events as symbols or icons on a display, organized in multiple dimensions alongside security prices or time-series data, allowing for real-time or pseudo-real-time display of disparate data sources, with icons providing direct visual information or indicating existence based on time scaling to manage data density.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If event-related data is displayed using traditional calendar or timeline interfaces, then the interface structure is simple and easy to understand, but the interface becomes cluttered and nearly useless when displaying more than a few different types of events
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional one-dimensional calendar or timeline views to a multi-dimensional interface where events are organized by type, severity, and time simultaneously. This allows comprehensive event data display without clutter by adding organizational dimensions beyond simple chronological sequencing.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface segments events into distinct categories and types, allowing users to view different event types in organized groups rather than as a cluttered mixture. This segmentation maintains information completeness while preserving interface clarity through structured presentation.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive event data is displayed in detail, then information completeness is improved, but user understanding and absorption of the data becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The interface applies different presentation qualities to different event types and severity levels. Critical events receive prominent display with detailed information, while less critical events are summarized or grouped. This local differentiation allows comprehensive data display while maintaining user comprehension through selective emphasis.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual methods like Excel or whiteboards are used to create catalyst calendars, then customization and adaptability are improved, but time consumption and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates and updates catalyst calendars by pulling event data from multiple sources, eliminating the need for manual creation in Excel or on whiteboards. The interface provides customization capabilities while performing the data gathering and organization automatically, thus maintaining adaptability while dramatically improving productivity.
4Loss of information
If data density is increased to show more events, then information completeness is improved, but interface clutter and difficulty in understanding increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the density-clutter contradiction by organizing high-density event data across multiple dimensions including event type, severity level, and time. This multi-dimensional organization allows comprehensive information display while maintaining interface clarity through structured grouping and hierarchical presentation.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for graphically displaying financial markets event data to a user includes a computer, one or more databases remote from the computer, a communications link configured to permit the computer to access the databases and a user interface having a display device coupled to the computer configured to display information about a selected security, securities or related scenario on a single display screen. The information displayed further includes a time series representing past historical data for the security over a selectable period of time, a first group of catalysts mapped in parallel with the time series of the past historical data corresponding to the security and a second group of catalysts mapped to future data corresponding to the security. Each catalyst is represented by an icon. The icon has one or more attributes that provide direct visual information to the user if the data density is less than a predetermined value, but only indicates an existence of the catalyst and a time frame of the catalyst if the data density is greater than the predetermined value.