METHOD FOR HOLDING SESSION BETWEEN DIFFERENT TERMINALS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold a session which has been already used by a user by allowing a server or the like for providing Internet service to certify the same user even when the user changes a terminal and connects the changed terminal apparatus to the server. SOLUTION: A user is certified by analyzing the header information of a request message received from a terminal on the basis of a service request from the terminal. A session key is extracted by the analysis result of the header information and a session is retrieved in accordance with the extracted result of the session key to determined whether the session exists or not. When the session exists, the session is provided as information in accessing an application component and the session between different terminals is held. When the session does not exist, a session key and a session are newly generated, the session information is stored into a multi-session management part and then the session between user's different terminals is held. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO