Patent ID: 7280999

Claim:
A network address server for resolving a target domain name label with a network address in response to a query, the network address server being one of a plurality of network address servers, each being associated with a common name space level of a multi-level network address name space, the network address server comprising: an address name database associated with a subset of address names of the common name space level, the address name database including a plurality of database records, each said database record including an address name label and a network address uniquely associated with the address name label; and an address name processor in communication with the address name database, the address name processor including: a correlation processor for determining a correlation between the target domain name label and the subset of the address names of the common name space level, a correlation transceiver configured to communicate with a correlation processor of at least one of the other network address servers, for receiving an indication of a correlation from the at least one other network address server, and a response processor in communication with the correlation processor and the correlation transceiver, for providing an output signal corresponding to a response to the query in accordance with the determined correlation.