Patent ID: 9171337
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing, using a processor of a computer, at least a portion of text that includes a link for use by a website; monitoring, using the processor of the computer, a plurality of posts associated with a second website to determine whether the link is present in at least one post of the plurality of posts; identifying, using the processor of the computer, a first user of the second website that has the link included in the at least one post in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post; determining, using the processor of the computer, that a second user of the second website is identified in the at least one post of the first user, wherein the second user is identified by name in the at least one post; monitoring, using the processor of the computer, an associated second website profile of the second user identified in the at least one post of the first user in response to determining that the second user is identified in the at least one post of the first user; and recording, using the processor of the computer, information associated with the first user in a data store in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post, wherein the information includes, at least in part, identification of the first user.