Patent ID: 7454523
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for geographic location determination based at least in part on inspection of a network address of a client, the method comprising: performing a trace route between a server and the address of the client, the trace route identifying at least one domain name in a route between the server and the client; identifying a construction format for the domain name, wherein the construction format comprises a first portion including port and device data for network equipment utilized to host a particular network address, a last portion identifying a particular backbone provider, and a middle portion comprising a reference to a nearest airport to a device to which the particular network address is assigned; identifying a geographically significant component of the domain name; determining a geographic location for the domain name based at least in part on the geographically significant component; determining a possible geographic location of the client based on a geographically significant component of a text based network address corresponding to the client network address; and validating the possible geographic location of the client using the determined geographical location of the domain name identified in the trace route, the validating returning a validated geographic location of the client.