US 7,143,174 B2Grant
Method and system for delayed cookie transmission in a client-server architecture
Issue Date:2006-11-28
•15 Claims
•3 Drawing Sheets
Abstract
In a client-server architecture, a semi-persistent connection between the client and the server allows delayed or asynchronous transmission of a cookie or token. Delayed or asynchronous transmission of the cookie allows initial web page generation and display while awaiting a slow cookie, such as a cryptographically generated cookie that might be used for single-session sign-on.
Metadata
Assignee
- The JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Inventors
- Lawrence Miller
- William Deans
- Mike Moore
Application Information
Application Number:US 10/064,118
Filing Date:2002-06-12
Priority Date:2002-06-12
Art Unit:2155
Classifications
IPC:
G06F15/16
Patent Drawings (3 sheets)
Description
Background of Invention
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention pertains to the field of client-server electronic communication, and more particularly to use of a cookie or token to provide and maintain state information.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] The typical client-server architecture using a client browser and server generated or provided web pages is generally considered a stateless environment. To provide and maintain state information, it is known to use tokens or “cookies”.
[0005] A client user logging into a site may receive many different cookies, each with its respective purpose. In some applications, the user receives a cookie that is used to select a particular webserver for load balancing; a cookie representing the user's application session, one or more cookie(s) representing the user's session used for Single Sign On with other systems, and multiple GET ACCESS cookie(s) used for Single Sign On with other GET ACCESS Systems.
[0006] The generation of some cookies, namely the GET ACCESS cookies, can take an extended period of time. In the case of the GET ACCESS cookies, the application server, on behalf of the user performs a simulated login. During the login process the application server connects to the remote system over https, screen scraps the html, logs in as the user, and retrieves the cookies from the resulting http headers. If this login fails a change password is performed on behalf of the user and the login reattempted. All of this could take quite some time degrading login performance even though the user does not need these cookies immediately upon entering the application.
[0007] What is needed is a system and method to allow a user into a site with only the cookies that are immediately necessary. Other cookies, such as the GET ACCESS cookies, are delivered asynchronously as they become available.
[0008] The preceding description is not to be construed as an admission that any of the description is prior art to the present invention.
Summary of Invention
[0009] In one aspect, the invention provides a method and system for sending information to a client browser comprising sending a first request from a client to a server. Responsive to the first request, initiating a request to create a token. Responsive to the first request, sending information from the server to the client, the information including at least display data and a first link corresponding to the token. Rendering the display data in a browser of the client. Sending a request from the client to the first link. Determining whether the token is created, and if the token is created, sending the token to the client. In one aspect, computer executable software code is transmitted as an information signal, the code for providing information to a client browser. In another aspect, a computer readable medium having computer executable code stored thereon is provided, the code for providing information to a client browser.
[0010] In one aspect, the invention further comprises starting a timer after initiating the request to create a token.
[0011] In one aspect, the invention further comprises if the token is not created, comparing the timer to a predetermined value.
[0012] In one aspect, the invention further comprises if the timer exceeds the predetermined value, sending a second link to the client, the second link corresponding to the token.
[0013] The specific aspects and advantages of the invention described and illustrated herein are illustrative of those which can be achieved by the present invention and are not intended to be exhaustive or limiting of the possible advantages that can be realized. Thus, the aspects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the description herein or can be learned from practicing the invention, both as embodied herein or as modified in view of any variations which may be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the present invention resides in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and described.
Brief Description of Drawings
[0014] The foregoing features and other aspects of the invention are explained in the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures wherein:
[0015] FIG. 1 illustrates a system according to one embodiment of the invention; and
[0016] FIG. 2 illustrates steps in a method according to one embodiment of the invention.
[0017] It is understood that the drawings are for illustration only and are not limiting.
Detailed Description of the Drawings
[0018] In one embodiment, a request is made from the client to retrieve an http(s) page from the server (e.g. login form submitted and client expects resulting html). The server then spawns a long running process to retrieve the slow cookies and returns the fast cookies along with the html to the user immediately. The html returned from the server to the client contains a link to a clear gif retrieved over http(s). The clear gif is an image file that contains only transparent data, so appears to be “clear.” The clear gif is not a file but rather the output of a program that listens for notifications that the slow cookies have been retrieved. If no such notifications arrive after some period of time (e.g., 20 seconds) the program does not return a clear gif but rather redirects the client to another URL resulting in the same program being run. This is so that the “persistent connection” between the client and the server is not recognized as such and dropped by intermediate proxies that do not allow such connections. Eventually the slow cookies will be retrieved, the clear gif program notified, and the cookies returned in the http headers of the clear gif along with the clear gif itself. After some configurable timeout the clear gif could be returned even if the slow cookies never arrive to prevent the wasting of resources.
