Patent Document ID: 7533119
Application ID: 11335076

Base Claim:
1. A method of associating a particular host with one or more regions, the method comprising: determining if a top-level domain of the particular host is a regional top-level domain; and if the top-level domain of the particular host is not a regional top-level domain, then determining one or more regions associated with the host based on which other hosts contain documents that reference documents on said host; wherein the step of determining one or more regions associated with the host based on which other hosts contain documents that reference documents on said host includes the steps of: determining a diversity of domains in which there are other hosts that link to the particular host; determining whether the diversity is greater than a specified threshold; and if the diversity is greater than the specified threshold, then associating the particular host with a classification value that indicates that the particular host is of equivalent interest to multiple regions.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: if the diversity is not greater than the specified threshold, then performing, for one or more particular regions, the steps of: determining a signal for a particular region based on a number of other hosts, which are associated with the particular region, that are linked, via inbound or outbound links, with the particular host; determining if the signal for the particular region is significant; and if the signal is significant, then associating the particular host with the particular region.