Patent ID: 9563713
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing automatic application redirection, the method comprising: receiving at a server a request for a first content object; determining via the server whether the request is associated with a mobile device communicating with the server; in response to the server determining that the request is associated with the mobile device, the server redirecting the request from the mobile device to a second content object wherein the second content object has not been requested via the mobile device; determining via the server whether a user of the mobile device has accepted redirection to the second content object in place of the requested first content object; in response to the server determining that the user has accepted redirection to the second object in place of the requested first content object, the server providing the second content object without having received a request for the second content object; and in response to the server determining that the user has not accepted redirection by the server to the second content object, the server providing the first content object to the mobile device as was requested.