Market data alert and news-driven alert system

Abstract

A system for providing a real-time user notice or alert for traders and daytraders based on stockmarket events or other market data is disclosed. The system provides for receiving a user selection of a first market event setting, and receiving user input specifying a maximum period of time, and providing the alert only if within the maximum period of time specified a first market signal corresponding to the first market event occurs and a second market signal corresponding to the first market event occurs, the first and second market event both corresponding to the same market event selection but being at different values. Also, customizable business or market news-based alerting is disclosed to allow signals and/or filters to be set for news-driven alerts.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic news data stream filtering method correlating automatically a market-traded item signal with news content, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a computing device, the market-traded item signal indicating selection, by input from a user interface, of the market-traded item;   receiving automatically the electronic news data stream including a plurality of content pieces;   determining, by the computing device, that at least one content piece of the plurality of content pieces relates to the market-traded item selected; and   generating and transmitting, only when the at least one content piece relates to the market-traded item selected, an electronic user notification indicating the at least one content piece.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user notification includes an identification of the market-item selected. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one content piece includes an analysis, an opinion or a recommendation identifying or related to the market-traded item selected. 
     
     
         4 . An electronic news data stream filtering method correlating automatically with news content an electronic event signal indicating an event concerning at least one market-traded item, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a computing device, the electronic event signal indicating selection, by input from a user interface, of the event concerning at least one market-traded item;   receiving automatically the electronic news data stream including a plurality of content pieces;   determining, by the computing device, that at least one content piece of the plurality of content pieces relates to the event selected; and   generating and transmitting automatically, only when the at least one content piece relates to the event selected, an electronic user notification indicating the at least one content piece.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the user notification includes an identification of the event selected. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the user notification includes identification of the event selected and identification of the at least one market-traded item that the event selected concerns. 
     
     
         7 . An electronic news data stream processing method analyzing automatically an electronic news data stream for an electronic signal indicating a market-traded item, the method comprising:
 receiving automatically, by a computing device, the electronic news data stream including a plurality of content pieces;   detecting automatically, by the computing device, a first set of content pieces of the plurality of content pieces, each content piece of the first set containing the electronic signal indicating the market-traded item,   wherein the electronic market-traded item signal indicates that a content piece refers to the market-traded item or describes an event involving the market-traded item; and   generating and transmitting automatically, only when a determination indicates that a total number of content pieces contained in the first set is greater than a threshold number, an electronic user notification indicating the market-traded item to a user interface.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein a content piece of the first set includes an analysis, an opinion or a recommendation identifying or related to the market-traded item.