1. A computer-implemented method for routing indications of interest using a server system, including one or more computers each having at least one processor and an associated memory, wherein the server system is capable of communication with a dealer computer and a client computer, the method comprising:
receiving, at the server system, information from the dealer computer related to a potential order for a stock;
transmitting, from the server system, an indication of interest (IOI) using the information received from the dealer computer which comprises a set of transaction terms, including a stock identifier, a price, and a quantity;
receiving, at the server system, a selection of a control feature associated with the IOI; and
automatically initiating an online negotiation process at the server system based upon the information in the IOI, in response to the selection of the control feature associated with the IOI.
2. The method of claim 1:
wherein the control feature is an input item capable of selection at the client computer and causing transmission of an indication to the server system to generate a trade ticket including information representative of a set of transaction terms.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, at the server system, communicating the trade ticket to the dealer computer, and wherein communicating the trade ticket, includes causing the presentation of graphical representations of a set of response options on a display associated with the dealer computer, the set of response options including:
a first option to communicate signals representative of an acceptance of the trade ticket; and
a second option to communicate signals representative of an acceptance of the trade ticket and a desire to transact a larger quantity of stock than the quantity of the IOI.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
receiving a set of access values from the dealer computer, wherein at least one of the access values affects eligibility of a client to access the trade ticket.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein at least another of the access values affects whether the client, using the client computer, can anonymously communicate signals representative of an acceptance in response to the signals representative of the trade ticket.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein at least another of the access values affects whether signals representative of the trade ticket are presented together with signals representative of a user selectable option to signify an interest in a larger quantity of stock than associated with the trade ticket.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating signals representative of a trade ticket to an order management system, in response to communication of signals representative of an acceptance of terms presented during the online negotiation process.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus for receiving a spread-spectrum (SS) signal transmitted at a radio-frequency (RF) and recovering information coded therein, comprising:
(a) a first surface acoustic wave (SAW) correlator having an input and an output, with the input of the first SAW correlator being operatively connected to an antenna to receive the SS signal;
(b) a first RF envelope detector connected to the output of the first SAW correlator to rectify the output of the first SAW correlator;
(c) a second SAW correlator with the input thereof operatively connected to the antenna to receive the SS signal;
(d) a second RF envelope detector connected to the output of the second SAW correlator to rectify the output of the second SAW correlator;
(e) a first pulse-shaping circuit connected to the first RF envelope detector to receive the rectified output of the first SAW correlator and to produce therefrom a first bipolar pulse signal having a first period inversely related to a first intermediate frequency, with the first intermediate frequency being lower than a carrier frequency of the SS signal;
(f) a second pulse-shaping circuit connected to the second RF envelope detector to receive the rectified output of the second SAW correlator and to produce therefrom a second bipolar electrical pulse signal having a second period inversely related to a second intermediate frequency, with the second intermediate frequency being lower than the carrier frequency of the SS signal; and
(g) a third correlator operatively connected to receive the first and second bipolar electrical pulse signals at an input thereof and to provide at an output thereof a low-frequency output signal containing the information in a decoded state.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an intermediate-frequency (IF) amplifier operatively connected between the pulse-shaping circuits and the third correlator to amplify the first and second bipolar electrical pulses.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the third correlator is a SAW correlator.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the third correlator is a digital correlator.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each pulse-shaping circuit comprises an L-C pulse-shaping circuit.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first and second SAW correlators each have a chip length that is equal to an integer n.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the third correlator has a chip length that is equal to an integer m, and the information coded in the SS signal has a code length equal to n\xd7m.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the code length n\xd7m of the information coded in the SS signal is equal to an integer in a range of 100 to 2000.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the information coded in the SS signal is coded with a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) code.