Patent ID: 7986685

Claim:
A system for transmitting a real-time XML message from a source to at least one destination through a network, the real-time XML message having at least one real-time validation element expressing a real-time property of the real-time XML message, the system comprising an XML router configured to: receive the real-time XML message through a first communications link in the network; send to the source, responsive to the at least one real-time validation element indicating data within the real-time XML message is invalid, a request for an update to the real-time XML message; and determine, responsive to the at least one real-time validation element indicating data within the real-time XML message is not invalid, the at least one destination from an XML address associated with a destination element of the real-time XML message; and; forward the real-time XML message through a second communications link in the network in response thereto.