Patent ID: 7496533
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating trading among a set of processes having respective owners, comprising: automatically, via a computer, operating at least one of the processes according to an order processing methodology by for each of the rules having a satisfied condition, automatically, via a computer, configuring the at least one process to act on the at least one action, wherein at least one action of at least one rule in the decision table is to store an order in the holding tank, the holding tank having one or more market-related conditions associated therewith that are applicable to the holding tank as a whole, the method further comprising monitoring the one or more conditions of the holding tank and when the one or more conditions are met, removing all of the plurality of unrelated orders from the holding tank and taking at least one specified trading-related action with respect to each of the removed orders.