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AU758578B2
AU758578B2 AU48114/99A AU4811499A AU758578B2 AU 758578 B2 AU758578 B2 AU 758578B2 AU 48114/99 A AU48114/99 A AU 48114/99A AU 4811499 A AU4811499 A AU 4811499A AU 758578 B2 AU758578 B2 AU 758578B2
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WO 99/64967 PCT/SE99/00992 A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING A COOKIE.
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and a system for transferring cookie information between a client and a server.
In particular the invention relates to an end-user or client having access to a small amount of memory and also to a system where the client communicates with the server over a channel having a limited bandwidth.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND PRIOR ART In today's Internet applications so called cookies are used more and more frequently.
A cookie is a mechanism developed by the Netscape Corporation to make up for the stateless nature of the hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) protocol. Normally, each time a browser requests the URL of a page from a Web server the request is treated as a completely new interaction. The fact that the request may be just the most recent in a series of requests as the user browses methodically through the site is lost. Although this makes the Web more efficient, this stateless behaviour makes it difficult to create things like shopping carts that must remember the user's actions over an extended period of time.
Cookies solve this problem. A cookie is a small piece of information, often no more than a short session identifier, that the HTTP server sends to the browser when the browser connects for the first time. A cookie comprises a short instruction followed by a data field of up to 4 kbyte. Thereafter, the browser returns a copy of the cookie to the server each time it connects to the server, which issued the cookie.
Typically the server uses the cookie to remember the user and to maintain the illusion of a session that spans multiple pages.
Because cookies are not part of the standard HTTP specification, only some browsers support them, such as "Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and higher, and Netscape Navigator 2.0 and higher.
The server and/or its CGI scripts must also know about cookies in order to take advantage of them.
Cookies cannot be used to steal information about a computer system, i.e. they cannot enter a computer system and return with information from it. They can only be used to store information that is provided at some point. Thus, for example, if one fills out a form giving a preferred colour, a server can turn this information into a cookie and send it to the browser used. The next time the browser contacts the site, the browser will return the cookie, allowing the server to alter background colour of its pages to suit the preferences of the user.
However, the information contained in the cookies can of course be intercepted when transferred on the internet. This may not pose such a big problem when the information is transferred on a wireline network or when the information is of a harmless nature, such as colour preferences.
In some cases the information contained in the cookies is confidential and also it sometimes may have to be transmitted over a wireless network, for example when the end user is using a mobile terminal, such as a lap top 15 computer or any other computer communicating via modem over a wireless network. In such a case the confidential information can be eavesdropped fairly easy, since the information is, at least partly, transmitted over an air interface, where it can be intercepted by a number of different equipment.
ooAlso there is a problem associated with the transmission of cookies from 20 different sites since the site cannot determine whether or not the user terminal to which the cookie is sent can receive and store the cookie. Thus, for example, in some hand-held user terminals the amount of memory is very limited and if many sites transmit cookies to such a user terminal, the memory of such a terminal will quite quickly be full of cookies and other, more important, information cannot be stored.
Any discussion of documents, devices, acts or knowledge in this specification is included to explain the context of the invention. It should not be taken as an admission that any of the material formed part of the prior art base or the common general knowledge in the relevant art in Australia on or before the priority date of the claims herein.
SUMMARY
SIt is an object of the present invention to alleviate the problem associated transmission cookies to a user terminal having a very limited memory and also to reduce the risqu6 for cookie information to be eavesdropped as outlined above.
In accordance with a first aspect of the invention there is provided a transmission system including a user terminal having a browser, which can connect to a remote server, characterized by a proxy server interconnected between the user terminal and the remote server arranged to intercept and to store a cookie transmitted from the remote server to the user terminal.
In accordance with a second aspect of the invention there is provided a method of transmitting a cookie in a system including a user terminal having a browser, which can connect to a remote server, via a proxy server interconnected between the user terminal and the remote server, characterized in that a cookie transmitted from the remote server to the user terminal are intercepted and stored by the proxy server.
Thus, when a remote HTTP server on the like is contacted by a user 15 terminal and the remote server transmits a cookie to the user terminal, the cookie o0o.
is intercepted and stored in the proxy server. Information regarding the remote server, e.g. its URL and an identification identifying the user terminal or the user is stored together with the cookie. The next time the user terminal or the user accesses the same HTTP server the proxy server matches the requested URL 20 and the identification information and in this manner finds the stored cookie. The cookie is then added to the request message so that the remote server is accessed with a copy of the cookie as desired.
In this manner the cookies do not need to be stored in the user terminal, which may have a small memory and which therefore is not suited for storing cookies. Furthermore, when the suer terminal is a mobile terminal the cookie is not transmitted over an air-interface, thereby reducing the amount of data transmitted over the air interface significantly.
"Comprises/comprising" when used in this specification is taken to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps or components but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components or groups thereof." BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will now be described in more detail by way of nonlimiting examples and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 is a general view of a transmission system including a mobile user terminal.
Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating the steps carried out in a proxy server when receiving a URL request from a user terminal.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In Fig. 1 a general view of a communication network is shown. The network includes a user terminal 52 having a web browser 1 eeoc O:.o.O oooo.
WO 99/64967 PCT/SE99/00992 54. The user terminal 52 also comprises a wireless modem 58, by means of which the user terminal 52 can connect to a radio base station 60. The radio base station 60 is connected to a remote proxy server 66, which preferably is located at a central location of the transmission system, for example the Home Location Register (HLR) if the system is a GSM-system. The proxy server 66 comprises or is connected to a memory 72 for storing information regarding cookies, which is transmitted via the proxy server 66. The proxy server 66 is connected to the World Wide Web (WWW) or the Internet 68 to which a number of remote servers 70 are connected.
