Removing cookies from web page response headers and storing the cookies in a repository for later use
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1. A method to handle cookies in a response Web page requested by a client, the response Web page having a response header, the method comprising:
- generating a session id to identify a new session;
stripping off any cookies set by an external web site from the response header of the response Web page and storing the cookies in a repository;
appending the session id to all of the links embedded in the response page; and
sending the modified response page, with the new header, to the client.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to handle cookies in a response Web page requested by a client. One method includes the steps of (a) generating a session id to identify a new session, (b) striping off any cookies set by an external web site from the response header of the response Web page, (c) appending the session id to all of the links embedded in the response page, and (d)sending the modified response page, with the new header, to the client.
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1. A method to handle cookies in a response Web page requested by a client, the response Web page having a response header, the method comprising:
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generating a session id to identify a new session;
stripping off any cookies set by an external web site from the response header of the response Web page and storing the cookies in a repository;
appending the session id to all of the links embedded in the response page; and
sending the modified response page, with the new header, to the client.
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2. A method for handling cookies for a client browser, comprising:
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generating a unique session id in response to a request from a client browser;
removing any cookies from a response page for the request and storing information contained in each cookie in a cookie repository; and
appending the unique session id to each URL in the response page before sending the response page to the client browser. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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8. A method according to clam 7, further comprising:
appending the cookie header to the request.
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14. A method to handle cookies in a response Web page requested by a client, the response Web page having a response header, the method comprising:
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generating a session id to identify a new session;
stripping off any cookies set by an external web site from the response header of the response Web page at a proxy server;
appending the session id to all of the links embedded in the response page;
sending the modified response page, with the new header, to the client;
receiving a page request for one of the links from the client;
at the proxy server, using the appended session id to construct a cookie header;
adding the cookies header to the page request.
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