Patent ID: 8769043

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a server configured to (i) receive communications from a client application on a user computer and (ii) execute a server application, wherein said server application is configured to receive web traffic communications from the client application including data identifying address of accessed web-pages by a browser application on the user computer and a user identification code; and a geolocative database is configured to relate physical latitude and longitude to the locations of servers identified by an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the server application is configured to (i) execute a Domain Name System (DNS) look-up to locate the IP address from data identifying address of accessed web-pages by a browser application on the user computer, (ii) access the geolocative database to map the IP address to a physical latitude and longitude representing a location of a server associated with hosting a web-page identified in a web-traffic communication received by the server from a client application of a user computer, and (iii) record the location of each server associated with hosting a web-page identified in a web-traffic communication received by the server from a client application of a user computer against the user's user identification code.