Patent ID: 7555457

Claim:
A computer-based method for hosting a collection of independent electronic exchanges for use in electronic trading from remote client devices, the method comprising: hosting a collection of independent electronic exchanges on one or more computers at a site operated by a managing entity, wherein the hosted collection of independent electronic exchanges comprises a first electronic exchange and a second electronic exchange; using the hosted collection of independent electronic exchanges to host at the one or more computers the first electronic exchange controlled by a first entity that facilitates electronic trading between buyers and sellers of a first tradeable object, wherein the first entity is different from the managing entity; using the hosted collection of independent electronic exchanges to host at the one or more computers a second electronic exchange controlled by a second entity that facilitates electronic trading between buyers and sellers of a second tradeable object, wherein the second entity is different from the first entity; receiving at the one or more computers of the site bids to purchase or offers to sell the first tradeable object, and directing the bids and offers within the site to a first matching engine for the first electronic exchange, wherein the first matching engine automatically matches the bids and offers received for the first tradeable object; and receiving at the one or more computers of the site bids to purchase or offers to sell the second tradeable object, and directing the bids and offers within the site to a second matching engine for the second electronic exchange, wherein the second matching engine automatically matches the bids and offers received for the second tradeable object.