Tracking link generation using keyboard interception on mobile devices

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions, that when performed by a processor of a mobile device, cause a keyboard application executing on the mobile device to:

• receive, by the keyboard application, a first input entered by a user into a field within an application executing on the mobile device;
• determine, by the keyboard application, the field into which the first input is entered is one designated for at least one of Uniform Resource Locators, URLs, and text fields for internet searching;
• responsive to the determining, generate, by the keyboard application, a search query based on the first input;
• send a request to locate data based on the search query, wherein the data is associated with a record, the record comprising a record identifier;
• associate, by the keyboard application and responsive to receipt of a said record identifier, an element of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the keyboard application with the record identifier;
• receive a second input entered by the user, corresponding to selection of the element of the GUI;
• responsive to receiving the second input:
• generate, by the keyboard application and without user input, a unique tracking link comprising a URL and a randomly generated identifier associated with the selection of the GUI element, the URL being for a website associated with the data;
• and
• pass, by the keyboard application, the unique tracking link to an address bar of a web browser application executing on the mobile device, wherein the unique tracking link causes the web browser application to store a cookie comprising the randomly generated identifier associated with the selection of the GUI element;
• and
• store, in a database, the unique tracking link in association with the record identifier and a user identifier.