Patent Document ID: 9906461
Application ID: 14161553
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A network management device comprising: a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the network management device to: define a network group; define one or more properties of the defined network group, wherein the one or more defined properties provide restricted routing with another network group; identify a first and a second isolated networks, wherein the first and the second isolated network each include a plurality of machines and provide restricted routing for the plurality of machines; assign the first and the second isolated networks to the defined network group; and assign machines to the first or the second isolated networks, wherein the defined network group enables: unrestricted routing between a machine assigned to the first isolated network and a machine assigned to the second isolated network; and restricted routing between a machine assigned to the first or the second isolated network of the defined network group and a machine assigned to an isolated network of the another network group.