Distribution of data to multiple recipients

US8416801B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EBS Group Limited · GB

Inventors

• Edward R. Howorka · Denville, US
• Peter R. Horsfall · Morristown, US
• Steven Iaccheo · Pompton Lakes, US
• Michael Merold · Sparta, US
• Schalk Steyn · Morristown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.