Patent attributes
A system for re-establishing an expired user session in which a separate session expiration time cookie is provided to communicate the session expiration time from the Web server to the browser. When a user performs an action requiring server action, a determination is made as to whether the current user session has expired, or is near expiration. If so, the user action is stored, and a separate browser window is opened. A protected page is loaded which closes the browser window. The user first encounters the login page and enters the proper credentials to log-in to the server. As part of displaying the protected page, the server updates the user session expiration time cookie to the new session expiration time. The original window then detects the new session expiration time the prior invoked action is re-attempted.
