Patent ID: 9253011
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating interaction between a client and a web application via an intermediary device, comprising: receiving, at a device, a request from a client, wherein the request is directed to a web application executing on a plurality of servers, wherein the request lacks a session identifier, and wherein the client lacks the ability to provide session identifiers; obtaining a client identifier associated with the client from a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated the request; querying a cache with the client identifier to determine if a session identifier associated with the client identifier exists in the cache; if so, adding the session identifier to the request, wherein the device maintains the session identifier on behalf of the client, and wherein the session identifier is a separate identifier from the client identifier; forwarding the request to the web application.