US 11,916,788 B2
Determination of routing domain information to merge IP addresses
Yiming Chen, Shanghai (CN); Qiuxia Song, Shanghai (CN); and Liping Sun, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Micro Focus LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by MICRO FOCUS LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,730.
Prior Publication US 2023/0034790 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 45/586 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 45/42 (2022.01); H04L 61/5046 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/745 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 61/5046 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a first IP address using a type of a discovery process for discovery of network configuration information;
determining, by the processor, the type of the discovery process used for discovery of the network configuration information;
based on the determined type of the discovery process used for discovery of the network configuration information, determining, by the processor, a routing domain attribute associated with the first IP address, wherein:
when the determined type of the discovery process is for an on-premises environment, a domain name for the first IP address is assigned as the routing domain attribute; and
when the determined type of the discovery process is for a cloud environment, a routing domain identifier for the first IP address is assigned as the routing domain attribute;
determining, by the processor, whether the first IP address and a second IP address, which has a same IP address value as the first IP address, are duplicates of each other based on the determined routing domain attribute associated with the first IP address; and
based on a determination that the first IP address is a duplicate of the second IP address, merging, by the processor, the first IP address with the second IP address.