Patent ID: 9690759
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for linking content comprising: determining a first message resulting from a first application operating on a first device indicating occurrence of a first linking operation associated with a user thereof desiring to share a like or a comment for a first content being accessed through the first device, the first message including a first protocol identifier randomly generated at the first device and a first content identifier, the first content identifier identifying the first content associated with the first linking operation; after determining the first protocol identifier from the first message, generating a first link having a plurality of characters sufficient for identifying the first protocol identifier and the first content identifier, the first link being selectable from within a first webpage such that a second application facilitating selection of the first link from within the first webpage obtains the first protocol identifier and the first content identifier therefrom using the plurality of characters and without a first server hosting the first webpage having to host the first content for download; after determining the first protocol identifier from the first message, providing a handler to a second device operating the second application accessing the first webpage, the handler associating a third application with the randomly generated first protocol identifier such that the second device automatically executes the third application with selection of the first link and any additional links having the first protocol identifier.