Patent ID: 7216175

Claim:
A system for determining subscriber information, comprising: an access server coupled to a plurality of subscribers using a communication network and operable to receive a communication from a particular subscriber using a particular one of a plurality of virtual circuits associated with the communication network, the access server comprising one of a plurality of access servers coupled to the processor; a memory coupled to the access server and operable to store: subscriber information for the plurality of subscribers; and path information for the plurality of subscribers, wherein the subscriber information for the particular subscriber is indexed by the path information for the particular subscriber, the path information for the particular subscriber identifying: a virtual circuit that is pre-assigned to the particular subscriber for communicating with the access server; and an access server assigned to the particular subscriber; and a processor coupled to the memory and operable to: compare the path information of the particular subscriber to the particular virtual circuit used to receive the communication from the particular subscriber; and determine subscriber information for communication to the particular subscriber based on the comparison and an identifier of the particular access server coupled to the particular subscriber.