Information dissemination method and system having minimal network bandwidth utilization

A method for disseminating a message, between at least a sending node and a receiving node, using a plurality of queues, the method comprising:

• establishing the plurality of queues for a plurality of data packets, where each of the queues is associated with a class selected from a plurality of classes each having a distinct class identifier;
• enqueuing data packets into one of the queues selected based on a class associated with the data packets to be enqueued;
• encoding an additional data by sequencing the data packets based on encoding strategies negotiated between the sending and receiving nodes, the additional data being the message encoded in the sequence of the data packets, wherein the sequence is compatible with the class of the data packets;
• and
• dequeuing the queued data packets from the queues based in part on the sequence.

An apparatus that disseminates a message between nodes of a network, comprising:

• a plurality of data packets, each of the packets having class:
• an input portion that receives the data packets that are to be transmitted from a first node to at least one other node in the network;
• and
• a transmitter that is coupled to the input portion, where the transmitter receives the data packets from the input portion and transmits the data packets in a sequence that represents an additional data that is the message from the first node to the at least one other node in the network, the message being encoded in the sequence of the data packets, wherein:
• the first node negotiates with the at least one other node in the network to determine encoding strategies and encode the message by sequencing the data packets based on the encoding strategies wherein the sequencing is compatible with the classes of the data packets.