Patent ID: 9686343
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for redirecting a client device from a website of a metasearch engine to a website of a service provider, the method comprising: receiving, at a processor of a redirection system from the client device via the website of the metasearch engine, a first uniform resource locator (URL) in a first format including a plurality of fields containing name and value pairs related to a product distributed at the website of the service provider and a name and value pair including an identifier for the service provider; generating, with the processor of the redirection system, a second uniform resource locator (URL) from the fields of the first URL, the second URL having a second format that is predetermined by the service provider and including a domain generated based on the identifier for the service provider from the name and value pair of the first URL; and providing, with the processor of the redirection system, access for redirecting the client device to the website of the service provider using the second URL.