Patent ID: 6922720

Claim:
A system for providing transmission-coverage for transmission of data from a first remote client to a second remote client over a communications network, the system comprising: a computer server communicatively coupled to the first remote client and to the second remote client over the communications network, wherein the server includes: a receiver that is operative to receive a request from the first remote client to cover transmission of a set of data between the first remote client and the second remote client, wherein the request includes data specifying a selected transmission-coverage type and a selected transmission-coverage amount for the transmission, a charging mechanism that is operative, based on the request, to charge a transmission-coverage fee to an identified account for the selected transmission-coverage type having the selected transmission-coverage amount, and a logging mechanism that is operative to log a status of the transmission into a logging data structure; wherein the selected transmission-coverage type is bonding that provides a bonding coverage amount that is payable in the event the transmission fails.