Geolocation via internet protocol

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10069792-B2
Application number	US-201715682192-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2017
Priority date	Apr 15, 2014
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for extracting information associated with one networking transmission protocol, such as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), based on information associated with a different networking transmission protocol, such as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv4). More specifically, when resolving an IP address for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) through which a content file may be obtained, the system may base the resolved URL on attributes of an IPv4 address extracted from an IPv6 address for a machine associated with the request. In one particular example, a geographic location of a requested computing device or machine may be determined or estimated based on an IPv4 address extracted from an IPv6 address associated with the request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating a database associated with a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of requests associated with a plurality of communications through a network communication port over a period of time, wherein each request of the plurality of requests comprises an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address related to a requesting device from which each request was sent;
deriving an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address for each of the IPv6 addresses of the plurality of requests after the period of time;
storing the IPv4 address for each of the plurality of requests in a database; and assigning at least one attribute to each of the IPv4 addresses stored in the database.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising receiving a request associated with a communication on the telecommunications network, the request comprising an IPv6 address;
accessing at least one entry in the database to obtain at least attribute associated with the IPv6 address; and
assigning the at least one attribute to the communication.

Assignees

• Level 3 Communications Llc

Inventors

• Maslak Joelle T

Classifications

• H04L69/06

  Notations for structuring of protocol data, e.g. abstract syntax notation one [ASN.1] · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L61/251

  between different IP versions · CPC title

• H04L12/4633

  Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling · CPC title

• H04L67/02 Primary

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title