Patent ID: 8416691

Claim:
A method of associating a host with a requirement, comprising: extracting using a processor a first identifier from a first dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) or other network address lease communication associated with a first subscriber host for a first service; determining using a processor that first requirement will be applied to the first subscriber host for the first service based on the first identifier; extracting using a processor a second identifier from a second dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) or other network address lease communication associated with the first subscriber host for a second service; determining using a processor that a second requirement will be applied to the subscriber host for the second service; extracting using a processor a third identifier from a third dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) or other network address lease communication associated with a second subscriber host for the first service; and determining using a processor that the first requirement will be applied to the second subscriber host for the first service; wherein the first identifier comprises a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) physical port identifier and wherein determining that the first requirement will be applied to the first subscriber host includes performing a lookup to map the DSLAM physical port identifier to a corresponding subscriber identifier and using the corresponding subscriber identifier to determine that the first requirement is to be applied to the first subscriber host for the first service.