Patent ID: 8694645
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A tracking web server providing a tracking and forwarding function for requests to personalized Uniform Resource Locators (URL), the personalized URL indicating a first domain name of a first resource location, and a contact associated with the personalized URL, the tracking web server comprising: a memory configured to store: a receiver for receiving a URL request, and for trapping the URL request before the tracking web server attempts to access the first resource location identified by the first domain name; an analyzer arranged to identify the first domain name indicated in the URL request, and, upon determining that the first domain name corresponds to a stored personalized URL, access the memory to determine the location of the second network resource location associated with the personalized URL, and update the memory to show that a request for the personalized URL has been received, wherein the analyzer formulates a new URL request based on the second domain name of the second network resource location; and a re-router arranged to transmit the new URL request to the second network resource location on the web server of the third party website proprietor.