Patent ID: 8762242

Claim:
A system for pooling computing server resources comprising: a plurality of quotation servers; each of said quotation servers configured to maintain a dealer data record comprising a price and yield quotation for a bond; at least one of said dealer data records different than another said dealer data record; a clearing server configured to maintain a clearing data record of historical trades, said clearing data record comprising an actual traded price and yield for said bond; a terms database configured to maintain information associated with a plurality of bond issues; a lead dealer database configured to associate a lead dealer with each of said plurality of bond issues; and a quotation engine connected to said quotation servers, said clearing server, said terms database and said lead dealer database; said quotation engine configured to identify said lead dealer associated with said bond using said lead dealer database; said quotation engine configured to perform a plurality of operations based on said dealer data records, said clearing data, and said information; said plurality of operations configured to successively delete one or more of said dealer data records based on a comparison of said actual traded price and yield, a lead dealer price and yield quotation, and a remainder of said price and yield quotations; said quotation engine configured to determine a final price and yield by averaging price and yield quotations of surviving dealer data records.