USING INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION COOKIES IN WEB SESSIONS

In one embodiment of the present invention, a web cookie or information provided in a web cookie is accessed by a first communication client and forwarded to a second communication client during an interactive communication session (ICS). The second communication client can use the web cookie or information provided in the web cookie to operate in a defined manner. The operation may include accessing the web server that originally created and provided the web cookie to a web browser associated with the first communication client to obtain information related to a web session. This information related to the web session can be used to provide customized operation during the interactive communication session based on the prior web session. In another embodiment, an interactive communication session cookie or information in the ICS cookie can be retrieved by an associated web browser and forwarded to a web server during a web session.