Granted Patent B2

US 12,294,481 · App. 18/598,000 · Granted May 6, 2025

Inventors: Derry Shribman (Tel Aviv, IL); Ofer Vilenski (Moshav Hadar Am, IL)

Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.

H04L41/046H04L67/01H04L67/1001H04L67/1023H04L67/1063H04L67/108H04L67/142H04L67/535H04L67/563H04L67/564H04L67/02

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A method for use with a group of client devices, for use with a server device is not a client device and that stores a respective Internet Protocol (IP) address and a respective associated geographical location for each of the client devices in the group, for use with a first content that comprises a first audio or video content and that is identified by a first content identifier, and for use with a second content that comprises a second audio or video content and that is identified by a second content identifier, the method comprising:

sending, by a first device to the server device over the Internet, a first geographical location; receiving, by the first device from the server device over the Internet, in response to the sending of the first geographical location, a first IP address of a first client device from the group that is associated with the first geographical location;

sending, by the first device to the first client device over the Internet, using the received first IP address, a first request that comprises the first content identifier;

receiving, by the first device from the first client device over the Internet, the first content, in response to the sending of the first request;

sending, by the first device to the server device over the Internet, a second geographical location;

receiving, by the first device from the server device over the Internet, in response to the sending of the second geographical location, a second IP address of a second client device from the group that is associated with the second geographical location;

sending, by the first device to the second client device over the Internet, using the received second IP address, a second request that comprises the second content identifier; and

receiving, by the first device from the second client device over the Internet, the second content, in response to the sending of the second request.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first content comprises, or is part of, a first web-page that is stored in a first web server, wherein the first content identifier comprises a first Uniform Resource Locator (URL), wherein the second content comprises, or is part of, a second web-page that is stored in a second web server, and wherein the second content identifier comprises a second URL.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second web servers are the same web server.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the first device over the Internet, a web-page from a web server using the selected first or second client device.

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising storing, by the selected first or second client device, the received web-page.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the first device to the first or second client over the Internet, an URL.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising communicating, by the first or second client device with a web server over the Internet.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising selecting, by the server device, the first or second client device, based on the respective first or second request.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the selecting of the first or second client device is further based on the IP address of the selected client device.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the server device, a communication initiated by each of the client devices in the group.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising storing, by the server device, the respective Internet Protocol (IP) address of each of the client devices in the group, in response to the receiving of the communication initiated by each of the client devices in the group.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the communication initiated by each of the client devices in the group uses a TCP/IP protocol or connection.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises a consumer communication device.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first or second request comprises a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.

15. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the server device from the first device over the Internet, the sent first geographical location;

comparing, by the server device, the received first geographical location with the respective geographical location of each of the client devices in the group;

selecting, by the server device, in response to the comparing, the first client device from the group that is located in the first geographical location;

sending, by the server device to the first device over the Internet, the first IP address of the first client device;

receiving, by the server device from the first device over the Internet, the sent second geographical location;

comparing, by the server device, the received second geographical location with the respective geographical location of each of the client devices in the group;

selecting, by the server device, in response to the comparing, the second client device from the group that is located in the second geographical location; and

sending, by the server device to the first device over the Internet, the second IP address of the second client device.

16. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the first device to the first or second client device over the Internet, a communication port number, and any communication between the first device and the respective client device uses the communication port number.

17. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the first device to the server device over the Internet, a URL, and selecting, by the server device, the first or second client device, in response to the receiving, of the URL by the server device.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein any communication of the first device with the first or second client device is based on, or according to, UDP, DNS, TCP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, or SQL standard.

19. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising executing, by the first device, a browser or an email application; and sending, by the first device to the server device over the Internet, an identifier in the Internet of the first device or the URL, as part of, or in response to, the executing.

20. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the first device to the server device over the Internet, an identifier in the Internet of the first device; and storing, by the server device, the received identifier of the first device.

21. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first or second content comprises a web-page.

22. The method according to claim 1 , wherein any communication with the server device is based on, or according to, UDP, DNS, TCP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, or SQL standard.

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