Patent ID: 8918330

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for associating videos with a website on a video hosting site comprising: receiving a request through a third-party website to view a video over a network, wherein the video is hosted at a video hosting site and accessed indirectly via an embedded hyperlink in the third-party website; associating the third-party website with the video; determining a total number of views for the video originating from all sources and a total number of views for the video originating from the third-party website; and responsive to either the total number of views for the video from the third-party website exceeding a threshold or the percentage of total views originating from the third-party website in relation to the total number of views originating from all sources exceeding a threshold, displaying on a page on the video hosting site an indication of the association between the third-party website and the video on the video hosting site, wherein the indication comprises a grouping of the video based on the third-party website and an identification of the third-party website.