Patent ID: 9686183
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a digital transmission form from a source node, wherein said receiving is performed by a network device within a network, wherein the digital transmission form corresponds to a digital object to be forwarded from the source node to a destination node, wherein the digital transmission form is wholly separate from the digital object, wherein the digital transmission form specifies at least one requested service to be performed in transmitting the digital object from the network device to the destination node, and wherein the at least one requested service specifies information relating to a time of transmission of the digital object by the network device; determining an availability of one or more nodes within the network to provide the at least one requested service, wherein said determining is performed by the network device; receiving, at the network device, at least one portion of the digital object from the source node; and transmitting, from the network device, the at least one portion of the digital object over the network to the one or more nodes based at least in part on the availability of the one or more nodes to provide the at least one requested service.