Patent ID: 6151631
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method for delivering a requested digital product to a client computer, the method comprising:(a) receiving a request to send the requested digital product to the client computer;(b) determining that a territorial restriction limits availability of the digital product to one or more allowed territories;(c) determining within which of one or more geographical territories the client computer is located by:determining a network address of the client computer;determining that a custom name is associated with the network address;parsing classification information which represents a classification from the custom name;determining that the classification is used primarily within a first of the geographical territories; anddetermining that the client computer is located within the first geographical territory; and(d) sending the requested digital product to the client computer upon a condition in which the one of the geographical territories in which the client computer is located is also one of the allowed territories.