Patent ID: 8532096

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving data from a first content supplier and a second content supplier, wherein the data is an update for a local exchange routing guide (LERG) file; providing a user interface for editing an extensible markup language (XML) configuration file; parsing, with a networking device, the XML configuration file to identify scheduling information and mapping information included in the XML configuration file, wherein the mapping information is configured to define a mapping between the LERG file and a local database, generating a copy of the XML configuration file; polling the copy of the XML configuration file according to the scheduling information; wherein the scheduling information is configured to identify a time for the networking device to populate the local database with information from the update for the LERG file, and in response to the time identified in the scheduling information in the XML configuration file, populating, with the networking device, the local database with information from the update for the LERG file based on the mapping information.