Patent ID: 8612993
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. One or more computer storage media, not being a signal per se, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for generating and persisting a user identity corresponding to a recognized domain associated with a server in a client-server network, the method comprising: requesting content from a server; receiving a response from the server, the response comprising an instruction directing the client browser to execute a first identity script, wherein the first identity script comprises one or more identity cookies, wherein each of the one or more identity cookies is associated with at least one identity value corresponding to the first identity script; determining whether the first identity script is stored in a cache, the cache being located at the client; if it is determined that the first identity script is not stored in the cache, requesting a first identity script from the server, receiving a first identity script from the server, and executing the first identity script received from the server; if it is determined that the first identity script is stored in the cache, determining whether the first identity script is expired, executing the first identity script if the first identity script is not expired, and requesting the server to perform a cache validation if the first identity script is expired; and storing at least one identity cookie in the cache, wherein the at least one identity cookie is generated by execution of the first identity script.