Patent ID: 7908649
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a web cache which caches content from a plurality of origin servers, a first request from a client, wherein the first request results from initial content request from the client to a first origin server; determining at the web cache whether the first request contains a valid, unexpired master data parcel containing information related to authentication; and in response to a determination that the first request does not contain a valid, unexpired master data parcel containing information related to authentication, receiving at the web cache a second request from the client, wherein the second request from the client results from an initial content request from the client to a second origin server; determining at the web cache whether the second request from the client contains a valid, unexpired master data parcel containing information related to authentication; and in response to a determination that the second request contains a valid, unexpired master data parcel containing information related to authentication, sending a second response from the web cache to the client, to cause the client to send a second content request from the client to the second origin server, the second response from the web cache causing the client to include the agent data parcel in the second content request from the client to the second origin server.