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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2007
Chuanxiong Guo, Nanjing, CN;
Jiahe H. Wang, Issaquah, WA (US);
Qing Yu, Beijing, CN;
Yongguang Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Yunxin Liu, Beijing, CN;
Chuanxiong Guo, Nanjing, CN;
Jiahe H. Wang, Issaquah, WA (US);
Qing Yu, Beijing, CN;
Yongguang Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Yunxin Liu, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A network address mapping system is described. The network address mapping system can identify a set of Web pages, collects information from the Web pages indicating geographical locations ('geolocations'), and correlate the geolocations with the network addresses from which the identified Web pages are served. The collected information can be weighted based on various factors, such as its relative position in a Web page. The collected information can then be used to identify a geolocation. The network mapping system can deduce geolocations for portions of ranges of network addresses based on the score, and can infer geolocations for other portions based on the deduced geolocations. This mapping can then be stored in a database and provided as a geomapping service. The network address mapping system is able to map network addresses to geographical locations. Thereafter, when a user's client computing device accesses a Web server, the Web server can easily and accurately determine a geographical location by querying the database storing the mapping or a geomapping service.