Patents by Inventor Schalk Steyn

Schalk Steyn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Distribution of data to multiple recipients
    Patent number: 8416801
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: EBS Group Limited
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter R. Horsfall, Steven Iaccheo, Michael Merold, Schalk Steyn
  • DISTRIBUTION OF DATA TO MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS
    Publication number: 20110047064
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: EBS GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter R. Horsfall, Steven Iaccheo, Michael Merold, Schalk Steyn
  • Distribution of data to multiple recipients
    Patent number: 7848349
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: EBS Group Limited
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter R. Horsfall, Steven Iaccheo, Michael Merold, Schalk Steyn
  • Distribution of Data to Multiple Recipients
    Publication number: 20070124419
    Abstract: In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: EBS Group Limited
    Inventors: Edward Howorka, Peter Horsfall, Steven Iaccheo, Michael Merold, Schalk Steyn