Patent attributes
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system/apparatus for reducing a data size of a database/data structure stored in a memory of a data transaction processing system, which stores a plurality of data records, each of the plurality of data records being characterized by a record data size and storing data indicative of a position (of one or more portfolios) in one or more financial instruments, such as interest rate swaps, futures contracts, etc. The system/apparatus may be referred to as an architecture which enables post-trade processing of portfolio/position databases/data structures, or subsets thereof, to reduce the data size thereof for storage, communication and/or processing and may further reduce other aspects or characteristics such as gross notional value, total risk, etc. More particularly, the disclosed embodiments implement a compression module which, as described above, may be a part of the exchange computer system or an adjunct service provided thereto, and which processes a select subset of data records to effect an optimized reduction thereof as described.
