Patent Issued for Digital Envoy's IP Intelligence Technology.ATLANTA -- Patent Secures Digital Envoy's Status as Inventor INVENTOR. One who invents or finds out something. 2. The patent laws of the United States authorize a patent to be issued to the original inventor; if the invention is suggested by another, he is not the inventor within the meaning of those laws; but in that of Geo-location technology; Company Will Aggressively Defend Patent Rights Digital Envoy envoy: see diplomatic service. Envoy - Motorola's integrated personal wireless communicator. Envoy is a personal digital assistant which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline communication. , the leading provider of IP Intelligence solutions, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property has issued a patent on its IP Intelligence technology, which determines the location of Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f based solely on their IP addresses. Patent number 6,757,740, titled, "Systems and Methods for Determining, Collecting, and Using Geographic Locations of Internet Users," covers the core methods used to determine the location of Internet users to the city level utilizing IP addresses. Furthermore, this patent claims a priority dating back to 1999 when the patent was first filed, and before any other current geo-location company was in existence. "This patent acknowledges that Digital Envoy is the inventor of geo-location technology, and we are pleased to be officially recognized as pioneers in IP Intelligence," said Sanjay Parekh, Digital Envoy's Chief Strategy Officer, co-founder, and co-inventor of IP Intelligence. "Before Digital Envoy, attempts were made to geo-target Internet users by relying on things such as ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers, Chantilly, VA, www.arin.net) An organization founded in 1997 to dispense IP addresses in North and South America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. This was previous handled by Network Solutions, Inc., (InterNIC), which manages domain names. information, which is highly-inaccurate. I felt that the ability to non-invasively target Internet users was essential for conducting business on the Internet, which is how IP Intelligence came into being. I think the importance of this type of technology for a wide variety of Internet applications can be attested at·test v. at·test·ed, at·test·ing, at·tests v.tr. 1. To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine: The date of the painting was attested by the appraiser. 2. to by the number of 'me too' technologies that have sprung up since we first founded Digital Envoy in 1999." "We feel that no other provider will be able to offer accurate geo-location solutions without infringing on our patent rights," said Rob Friedman, Digital Envoy's Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, General Counsel, and company co-founder. "We plan to aggressively defend our patent in order to protect the techniques, methods and applications of this technology that offer so much value to our partners and customers." In addition to issued U.S. Patent number 6,757,740, Digital Envoy has numerous other patents pending, both in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and internationally, directed to various types of IP Intelligence, as well as to applications of these core technologies. About Digital Envoy Digital Envoy's NetAcuity is the leading IP Intelligence solution, and is used across a number of industry verticals by some of the world's largest networks, Web sites and enterprises including Google, Time Warner, Microsoft, NetBank, DoubleClick, Cable & Wireless, Ask Jeeves Noun 1. Ask Jeeves - a widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product , Verisign, Walt Disney Internet Group The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. [1] The division's Disney Online unit operates disney. , InfoSpace, Symantec, Network Associates, Digital River, CNN.com and many others. The company's patented and patent-pending technology provides new intelligence about an IP address such as location, connection speed and domain name, enabling a deeper understanding of the online universe. For more information on IP Intelligence and its various applications, visit www.digitalenvoy.net. |
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