Patent ID: 7912781
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for processing electronic trading information for risk assessment and management, comprising: receiving a first data stream including a plurality of different types of electronic trading information on a server device with one or more processors from a plurality of electronic trading exchanges via a communications network; splitting the first data stream on the server device into a plurality of second data streams in real-time, wherein each of the plurality of second data streams includes one or more of the plurality of different types of electronic trading information from the first data stream; making the plurality of second data streams available in real-time to a plurality of target devices each with one or more processors via the server device, thereby allowing the plurality of target devices to selectively request one or more of the plurality of second data streams from the server device in real-time; extracting on an individual target device from selected ones of the plurality of second data streams one or more different types of electronic trading information for trading risk assessment and management for one or more trading accounts being traded on the plurality of electronic trading exchanges; providing trading risk assessment and management information faster and more efficiently than receiving and using the same electronic trading information from the entire first data stream, wherein the individual target device is able to receive the selected ones of the plurality of second data streams using less bandwidth from the server device and wherein processing the selected ones of the plurality of second data streams on the target device requires less processing cycles than processing the entire first data stream including all of the plurality of types of electronic trading information for risk assessment and management; and displaying the trading risk assessment and management information in real-time for trading positions for trading accounts being traded on the plurality of electronic trading exchanges in one or more different types of specialized risk assessment and management graphical windows on the individual target device and on the server device.