Granted Patent B2

US 10,686,884 · App. 15/654,522 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Inventor: Kenneth Scott Bowden (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.

H04L67/14H04L67/143H04L69/327H04L67/02H04L67/1095

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A method for tracking sessions of a user, the method comprising:

establishing, by a session manager executing on a server, a plurality of sessions with a web application for a plurality of types of client devices of a user via a web socket of the session manager, the plurality of sessions sharing a first session identifier;

tracking, by the session manager via a web socket container established for the first session identifier, the plurality of sessions;

receiving, by the session manager, a request from a first client device of a first client type of the plurality of types of client devices, to establish another session with the web application;

detecting, by the session manager according to a defined rule, that a maximum number of sessions for the first client type has been reached; and

determining, by the session manager according to the defined rule, to reject the request to establish the another session with the web application, or to cause another client device of the first client type to log off and close one of the plurality of sessions tracked via the web socket container, responsive to detecting that the maximum number of sessions for the first client type has been reached.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing the another session corresponding to the session identifier after authentication.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing, by the session manager, the web socket container for the first session identifier, the web socket container including a connection between the client device and the web socket of the session manager for each of the plurality of sessions established with the web application.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising detecting, by the session manager using the web socket container, a log off by the user from one of the plurality of sessions.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the session manager in response to the detection, that at least one of the plurality of sessions tracked via the web socket container have become invalid.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein establishing the plurality of sessions with the web application comprises establishing at least one of: one or more windows or one or more tabs of a web browser executing on a client device of the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the defined rule is configured for one or more of the user, the web application, or a client device of the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sessions is established for the user using a client device of a different client type, including the first client type.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the maximum number of sessions for the first client type is one, according to the defined rule.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising detecting, by the session manager, that the web socket container includes an existing session between a client device of the first client type with the web socket of the session manager, and one of:

rejecting, by the session manager responsive to the detection, the request to establish the another session for the user; or

causing, by the session manager responsive to the detection, a log off associated with the existing session.

11. A system for tracking sessions of a user, the system comprising:

a device configured to host a web socket container for maintaining a plurality of sessions established with a web application for a user; and

a session manager of the device, the session manager configured to:

establish the plurality of sessions via a web socket of the session manager, the plurality of sessions sharing a first session identifier;

track the plurality of sessions via the web socket container, the web socket container established for the first session identifier;

receive a request from a first client device of a first client type of a plurality of types of client devices, to establish another session with the web application;

detect according to a defined rule, that a maximum number of sessions for the first client type has been reached; and

determine according to the defined rule, to reject the request to establish the another session with the web application, or to cause another client device of the first client type to log off and close one of the plurality of sessions tracked via the web socket container, responsive to detecting that the maximum number of sessions for the first client type has been reached.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the session manager is further configured to establish the another session corresponding to the session identifier after authentication.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the session manager is further configured to establish the web socket container for the first session identifier, the web socket container including a connection between the client device and the web socket of the session manager for each of the plurality of sessions established with the web application.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the session manager is further configured to detect, using the web socket container, a log off by the user from one of the plurality of sessions.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the session manager is further configured to determine, in response to the detection, that at least one of the plurality of sessions tracked via the web socket container have become invalid.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the session manager is further configured to establish the plurality of sessions with the web application by establishing at least one of: one or more windows or one or more tabs of a web browser executing on a client device of the user.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the defined rule is configured for one or more of the user, the web application, or the client device.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of sessions is established for the user using a client device of a different client type, including the first client type.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the maximum number of sessions for the first client type is one, according to the defined rule.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the session manager is further configured to:

detect that the web socket container includes an existing session between a client device of the first client type with the web socket of the session manager, and one of:

reject, responsive to the detection, the request to establish the another session for the user; or

cause, responsive to the detection, a log off associated with the existing session.

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