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TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING A SECURE COMMUNICATION SESSION

  • US 20110213956A1
  • Filed: 02/27/2010
  • Published: 09/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented and residing within a computer-readable storage medium that is executed by a processor, the processor configured to perform the method, comprising:

  • detecting a request for a secure communication session between a non-browser application and a server;

    the request initiated by the non-browser application;

    establishing the secure communication session between the non-browser application and the server via a browser;

    mapping a session cookie that the browser uses with the secure communication session to a secure token and instructing the browser to supply the secure token to the non-browser application; and

    maintaining the secure communication session after the browser is shut down by translating the secure token supplied by the non-browser application into the session cookie expected by the server.

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