Cookie manager for control of cookie transfer in internet client-server computer systems
First Claim
1. Method of administering cookies in an Internet client-service system in which cookies are exchanged between a server computer (17) and a client computer (11) via the Internet (16), characterised in that, the return of a cookie, stored in a client computer (11), to the server computer (17) which placed the cookie, is effected in dependence upon a preceding check of the cookie.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to method of and a computer software product for administering cookies in an Internet client-service system in which cookies are exchanged between a server computer (17) and a client computer (11) via the Internet (16), wherein the return of a cookie, stored in a client computer (11), to the server computer (17) which placed the cookie, is dependent upon a preceding check of the cookie. There is further proposed a client computer (11) for an Internet client-server system, having an interface device for data exchange via the Internet, at least one memory device (13) for storing data objects and an administration means for administering cookies, wherein the administration means (14) sends a cookie stored in the memory device (13) back to the server computer (17) which placed the cookie, in dependence upon a preceding checking.
The present invention makes it possible for a user in the Internet to control cookie transfer to and from his client computer in an advantageous manner.
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1. Method of administering cookies in an Internet client-service system in which cookies are exchanged between a server computer (17) and a client computer (11) via the Internet (16),
characterised in that, the return of a cookie, stored in a client computer (11), to the server computer (17) which placed the cookie, is effected in dependence upon a preceding check of the cookie.
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13. Computer software product for administering cookies in an Internet client-server system, in which cookies are exchanged between a server computer (17) and a client computer (11) via the Internet (16),
characterised in that, it allows a return of a cookie stored in a client computer (11) to the server computer (17) which placed the cookie, in dependence upon a preceding check of the cookie.
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26. Client computer (11) for an Internet client-server system, having an interface device for data exchange via the Internet, at least one memory device (13) for storing data objects and an administration means for administering cookies, wherein
the administration means (14) sends a cookie stored in the memory device (13) back to the server computer (17) which placed the cookie, in dependence upon a preceding check.
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