Global Patent Index - EP 1419455 A4

EP 1419455 A4 20041215 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT PROVIDERS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEIR USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET

Title (en)

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT PROVIDERS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEIR USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM, WODURCH INHALTSANBIETERN INFORMATIONEN ÜBER DEN INTERNETZUGANG IHRER BENUTZER BEREITGESTELLT WERDEN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET SYSTEME PERMETTANT DE FOURNIR DES INFORMATIONS A DES FOURNISSEURS DE CONTENUS CONCERNANT LA MANIERE DONT LEURS UTILISATEURS ACCEDENT A L'INTERNET

Publication

EP 1419455 A4 20041215 (EN)

Application

EP 01964022 A 20010815

Priority

  • US 0125491 W 20010815
  • US 22640500 P 20000818

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0217139A1] A system and method for accurately identifying the geographic location from which users access a Web site and the network origin of a user's request. The end user (200) interacts with Web server (202) over network (204) which may be the Internet. Web server (202) is provisioned with Applicaion Program Interface API (206), engine (208) and a local instance of the database (210) within the content provider execution environment (205). The content delivery network CDN manages database update processes (212). In operation, the user request for the Web site reaches the Web sites reaches the Web server (202) which uses the API (206) to send the user's IP address to the engine (208). If the engine (208) does not have the user's geographic and network data stored locally in the database (210) or cannot obtain it, the engine (208) retrieves that data form the knowledge base sotred on the CDN.

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/30

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06F 16/9537 (2018.12); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04L 69/329 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [PX] EP 1039265 A1 20000927 - SONY INT EUROPE GMBH [DE]
  • [PX] WO 0067450 A1 20001109 - DIGITAL ENVOY INC [US]
  • [PY] US 6108703 A 20000822 - LEIGHTON F THOMSON [US], et al
  • [X] WO 0022495 A2 20000420 - LIQUID AUDIO INC [US]
  • [A] WO 9934305 A1 19990708 - AMERICA ONLINE INC [US], et al
  • [A] US 5944790 A 19990831 - LEVY DANIEL RICHARD [US]
  • [X] "SPOT (Systematic Position Online Targetter)", DIGITAL ENVOY, 27 November 1999 (1999-11-27), XP002298987, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://web.archive.org/web/19991127165432/digitalenvoy.com/products/products.hm> [retrieved on 20041001]
  • [X] "InfoSplit Java API", 16 August 2000 (2000-08-16), XP002299118, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://web.archive.org/web/20000816003707/www.infosplit.com/pages/developers.html> [retrieved on 20041001]
  • [X] "GLRS (Geographic Location Resolution Server)", 15 August 2000 (2000-08-15), XP002162124, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://web.archive.org/web/20000815111358/glrs.networldmap.com> [retrieved on 20041001]
  • See references of WO 0217139A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0217139 A1 20020228; AU 8492201 A 20020304; EP 1419455 A1 20040519; EP 1419455 A4 20041215

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0125491 W 20010815; AU 8492201 A 20010815; EP 01964022 A 20010815