Patent ID: 8301738

Claim:
A method for creating private network addresses for scopes of validity within a private network, the method utilizing executable instructions and comprising: receiving a data signal indicating a request to create a scope address for at least one of the private network addresses; determining whether to communicate data to a group of entities within the network which will correspond with the scope address, wherein the signal includes a type of scope to be created, a hierarchy of the scope, and a link to which the scope is associated; generating a standard network address in response to the receiving the data signal, the standard network address having an Internet Protocol address format with X number of bits per a corresponding version; generating an address extension in response to the receiving the data signal, the extension identifying the type of scope, the hierarchy of the scope, and the link; forming a combined address from the standard network address and the address extension, the combined address having a number of bits equal to or greater than X+1; and storing the combined address in a single routing data structure utilized for routing information by a single router device.