Patent ID: 8244795

Claim:
A method for determining whether first and second linked World Wide Web pages are part of the same Web site, the method comprising: (a) determining a multi-byte IP address of a server on which resides the first page and a multi-byte IP address of a server on which resides the second linked page, the multi-byte IP address having at least four bytes; (b) if a leading subset of one or more of the bytes of said multi-byte IP address of said server upon which resides said first page is different than a leading subset of one or more of the bytes of said multi-byte IP address of said server upon which resides said second page, determining whether said first and second linked pages reside on at least one other combination of servers; (c) if said first page and said second linked page reside on at least one other combination of servers, repeating (a) and (b) for said at least one other combination of servers, such that if the leading subset of the bytes of a multi-byte IP address, the multi-byte IP address having at least four bytes, of a server from said combination upon which resides said first page is identical to the leading subset of the bytes of a multi-byte IP address, the multi-byte IP address having at least four bytes, of a server from said combination upon which resides said second page, concluding that said first and second linked pages are part of said same Web site, and concluding said process; and, (d) if (b) does not yield at least one other combination of servers, concluding that said first and second linked pages are not part of said same Web site.