Patent ID: 9641632
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving an external web page from a hosting server web address through a web browser running on a computer having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the web browser associated with a user; receiving ad content for the external web page, the ad content comprising an ad server's web address; receiving a user input regarding the ad content; responsive to the user input, sending a data request to the ad server's web address; receiving a response to the data request comprising an advertiser's web address associated with an advertiser's web page and a new user identification (user ID), the advertiser's web address different from the ad server's web address; sending a request to the advertiser's web address including the new user ID; receiving the advertiser's web page from the advertiser, the advertiser's web page comprising the new user ID and computer code configured to notify the ad server regarding the user's visit to the advertiser's web page; and writing, within the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the new user ID to a first party cookie of the advertiser in association with the web browser.