Patent ID: 9626688
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A system configured to operate a content-sharing website in a network in which a third party server tracks content distribution, the content-sharing website facilitating content engagement by serving instructions that when executed on a client computing device effectuate loading a user selected content code into a clipboard memory of the client computing device for pasting into an input of a content author website, the system comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors effectuate operations comprising: after receiving the second serve request, at the content-sharing website server, sending to the client computing device a uniform resource locator (URL) of a third-party server that tracks content distribution and instructions that direct the client computing device to the URL of the third party server and instructions that when executed by the client computing device effectuate operations comprising: sending a third serve request to the third party server addressed by the URL, wherein the third serve request identifies the content-sharing website to the third party server, such that the third party server receives information sufficient to cause the third serve request to be associated with the content-sharing website by an author of the content item; receiving, from the third party server instructions that direct the client computing device to a content author website to which the content item pertains; and displaying the content author website on the client computing device, the content author website including a field to enter the coupon code, while displaying the content author website, the coupon code remains in clipboard memory of the client computing device such that, after receiving direction from the user, the client computing device is operative to paste the coupon code from the clipboard memory of the client computing device into the field to provide the coupon code to the content author website.