Abstract: A system for distributing indications of interest (IOIs) to trade one or more financial instruments is provided, where the system includes at least an input/output (I/O) device, an order management system, a data server, and an analysis and correlation engine communicatively coupled to the I/O device, the order management system, and the data server. The analysis and correlation engine can be configured to receive merchandise-related data from the I/O device, trade order data from the order management system, and client holdings data from the data server. The system can be configured to calculate correlation data based on the merchandise-related data, the trade order data, and the client holdings data and to select one or more target clients for receiving IOIs based on the correlation data. The system can also create and transmit IOI messages to the one or more target clients.

Abstract: A system for distributing indications of interest (IOIs) to trade one or more financial instruments is provided, where the system includes at least an input/output (I/O) device, an order management system, a data server, and an analysis and correlation engine communicatively coupled to the I/O device, the order management system, and the data server. The analysis and correlation engine can be configured to receive merchandise-related data from the I/O device, trade order data from the order management system, and client holdings data from the data server. The system can be configured to calculate correlation data based on the merchandise-related data, the trade order data, and the client holdings data and to select one or more target clients for receiving IOIs based on the correlation data. The system can also create and transmit IOI messages to the one or more target clients.

Abstract: A data structure and associated data management methods for highly flexible storage of data for a wide variety of application programs. Data is stored as a plurality of Blops, each of which has a list of Properties associated with it. Each Property contains zero or more elements. Elements are Values, each of which has a Basic Type and consists of a variable length sequence of bytes. The Basic Type defines the format of the Value, as well as meta-information such as compression and encryption. Elements can also be Compound Types, which nestably refer to another list of Properties. Blops are stored in Containers, which map to the physical medium on which the data is stored. Containers associate respective Container Handlers which are specific to the Container's physical medium. Related Blops in a Container are organized into Pools of Blops. Each Container contains one or more Pools, each Pool having a unique name within the Container. A Pool contains multiple versions of a Blop.

Abstract: A data structure and associated data management methods for highly flexible storage of data for a wide variety of application programs. Data is stored as a plurality of Blops, each of which has a list of Properties associated with it. Each Property contains zero or more elements. Elements are Values, each of which has a Basic Type and consists of a variable length sequence of bytes. The Basic Type defines the format of the Value, as well as meta-information such as compression and encryption. Elements can also be Compound Types, which nestably refer to another list of Properties. Blops are stored in Containers, which map to the physical medium on which the data is stored. Containers associate respective Container Handlers which are specific to the Container's physical medium. Related Blops in a Container are organized into Pools of Blops. Each Container contains one or more Pools, each Pool having a unique name within the Container. A Pool contains multiple versions of a Blop.

Abstract: A data structure and associated data management methods for highly flexible storage of data for a wide variety of application programs. Data is stored as a plurality of Blops, each of which has a list of Properties associated with it. Each Property contains zero or more elements. Elements can be Values, each of which has a Basic Type and consists of a variable length sequence of bytes. The Basic Type can define the format of the Value, as well as meta-information such as compression and encryption. Elements can also be Compound Types, which nestably refer to another list of Properties. Blops are stored in Containers, which map to the physical medium on which the data is stored. Containers can associate respective Container Handlers which are specific to the Container's physical medium. Related Blops in a Container can be organized into Pools of Blops. Each Container may contain one or more Pools, each Pool having a unique name within the Container. A Pool may contain multiple versions of a Blop.