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Methods and apparatus for performing risk checking

  • US 9,792,649 B1
  • Filed: 10/05/2011
  • Issued: 10/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic communication network, comprising:

  • a gateway device;

    a security switch coupled to a switch of a broker system and to a trader system and to said gateway device, said security switch being configured to communicate rules received from said broker system, rules received from said trader system and messages received from said trader system to the gateway device;

    said gateway device including;

    a first interface for receiving messages sent by a user of the trader system on behalf of a client, from the trader system to the security switch without passing through said broker system;

    a storage device including stored message checking rules, said message checking rules including;

    i) broker specified rules communicated from said switch of the broker system to the security switch and ii) trader specified rules communicated from the trader system to the security switch over a communications path which does not traverse the broker system;

    a processor configured to check a message, sent by a user of the trader system over the communications path which does not traverse the broker system, for compliance with broker specified rules and trader specified rules and to reject the message if it fails a check; and

    an electronic communications network switch interface;

    a matching engine; and

    an internal electronic communications network switch coupled to said electronic communications network switch interface of said gateway device and to the matching engine for passing messages which are not rejected by said gateway device to the matching engine for processing.

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