Patent ID: 6189030
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method of providing a message to a tracking server system in response to a client system referencing a predetermined resource locator that corresponds to a resource external to said server system, said method comprising the steps of:a) providing for a client system to have an informational element selectable by said client system, wherein said informational element is graphically identified on said client system with informational content obtainable from a first server system through use of a first resource locator, and wherein said informational element includes a second resource locator referencing a second server system and data identifying said informational element;b) providing for said client system to separately use said second resource locator to provide said data to said second server system in response to the selection of said informational element; andc) providing for said client system to separately use said first resource locator to obtain said informational content from said first server system in response to the selection of said informational element.