Patent ID: 7827059

Claim:
In a computing environment, a system for providing a reward to a user of the Internet for desired web site visiting behavior, said system comprising: means located at a first server for loading a first web document over the Internet to a user's computer, said first web document having a hyperlink to a different server for a second web document; means for monitoring at the first server whether said user selects said hyperlink to navigate to said second web document; means at said first server responsive to a detection for monitoring whether said user returns to said first document; means at said first server for providing a reward to said user in response to the user returning to the first web document from the second web document; means for starting a timer in response to the user selecting the hyperlink in the first web document; means for stopping the timer when the user returns to the first web document and determining a timer value; and means for comparing the timer value to a first and a second threshold value, wherein, the reward is provided to the user only if the tinier value is greater than the first threshold value and smaller than the second threshold value.