Patent ID: 7110399

Claim:
A method for redirecting network addresses from a source device to a destination device, said method comprising: receiving a redirect request, the redirect request including one or more redirect entries, wherein each redirect entry includes a redirect destination address, a priority level, and a network address; determining whether the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is a high priority level or a normal priority level; in response to determining that the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is the high priority level, the method further comprising: creating an electronic message wherein the electronic message is addressed to the redirect destination addresses corresponding to the one of the redirect entries; including one or more of the network addresses in the electronic message; and sending the electronic message to the redirect destination address; and in response to determining that the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is the normal priority level, the method further comprising: storing the redirect entries corresponding to the normal priority level in a database, the storing resulting in one or more database entries; sorting the database entries based on their corresponding redirect destination addresses; waiting for a timer interval to expire; and in response to detecting that the timer interval has expired, performing the creating of the electronic message, the including of the one or more network addresses in the electronic message, and the sending of the electronic message to the redirect destination address.