Patent ID: 7127488
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A data-gathering system, comprising: an Internet address location database having a plurality of Internet addresses and geographical location identification information, wherein each of the plurality of Internet addresses correlates at least a portion of the geographical location identification information; an information server having geographical location description information associated with the geographical location identification information; and an Internet communications callee device configured to receive an invite to an Internet communications session from an Internet communications caller device, the invite being directed for termination at the Internet communications callee device, the invite further comprising an Internet address of the Internet communications caller device, the Internet communications callee device being further configured to retrieve geographical location identification information from the Internet address location database using the Internet address of the Internet communications caller device, wherein the retrieved geographical location identification information correlates to the Internet address, and wherein the Internet communications callee device is further configured to collect geographical location description information related to the geographical location identification information of the Internet communications caller device from the information server.