System and method for associating a client identity between servers
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1. A method for sharing information between servers about a client, the method comprising:
- identifying the client at a first server using a first ID transmitted by the client to the first server;
storing information about the client at the first server;
identifying the client at a second server using a second ID transmitted by the client to the second server;
transmitting a URL by the client to the second server, wherein the URL includes the first ID;
linking the first ID and the second ID at the second server; and
associating the information about the client with the second ID.
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Abstract
A client identity is associated between servers by establishing an identity for the client at a first sever, storing information about the client at the first server, identifying the client at a second server using a second ID transmitted by the client to the second server, linking the first ID and the second ID, and associating the information about the client with the second ID.
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1. A method for sharing information between servers about a client, the method comprising:
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identifying the client at a first server using a first ID transmitted by the client to the first server; storing information about the client at the first server; identifying the client at a second server using a second ID transmitted by the client to the second server; transmitting a URL by the client to the second server, wherein the URL includes the first ID; linking the first ID and the second ID at the second server; and associating the information about the client with the second ID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for sharing an identity of a client between a first server and a second server, the method comprising:
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establishing a first ID for the client at the first server by utilizing a cookie transmitted to the client by the first server; and transmitting to the client by the first server a URL, wherein the URL includes the first ID, and wherein the URL is addressed to a second server, and wherein the client is identified by the second server with a second ID established for the client at the second server, and wherein the first ID and second ID are linked at the second server. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 15)
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11. A server computer configured to:
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identify a client using a first ID received from the client; and transmit to the client a URL, wherein the URL includes the first ID, and wherein the URL is addressed to a second server, and wherein the URL is transmitted by the client to the second server, and wherein the client is identified by the second server with a second ID established for the client at the second server, and wherein the first ID and second ID are linked at the second server. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16)
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