Patent ID: 7606897

Claim:
A system useable in managing an activity of a client device over a network, comprising: a first domain service component that is configured and arranged within a first internet domain and that is configured to perform actions, including: receiving a request for content from the client device over the network; sending to the client device, content, and a first cookie; and a second domain service component configured and arranged within a second and different internet domain than the first domain service component and that is configured to perform actions, including: receiving a request for other content from the client device over the network; in response to the request, providing a link to a beacon obtainable from within the first internet domain, and further providing a Match-ID; recording in a log associated with the second internet domain the Match-ID, and information associated with an activity of the client device with the second domain service; and a beacon service component that is configured and arranged within the first internet domain and that is configured to perform actions, including: receiving the Match-ID and the request to the beacon; providing the beacon in response to the request; and recording in a log associated with the first internet domain, the Match-ID, and information associated with the second domain service component, wherein the Match-ID is useable to locate within the logs internet cross-domain activities by the client device.