System and method for managing an internet domain based on the geographic location of an accessing user
View Patent ↗A system and method for managing an Internet domain based on the geographic location of an accessing user. A particular embodiment of the system includes: receiving an access request from a client for access to a particular requested domain; determining a geo-location for the client; determining a corresponding geo-specific site based on the requested domain and the geo-location of the client; and redirecting the client access request to the corresponding geo-specific site.
1. A method comprising:
receiving an access request from a first client for access to a particular requested domain;
determining a geo-location for the first client using a plurality of intermediate assignment generators comprising at least two different types of intermediate assignment generators, wherein each of the plurality of intermediate assignment generators obtains geo-location-relevant information from a different data source and wherein at least one of classification and regression data are created by comparing two or more intermediate assignments produced by the intermediate assignment generators utilizing a threshold value;
determining a corresponding first geo-specific site based on the requested domain and the geo-location of the first client; and
redirecting the first client access request to the corresponding first geo-specific site.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first geo-specific site is a licensee or franchisee of the requested domain and wherein the redirecting redirects an access to a specified Internet domain to a server corresponding to the first geo-specific site as compensation for a payment.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining a geo-location for the first client is performed by geo-specific domain processing within a site corresponding to the requested domain.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining a geo-location for the first client is performed by a geo-specific domain broker operating outside of a site corresponding to the requested domain.
5. The method of claim 1 including:
receiving an access request from a second client for access to the particular requested domain, the second client being at a different geo-location relative to the first client;
determining a geo-location for the second client;
determining a corresponding second geo-specific site based on the requested domain and the geo-location of the second client, the second geo-specific site being different from the first geo-specific site; and
redirecting the second client access request to the corresponding second geo-specific site.
6. The method of claim 1 including performing a database lookup to determine if a particular client geo-location corresponds to a particular geo-specific site.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of intermediate assignment generators generate a feature vector, each feature vector including a plurality of attributes associated with a different network data source, a value for a particular attribute of the plurality of attributes representing a degree to which that attribute is present or absent in a corresponding network data source.
8. A system comprising:
a processor;
a memory coupled to the processor to store information related to domains; and
a geo-location determination module, operably coupled with the processor and the memory, operable to:
receive an access request from a first client for access to a particular requested domain;
determine a geo-location for the first client using a plurality of intermediate assignment generators comprising at least two different types of intermediate assignment generators, wherein each of the plurality of intermediate assignment generators obtains geo-location-relevant information from a different data source and wherein at least one of classification and regression data are created by comparing two or more intermediate assignments produced by the intermediate assignment generators utilizing a threshold value;
determine a corresponding first geo-specific site based on the requested domain and the geo-location of the first client; and
redirect the first client access request to the corresponding first geo-specific site.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the first geo-specific site is a licensee or franchisee of the requested domain and wherein the redirecting redirects an access to a specified Internet domain to a server corresponding to the first geo-specific site as compensation for a payment.
10. The system of claim 8 wherein determining a geo-location for the first client is performed by geo-specific domain processing within a site corresponding to the requested domain.
11. The system of claim 8 wherein determining a geo-location for the first client is performed by a geo-specific domain broker operating outside of a site corresponding to the requested domain.
12. The system of claim 8 being further configured to:
receive an access request from a second client for access to the particular requested domain, the second client being at a different geo-location relative to the first client;
determine a geo-location for the second client;
determine a corresponding second geo-specific site based on the requested domain and the geo-location of the second client, the second geo-specific site being different from the first geo-specific site; and
redirect the second client access request to the corresponding second geo-specific site.
13. The system of claim 8 being further configured to perform a database lookup to determine if a particular client geo-location corresponds to a particular geo-specific site.
14. The system of claim 8 wherein each of the plurality of intermediate assignment generators generate a feature vector, each feature vector including a plurality of attributes associated with a different network data source, a value for a particular attribute of the plurality of attributes representing a degree to which that attribute is present or absent in a corresponding network data source.
15. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine executable instructions embedded thereon, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
receive an access request from a first client for access to a particular requested domain;
determine a geo-location for the first client using a plurality of intermediate assignment generators comprising at least two different types of intermediate assignment generators, wherein each of the plurality of intermediate assignment generators obtains geo-location-relevant information from a different data source and wherein at least one of classification and regression data are created by comparing two or more intermediate assignments produced by the intermediate assignment generators utilizing a threshold value;
determine a corresponding first geo-specific site based on the requested domain and the geo-location of the first client; and
redirect the first client access request to the corresponding first geo-specific site.