Patent ID: 8131704
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing search mediation information, the method comprising: creating a count field corresponding to each piece of the search mediation information, wherein the search mediation information is received from a user for searching for data, and the count field comprising an indicator of a number of times that each piece of the search mediation information was received at a search engine; identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a particular class, from which the user's search mediation information is received; determining whether the identified IP address is a count permission address; and increasing the indicator and storing the increased indicator in the count field corresponding to each piece of the search mediation information in response to a determination that the identified IP address is a count permission address, and not increasing the indicator in response to the determination that the identified IP address is not a count permission address, wherein the identifying comprises identifying a class-C IP address having a 21-bit network address and an 8-bit host address, wherein the method further comprises storing the identified class-C IP address in an address storage space corresponding to the search mediation information, and wherein the determining comprises: