Patent ID: 8660017

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at an interface and from a user, information for updating one or more Internet Protocol (IP) communication service attributes; forwarding, by the interface, the information to a processor; storing, by the processor, the information in a memory; formatting the received information to produce updated records; receiving, at the processor and from the memory, the updated records; transferring, by the processor, the updated records to a redirect server; storing the updated records at the redirect server; storing, by the processor, a copy of the updated records at a database associated with a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) server, the database storing a plurality of IP communication service attributes; sending, from the redirect server and to the LDAP server, in response to the redirect server being powered up after a period of being offline, and prior to the redirect server being brought online, a request for a database update; extracting the plurality of IP communication service attributes from the database in response to receiving the request; transferring the extracted IP communication service attributes to the redirect server; and storing the plurality of IP communication service attributes at the redirect server.