Back to results
US 7,010,605 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for encoding and storing session data
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorBaskaran Dharmarajan
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Session data is encoded in a tag-length-value format and encrypted using a modified encryption key. A session cookie is then formed by concatenating the length of the length of the secret, the length of the secret, the secret itself, and the encoded and encrypted configuration data. The session cookie is transmitted from a server computer to a client computer, where it is stored.
Claims13
A method for storing session data on a client computer, comprising:
- encoding said session data in a tag-length-value format to create encoded configuration data, said encoded configuration data including a time stamp;
- encrypting said encoded configuration data using a modified encryption key to create encrypted encoded configuration data;
- concatenating a secret, a value that represents the length of the secret, and a value that represents the length of the length of the secret with said encrypted encoded configuration data to form a session cookie;
- transmitting said session cookie to said client computer;
- requesting said session cookie from said client computer;
- receiving said session cookie from said client computer;
- extracting said secret from said session cookie;
- creating said modified encryption key by inserting said secret extracted from said session cookie into a standard encryption key at a predefined location;
- and
- decrypting said session data from said cookie using said modified encryption key.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.