You are absolutely right, this is an implementation problem as well as a business framework problem rather than a Perl one. However, in the country I am into right now (which is only fund of "chatting over IRC's" rather than on real e-commerce), implementing online subscriptions might not be very attractive.

The initial framework involved purchasing an access code (sold physically on local stores) and using these codes to gain access to the site for a period of 1 month. After the one month has elapsed, he could either buy another access code should he decide to continue. This works the same as a paid subscription in some ways.

However, owing to the "cleverness" or "stupidity" of some users, they allowed their accounts to be shared. This fact could never be controlled. I can't just simply track their IP addresses... it won't work.

This scheme was changed to involve a timed access. On every click of the page, the delta is taken and the allowed no. of hours is decremented. This is implemented through a server-side session management, so everytime a user asks for a piece of information, a delta is derived and the session variables are decremented accordingly.

This process definitely would work. The main flaw is when the user last asks for an information, he could either terminate a session illegally by not logging-off. He could stay on the same page with the same limited piece of information for several hours... but who cares? He may just have left his session intentionally or not. Because of this illegal termination of session, I'll assess him with a penalty (like 5min to 10mins).

Thanks

In reply to Re: Re: How should a timed session be implemented? by soon_j
in thread How should a timed session be implemented? by soon_j

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