One way information transmission method

1. A method of transmission of information by steps comprising:

analyzing customer supplied information received by way of a network access unit to determine from the customer supplied information a format to be selected, transmission priority, available transmission resources, and transmission destination;

determining a media transport method based on the transmission priority, transmission destination, and available transmission resources;

scheduling transmission of an information payload portion of the customer supplied information as a preemptible data, based on a determined media transport method;

determining whether the information payload is presented in a compressible format;

ascertaining a file size of information payload;

identifying a required delivery time for the information payload;

establish a service priority based on the file size and requested delivery time;

confirming an availability of transport facilities;

supplying a price quote matrix to the customer for transmission service options;

transforming the information payload of the customer supplied information into a selected format;

storing the information payload in its selected formatted form on a non-volatile storage medium;

encapsulating the information payload in its selected format within a media transport format;

transmitting the encapsulated information payload to the transmission destination;

determining receipt of the encapsulated information payload at the transmission destination; and

requesting re-transmission of any missing encapsulated information payload.

2. The method of claim 1 , in which determining a format to be selected comprises the steps of:

receiving a customer request for a transmission service to transmit customer supplied information;

determining whether customer supplied information is video based information;

advising the customer of available compression facilities consistent with the customer supplied information;

discerning whether the customer selected a compression facility from the available compression facilities; and

linking the selected compression facility to the customer supplied information.

3. The method of claim 1 , in which the information payload is presented in a compressible format, the price quote matrix comprising:

a price quote for an earliest in time transmission of the information payload in the compressible format;

a price quote for a delayed in time transmission of the information payload in the compressible format;

a price quote for an earliest in time transmission of the information payload in a compressed format; and

a price quote for a delayed in time transmission of the information payload in a compressed format.

4. The method of claim 3 , in which the delayed in time transmission is a plurality of delayed in time transmission times.

5. The method of claim 4 , by steps further comprising:

receiving final format in delivery instructions from the customer based on supplied price matrix; and

confirming to the customer the completion of the transmission of the information payload.

6. The method of claim 1 , in which the transforming step comprises the steps of:

transforming the information payload into a file packet format when the information payload is in a streamed format; and

storing the transformed information payload in a non-volatile storage medium.

7. The method of claim 1 , in which the encapsulating step comprises the steps of:

identifying header information;

associating the identified header with the information payload; and

encapsulating the identified header and information payload within the media transport format.

8. The method of claim 1 , in which the scheduling step comprises the steps of:

analyzing the customer supplied information to determine an applicability of a pre-emptible data reservation to the information payload;

advising the customer of the availability of pre-emptible data reservations;

associating a pre-emptible data reservation with the information payload consistent with the customer selected pre-emptible data reservation;

scheduling transmission of the information payload based on availability of transmission resources; and

rescheduling transmission of the information payload when a non-pre-emptible information payload preempts the pre-emptible information payload.

9. The method of claim 1 , in which the transmitting step comprises the steps of:

confirming availability of the transmission resources; and

transmitting the information payload to the determined transmission destination.

10. The method of claim 9 , in which transmission resource is selected from a group consisting of wireless and wire line facilities.

11. The method of claim 1 , in which the determining receipt of the encapsulated information payload comprises the steps of:

comparing the received encapsulated information payload with an expected encapsulated information payload; and

identifying encapsulated information payloads absent from the expected encapsulated information payloads.

12. The method of claim 11 , in which the requesting retransmission step comprises the steps of:

requesting retransmission of absent encapsulated information payloads when said encapsulated information payloads are identified as being absent;

retransmitting said identified absent encapsulated information payloads; and

acknowledging receipt by the transmission destination of the identified absent encapsulated information payloads; else acknowledging receipt by the transmission destination of the encapsulated information payloads when the received encapsulated information payloads match the expected encapsulated information payloads.

13. The method of claim 1 , in which determining a format comprises the steps of:

receiving a customer request for a transmission service to transmit the information payload;

determining whether the information payload is file based information;

advising the customer of available compression facilities consistent with the information payload;

discerning whether the customer selected a compression facility from the available compression facilities; and

linking the selected compression facility to the information payload.

14. The method of claim 1 , in which determining a transmission destination for the information payload comprising the steps of:

analyzing the information payload;

advising the customer of available transmission destinations consistent with the information payload;

discerning a transmission destination selected by the customer from the available transmission destinations; and

linking the selected transmission destination to the information payload.

15. The method of claim 1 , in which determining available transmission resources comprising the steps of:

analyzing the information payload;

identifying resources capable of transmitting the information payload;

advising the customer of available destinations for the information payload based on the identified capable resources;

discerning a transmission destination selected by the customer from the advised available transmission destinations; and

associating the selected destination to the information payload.

16. The method of claim 1 , in which the customer supplied information comprises service order and metrics associated with the information payload.

17. A method of transmission of information by steps comprising:

analyzing customer supplied information received by way of a network access unit to determine from the customer supplied information a format to be selected, transmission priority, available transmission resources, and transmission destination;

determining a media transport method based on the transmission priority, transmission destination, and available transmission resources;

scheduling transmission of an information payload portion of the customer supplied information as a preemptible data, based on a determined media transport method;

transforming the information payload of the customer supplied information into a selected format;

storing the information payload in its selected formatted form on a non-volatile storage medium;

encapsulating the information payload in its selected format within a media transport format;

transmitting the encapsulated information payload to the transmission destination;

determining receipt of the encapsulated information payload at the transmission destination; and

requesting re-transmission of any missing encapsulated information payload;

in which determining a transmission priority comprises the steps of:

receiving from a customer a request for a transmission service to transmit the information payload;

providing a plurality of available transmission priority levels;

advising the customer of available transmission priority levels for the requested transmission service based on the information payload;

supplying a price to the customer based on the available transmission priority levels;

discerning the transmission priority level selected by the customer; and

linking the selected transmission priority level to the information payload;

in which the price comprises:

a cost associated with each of the available transmission priority levels for transmission of the information payload in a compressible format; and

a cost associated with each of the available transmission priority levels for transmission of the information payload in a compressed format.

18. The method of claim 17 , in which the cost associative each of the available transmission party levels for transmission of the information payload in a compressed format includes a cost of compressing the information payload in to a compressed format when said information payload is presented in a compressible format.