Patent ID: 8490165
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for restoring secure sessions, the method comprising: responsive to receiving a request at a data processing system from a requestor to access a resource, determining whether cached information for a session for the requestor is stored at the data processing system using a session cookie; responsive to a determination that the cached information for the session is stored at the data processing system, controlling access to the resource using the cached information and a number of privileges for the requestor associated with the cached information; responsive to an absence of a determination that the cached information for the session is stored at the data processing system, requesting a migration cookie from the requestor; generating the cached information for the session using the migration cookie; and responsive to a determination that the cached information for the session is stored at the data processing system, sending a cookie to the requestor, wherein the cookie forms the migration cookie at the requestor.