Patent ID: 11916788
Assignee: MICRO FOCUS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a first IP address using a type of a discovery process for discovery of network configuration information;
determining, by the processor, the type of the discovery process used for discovery of the network configuration information;
based on the determined type of the discovery process used for discovery of the network configuration information, determining, by the processor, a routing domain attribute associated with the first IP address, wherein:
when the determined type of the discovery process is for an on-premises environment, a domain name for the first IP address is assigned as the routing domain attribute; and
when the determined type of the discovery process is for a cloud environment, a routing domain identifier for the first IP address is assigned as the routing domain attribute;

determining, by the processor, whether the first IP address and a second IP address, which has a same IP address value as the first IP address, are duplicates of each other based on the determined routing domain attribute associated with the first IP address; and
based on a determination that the first IP address is a duplicate of the second IP address, merging, by the processor, the first IP address with the second IP address.