Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of determining geographical location from IP address information
- Patent Title (中): 从IP地址信息确定地理位置的方法
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Application No.: US10745094Application Date: 2003-12-22
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Publication No.: US07752210B2Publication Date: 2010-07-06
- Inventor: Soren Riise , Devesh Patel
- Applicant: Soren Riise , Devesh Patel
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Hancock Hughey LLP
- Priority: GB0326488.4 20031113; GB0326489.2 20031113
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06F7/00

Abstract:
A method of determining a geographical location from IP address information comprising: interrogating a database of IP address information mapped to domain name information by submitting a given IP address; the database returning a domain name in response to the given IP address; deriving one or more likely web site addresses from the domain name; and scanning the or each derived web site address for geographical address information to determine likely geographical address information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050108244A1 Method of determining geographical location from IP address information Public/Granted day:2005-05-19
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