Patent ID: 7543059

Claim:
A computing system comprising: means for receiving a request for content from a requesting device, the request comprising request-tracking information relating to the request for content, wherein the request-tracking information comprises a content provider identifier that identifies the content provider and a content identifier that identifies the content; means for determining from the request-tracking information, a selectable control identifier that identifies a selectable control; means for redirecting the request for content to a content provider that provides the content to the requesting device, the content comprising content-tracking information relating to providing the content, said redirecting the request for content to the content provider occurring before recording the request-tracking information in an event that the request for content would be delayed for the recording; means for receiving the content-tracking information from the requesting device; and means for storing the request-tracking information and the content-tracking information, wherein the content-tracking information comprises a content provider identifier that identifies the content provider and a content identifier that identifies the content.