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Determining geographic location of internet users

  • US 20030187949A1
  • Filed: 03/28/2002
  • Published: 10/02/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for determining the geographic location of a user of Internet services comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at an Internet service provider a request from a user'"'"'s terminal for Internet services over a dial-up telephone connection;

    transmitting a message from the Internet service provider to the user'"'"'s terminal to cause a cookie to be generated and stored on the terminal, the cookie containing the telephone number dialed by the user in seeking Internet services and the Internet protocol address of the user;

    accessing information stored in the cookie by an authorized server, whereby the user can receive services based the location of the user as derived from information contained in the cookie.

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