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

Claim 12:
13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein, based on the first IP address being the same as the second IP address, the instructions cause the processor to:
determine whether the first IP address is a client type IP address that is associated with an Internet service provider (ISP) or a data center type IP address that is not associated with the ISP;
based on a determination that the first IP address is the client type IP address, merge the first IP address and the second IP address based on a match in a media access control (MAC) address of the first IP address and the second IP address; and
based on a determination that the first IP address is the data center type IP address, merge the first IP address and the second IP address based on a match between a routing domain identifier in the second attribute for the first IP address with a routing domain identifier for the second IP address.