[0019] Referring now to FIG. 1 , system 100 according to one embodiment of the invention includes a client 102, a server 104 and a cookie or token generator 106. Client 102 and server 104 are electrically connected to each other by network 108. Server 104 and cookie generator 106 are electrically connected to each other by either network 108, or by network 110. Network 108 can be any of a number of types of wired and wireless networks, such as a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). In one embodiment, network 108 is the Internet. Network 110 can also be any of a number of types of wired and wireless networks, and may also be the Internet. Depending on the needs of the system, network 108 and 110 may be parts of the same network, or they may be isolated from each other.
[0020] Although not specifically illustrated in FIG. 1 , client 102, server 104 and cookie generator 106 each include removable and fixed software code storage media, a processor to run the software code, a memory, input and output devices and network interface devices, all interconnected by a system bus. In one embodiment, computer executable software code is transmitted as an information signal, the code for providing information to a client browser. In another embodiment, a computer readable medium having computer executable code stored thereon is provided, the code for providing information to a client browser.
[0021] Although in FIG. 1 server 104 and cookie generator 106 are illustrated as separate entities, it is also possible that they are both elements of the same piece of hardware, but can perform different functions.
[0022] Referring now to FIG. 2 , system 100 begins at step 202 when client 102 sends a resource request to server 104. This is typically an http or https type of resource request that includes a URL corresponding to the requested resource.
[0023] At step 204, server 104 receives the resource request. Although not illustrated in FIG. 2 , at step 204, server 104 also determines whether all the cookies or tokens that should be returned to client 102 exist or are immediately available. If all of the cookies or tokens exist, then the requested resource is returned to the client along with the cookies or tokens. These cookies or tokens that are immediately available are the “fast” cookies.
[0024] Assuming that there are some cookies or tokens that are not immediately available (i.e., they are “slow” cookies), then at step 206, server 104 sends a request to cookie generator 106 to generate a cookie (e.g., the “slow” cookies).
[0025] Without waiting for cookie generator 106 to generate and return the requested cookie, at step 208 server 104 begins to generate or retrieve the html for the requested resource. In addition to fast cookies, which are immediately available, the html includes a link to the clear gif, as a substitute or place-holder for the slow cookie (s).
[0026] Once server 104 has generated or retrieved the html, then at step 210, server sends the html, including the link to the clear gif, to client 102.
[0027] At step 212, client 102 receives the html, including the “fast” cookies and the link to the clear gif.
[0028] At step 214, client 102 renders the html on the browser. Once step 214 is complete, the resource that was requested at step 202, including the associated “fast” cookies has been sent to client 102 from server 104 with the exception of the “slow” cookie(s).
[0029] At step 216, client 102 establishes a connection or sends a request for the clear gif that is represented by the link.
[0030] At step 218, server 104 receives the connection request for the clear gif.
[0031] At step 220, server 104 starts a timer. This timer is used to avoid time-out problems on the browser and also avoid errors from what appears to be a persistent connection between the client and the browser. In one embodiment, the timer is a count-down timer and is set to 20 seconds.
[0032] At step 221, server 104 checks to see if the cookie, requested at step 206, is present in the send queue. Therefore, it is helpful to understand the cookie steps that occur after step 206.
[0033] At step 230, cookie generator 106 receives the request to generate a cookie that server 104 sent at step 206.
[0034] At step 232, cookie generator 106 generates the requested cookie. As an example, this could be a GET ACCESS cookie.
[0035] At step 234, cookie generator 106 sends the requested cookie to server 104.
[0036] At step 236, server 104 receives the requested cookie and puts the cookie in a send queue.
[0037] The time required for cookie generator 106 to complete steps 230 through 234 is normally greater than the time required takes for server 104 to complete steps 206 through 210. For this reason, server 104 normally receives the cookie at step 236 after completing step 210. Although not illustrated, if the requested cookie is received at step 236 before server 104 completes step 210, the requested cookie can be included with the html at step 210. However, it is also possible that even though the cookie is received before server 104 completes step 210, the requested cookie is not included with the html at step 210.
[0038] After starting the timer at step 220, at step 221, server 104 determines whether the requested cookie is present in the send queue. If the cookie is present, then at step 226, server 104 sends the cookie to the client browser as part of the header in the clear gif.
