Method and device for distinguishing user HTTP requests
OwnerAnne Boutroux, Cedric Goutardinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for distinguishing an HTTP request sent over a telecommunications network from a client device equipped with a browser to a Web server, characterised in that the HTTP request is marked when said request is sent explicitly by the user. Thus, the invention makes it possible to distinguish between explicit user requests and implicit browser requests for the purpose of operating in the network.
Claims15
Method for managing HTTP requests transmitted over a telecommunications network from a client device equipped with a browser to a Web server, characterised in that it includes a step consisting of making a distinction between requests sent explicitly by the user and requests sent implicitly by the browser of the client device.
Device for distinguishing HTTP requests sent over a telecommunications network from a client device equipped with a browser to a Web server, characterised in that it includes:
- network equipment capable of receiving HTTP requests from the client device and sending them to the Web server and receiving the corresponding responses from the server and sending them to the client device,
- a module for processing responses received from the Web server by said network equipment, including means for determining the URL corresponding to objects included in said responses capable of leading to HTTP requests implicitly requested by the browser,
- a database for storing said URLs, and
- a module for processing requests received from the client device by said network equipment, including means for marking said requests if they are not referenced in said database.
Web server capable of receiving HTTP requests sent over a telecommunications server from a client device, characterised in that, as the HTTP requests received include a specific mark according to whether or not they correspond to a request sent explicitly by the user of the client device, said server has means capable of distinguishing, on the basis of said mark, a request sent implicitly from a request sent explicitly.
Computer program to be implemented on a server capable of receiving HTTP requests sent over a telecommunications network from a client device, characterised in that, as the HTTP requests received include a specific mark according to whether or not they correspond to a request sent explicitly by the user, said program can distinguish, from the server, between requests sent explicitly and requests sent implicitly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.