Patent ID: 7925694
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing browser cookies by an intermediary between a client and server via content of an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by an intermediary between a client and server, a response of the server to a request of the client, the response comprising a message body and a header, the header comprising cookie information specifying a domain and a path; (b) removing, by the intermediary, the cookie information from the header of the response; (c) modifying, by the intermediary, the message body of the response to include script instructions for execution by a browser of the client to set a value of the domain and the path of the cookie based on cookie information stored in a storage element, to include an identification of a Uniform Resource Locator of a script for execution by the browser to detect a change to the cookie by the browser; and (d) forwarding, by the intermediary, the modified response to the client.