Patent ID: 8090796

Claim:
A method for authorizing a physical user device to update location information of one network address, the method comprising: matching a received e-mail address from a physical user device with a publicly-listed e-mail address, stored in a physical database, associated with said at least one network address; when said sender's email address is matched with said publicly-listed e-mail address in a who-is database, providing a unique password to said physical user device for accessing a designated website to update location information of a physical Network Address Translation (NAT) device wherein said unique password is provided to said physical user device using email and an embedded universal resource locator (URL); said physical user device logs on said designated website based on a request from said physical user device; authenticating said physical user device using said password; receiving from said physical user device, over said Internet connection, said unique password and said location information wherein said network address is one of an IP address and a domain name; and updating a physical location database containing said location information; wherein said location information of said physical NAT device provides a location of at least one network address representing said physical NAT device.