Patent ID: 7984134
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-generated method for name-address management in an internetwork having a hierarchical address structure with a number of address areas, the method comprising: defining by a plurality of resolution servers, a set of interlinked resolution key codes for bridging between address areas on different levels of the hierarchical address structure, wherein each of at least a subset of the resolution key codes is associated with a first address area at a first hierarchical level and linked to name resolution information including information indicating a second address area at a second, lower hierarchical level of the address structure as well as a resolution key code associated with the second address area at the second, lower hierarchical level; and successively building up by the plurality of resolution servers, for a given resource, a distributed name-to-address resolution chain through the hierarchical address structure utilizing the set of interlinked resolution key codes for bridging between address areas on different levels of the hierarchical address structure.