| 摘要 |
A computer interface system for providing a visual display of a financial market comprising a plurality of display sectors, each display sector representing a financial sector, and the size of each display sector corresponding to a specified characteristic of the financial sector. Furthermore, a plurality of company regions are disposed within each display sector, each company region representing a company, and each of the company regions associated with a financial sector represented by the display sector. The size of each company region corresponds to a specified characteristic of said company region. In one embodiment the specified characteristic may be market capitalization. The display sectors may be further divided into a plurality of industry regions, wherein each industry region corresponds to an industry within the financial sector represented by the corresponding display sector. Each company region may be represented by a color corresponding to a characteristic of the corresponding company, such as market performance. Also, a user may manipulate the visual display by zooming in and out of display sectors and industry regions. Additional commands and buttons may also be provided to further provide means for manipulation the visual display and for providing information to a user. It is understood that the computer interface system may be modified to provide an alternative visual display other than one for a financial market. |
