Patent ID: 7197568
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for a web-based system to provide data to a client from a data cache, the system comprising a server, the method comprising the following steps: a) the server generating a plurality of cookies comprising an encoded client identifier for the client, the encoded client identifier being generated using the HMAC protocol; b) the server delivering the plurality of cookies to the client; c) storing the data in the data cache in association with a cache key, the cache key for the data being generated in a manner dependent on the encoded client identifier; d) the data cache receiving a request directly from the client including a copy of the plurality of cookies from the client; e) the data cache retrieving the data from the data cache using the encoded client identifier provided in the copy of the plurality of cookies in the request; and f) the data cache delivering said data to the client.