Determining completion of a web server download session at a database server

A database server comprising:

• a database coupled to a Web server, which provides a resource, for receiving a session-specific identifier from the Web server, the session-specific identifier indicative of a download session regarding the resource;
• an association determination module configured to determine that one or more download operations are included in the download session based on an association between the session-specific identifier and each download operation of the one or more download operations;
• a pattern determination module configured to determine a download pattern corresponding to the download session based on one or more download requests that correspond to the one or more respective download operations;
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• a completion determination module configured to determine whether the download session is complete using an algorithm that is indicative of the download pattern.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to determine completion of a download session regarding a resource that is provided by a Web server, the computer program product comprising:

• a first program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to determine that one or more download operations are included in the download session based on an association between a session-specific identifier received from the Web server and each download operation of the one or more download operations, the session-specific identifier indicative of the download session;
• a second program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to determine a download pattern corresponding to the download session based on one or more download requests that correspond to the one or more respective download operations and one or more byte range indicators that specify one or more respective portions of the resource that are associated with the respective one or more download requests;
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• a third program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to determine whether the download session is complete using an algorithm that is indicative of the download pattern.