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Method and system for locating geographical locations of online users

  • US 7,437,444 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2003
  • Issued: 10/14/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A location tracking system for building a geographic location database of network nodes in a computer network comprising:

  • a trace engine module configured to send trace Id commands to a plurality of user terminals, said trace engine module to obtain an IP address of each of said user terminals and its corresponding geographic location; and

    a database to store;

    IP addresses obtained by said trace engine module,a corresponding geographical location of the IP addresses obtained by said trace engine module,a set of physical connections between the IP addresses obtained by said trace engine module.

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