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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Arunesh Mishra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhengrong Ji, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marc Stogaitis, San Mateo, CA (US);
Tsuwei Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Arunesh Mishra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhengrong Ji, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marc Stogaitis, San Mateo, CA (US);
Tsuwei Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to determining the geographic location of network entities. An embodiment is a method of determining the geographic location of a host including, identifying at least one gateway communicatively coupled to the host, determining a geographic location of the at least one gateway based upon a proximity relationship between the gateway and a localizable entity, and determining the geographic location of the host based upon the determined geographic location of the at least one gateway. Another embodiment is a method for a host to determine its geographic location by determining reachability information to communicatively coupled network entities, sending the reachability information to a location server, and by receiving geographic location information from the location server.