Patent ID: 8014389

Claim:
A method comprising: a computing device receiving, through a first network, a digital transmission form specifying a bid request for transmission of a particular digital object to a destination node, wherein the destination node is in a second network, and wherein the first network is configured to manage the forwarding of digital objects via the second network; the computing device forwarding the digital transmission form to a plurality of nodes in the first network; the computing device receiving a bid reply from a different node in the first network, wherein the bid reply indicates an ability of one or more of the plurality of nodes in the first network to manage the forwarding of the particular digital object via the second network, and wherein the bid reply includes a service term; and the computing device using the received bid reply to cause the particular digital object to be forwarded from a source node in the second network to the destination node in the second network without being forwarded through the computing device or the different node.