Patent ID: 7830846

Claim:
A method for providing network connections, the method comprising: providing a first host, the first host including a plurality of interfaces, the plurality of interfaces including at least a first interface and a second interface, the first interface being associated with at least a first application, the second interface being associated with at least a second application; storing a plurality of records at a server, the plurality of records being associated with the first host, the plurality of records including a first record and a second record, the first record including at least information associated with a name of the first host, the first interface, the first application, a first address of the first interface, the second record including at least information associated with the second interface, the second application, a second address of the second interface; providing a second host, the second host being configured to send a first packet data through a session interface of the first host, the first packet data being associated with at least a third application; sending a query from the second host to the server, the query being related to determine the session interface for sending the first packet data; determining the session interface in response to the query based at least on the third application.