Patent ID: 9208523
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A financial market data network, comprising: one or more initial communication interfaces adapted to facilitate communications between the network and one or more external financial exchanges that provide raw financial market data; one or more secondary communication interfaces adapted to facilitate communications between the network and one or more external consumers of the raw financial market data provided by the one or more external financial exchanges; a first specialized switch situated between at least one of the initial communication interfaces and at least one of the secondary communication interfaces, wherein said first specialized switch includes a first switching fabric that is adapted to facilitate communications between the one or more external financial exchanges and the one or more external consumers; a first processor within the first specialized switch, the first processor being configured to: a second specialized switch situated between at least one of the initial communication interfaces and at least one of the secondary communication interfaces, wherein said second specialized switch includes a second switching fabric that is adapted to facilitate communications between the one or more external financial exchanges and the one or more external consumers; a second processor within the second specialized switch, the second processor being configured to: wherein the first and second specialized switches are a pair of redundant specialized switches.