Patent ID: 7765272

Claim:
A method for migrating content on a network comprising: receiving a first request to access data at a current network address; directing the first request for access to a current network address based on switching instructions provided in a first switch compliant file; accessing a migration file comprising a plurality of network entries, wherein each of the network entries comprises one or more network addresses; reformatting the migration file using a switch compliant file language to reformat the plurality of network entries; updating the first switch compliant file with the reformatted plurality of network entries to generate a second switch compliant file corresponding to a new network address associated with the current network address; wherein the current network address and a new network address are associated with one entry of the reformatted plurality of network entries; redirect a second request to access the current network address to the new network address based on switching instructions provided in the second switch compliant file; determine that the new network address is not ready for migration; restore the first switch compliant file responsive to determining the new network address is not ready for migration; redirect a third request to access the current network address based on switching instructions provided in the first switch compliant file.