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Method and system to initiate geolocation activities on demand and responsive to receipt of a query

  • US 7,472,172 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2003
  • Issued: 12/30/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method to perform geolocation activities relating to a network address, the method including:

  • receiving, at a geolocation system, a query, including a network address, from an external entity; and

    responsive to receipt of the query, initiating geolocation activities at the geolocation system to map the network address to a geographic location associated with the network address, wherein the network address is advanced sequentially through a plurality of sequential automated mapping operations to derive satisfactory geolocation information associated with the network address and associated location probability information,wherein the geolocation activities include tasking a plurality of data collection machines to collect data pertaining to the network address and mapping the network address to the geographic location based on the collected data.

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