Patent ID: 7809841
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for an improved communication in an electronic trading environment, comprising: establishing a communication session between a client terminal and a gateway over a network communication link, wherein communication session resources are allocated at the gateway for the client terminal to maintain the communication session between the client terminal and the gateway; receiving initialization data at the client terminal from the gateway, wherein the initialization data enables the client terminal to connect to an electronic exchange via the gateway and to trade a tradeable object at the electronic exchange; receiving the initialization data for the client terminal at a connection proxy and storing the initialization data at the connection proxy; detecting by the connection proxy that the network communication link between the client terminal and the gateway has been terminated; for a period of time after detecting that the network communication link has been terminated, providing by the connection proxy a signal to a status application at the gateway on behalf of the client terminal to maintain the communication session at the gateway for the client terminal such that the gateway does not release the communication session resources allocated at the gateway for the client terminal; if the connection proxy detects that the network communication link between the client terminal and the gateway has been restored during the period of time, providing the initialization data from the connection proxy to the client terminal, such that the client terminal can connect to the electronic exchange through the gateway and can trade the tradeable object at the electronic exchange using the communication session established for the client terminal at the gateway prior to the termination of the network communication link; and if the connection proxy detects that the network communication link between the client terminal and the gateway has not been restored during the period of time, terminating generation of the signal to the status application at the gateway on behalf of the client terminal such that the gateway release the communication session for the client terminal.