Dale H Sundby, Age 737740 Eads Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037

2010002, Jan 28, 2010

Jul 13, 2009

12/502148

Dale Sundby - La Jolla CA, US

G06Q 40/00

705 36 R

Method for measuring performance in securities trading is disclosed; the method comprises associating trades with a user profile and examining performance and updating the profile based in part on the trades. Trading may be simulated or may comprise actual trading of securities through one or more broker partners. Social networking options and features are also provided. A method of providing a synchronized securities trading is also given, the method comprising servicing trades of a first entity (the first entity may be an individual or an RIA) and servicing a similar trade by a second entity. According to this method payment to the first entity is calculated as a percentage of the amount traded by the second entity or by examining performance of trades with respect to a reference. The reference may comprise for example the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrial Average. Methods of conducting business are also given.

4906843, Mar 6, 1990

Oct 6, 1988

7/254446

Terrill H. Jones - San Diego CA
Dale H. Sundby - La Jolla CA
Steven A. Wright - La Jolla CA

MARQ Technolgies - San Diego CA

G01V 904
G06K 710

250221

A hand held unit can operate as a mouse to move a cursor on a display, as a hand held optical scanner for entering into a computer characters or graphic information delineated on a work sheet across which the unit is moved, or as a digitizing puck for tracing and digitizing lines or curves on a work sheet laid over a digitizing pad. The unit is connected via an electrical cable to an interface board plugged into an expansion slot inside a personal computer.