Patent ID: 6243757
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A system for filtering and distributing information, the system comprising:a distribution network;one or more feed processors connected to the information distribution network, wherein each feed processor receives messages from an external information source, extracts at least one key from each message and, for each key, generates a data set containing the key (keyple);one or more collection processors connected to the information distribution network, wherein each collection processor receives keyples transmitted by one or more feed processors over the distribution network, and generates one or more keyple collections; andone or more computers connected to the collection processors, wherein each computer receives messages associated with one or more keyple collections generated by the collection processors, the feed processors package multiple keyples into keyple packets and transmit keyple packets over the information distribution network; and the information distribution network further comprises one or more keyple routers connected over the information distribution network, wherein each keyple router receives keyple packets from either a feed processor or another keyple router, extracts keyples from a keyple packet, and routes each keyple either to another keyple router or to a collection processor.