Patent ID: 8838767

Claim:
A computing system comprising: an interface that receives a first URL responsive to a user activating, via an application, an Internet link of a client of a redirection service wherein the first URL comprises information for an item specified by a country-based Internet store; circuitry that identifies a base country of the user by resolving an Internet Protocol address associated with the user; circuitry that decides if the base country of the user differs from the country of the country-based Internet store; circuitry that formulates, for a first condition where the base country does not differ, a first condition second URL for redirecting the user to the country-based Internet store wherein the first condition second URL is formulated to comprise first condition affiliate program information associated with a first condition affiliate program for the country-based Internet store; circuitry that accesses a database to, for a second condition where the base country of the user differs, determine, as a third condition, if the client of the redirection service is associated with a third condition affiliate program for a country-based Internet store for a country that corresponds to the base country of the user and, if so, to select that third condition affiliate program and, if not, as a fourth condition, to select a fourth condition affiliate program that is associated with the redirection service and the country-based Internet store for the country that corresponds to the base country of the user; and circuitry that formulates, for the second condition, a second condition second URL for redirecting the user to the country-based Internet store for the country that corresponds to the base country of the user wherein the second condition second URL is formulated to comprise second condition affiliate program information associated with the selected third condition or fourth condition affiliate program.