Patent ID: 8582568

Claim:
A network comprising: a user profile server storing user profile information; a first switch comprising a first internet protocol address in communication with the user profile server and storing first configuration data in response to the user profile information stored in the user profile server; a second switch comprising a second internet protocol address in communication with the user profile server and storing the first configuration data in response to the user profile information stored in the user profile server; and a configuration system in communication with the first switch and in communication with the second switch, the configuration system for: provisioning the network; generating a provisioning file including the first internet protocol address and the second internet protocol address, wherein the first internet protocol address is different from the second internet protocol address; and sending the provisioning file to a user device comprising a telephone, wherein the provisioning file instructs the user device to initiate a first call to the first internet protocol address and when the call is not completed, to initiate a second call to the second internet protocol address.