# US 12,010,083 B2 · System and method for regulating electronic message transmissions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,083 B2 - Document ID: US12010083B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/195,462 - Filed: 2023-05-10 - Published: 2023-08-31 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-28 - Assignees: Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. - Applicants: Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. - Inventors: Vladimir Parizhsky; Alexei Lebedev; Robert Cornish - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010083B2 ## CPC - H04L 51/222: using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area - H04L 51/212: using filtering or selective blocking - H04L 51/214: using selective forwarding - H04L 51/226: Delivery according to priorities - G06Q 10/107: Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing] - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Systems and methods for regulating electronic messages transmissions. A message delay system is disposed between one or more first entities and a second entity within at least one network. Electronic messages are received from among at least one the first entities and the second entity at one or more message arrival times. A message delay component applies a delay to each received electronic message, based on a predefined delay time common to all of the first entities and a first entity delay offset associated with a first entity that is associated with the received message. The first entity delay offset is based on a geographical origin of the first entity relative to a geographical origin of the second entity. Each delayed message is transmitted to a designated recipient via the network, where the designated recipient is among the second entity and the first entities. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: at least one processor operatively coupled to a non-transitory memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to: receive, via an input interface, a first message and a second message, each having respective destinations other than the system; determine, based on one or more first internet protocol (IP) attributes of the first message, that the first message either originated from or is destined for a first participant device associated with a first configuration; determine, based on one or more second IP attributes of the second message, that the second message either originated from or is destined for a second participant device associated with a second configuration; determine one or more transmission delay offsets according to one or more of the first configuration and the second configuration; and apply the one or more transmission delay offsets to one or more of the first message and the second message prior to transmission of each from the system to their respective destinations. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system is further configured to one or more of: create a first participant record and a second participant record, the first participant record associated with the first participant device, the second participant record associated with the second participant device; and receive the first participant record and the second participant record from a downstream system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the system is further configured to store the one or more transmission delay offsets in one or more of the first participant record and the second participant record. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the system is further configured to: store the one or more first IP attributes in the first participant record; store the one or more second IP attributes in the second participant record; and store the first participant record and the second participant record in a system storage. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more transmission delay offsets comprise a total cross-connect (TCC) propagation delay particular to each of the first participant device and the second participant device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the TCC propagation delay is initially determined at a provisioning time for each of the first participant device and the second participant device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the TCC propagation delay is determined by one or more of: an optical delay measurement, a delay measurement via packet decoding, an out-of-band technique, and pinging a client ingress point (CIP) component associated with each of the first participant device and the second participant device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system is further configured to: inspect a message payload of one or more of the first message and the second message; identify one or more total cross-connect (TCC)-related attributes in the message payload; and modify the one or more transmission delay offsets based on the one or more TCC-related attributes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more TCC-related attributes comprise one or more of a participant identifier and a data type. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to apply the one or more transmission delay offsets to cause the first message and the second message to arrive at their respective destinations at a same or similar time. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more first IP attributes and the one or more second IP attributes comprise at least one of a source IP address (src), a subnet mask (subnet), a destination IP address (dest IP) and a destination port (dest port). ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system is further configured to allocate a unique port to one or more of the first participant device and the second participant device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system is further configured to: create a filter; and apply the filter to one or more of the first message and the second message to identify the respective one or more first IP attributes and the one or more second IP attributes. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system is further configured to identify the one or more first IP attributes and the one or more second IP attributes by inspecting a message header of the respective first message and the second message. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first configuration and the second configuration comprise a client ingress point (CIP) configuration.