The proxy server 66 can also be located at other locations in the system or distributed over the system. For example, if the transmission system is a GSM-system the cookie information can be stored at the Visiting Location Register (VLR) or even colocated with the radio base station.
In a preferred embodiment for a GSM system the proxy server 66 is located together with the HLR and the VLR and possibly also some of the radio base stations are provided with cache servers for caching cookie information. Similar arrangements can of course be made for other cellular radio systems.
When the user terminal 52 accesses a site for the first time in such a remote server 70, a cookie may be transmitted back towards the user terminal 52. As stated above a cookie is a small piece of information, often no more than a short session identifier, that the HTTP server sends to the browser and may consist of up to 4 kbyte of information.
The cookie is intercepted by the proxy server 66, which stores the cookie together with information regarding the URL that has issued the cookie and an identification identifying the user terminal 52. The cookie will then not have to be transmitted over the wireless network, which usually has a very small bandwidth, typically 4.8 kbit/s, which will reduce the transmission time. Also, there will be no need for storing the cookie in the user terminal 52, which may be a hand-held Wn GOMAGAI; PCTISE99U099Z computer such as the MC-16 manufactured by the company Ericsson, or a smart-phone, which may have a very limited memory.
The next time the user terminal 52 accesses the same site that issued the cookie, the proxy server 66 will identify the user terminal 52, and check which site or URL (Uniform Resource Locator) the user is accessing. If the site has been accessed previously the proxy server will be able to match the identity with the URL and thereby find the cookie associated with that particular URL.
The proxy server 66 then adds the cookie to the request from the user terminal 52 to the server 70. The remote server 70 will then receive a connection request together with a cookie as if the cookie had been returned from the browser itself. In this manner data traffic over the wireless, low bit-rate part of the access path is reduced and the memory requirement on the user terminal 52 can be reduced.
In Fig. 2 a flow chart of the actions performed in the remote proxy servers when a connection request is received from the user terminal towards a remote server 70 connected to the internet is shown. Thus, first in a block 201 the request from the user terminal 52 is received. Next, in a block 203 the URL, which the user terminal wants to access is read from the request. Thereupon, in a block 205 the identification of the user terminal or user is determined.
The results of the actions performed in the blocks 203 and 205 are then used in a block 207 to determine if the URL previously has been requested or visited by that particular user terminal.
Thus, in the block 207 it is checked if there is a cookie stored in the memory 72, which cookie is associated with that particular URL and that particular identification.
If there is a match, i.e. the server previously has stored a cookie for that particular user corresponding to that particular URL, the cookie is added to the request in a block 209 and the request is then forwarded towards the remote server under which WO 99/64967 PCT/SE99/00992 the requested URL is located. If, on the other hand, there is no match in the block 207, i.e. that particular URL is accessed for the first time by that particular user, the request is directly forwarded towards the server 70 in the block 211.
Thus, by storing cookie information in a proxy server, the cookies do not need to be stored in the user terminal, which in many cases have a small memory and which therefore is not suited for storing cookies. Furthermore, when the user terminal is a.
mobile terminal, the cookie is not transmitted over an airinterface, thereby reducing the amount of data transmitted significantly. Also, the risque of interception of data is reduced by the method and system as described herein.

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1. A transmission system including a user terminal having a browser, which can connect to a remote server, characterized by a proxy server interconnected between the user terminal and the remote server arranged to intercept and to store a cookie transmitted from the remote server to the user terminal.
2. A system according to claim i, characterized in that the proxy server is arranged to store the cookie together with information regarding the identity of the user terminal or information regarding the user and information regarding the URL that has issued the cookie. "ooo
3. A system according to any of claims 1 or 2, when the user o terminal and the remote server communicate, at least partly, over a wireless connection via a radio system, characterized in that the proxy server is connected to the radio base stations of the radio system.
4. A system according to claim 3, characterized in that the proxy server is co-located with a central register of the radio system. o
5. A system according to claim 4, characterized in that the cookie information is cached at other locations in the system.
6. A system according to any of claims 4 or 5, when the radio system is a GSM-system, characterized in that the proxy server is co-located with the Home Location Register (HLR) of the GSM- system.
7. A method of transmitting a cookie in a system including a user terminal having a browser, which can connect to a remote server, via a proxy server interconnected between the user terminal and the remote server, characterized in that a cookie transmitted from the remote server to the user terminal are ~tee pted and stored by the proxy server.
8. A method according to claim 7, characterized in that the proxy server stores the cookie together with information regarding the identity of the user terminal or information regarding the user and information regarding the URL that has issued the cookie(s).
9. A method according to any of claims 7 or 8, when the user terminal and the remote server communicate, at least partly, over a wireless connection via a radio system, characterized in that the proxy server communicates via a high bit rate connection with the radio base stations of the radio system.
A method according to claim 9, characterized in that the proxy server is co-located with a central register of the radio system.
11. A method according to claim 10, characterized in that the cookie information is cached at other locations in the system.
12. A method according to any of claims 10 or 11, when the radio system is a GSM-system, characterized in that the proxy server is co-located with the Home Location Register (HLR) of the GSM- :system. I o *oe 9
13. A transmission system as claimed in claim 1 substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
14. A method as claimed in claim 7 substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A transmission system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
16. A method substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED this 6 th day of January 2003 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL) WATERMARK PATENT TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS 290 BURWOOD ROAD HAWTHORN VICTORIA 3122 AUSTRALIA PNFCAG/AXO/MBL PNF/CAG/AXO/MBL
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