Patent ID: 8064431

Claim:
A method of transmission of information by steps comprising: analyzing customer supplied information received by way of a network access unit to determine from the customer supplied information a format to be selected, transmission priority, available transmission resources, and transmission destination; determining a media transport method based on the transmission priority, transmission destination, and available transmission resources; scheduling transmission of an information payload portion of the customer supplied information as a preemptible data, based on a determined media transport method; determining whether the information payload is presented in a compressible format; ascertaining a file size of information payload; identifying a required delivery time for the information payload; establish a service priority based on the file size and requested delivery time; confirming an availability of transport facilities; supplying a price quote matrix to the customer for transmission service options; transforming the information payload of the customer supplied information into a selected format; storing the information payload in its selected formatted form on a non-volatile storage medium; encapsulating the information payload in its selected format within a media transport format; transmitting the encapsulated information payload to the transmission destination; determining receipt of the encapsulated information payload at the transmission destination; and requesting re-transmission of any missing encapsulated information payload.