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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP) DEVICE CONNECTED TO A NETWORK

  • US 20120013702A1
  • Filed: 09/26/2011
  • Published: 01/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

  • receiving data from a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application running on a device connected to a network;

    determining a current network address for the VoIP application;

    searching a database associated with the VoIP application, the database including a plurality of network addresses and a plurality of physical addresses, wherein each of the plurality of physical addresses is associated with at least one of the plurality of network addresses; and

    when the current network address for the VoIP application matches one of the plurality of network addresses in the database, determining a location of a user of the VoIP application to be at one of the plurality of physical addresses, wherein the one of the plurality of physical addresses is associated with the one of the plurality of network addresses that matches the current network address of the VoIP application.

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