Patent ID: 8191117
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for accessing premium content, the system comprising at least one central processing unit, at least one memory unit, at least one data storage unit and at least one network interface unit, the system further comprising: a user computer initiating a request for premium content a proxy server: a content server receiving the forwarded request and returning premium content upon detecting the appended authorization cookie, wherein the content server responds with a cookie upon receiving the forwarded request, and wherein the proxy server further stores the cookie from the content server outside of the user computer; wherein a pointer to the cookie from the content server is stored on the user computer, the request for the premium content sent from the user computer contains said pointer and wherein the proxy server dereferences the pointer to retrieve the stored cookie from outside of the user computer and appends the stored cookie to a request for premium content.