US Patent 7395338 Information processing apparatus and session management method

An information processing apparatus is provided, in which information processing apparatus communicates with a terminal connected to a network by using an HTTP protocol and performs processes requested by the terminal, and the information processing apparatus includes: a cookie information setting part for setting a predetermined string, as cookie information, in an HTTP response corresponding to a first HTTP request sent from the terminal; and a cookie information determining part for determining whether a second HTTP request includes the predetermined string as cookie information, wherein the second HTTP request is sent from the terminal after the first HTTP request is sent and indicates a start of a session between the terminal and the information processing apparatus.