Patent ID: 8885642
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of supplying a destination address to control of routing of data through a network, the method comprising receiving address describing data from a first user via a source terminal that is coupled to the network; determining in a control circuit whether the address describing data is sufficient to resolve an address of a destination; if it has been determined that the address describing data is sufficient to resolve the address, routing data through the network from the source terminal directed at the address resolved from the address describing data; and if not transmitting a confirmation request from the control circuit to at least one further terminal over the network, the confirmation request requesting confirmation whether information derived from the address describing data relates to the further terminal and/or confirmation whether the information relates to a second user of the further terminal, receiving a response to the confirmation request from the further terminal to the control circuit; routing data through the network from the source terminal directed at the address of the further terminal or the second user dependent on whether the response confirms that the information from the address describing data relates to the further terminal or the second user.