Electrical computer system processing architecture

A server forming part of an electrical computer system processing architecture, the server for providing fairness amongst client computers using the server, the server comprising:

• a store for storing requests provided by a plurality of client computers, the server being configured to:
• match complementary requests from the plurality of client computers stored in the store,
• following matching of complementary requests, assign an indication of how well the requests have been met compared to requests of other client computers using the server;
• accumulate the indications to form an accumulation of indications;
• and
• when the accumulation exceeds a predetermined threshold, match future requests in favour of the client computer whose requests have not been met as favourably with requests of other client computers using the server, thereby providing fairness amongst client computers using the server.

A computerized method for providing fairness amongst client computers of a computer system, the computerized method comprising:

• a server of the computer system receiving requests from a plurality of client computers connected to the server by a computer network;
• the server storing the requests provided by the plurality of client computers;
• the server matching complementary requests from the plurality of client computers stored in the store,
• following matching of complementary requests, the server assigning an indication of how well the requests have been met compared to requests of other client computers of the computer system;
• accumulating the indications to form an accumulation of indications;
• and
• when the accumulation exceeds a predetermined threshold, matching future requests in favour of the client computer whose requests have not been met as favourably with requests of other client computers of the computer system, thereby providing fairness amongst client computers of the computer system.

A computer readable medium comprising instructions for carrying a method on a server for providing fairness amongst client computers using the server, the computerized method comprising:

• receiving requests from a plurality of client computers connected to the server by a computer network;
• storing the requests provided by the plurality of client computers;
• matching complementary requests from the plurality of client computers stored in the store,
• following matching of complementary requests, assigning an indication of how well the requests have been met compared to requests of other client computers of the computer system;
• accumulating the indications to form an accumulation of indications;
• and
• when the accumulation exceeds a predetermined threshold, matching future requests in favour of the client computer whose requests have not been met as favourably with requests of other client computers using the server, thereby providing fairness amongst client computers using the server.