Setting First-Party Cookies by Redirection
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1. A method performed by a computing device comprising:
- receiving, by the computing device, from a user device, in response to the user device processing a webpage associated with a first domain, a first request on a second domain associated with the computing device;
sending, by the computing device, to the user device, handler instructions;
receiving, by the computing device, from the user device a second request comprising a target URL; and
sending, by the computing device, to the user device setting instructions to set a first cookie on the second domain associated with the computing device and redirection instructions to redirect the user device to the target URL.
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Abstract
A first request on a second domain associated with the computing device is received, by the computing device, from a user device, in response to the user device processing a webpage associated with a first domain. Handler instructions are sent, by the computing device, to the user device. A second request including a target URL is received, by the computing device, from the user device. Setting instructions to set a first cookie on the second domain associated with the computing device and redirection instructions to redirect the user device to the target URL are sent, by the computing device, to the user device.
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21 Claims
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1. A method performed by a computing device comprising:
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receiving, by the computing device, from a user device, in response to the user device processing a webpage associated with a first domain, a first request on a second domain associated with the computing device; sending, by the computing device, to the user device, handler instructions; receiving, by the computing device, from the user device a second request comprising a target URL; and sending, by the computing device, to the user device setting instructions to set a first cookie on the second domain associated with the computing device and redirection instructions to redirect the user device to the target URL. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method performed by a user device comprising:
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receiving, by the user device, a first webpage from a first webserver on a first domain; sending, by the user device, a first request to a computing device on a second domain; receiving, by the user device, from the computing device handler instructions; detecting, by the user device, a link activation of a first link on the first webpage in accordance with the handler instructions, the first link associated with a target URL; sending, by the user device, to the computing device a second request comprising the target URL in accordance with the handler instructions; receiving, by the user device, from the computing device setting instructions to set a browser cookie on the second domain and redirection instructions to redirect the user device to the target URL; setting, by the user device, the browser cookie on the second domain in accordance with the setting instructions; and requesting, by the user device, from a second webserver a second webpage located at the target URL in accordance with the redirection instructions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method performed by a user device comprising:
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receiving, by the user device, a first webpage comprising tag instructions from a first webserver on a first domain; executing, by the user device, the tag instructions to send a first request to a computing device on a second domain; receiving, by the user device, from the computing device handler instructions in response to the first request; executing, by the user device, the handler instructions to detect a link activation of a first link on the first webpage, the first link associated with a target URL in accordance with the handler instructions; executing, by the user device, the handler instructions to determine if the target URL is redirectable; if the target URL is determined to be redirectable; executing, by the user device, the handler instructions to form a redirection URL from a computing device URL associated with the computing device and the target URL; executing, by the user device, the handler instructions to send to the computing device a second request comprising the target URL; receiving, by the user device, from the computing device setting instructions to set a browser cookie on the second domain and redirection instructions to redirect the user device to the target URL; setting, by the user device, the browser cookie on the second domain in accordance with the setting instructions; and sending, by the user device, to a second webserver a third request for a second webpage located at the target URL in accordance with the redirection instructions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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