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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen, CN;
Yuhuang Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Peng He, Shenzhen, CN;
Yong Hu, Shenzhen, CN;
Chuan Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
Jing Nie, Shenzhen, CN;
Yu Liang, Shenzhen, CN;
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and an apparatus for determining a geographical area in which an IP address is located, the method including: acquiring a set of accounts of an application server to which one or more positioning terminals log in during a predetermined time period, wherein the account set is associated with a target IP address; determining a position of a respective positioning terminal corresponding to each account in the account set; collecting statistics for calculation according to the determined positions of the one or more positioning terminals to determine a geographical area in which each positioning terminal is located; and obtaining, according to the area in which each positioning terminal is located, a geographical area in which the target IP address is located. By using the present application, a geographical area with high precision to which an IP address belongs may be determined as needed.