PROVIDING SESSION IDENTIFIERS

• US 20130212290A1
• Filed: 02/10/2012
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Sukho
• Granted Patent: US 9,712,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for providing a session identifier. In some examples, a method performed under control of a first device includes generating information including at least a part of a next session identifier to be used in a next session between the first device and a second device and transmitting the information to the second device. The next session follows a present session between the first device and the second device.

Claims

1. A method performed under control of a first device, comprising:

generating information including at least a part of a next session identifier to be used in a next session between the first device and a second device, the next session following a present session between the first device and the second device; and

transmitting the information to the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for establishing the present session from the second device, the second device having a present session identifier associated with the present session, wherein the generating and transmitting are based on the receipt of the request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the next session identifier consists of a plurality of fields, and

the information includes at least one field of the plurality of fields of the next session identifier to be used in the next session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information further includes at least a part of another session identifier to be used in another session between the first device and the second device, the other session occurring after the next session.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the other session identifier consists of a plurality of fields, and

the information includes at least one field of the plurality of fields of the other session identifier.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the next session is followed by the other session,

the next session identifier and the other session identifier respectively consist of two fields, and

the information includes one field of the next session identifier and one field of the other session identifier.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information further includes a configuration scheme for the next session identifier to be employed by the second device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a present session identifier associated with the present session; and

transmitting the generated present session identifier to the second device together with the information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information and the present session identifier are transmitted in a single data packet.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first device is a server and the second device is a user device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first device is a user device and the second device is a server.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device is a server and the second device is a user device.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the information in a storage unit of the first device.

14. A server, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a request for establishing a present session from a user device;

a session identifier generating unit configured to generate a present session identifier to establish the present session between the server and the user device;

an information generating unit configured to generate information including at least one field of at least one of a plurality of next session identifiers to be used respectively in a plurality of next sessions following the present session, each of the plurality of next session identifiers consisting of a plurality of fields;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the information to the user device;

a determination unit configured to determine whether the user device requesting for establishing the present session has a same session identifier as the present session identifier; and

a session initiating unit configured to establish the present session upon determining that the user device has the same session identifier as the present session identifier.

15. The server of claim 14, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the present session identifier and the information.

16. The server of claim 14, wherein the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit the present session identifier together with the information.

17. The server of claim 16, wherein the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit the present session identifier and the information in a single data packet.

18. The server of claim 14, wherein each of the present session identifier and the plurality of next session identifiers comprises N fields,

the plurality of next sessions comprise M next sessions from a first next session to an Mth next session and the plurality of next session identifiers comprise M next session identifiers from a first next session identifier to an Mth next session identifier, each of the M next sessions being associated with each of the M next session identifiers,

the information includes any one field among the N fields of each of the M next session identifiers, and

N and M are natural numbers greater than 1, respectively.

19. The server of claim 14, wherein the information further includes a configuration scheme for the next session identifiers to be employed by the user device.

20. A user device, comprising:

a requesting unit configured to make a request for establishing a present session between a server and the user device;

a session identifier generating unit configured to generate a present session identifier to establish the present session between the server and the user device;

an information generating unit configured to generate information including at least one field of at least one of a plurality of next session identifiers to be used in a plurality of next sessions following the present session, each of the plurality of next session identifier consisting of a plurality of fields;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the present session identifier and the information to the server; and

a session initiating unit configured to establish the present session between the server and the user device.

21. The user device of claim 20, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the present session identifier and the information.

22. The user device of claim 20, wherein the transmitting unit is further configured to transmit the present session identifier and the information in a single data packet.

23. The user device of claim 20, wherein each of the present session identifier and the plurality of next session identifier comprises N fields,

the plurality of next sessions comprise M next sessions from a first next session to an Mth next session and the plurality of next session identifiers comprise M next session identifiers from a first next session identifier to an Mth next session identifier, each of the M next sessions being associated with each of the M next session identifiers,

the information includes any one field among the N fields of each of the M next session identifiers, and

N and M are natural numbers greater than 1, respectively.

24. The user device of claim 20, wherein the information further includes a configuration scheme for the next session identifiers to be employed by the server.

25. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a first device to perform operations, comprising:

generating information including at least a part of a next session identifier to be used in a next session between the first device and a second device, the next session following a present session between the first device and the second device; and

transmitting the information to the second device.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the next session identifier consists of a plurality of fields, and the information includes at least one field of the plurality of fields of the next session identifier to be used in the next session.

27. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, the operations further comprising:

generating a present session identifier associated with the present session; and

transmitting the generated present session identifier to the second device together with the information.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the first device is a server and the second device is a user device.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the first device is a user device and the second device is a server.