A system and method are provided for maintaining states for user sessions with a web system. Maintaining state includes receiving a request from a user that initiates a user session with the web system and processing the request to provide a web page to the user. Session data (220) representing a state...http://www.google.ca/patents/US6076108?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6076108 - System and method for maintaining a state for a user session using a web system having a global session server