Management of redirection

• US 8,346,967 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2008
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jones, Gareth Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilles, Jude Jean
• Assistant Examiner(s): Means, Jaren M
• Application Number:
  US12/239,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20100036853A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,555 Days
• Field of Search: 709/245, 709/238, 709/239
• US Class Current: 709/245
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

Abstract

A method and system for managing redirection for use with a system. The system includes a first webpage and a second webpage. The first webpage is operable to redirect a browser to the second webpage and subsequently, the second webpage is operable to redirect the browser to the first webpage by using a first pre-determined identifier associated with the first webpage. A second identifier associated with a component of the first webpage is assigned. In response to the second webpage redirecting the browser to the first webpage by using the first pre-determined identifier, the first pre-determined identifier is compared against the second identifier to determine whether the second identifier is different from the first pre-determined identifier. In response to a determination that the second identifier is different from the first pre-determined identifier, the browser is redirected to the component of the first webpage by using the second identifier.

Claims

1. A method for managing redirection, said method comprising:

using, by at least one processor of a computer system, a first servlet of a first website to redirect a browser to a second website for authentication of a user, wherein the first website comprises the first servlet having a first Universal Resource Locator (URL), a second servlet having a second URL, and a third servlet having a third URL;

after said using the first servlet of the first website to redirect the browser to the second website, and after the second website has authenticated the user based on a username of the user and password received by the second website from the user in response to the browser having been redirected to the second website, and after the second website has redirected the browser to the third servlet in response to which a determination is made that the second URL is different from the third URL, said at least one processor receiving at the third servlet an authentication key from the second website; and

said at least one processor storing at the third servlet the received authentication key for later use by the second servlet to retrieve data associated with the second website.

2. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:

said at least one processor establishing a session variable of a session in which the user is logged into the first website, said session variable comprising the second URL;

before the determination was made that the second URL is different from the third URL, said at least one processor storing the session variable in a storage component of the first website; and

said at least one processor ending the session which results in expiration of the session variable.

7. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:

said second servlet using the stored authentication key at the third servlet to retrieve said data associated with the second website, said using the stored authentication key performed by the at least one processor; and

said second servlet serving to the user a webpage comprising the retrieved data, said serving the webpage performed by the at least one processor.

3. A computer system comprising at least one processor and a computer readable storage device, said storage device containing program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor to implement a method for managing redirection, said method comprising:

said at least one processor using a first servlet of a first website to redirect a browser to a second website for authentication of a user, wherein the first website comprises the first servlet having a first Universal Resource Locator (URL), a second servlet having a second URL, and a third servlet having a third URL;

after said using the first servlet of the first website to redirect the browser to the second website, and after the second website has authenticated the user based on a username of the user and password received by the second website from the user in response to the browser having been redirected to the second website, and after the second website has redirected the browser to the third servlet in response to which a determination is made that the second URL is different from the third URL, said at least one processor receiving at the third servlet an authentication key from the second website; and

said at least one processor storing at the third servlet the received authentication key for later use by the second servlet to retrieve data associated with the second website.

4. The computer system of claim 3, said method further comprising:

said at least one processor establishing a session variable of a session in which a user is logged into the first website, said session variable comprising the second URL;

before the determination was made that the second URL is different from the third URL, said at least one processor storing the session variable in a storage component of the first website; and

said at least one processor ending the session which results in expiration of the session variable.

8. The computer system of claim 3, said method further comprising:

said second servlet using the stored authentication key at the third servlet to retrieve said data associated with the second website, said using the stored authentication key performed by the at least one processor; and

said second servlet serving to the user a webpage comprising the retrieved data, said serving the webpage performed by the at least one processor.

5. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage device having a computer readable program code therein, said computer readable program code configured to be executed by at least one processor to implement a method for managing redirection, said method comprising:

said at least one processor using a first servlet of a first website to redirect a browser to a second website for authentication of a user, wherein the first website comprises the first servlet having a first Universal Resource Locator (URL), a second servlet having a second URL, and a third servlet having a third URL;

after said using the first servlet of the first website to redirect the browser to the second website, and after the second website has authenticated the user based on a username of the user and password received by the second website from the user in response to the browser having been redirected to the second website, and after the second website has redirected the browser to the third servlet in response to which a determination is made that the second URL is different from the third URL, said at least one processor receiving at the third servlet an authentication key from the second website; and

said at least one processor storing at the third servlet the received authentication key for later use by the second servlet to retrieve data associated with the second website.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, said method further comprising:

said at least one processor establishing a session variable of a session in which a user is logged into the first website, said session variable comprising the second URL;

before the determination was made that the second URL is different from the third URL, said at least one processor storing the session variable in a storage component of the first website; and

said at least one processor ending the session which results in expiration of the session variable.

9. The computer program product of claim 5, said method further comprising:

said second servlet using the stored authentication key at the third servlet to retrieve said data associated with the second website, said using the stored authentication key performed by the at least one processor; and

said second servlet serving to the user a webpage comprising the retrieved data, said serving the webpage performed by the at least one processor.