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// club method, used to route to a page that they host and
// detects whether or not the entered zipcode is theirs.
//
// this implementation passes the user off to the AES ZipCode Application with
// rclub and rurl parameters for this club and page
function verifyUserIsInOurTerritory(clubNumber) {
        // verify client is in our territory via ZCG, must escape the rurl for proper processing by browsers
        window.location = "http://www.aaa.com/?rclub=" + clubNumber + "&rurl=" + escape(window.location);
}

// checks to see if the client is a spider, major engines listed
function spiderClient() {
        var spiderFound = false;
        var useragent = window.navigator.userAgent;
        useragent = useragent.toUpperCase();
        if(useragent.substring(0, 6) == "GOOGLE" || useragent.substring(0, 7) == "BACKRUB") {
                // should match all Google Spiders
                spiderFound = true;
        } else if(useragent.substring(0, 5) == "YAHOO") {
                // should match all Yahoo spiders
                spiderFound = true;
        } else if(useragent.substring(0, 6) == "MSNBOT") {
                // should match all MSN spiders
                spiderFound = true;
        } else if(useragent.substring(0, 5) == "LYCOS") {
                // should match Lycos
                spiderFound = true;
        } else if(useragent.substring(0, 8) == "MERCATOR") {
                // should match AltaVista
                spiderFound = true;
        }
        return spiderFound;
}

// gets the zipcode cookie data from the club's cookie
function getCookie(CookieName) {
        var search = CookieName + "=";
        if(document.cookie.length > 0) {
                offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search);
                if(offset != -1) {
                        offset += search.length;
                        end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
                        if(end == -1) {
                                end = document.cookie.length;
                        }
                        return document.cookie.substring(offset, end);
                }
        }
}

// This method should be used by clubs hosting pages on aaa.com
// that are referenced under the domains ww1.aaa.com, ww2.aaa.com and www.aaa.com
// since these pages will have access to the zipcode cookie written under aaa.com.
function validateUserInClub(clubNumber) {
        var ourUser = false;
        var foundAssociation = "";
        var foundClub = "";
        var startIndex = 0;
        var pipe = "";
        var cookieData = getCookie("zipcode");
        var foundZipCode = "";

        if(cookieData > "") {
                // get the zipcode
                pipe = cookieData.indexOf("|");
                if(pipe > 4) {
                        foundZipCode = cookieData.substring(startIndex, pipe);
                        // find association
                        startIndex = pipe + 1;
                        pipe = cookieData.indexOf("|", startIndex);
                        if(pipe > 8) {
                                foundAssociation = cookieData.substring(startIndex, pipe);
                                // get the club
                                startIndex = pipe + 1;
                                if(cookieData.length > startIndex) {
                                        foundClub = cookieData.substring(startIndex);
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
        if(foundZipCode > "" && foundAssociation > "" && foundClub > "") {
                // we have valid data
                if(foundClub == clubNumber) {
                        // this is our user, keep them here.
                        ourUser = true;
                } else {
                        // not our user, calling method will get them to the
                        // ZipCode Gateway and then routed to their club.
                        ourUser = false;
                }
        } else {
                // returning false, in this case meaning we could not validate
                // the user, the calling method will call the ZipCode Gateway
                // which will take care of validating the user
                ourUser = false;
        }
        return ourUser;
}

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