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System and Method for the Automated Brokerage of Financial Instruments

  • US 20090240613A1
  • Filed: 03/26/2009
  • Published: 09/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of scaling an automated financial instrument brokerage system, the system comprising a plurality of applications in communication with a plurality of server groups, the applications being configured to generate activity requests related to one or more financial instruments in response to input from a remote user, the activity requests having a plurality of activity request types, each server group comprising a plurality of servers configured to process a different type of activity request, the method comprising:

  • providing at least one load balancer to connect the applications with the server groups;

    registering each server of the server groups with the at least one load balancer;

    directing the generated activity requests from the applications to the at least one load balancer;

    distributing, from the load balancer, the directed activity requests among the registered servers.

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