Patent ID: 8170014

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; a receipt logic configured to be executed by the one or more processors and configured to receive a request from a host for a publicly-routable communication path identifier for the host that is a member of a private network that includes a first network address translation device associated with the private network, the host having a private communication path identifier; a request logic configured to be executed by the one or more processors and configured to: request information related to the publicly-routable communication path identifier from a second network address translation device that is disposed in a communication path between the host and one or more user devices outside of the private network; receive the information related to the publicly-routable communication path identifier from the second network address translation device; and a response logic configured to be executed by the one or more processors and configured to respond to the request by providing the publicly-routable communication path identifier to the host.