Patent ID: 7143174

Claim:
A method for providing information to a client browser, the method comprising: receiving a first request from a client at a server; responsive to the first request, initiating a request by the server to create a token, wherein the token comprises a request by the client for a resource; determining in response to the first request whether the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request; and sending the token from the server to the client if the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request; wherein, if the token was not retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request, the method further comprises sending from the server to the client display data and a first link corresponding to a program that listens for notification that the token has been retrieved, thereafter receiving a second request from the client at the first link, determining in response to the second request whether the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request, and sending the token from the server to the client if the token has been retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request.