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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2003
Applicants:

Mark Anderson, Westminster, CO (US);

Ajay Bansal, San Jose, 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);

Inventors:

Mark Anderson, Westminster, CO (US);

Ajay Bansal, San Jose, 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);

Assignee:

eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12009 (2013.01); H04L 29/08072 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 29/12594 (2013.01); H04L 29/12783 (2013.01); H04L 61/3015 (2013.01); H04L 61/303 (2013.01); H04L 61/35 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99943 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 69/329 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and a system map a geographic location to a network address. At least one automated process is performed to identify a geographic location for the network address. A determination is made whether the automated process provided satisfactory geographic location information for the network address. If the automated process did not provided satisfactory geographic location information for the network address, then the network address is forwarded for manual resolution.


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