Patent ID: 8849983

Claim:
A method for updating information for one or more mobile nodes, the method comprising: electronically receiving an update for at least a first indicator from at least a first mobile node, the first mobile node belonging to a group of mobile nodes, each of the group of mobile nodes corresponding to at least one of a plurality of indicators, the plurality of indicators being related to an internet protocol (IP) and including the first indicator, the at least one of the plurality of indicators being associated with mobility of the each of the group of mobile nodes, wherein the first indicator from the first mobile node comprises mobility binding information for the first mobile node; electronically processing information associated with the update; electronically receiving a request from a second mobile node for group node information, the second mobile node corresponding to one or more of the plurality of indicators, the group node information being associated with at least information related to the plurality of indicators corresponding to the group of mobile nodes; determining whether the second mobile node is authorized to receive the group node information; and if the second mobile node is determined to be authorized, electronically sending to the second mobile node the group node information, the group node information including the mobility binding information for the first mobile node, wherein the first mobile node and the second mobile node are different mobile nodes.