Patent ID: 7533261
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for storing session data on a client computer, comprising: encoding said session data in a tag-length-value format to create encoded configuration data; encrypting said encoded configuration data using a modified encryption key to create encrypted encoded configuration data, wherein said modified encryption key comprises a standard encryption key with a secret inserted at a predefined location which must be known in order to decrypt the encoded configuration data; concatenating said secret, a value that represents the length of the secret, and a value that represents the length of the length of the secret with said encrypted encoded configuration data to form a session cookie; and transmitting said session cookie from a server to said client computer, wherein the session cookie is stored by the client computer and subsequently returned to said server for configuring said server in response to a request by the client computer for content provided by said server.