Patent ID: 7805709

Claim:
A method for setting operational modes of first and second algorithms, comprising: transmitting a first message having a user ID and an algorithm ID from a first computer to a second computer, the user ID identifying the user, the algorithm ID identifying the second algorithm; accessing a message transmission indicator indicating that the first message was transmitted from the first computer, utilizing the second computer; comparing the user ID to a list of authorized user IDs to determine whether the user ID is valid; comparing the algorithm ID to a list of valid algorithm IDs to determine whether the algorithm ID is valid; setting the operational mode of the first algorithm associated with the first computer to a predetermined operational mode when the user ID is valid and the algorithm ID is valid; and setting the operational mode of the second algorithm associated with the second computer to the predetermined operational mode when the user ID is valid and the algorithm ID is valid; wherein the predetermined operational mode comprises a bypass mode; wherein execution of the second algorithm is bypassed, and the predetermined operational mode comprises a tap mode wherein the first algorithm is executed.