Hi Kostya, Thanks for the pointer. We were going to do something very similar to that, but I wanted to see if there was any other way of accomplishing the delivery. Thanks again!
On Sep 23, 12:19 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > If the actual download is done by a different application, there is > not much you can do with headers. > > What you *can* do is redirect the download to a unique, time-limited > URL, which encodes the necessary information. > > So you'd have something like: > > - Application authenticates the user, the user browses for and pays for > content. > > - The server generates a unique URL, that have parts that uniquely > identify the user (e.g. > > http://yourserver.com/download/0x76248ABC287348CBD919023/OppsIDidItAg... > > ) > > - This URL with the authentication key is what the download application > sees (I assume it's the web browser). > > - While serving a request for such URL, the server extracts the key and > verifies its validity. > > - Have a way on the server to expire authentication keys, or encode > their time limit right in their value, so that authenticated links can't > be shared. The former is more secure. > > -- Kostya > > 23.09.2010 20:06, Marxvox пишет: > > > Hi everyone, > > > I am trying to find the best way to consistently identify a unique > > subscriber using an Android phone to download content like ringtones, > > wallpaper, games, etc. When an Android phone browses my web-based > > content storefront using the phone's browser over 3G, I am able to get > > the phone number from the headers sent to my server. However, when a > > content download begins, the phone retrieves the content using a > > different application, and therefore does not send the same headers > > and does not maintain the same HTTP session, preventing me from > > getting the phone number and preventing me from seeing this phone as > > the same subscriber that was browsing earlier. Is there any other way > > to uniquely identify the subscriber on the server-side when this > > happens? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > -- > Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
