Patent ID: 7987231

Claim:
A method for facilitating interaction between users, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, a first access request from a first user through a first device, wherein the first access request includes: a specification of a destination website provided by the server; a HTTP header; and identification information associated with a first referring website previously viewed by the first user and from which the first user is navigating to the destination website; extracting, by the server, the identification information associated with the first referring website from the first access request, wherein the identification information associated with the first referring website is extracted from an HTTP_REFERER variable in the HTTP header; determining, by the server, that a first communication forum specific to the first referring website exists using the extracted identification information; selecting the first communication forum from a plurality of communication fora specific to the first referring web site based on an age of the first user; and in response to determining that the first communication forum specific to the first referring website exists, the server joining the first user to the first communication forum by redirecting the first user to a chat server hosting the first communication forum, wherein joining the first user to the first communication forum includes: prompting the first user to determine whether the first user wishes to join the first communication forum; determining that the first user does not wish to join the first communication forum; and in response to determining that the first user does not wish to join the first communication forum, providing the first user with an option to view a list of one or more other users participating in the first communication forum.