Patent 7181406 was granted and assigned to Morgan Stanley on February, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method is provided for displaying the status of a financial indicator using a geographic orientation, where the financial indicator represents financial activity in a particular geographic region. Under the method, a map is displayed that includes the geographic region. Then, a visual indicator that represents the status of the financial indicator is displayed on the geographic region included in the map that is associated with the financial indicator.