Patent ID: 7761568

Claim:
A data transmission management system on a computer network having a provider computer and a user computer, the user computer being identifiable by a computer identifier, wherein the provider computer and the user computer are in communication there between, the system comprising: a storage member; a confirmation system, wherein the confirmation system is configured to receive a request for data transmitted from the user computer and to confirm the request for data prior to the transmission of the data to the user computer, by communicating a confirmation request that is unrelated to the price associated with the requested data; and a redirect system, wherein the confirmation system and the redirect system are coupled to each other and the storage member, and wherein the redirect system identifies the geographic region of the user computer prior to the transmission of data; wherein the re-direct system is configured to identify an IP address associated with a user computer from which a request for data is received, and to convert the IP address to an IP identifier by the following conversion equation: (component1*256 2 )+(component2*256)+(component3), where component 1 , component 2 and component 3 are each different component parts of the IP address and where the re-direct system identifies a geographic region based at least in part on the IP identifier.