Method and system for automatically adjusting location based system information in a mobile computer
First Claim
1. A method for automatically adjusting location based system information in a mobile computer upon use thereof at a location different than its place of usual Internet connection, comprising:
- upon connection to a network including the Internet, polling a server to find an IP address as seen by the Internet for said computer;
searching for an entry in a table, in said computer, containing said IP address from the Internet;
if no entry is found, adding a table entry containing a mapping of said IP address from the Internet with an actual IP address of said computer;
prompting a user to supply a time zone, correlated to a present geographic location, for inclusion in said table entry; and
adjusting location based system information in said computer using said time zone correlated to said IP address from the Internet and said computer IP address.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method, system and program product for automatically adjusting location based system information in a mobile computer to reflect the time zone where a user of the mobile computer connects to the Internet, as a function of the geographic location of the IP address of the connection, as seen by an address server remote from the connection place. A table mapping the IP address of the computer with each other IP address where the mobile computer connects to the Internet and corresponding time zone data is constructed with minimal user interaction each time a new Internet connection is made. Thereafter, anytime the user connects to the Internet at an IP address in the table, location based system information is appropriately adjusted with no intervention by the user.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for automatically adjusting location based system information in a mobile computer upon use thereof at a location different than its place of usual Internet connection, comprising:
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upon connection to a network including the Internet, polling a server to find an IP address as seen by the Internet for said computer;
searching for an entry in a table, in said computer, containing said IP address from the Internet;
if no entry is found, adding a table entry containing a mapping of said IP address from the Internet with an actual IP address of said computer;
prompting a user to supply a time zone, correlated to a present geographic location, for inclusion in said table entry; and
adjusting location based system information in said computer using said time zone correlated to said IP address from the Internet and said computer IP address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 13)
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6. Apparatus for automatically adjusting location based system information in a mobile computer upon use thereof at a location different than its place of usual Internet connection, comprising:
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means active upon connection to a network including the Internet for polling a server to find an IP address as seen by the Internet for said computer;
means for searching for an entry in a table, in said computer, containing said IP address from the Internet;
means active if no entry is found for adding a table entry containing a mapping of said IP address from the Internet with an actual IP address of said computer;
means for prompting a user to supply a time zone, correlated to a present geographic location, for inclusion in said table entry; and
means for adjusting location based system information in said computer using said time zone correlated to said IP address from the Internet and said computer IP address. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program having data structures included on a computer readable medium for automatically adjusting location based system information in a mobile computer upon use thereof at a location different than its place of usual Internet connection, comprising:
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means active upon connection to a network including the Internet for polling a server to find an IP address as seen by the Internet for said computer;
means for searching for an entry in a table, in said computer, containing said IP address from the Internet;
means active if no entry is found for adding a table entry containing a mapping of said IP address from the Internet with an actual IP address of said computer;
means for prompting a user to supply a time zone, correlated to a present geographic location, for inclusion in said table entry; and
means for adjusting location based system information in said computer using said time zone correlated to said IP address from the Internet and said computer IP address. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15)
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