Fully configurable trading keyboard
CA 2732007 C · Owner: Espeed, Inc. · Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W.; Noviello, Joseph
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The present invention provides a trading keyboard that can be configured both physically and functionally according to a user's preferences. The trading keyboard preferably includes self-identifying key covers that can be physically arranged on any of the keyboard's key bases. Detection mechanisms included in the key bases detect the commands of the trading application associated with each self-identifying key cover. Therefore the user may reposition the key covers on the keyboard according to the user's preferences and yet retain the same functionality for the key covers. The user may also switch between keyboard modes that allow the keyboard to be functionally reconfigured. By selecting …
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- Filed May 10, 2005 and granted June 28, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 2025.
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