Patent ID: 6934736
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a server that provides cookies associated with web sites for a client, a method for generating for the client one or more cookies associated with a web site based on requirements defined by the web site such that the web site an generate a web document that has been customized for the client, the method comprising the following: storing user information at the server that can be used to generate cookies; registering one or more web sites at the server, wherein registering the web sites includes receiving from each web site cookie requirement information specifying what data fields are expected in cookies submitted from a client to the web site; storing the cookie requirement information at the server; providing to the client, a list of web sites that have registered with the server, wherein the server is capable of generating and providing cookies associated with any of said web sites to the client, and wherein the client, prior to issuing a request for a document from a particular web site, determines whether said particular web site is on the list of web sites provided by the server; receiving information from the client indicating that the client is accessing said particular web site, which is registered with the server, and wherein said information is transmitted to the server by the client upon the client determining that the particular web site is on the list of web sites; in response to receiving the information from the client, generating one or more new cookies associated with the particular web site based on the stored cookie requirement in information and the stored user information; and transmitting the one or more newly generated cookies to the client, wherein the client subsequently transmits the onw or more newly generated cookies to the web site to obtain a customized web document.