COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES

摘要

Computer system (1) for the exchange of messages via the internet for the online processing of trade transactions, comprising a plurality of client computers with internet interfaces (3), at least one central lead-server (7) connected to a central data base (8), and distribution points with a filter function arranged between client computers (2) and the at least one leadserver (7); a plurality of proxy computers (4) is provided to act as distribution points between the client computers (2) and the at least one central lead-server (7), which proxy computers (4) have at least one load balancer module (5) adapted to distribute messages among the predefined proxy computers (4) arranged upstream of them; each proxy computer comprises a relevance filter module (11) which is adapted to check arriving messages coming in from client computers (2) for their relevance according to predefined criteria and to forward only relevant messages; the communication between client computers (2) and proxy computers (4) is based on the HTTP protocol.