Patent ID: 9736245
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for synchronizing web sessions, the method comprising: establishing, with a web session synchronization apparatus, in response to a request a first web socket connection with a sending device; establishing, with the web session synchronization apparatus, in response to another request from a receiving device a second web socket connection; notifying, with the web session synchronization apparatus, the sending device when the second web socket connection is established; receiving, with the web session synchronization apparatus, over the first web socket connection one or more cookies comprising session information including a synchronization identifier and a redirect uniform resource locator (URL) from the sending device in response to the notifying; and forwarding, with the web session synchronization apparatus, the one or more cookies and the redirect URL to the receiving device over the second web socket connection, wherein the redirect URL is associated with a web page that, when executed by the receiving device, is configured to comprise the session information.