[0039] At step 228, client 102 receives the clear gif, including the cookie in the header, and the browser “renders” the clear gif.
[0040] If, at step 221, server 104 determines that the requested cookie is not present in the send queue, than at step 222, server 104 determines whether the timer, started at step 220, has expired. If the timer has not expired, server 104 loops to step 221 and continues to monitor or check for the cookie in the send queue.
[0041] If at step 222, server 104 determines that the timer has expired, then at step 224, client 102 is provided instructions, such as through a redirect, to reload the process, and loops to step 216.
[0042] The techniques that have been described can be implemented in a number of different ways. In one embodiment, the link to the clear gif is manually inserted into the html during page development. In another embodiment, the link to the clear gif is automatically inserted by a plug-in that edits the html output of the application server. In another embodiment, a spacer gif is automatically used, resulting in no changes to the html. This last embodiment is particularly useful where the web site is designed using a “what you see is what you get” (“wysiwyg”) editor.
[0043] Although illustrative embodiments have been described herein in detail, it should be noted and will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that numerous variations may be made within the scope of this invention without departing from the principle of this invention and without sacrificing its chief advantages. Such variations include: the clear gif can be reloaded not by http redirects but rather by JavaScript that switches the image; the cookies can be set by a webserver plug-in or html included in every page that checks each time a page is requested to see if the slow cookies have been retrieved; or the cookies can be set by a bounce page when the user clicks a link requiring the cookies. There are various advantages and disadvantages of these variations.
[0044] Unless otherwise specifically stated, the terms and expressions have been used herein as terms of description and not terms of limitation. There is no intention to use the terms or expressions to exclude any equivalents of features shown and described or portions thereof and this invention should be defined in accordance with the claims that follow.
Claims
The invention claimed is:
1. A method for providing information to a client browser, the method comprising:
receiving a first request from a client at a server;
responsive to the first request, initiating a request by the server to create a token, wherein the token comprises a request by the client for a resource;
determining in response to the first request whether the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request; and
sending the token from the server to the client if the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
wherein, if the token was not retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request, the method further comprises sending from the server to the client display data and a first link corresponding to a program that listens for notification that the token has been retrieved, thereafter receiving a second request from the client at the first link, determining in response to the second request whether the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request, and sending the token from the server to the client if the token has been retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
wherein, if the token was not retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request, sending from the server to the client display data and a second link corresponding to a program that listens for notification that the token has been retrieved, thereafter receiving a third request from the client at the second link, determining in response to the third request whether the token is has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the third request, and sending the token from the server to the client if the token has been retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the third request.
3. A computer readable medium having computer executable code stored thereon, the code for providing information to a client browser, the code comprising:
code to receive a first request from a client at a server;
responsive to the first request, code to initiate a request by the server to create a token, wherein the token comprises a request by the client for a resource;
code to determine in response to the first request whether the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
code to send the token from the server to the client, the token has been retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
code to determine in response to the first request if the token was not retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
code to send from the server to the client display data and a first link corresponding to a program that listens for notification that the token has been retrieved in response to a determination that the token was not retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
code to receive a second request from the client at the first link;
code to determine in response to the second request whether the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request; and
code to send the token from the server to the client if the token has been retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request.
4. A programmed computer for providing information to a client browser, comprising:
a memory having at least one region for storing computer executable program code; and
a processor for executing the program code stored in the memory, wherein the program code comprises:
code for providing information to a client browser, the code comprising:
code to receive a first request from a client at a server;
responsive to the first request, code to initiate a request by the server to create a token, wherein the token comprises a request by the client for a resource;
code to determine in response to the first request whether the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
code to send the token from the server to the client if the token has been retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
code to determine in response to the first request if the token was not retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
code to send from the server to the client display data and a first link corresponding to a program that listens for notification that the token has been retrieved in response to a determination that the token was not retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the first request;
code to receive a second request from the client at the first link;
code to determine in response to the second request whether the token has been retrieved within a predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request; and
code to send the token from the server to the client if the token has been retrieved within the predetermined amount of time after receiving the second request.
5. The meted according to claim 1, wherein die token comprises a cookie.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first link comprises a link to a clear gif.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the server creates the token.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein a second server creates the token.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first link comprises a link to the server.
10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first link comprises a link to a second server.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request comprises an http request.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the token comprises a slow cookie.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein sending from the server to the client display data and a first link comprises sending html.
14. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second link comprises a link to the server.
15. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second link comprises a link to a second sewer.
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