Patent ID: 8028089

Claim:
A method for detecting on-deck users for a web site, the method comprising: providing a web site having an associated primary URL and at least one secondary URL, the secondary URL used for accessing the web site from a carrier deck; associating in a database on a server the at least one secondary URL with carrier deck information identifying the carrier deck for one of a plurality of carriers; configuring the carrier deck on a mobile communication device with a user interface component corresponding to the secondary URL; initiating a first browsing session with the server via the carrier deck by selecting the user interface component on the carrier deck; in response to a user selecting the user interface component, the mobile communication device sending a request to the server for the secondary URL; the server receiving the request for the secondary URL; the server determining that the request originated from the carrier deck based on the association in the database of the secondary URL with the carrier deck information; in response to the server determining that the request originated from the carrier deck, the server establishing the first browsing session as an on-deck browsing session and presenting the web site to the mobile communication device; the user of the mobile communication device initiating, after the first browsing session and from a source other than the carrier deck, a second browsing session with the server; and the server enforcing the second browsing session as an on-deck browsing session despite being initiated from the source other than the carrier deck.