Patent ID: 8463854

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by 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; and identification information associated with a first referring website from which the first user is navigating to the destination website; extracting, by the server, the identification information from the first access request, wherein the identification information is extracted from a parameter in a header of the first access request; selecting, by the server based on the extracted identification information, a first communication forum specific to the first referring website from a plurality of communication fora; and inviting the first user to join the first communication forum by providing a redirect to a server hosting the first communication forum, wherein inviting the first user to join 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, otherwise not providing the first user with the option to view the list of one or more other users participating in the first communication forum.