Patent ID: 8788617
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by one or more devices, the method comprising: receiving, by the one or more devices and from a client, a request for a webpage; determining, by the one or more devices, whether the request includes a browser cookie that represents a session identifier that identifies a network browser cookie that stores information relating to web browsing by the client; obtaining, by the one or more devices and when the request is determined to include the browser cookie, at least a portion of the network browser cookie, the at least a portion of the network browser cookie being obtained, from a network storage device different from the client, using the session identifier; identifying, by the one or more devices and when the request is determined to not include the browser cookie, a new session identifier; determining, by the one or more devices, the webpage corresponding to the request, the webpage being determined based on the obtained network browser cookie when the request includes the browser cookie that represents the session identifier; and transmitting, by the one or more devices, the webpage to the client, the transmitting to the client additionally including, when the new session identifier has been identified, the new session identifier.