Patent ID: 9417936
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for managing processing of a plurality of messages, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a message, of the plurality of messages, which includes a plurality of quotes for at least one financial instrument; determining, by the processor upon receipt of the message, a number of previously received messages of the plurality of messages for which processing has begun but not yet completed and further determining, by the processor, whether the number of previously received messages for which processing has begun but not yet completed plus the received message complies with a limit of how many messages may be concurrently processed; and wherein, if it is determined that the number of previously received messages for which processing has begun but not yet completed plus the received message complies with the limit of how many messages may be concurrently processed, commencing processing by the processor of the received message, and if it is determined that the number of previously received messages for which processing has begun but not yet completed plus the received message does not comply with the limit of how many messages may be concurrently processed, not commencing processing by the processor of the received message.