Patent ID: 7519602

Claim:
A method of exchanging information comprising: receiving a first transport request, the first transport request comprising one or more first transport attributes, wherein the one or more first transport attributes are associated with a first data object; storing the one or more first transport attributes and the first data object or a reference to the first data object in a repository; receiving a second transport request, the second transport request comprising one or more second transport attributes, wherein the first and second transport requests are received across one or more networks; executing an algorithm on a computer system for generating a response to the second transport request based on the first or second transport attributes, wherein the one or more first transport attributes of the first transport request specify a distribution policy, and wherein the algorithm is a specified distribution policy from a plurality of distribution policies for providing retrieval of the first data object; receiving a second data object comprising a rule; and accessing said rule and processing the first data object on the computer system based on the first or second transport attributes and said rule.