SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GEO-LOCATION BASED COMMUNITY OF INTEREST

摘要

The embodiments described herein recite a geo-location based community of interest (COI) system and method which add the capability to configure Network Connect Devices (NCD) to identify the location of the source and destination IP addresses. The NCDs would then drop any packets that are destined to an IP address outside of its predefined radius. For any sent/received packets, the geo-location position of the remote IP-address on the wide area network (WAN) may be determined. The distance between two points on the earth given their latitudes and longitudes of the devices may be determined. If the distance is greater than the predefined range, the data packets may be denied. If the distance falls within the pre-determined range, the data packets are allowed to reach their destination.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
storing, by a host server, a plurality of internet protocol (IP) addresses in a host database; receiving, by the host server, a request to send packets of information to a destination device IP address outside a geo-location surrounding a source device IP address; comparing, by the host server, the destination device IP address with the plurality of IP addresses;
when the destination device IP address matches one of the plurality of IP addresses stored in the host database, sending, by the host server, the destination device IP address to the router to permit the router to send the destination device IP address the packets of information; andwhen the destination device IP address does not match one of the plurality of IP addresses stored in the host database, blocking, by the host server, the destination device IP address from the router.