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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2001
Mark Anderson, Westminster, CO (US);
Ajay Bansal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brad Doctor, Broomfield, CO (US);
George Hadjiyiannis, Boston, MA (US);
Christopher Herringshaw, West Wardsboro, VT (US);
Eli E. Karplus, Baden Württemberg, DE;
Derald Muniz, Midlothian, TX (US);
Quova, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus operates to associate a geographic location associated with a network address. At least one data collection operation is performed to obtain information pertaining to a network address. The retrieved information is processed to identify a plurality of geographic locations potentially associated with the network address, and to attach a confidence factor to each of the plurality of geographic locations. An estimated geographic location is selected from the plurality of geographic locations as being a best estimate of a true geographic location of the network address, where the selection of the estimated geographic location is based upon a degree of confidence-factor weighted agreement within the plurality of geographic locations.