Patent ID: 8924592
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing server-side cookies with client-side cookies, the method comprising: receiving, by a plugin executing on a client computer, a control input generated by a remote plugin executing on a server; determining, by the plugin executing on the client computer, a permission level associated with the remote plugin, wherein the permission level is identified in a permission table; generating, by the plugin executing on the client computer, responsive to receiving the control input and according to the permission level associated with the remote plugin, a request for HTTP content; intercepting, by a synchronization agent executing on the client computer, the request for HTTP content; determining, by the synchronization agent executing on the client computer, a type of HTTP content requested by the plugin executing on the client computer; issuing, by the synchronization agent executing on the client computer responsive to determining the type of HTTP content, a synchronization request to a remote synchronization agent executing on the server; retrieving, by the remote synchronization agent executing on the server responsive to the synchronization request, from the client computer, a listing of HTTP content stored on the client computer; performing, by the remote synchronization agent executing on the server, a comparison of the listing of HTTP content stored on the client computer to a listing of HTTP content stored on the server; receiving, by the synchronization agent executing on the client computer, based on a result of the comparison, the requested HTTP content from the remote synchronization agent executing on the server; and returning, by the synchronization agent executing on the client computer, the received HTTP content to the plugin executing on the client computer.