Patent ID: 7350099

Claim:
A method for utilizing a logical failover circuit for rerouting data between data networks, the method comprising: in a first data network, determining a failure in a logical circuit, wherein the logical circuit comprises at least one logical connection for communicating data in the first data network, wherein determining a failure in the logical circuit comprises receiving trap data generated by a switch, the trap data includes a status of the at least one logical connection; and rerouting the data in the failed logical circuit in the first data network to a logical failover circuit in a second data network, wherein rerouting the data in the failed logical circuit in the first data network to a logical failover circuit in the second data network comprises determining whether a logical failover circuit having an identifier which is the same as an identifier associated with the failed logical circuit is available in the second data network and, if a logical failover circuit having an identifier which is the same as an identifier associated with the failed logical circuit is not available in the second data network, then renaming the failed logical circuit identifier, and wherein the logical failover circuit comprises a plurality of logical failover connections for communicating the data between the first data network and the second data network.