ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,995, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Cboe Exchange Inc. (Chicago).
"Virtual trading floor" was invented by Scott Paul Pedersen (Barrington, Ill.) and Jordan Newmark (Evanston, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for virtual floor trading implemented via an exchange system includes establishing a secure connection with a first market participant and transmitting, to a computing device associated with a first market participant, data causing a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computing device to render a graphical representation of a virtual trading floor associated with the exchange system. The method also includes re...