Method and system for global logoff from a web-based point of contact server
US9800614B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method carried out at a point of contact (e.g., reverse proxy, a web server plug-in, or the like) that serves as an intermediary between a client browser and one or more back-end applications (or application component), wherein each back-end application has the capability to set its own server-side session management data with respect to the point of contact that is independent of any client-side session management data set by the point of contact and used by the point of contact to manage a user session. The method begins as a given back-end application returns a response to a first request that has been issued from the client browser (the first request having been received at the point of contact and passed to a back end application or component for processing). The point of contact intercepts the out-going response, augments server-side session management data associated therewith with a “stamp,” and forwards to the client browser the response together with the server-side session management data as augmented to include the stamp. The stamp provides a way for the point of contact to later determine whether the server-side session management data, if received with another user …
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