Patent ID: 8429059
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for processing electronic trading information for electronic trading and electronic option trading management, comprising: receiving a first data stream including a plurality of different types of electronic options trading information from one or more electronic trading exchanges via a communications network on a server network device with one or more processors connected to a plurality of network interface cards (NICs), each with one or more processors, each of the plurality of NICs connected to a communications bus and to the communications network; splitting in real-time the first data stream on the server network device and the plurality of NICs into a plurality of second data streams, wherein each of the plurality of second data streams includes one or more of the plurality of different types of electronic options trading information from the first data stream; making available in real-time the plurality of second data streams to a plurality of target network devices each with one or more processors via the server network device and the plurality of NICs and the communications network, wherein the plurality of target network devices selectively request one or more of the plurality of second data streams from the server device or the plurality of NICs in real-time via the communications network; extracting automatically via an application on an individual target device from selected ones of the plurality of second data streams one or more different types of electronic options trading information for trading risk assessment and management for one or more electronic option trading accounts being traded on the electronic trading exchanges; providing automatically option trading risk assessment and management information faster and more efficiently than receiving and using the same electronic option 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 than is required for receiving the entire first data stream from the server network device or the plurality of NICs 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, and wherein the option trading risk assessment and management information includes an “integrated viewpoint” that aggregates an option trader's activities across all electronic option trading accounts and current and historical option trades on all option trading exchanges; displaying automatically via the application on the individual target device the option trading risk assessment and management information in real-time for option trading positions for trading accounts being traded on the one or more electronic trading exchanges in one or more different types of specialized graphical windows on the individual target device; and executing automatically via the application on the individual target device one or more electronic option trades on the one or more electronic trading exchanges using the option trading risk assessment and management information displayed in the one or more specialized graphical windows.