Patent ID: 8055897

Claim:
A method, comprising: a source computing device generating a digital title and transmission form for a particular digital object to be routed to a destination computing device via a network, wherein the digital title and transmission form is wholly separate from any portion of the particular digital object, includes information identifying the particular digital object, and includes an assignee identification value that identifies an entity having one or more rights associated with the particular digital object, wherein the source computing device comprises a processor and a memory; and the source computing device transmitting the digital title and transmission form to a first device in the network, wherein the digital title and transmission form is transmitted separately from any portion of the particular digital object; wherein the digital title and transmission form includes a request for information regarding the capability of the first device to route at least a portion of the particular digital object within the network, and wherein a transmission of the at least a portion of the particular digital object comprises two or more data packets; and wherein the digital title and transmission form is forwardable, separate from any portion of the particular digital object, by the first device to a second device in the network to request information regarding the capability of the second device to route the at least a portion of the particular digital object within the network.