US 8,788,617 B2Granted

Cookies stored in a cloud computing environment

AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

InventorKenneth Cardozo

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Abstract

Cookies may be stored in the cloud, such as on one or more servers. A request, from a client, for a webpage, may be received and it may be determined whether the request includes a browser cookie that represents a key value that references state information relating to web browsing by the client. When the request is determined to include the browser cookie that represents the key value, at least a portion of the state information may be obtained using the key value. The webpage corresponding to the request may be determined based on the obtained state information. The webpage may be transmitted to the client. The transmitted webpage may include a new key value when the request does not include a key value.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A method implemented by one or more devices, the method comprising:

receiving, by the one or more devices and from a client, a request for a webpage;
determining, by the one or more devices, whether the request includes a browser cookie that represents a session identifier that identifies a network browser cookie that stores information relating to web browsing by the client;
obtaining, by the one or more devices and when the request is determined to include the browser cookie, at least a portion of the network browser cookie, the at least a portion of the network browser cookie being obtained, from a network storage device different from the client, using the session identifier;
identifying, by the one or more devices and when the request is determined to not include the browser cookie, a new session identifier;
determining, by the one or more devices, the webpage corresponding to the request, the webpage being determined based on the obtained network browser cookie when the request includes the browser cookie that represents the session identifier;
and
transmitting, by the one or more devices, the webpage to the client, the transmitting to the client additionally including, when the new session identifier has been identified, the new session identifier.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, from a client, a request for a webpage;
determine whether the request includes a browser cookie that represents a session identifier that identifies a network browser cookie that stores information relating to web browsing by the client;
obtain, when the request is determined to include the browser cookie, at least a portion of the network browser cookie, the at least a portion of the network browser cookie being obtained from a network storage device different from the client, using the session identifier to lookup the network browser cookie;
identify, when the request is determined to not include the browser cookie, a new session identifier;
determine the webpage corresponding to the client request, the webpage being determined based on the obtained network browser cookie when the request includes the browser cookie that represents the session identifier;
and
transmit the webpage to the client, the transmitting to the client additionally including, when the new session identifier has been identified, the new session identifier.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.