Patent ID: 7340518

Claim:
A method of enabling a server to contact an unknown Internet access account holder in an environment where a proxy server is provided comprising: receiving a notice regarding a use of an Internet access account from the server via a standardized communication pathway, the notice comprising a request time and a requesting IP address, and a communication, the requesting IP address received from the server as part of the notice being deemed to be a disclosed IP address; identifying the Internet access account associated with the use of the Internet access account based on the requesting IP address address and optionally the request time by: checking a proxy IP address database comprising disclosed IP addresses, assigned IP addresses, and proxy assignment times; identifying the assigned IP address associated with the disclosed IP address at the request time; and modifying the communication to reflect the assigned IP address so that the assigned IP address used by the client computer system is reflected in the communication; and sending an Internet access account holder the communication by an arranged manner, the Internet access account holder being a person or entity responsible for the Internet access account; wherein the server need not know the identity of either the Internet access account or the Internet access account holder, and the notice need not contain information regarding the identity of the Internet access account holder.