Patent ID: 7076533

Claim:
A system for monitoring website behavior of an email recipient, comprising: control logic configured to modify an outgoing email addressed to the email recipient and sent using an email client configured to allow a sender to send the outgoing email and access one or more personal or corporate emails belonging to the sender, wherein the control logic configured to modify the outgoing email is further configured to edit the outgoing email to include a tracking code, wherein the tracking code is uniquely associated with the outgoing email, the email recipient, the sender or the business entity associated with the sender or a combination thereof, and wherein the tracking code is inserted into a hyperlink in the modified outgoing email; and control logic configured to monitor the website behavior of the email recipient using information contained in the modified outgoing email; wherein upon the email recipient clicking on the hyperlink, a connection to a remote server is made in which the tracking code is transmitted to the remote server; the remote server being used to manage a website referenced by the hyperlink; and wherein upon receipt of the tracking code by the remote server, the remote server is able to use the tracking code to monitor the website behavior of the email recipient.