Patent ID: 7188176

Claim:
A session state method allowing session states to be maintained by sites that run on multiple, load-balanced servers by providing persistent updated session data that is validated in multiple session states distributable across one or more machines over a communications network, comprising: recalling session information based on a current and corresponding session key upon traversal of a web form segment having a session state, wherein session information is maintained for multiple web form segments and session states that are associated with the web form segments; obtaining user provided information via the web form segment; updating the session information based on the current and corresponding session key with session states for each of the web form segments; validating the user provided information in each web form segment using the associated session state or states; retrieving a web form segment for user correction using the associated session state or states where the user provided information was not validated; obtaining user corrections for any provided information that was not validated; and posting the user provided information to an information server if the user provided information is validated.