The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2006
Paul J. Callaway, Chicago, IL (US);
Sunil Kiran Cutinho, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Paul M. Dantzig, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Stephen M. Goldman, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Francis Nicholas Parr, New York, NY (US);
Agnes Shanthi Thiruthuvadoss, Chicago, IL (US);
Paul J. Callaway, Chicago, IL (US);
Sunil Kiran Cutinho, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Paul M. Dantzig, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Stephen M. Goldman, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Francis Nicholas Parr, New York, NY (US);
Agnes Shanthi Thiruthuvadoss, Chicago, IL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for processing requests in a data processing system. While the principles of the invention are not limited to a particular domain, they are particularly suitable for use in an electronic trading system. By way of example of one aspect of the invention, a method for directing requests to at least one node in a system comprising multiple nodes and a plurality of requests comprises associating a number to each request, assigning at least one number to each node so as to balance a load across the nodes, and sending a request to a node based on the number associated to the request. Various other aspects are disclosed.