Storing and accessing overlapping internet protocol (IP) address ranges

A computer program product for querying an internet protocol (IP) address, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and including executable code that, when executed, causes at least one computing device to:

• receive an IP address;
• generate a positional score for the IP address;
• query a positional data set containing a plurality of positional values using the positional score to find a first matching positional value;
• query a tag storage set containing a plurality of tag identifiers (IDs) using the first matching positional value to find a tag identifier (ID) from the plurality of tag IDs matching the first matching positional value, wherein the tag ID contains one or more tags with each of the one or more tags identifying a range of IP addresses containing the IP address;
• receive a new range of IP addresses;
• convert the range of IP addresses into new positional values;
• and
• add the new positional values to the positional data set.

A system for querying an internet protocol (IP) address, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• receive an IP address;
• generate a positional score for the IP address;
• query a positional data set containing a plurality of positional values using the positional score to find a first matching positional value;
• query a tag storage set containing a plurality of tag identifiers (IDs) using the first matching positional value to find a tag identifier (ID) from the plurality of tag IDs matching the first matching positional value, wherein the tag ID contains one or more tags with each of the one or more tags identifying a range of IP addresses containing the IP address;
• receive a new range of IP addresses;
• convert the range of IP addresses into new positional values;
• and
• add the new positional values to the positional data set.