Method, Apparatus And System For Updating Location Information Of An IP Address

• US 20120163372A1
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Cheng, Yu, LING, Guohui, Li, Yutao
• Granted Patent: US 8,971,313 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/69 using geographic information, e.g. room number
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5076 Update or notification mechanisms, e.g. DynDNS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for updating location information of an IP address are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an incoming call; searching a pre-stored location database for a location corresponding to the incoming call; searching a pre-stored log database for an IP address corresponding to the incoming call; and updating location information of the IP address stored in an IP database by the location searched out. The present disclosure may be applied when a service provider updates the location information of the IP address in the IP database. Thus, the problem that the location information in the IP database cannot be updated accurately in the prior art is solved.

Claims

1. A method for updating location information of an IP address, comprising:

receiving an incoming call;

searching a pre-stored location database for a location corresponding to the incoming call;

searching a pre-stored log database for an IP address corresponding to the incoming call; and

updating location information of the IP address stored in an IP database by the location searched out.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating the location information of the IP address stored in the IP database by the location searched out comprises:

updating a logon spot of the IP address recorded in the log database by the location searched out;

within a pre-defined period, collecting statistics to update times of the logon spot of the IP address in the log database to obtain a collected result; and

if the collected result reaches a pre-defined threshold, updating the location information of the IP address in the IP database by the location searched out.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the collecting statistics to the update times of the logon spot of the IP address stored in the IP database by the location searched out within the pre-defined period comprises:

obtaining a weight corresponding to the incoming call from a pre-stored weight table; and

according to the weight corresponding to the incoming call, collecting statistics to weighted update times of the logon spot of the IP address in the log database within the pre-defined period and recording the weighted update times as the collected result.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location is a location of a telephone number of the incoming call.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the location is a location of a telephone number of the incoming call.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the location is a location of a telephone number of the incoming call.

7. An apparatus for updating location information of an IP address, comprising:

a receiving module, to receive an incoming call;

a first searching module, to search a pre-stored location database for a location corresponding to the incoming call received by the receiving module;

a second searching module, to search a pre-stored log database for an IP address corresponding to the incoming call received by the receiving module; and

an updating module, to update location information of the IP address searched out by the second searching module stored in an IP database by the location searched out by the first searching module.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the updating module comprises:

a first updating unit, to update a logon spot of the IP address searched out by the second searching module recorded in the log database by the location searched out by the first searching module;

a statistic collecting module, to collect statistics, within a pre-configured period, to updates of the logon spot of the IP address searched out by the second searching module in the log database performed by the first updating unit and obtain a collected result;

a second updating unit, to update, if the collected result reaches a pre-defined threshold, location information of the IP address searched out by the second searching module in the IP database by the location searched out by the first searching module.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the statistic collecting module comprises:

an obtaining sub-unit, to obtain a weight corresponding to the incoming call received by the receiving module from a pre-stored weight table; and

a statistic collecting sub-unit, to collect statistics, within the pre-defined period, to weighted update times of the logon spot of the IP address in the log database according to the weight corresponding to the incoming call obtained by the obtaining sub-unit, and record the weighted update times as the collected result.

10. A system for updating location information of an IP address, comprising:

an apparatus for updating the location information of the IP address, to receive an incoming call, search a pre-stored location database for a location corresponding to the incoming call, search a pre-stored log database for an IP address corresponding to the incoming call, and update location information of the IP address stored in an IP database by the location.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the apparatus for updating the location information of the IP address comprises:

a receiving module, to receive the incoming call;

a first searching module, to search the pre-stored location database for the location corresponding to the incoming call received by the receiving module;

a second searching module, to search the pre-stored log database for the IP address corresponding to the incoming call received by the receiving module; and

an updating module, to update location information of the IP address searched out by the second searching module stored in the IP database by the location searched out by the first searching module.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the updating module comprises:

a first updating unit, to update a logon spot of the IP address searched out by the second searching module recorded in the log database by the location searched out by the first searching module;

a statistic collecting module, to collect statistics, within a pre-configured period, to updates of the logon spot of the IP address searched out by the second searching module in the log database performed by the first updating unit and obtain a collected result;

a second updating unit, to update, if the collected result reaches a pre-defined threshold, location information of the IP address searched out by the second searching module in the IP database by the location searched out by the first searching module.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the statistic collecting module comprises:

an obtaining sub-unit, to obtain a weight corresponding to the incoming call received by the receiving module from a pre-stored weight table; and

a statistic collecting sub-unit, to collect statistics, within the pre-defined period, to weighted update times of the logon spot of the IP address in the log database according to the weight corresponding to the incoming call obtained by the obtaining sub-unit, and record the weighted update times as the collected result.