Patent ID: 7962401

Claim:
A method for processing messages in a trading system operated in at least one of a data- and telecommunication network, comprising the following method steps: consolidating the messages at a consolidation point in a server layer by collecting the messages in multiple concatenated predetermined hold-back time frames; transmitting the messages collected in said hold-back time frames for processing when a hold-back time of said hold-back time frames has lapsed in time, thus eliminating transactional overhead and achieving a substantial gain in message processing throughput time in said trading system, wherein said hold-back time of said hold-back time frames is increased in response to an increase in the intensity of message traffic to said server layer and said hold-back time of said hold-back time frames is decreased in response to a decrease in the intensity of message traffic to said server layer; and wherein the multiple connected intermediate servers make up a tree like structure, where the consolidation point of each intermediate server off-loads the workload for a next consolidation point in another intermediate server in a distribution chain of messages before processing.