Patent 7281039 was granted and assigned to Redback Networks on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A computer implemented method in which Internet Protocol (IP) packets are routed within a first Internet Service Provider's (ISP's) domain from a single network device with a first database. The first database includes addresses of the first ISP. IP packets are also routed within a second ISP's domain from the single network device with a second database. The second database, which is separate from the first database, includes addresses of the second ISP.