System and/or method for downstream bidding
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving from a first node within a computer network a first bid request to forward a specified digital object to a destination node via the computer network, wherein the first bid request is received by a second node that is an intermediary node within the computer network and that includes a computer system;
generating, at the second node, a second bid request to forward the specified digital object to the destination node via the computer network, wherein the second bid request is generated based, at least in part, on the first bid request;
transmitting the second bid request from the second node to one or more nodes downstream to the second node, including a third node that is another intermediary node within the computer network;
receiving, at the second node, a set of one or more bids that are responsive to the second bid request, wherein at least a first bid of the set of one or more bids is for forwarding the specified digital object from the second node to the destination node via the third node, wherein the first bid has been generated by the third node based, at least in part, on bid requests successively forwarded from the third node to nodes within the computer network, and on one or more bids received by the third node in response to the successively forwarded bid requests;
the second node computer system generating a second bid based, at least in part, on information in the first bid, wherein the generated second bid is responsive to the first bid request and is for forwarding the specified digital object from the first node to the destination node; and
transmitting the generated second bid from the second node to the first node.
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Abstract
Digital objects may be transmitted to a destination via data networks. In particular, a node may facilitate bidding for the business of forwarding digital objects in a data transmission network. The node may receive a first bid request and generate a second bid request based on the first bid request. The second bid request may be transmitted to one or more intermediary nodes, and the node may receive one or more bids responsive to the second bid request. The node may subsequently receive and forward a digital object specified by the first bid request.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving from a first node within a computer network a first bid request to forward a specified digital object to a destination node via the computer network, wherein the first bid request is received by a second node that is an intermediary node within the computer network and that includes a computer system; generating, at the second node, a second bid request to forward the specified digital object to the destination node via the computer network, wherein the second bid request is generated based, at least in part, on the first bid request; transmitting the second bid request from the second node to one or more nodes downstream to the second node, including a third node that is another intermediary node within the computer network; receiving, at the second node, a set of one or more bids that are responsive to the second bid request, wherein at least a first bid of the set of one or more bids is for forwarding the specified digital object from the second node to the destination node via the third node, wherein the first bid has been generated by the third node based, at least in part, on bid requests successively forwarded from the third node to nodes within the computer network, and on one or more bids received by the third node in response to the successively forwarded bid requests; the second node computer system generating a second bid based, at least in part, on information in the first bid, wherein the generated second bid is responsive to the first bid request and is for forwarding the specified digital object from the first node to the destination node; and transmitting the generated second bid from the second node to the first node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving from a first node within a computer network a first bid request to forward a specified digital object to a destination node via the computer network; means for transmitting a second bid request from the apparatus to one or more nodes downstream to the apparatus, including a third node that is an intermediary node within the computer network, wherein the second bid request is to forward the specified digital object to the destination node and is based, at least in part, on the first bid request; means for receiving a set of one or more bids that are responsive to the second bid request, wherein at least a first bid of the set of one or more bids is for forwarding the specified digital object from the apparatus to the destination node via the third node, wherein the first bid has been generated by the third node based, at least in part, on bid requests successively forwarded from the third node to nodes within the computer network, and on one or more bids received by the third node in response to the successively forwarded bid requests; and means for transmitting a second bid to the first node, wherein the transmitted second bid is generated based, at least in part, on information in the first bid, wherein the generated second bid is responsive to the first bid request and is for forwarding the specified digital object from the first node to the destination node. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving from a first node a first bid request to forward a specified digital object to a destination node, wherein the first bid request is received by a second node that includes the computing device; generating a second bid request to forward the specified digital object to the destination node, wherein the second bid request is generated based, at least in part, on the first bid request; transmitting the second bid request to one or more intermediary nodes including a third node; receiving a set of one or more bids from the one or more intermediary nodes that are responsive to the second bid request, wherein at least a first bid of the set of one or more bids is for forwarding the specified digital object from the computing device to the destination node via the third node, wherein the first bid has been generated by the third node based, at least in part, on bid requests successively forwarded from the third node to other nodes, and on one or more bids received by the third node in response to the successively forwarded bid requests; generating a second bid based, at least in part, on information included in the first bid, wherein the generated second bid is responsive to the first bid request and is for forwarding the specified digital object from the first node to the destination node; and transmitting the generated second bid to the first node. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory configured to couple to the processor, wherein the memory has stored thereon instructions executable by the processor to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising; receiving, from a first node, a first bid request to forward a particular digital object to a destination node via a data transmission network; generating, a second bid request to forward the particular digital object to the destination node via the data transmission network, wherein the second bid request is generated based, at least in part, on the first bid request; transmitting the second bid request to one or more intermediary nodes including a third node; receiving a set of one or more bids that are responsive to the second bid request, wherein at least a first bid of the set of one or more bids is for forwarding the particular digital object from the computer system to the destination node via the third node, wherein the first bid has been generated by the third node based, at least in part, on bid requests successively forwarded from the third node to other nodes within the data transmission network, and on one or more bids received by the third node in response to the successively forwarded bid requests; generating a second bid to forward the particular digital object based, at least in part, on information in the first bid, wherein the generated second bid is responsive to the first bid request and is for forwarding the particular digital object from the first node to the destination node; and transmitting the generated bid to the first node. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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