diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/controllers/manageSessionsController.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/controllers/manageSessionsController.js
index 892c6d244..aa81a16ff 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/controllers/manageSessionsController.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/controllers/manageSessionsController.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ angular.module('manage').controller('manageSessionsController', ['$scope', '$inj
     // Required types
     var ActiveConnectionWrapper = $injector.get('ActiveConnectionWrapper');
     var ConnectionGroup         = $injector.get('ConnectionGroup');
+    var FilterPattern           = $injector.get('FilterPattern');
     var StableSort              = $injector.get('StableSort');
 
     // Required services
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ angular.module('manage').controller('manageSessionsController', ['$scope', '$inj
      */
     $scope.filterSearchString = null;
 
+    /**
+     * The pattern object to use when filtering active sessions.
+     *
+     * @type FilterPattern
+     */
+    $scope.filterPattern = new FilterPattern();
+
     /**
      * StableSort instance which maintains the sort order of the visible
      * connection wrappers.
@@ -353,39 +361,9 @@ angular.module('manage').controller('manageSessionsController', ['$scope', '$inj
 
     };
     
-    /**
-     * A predicate to be used for filtering the active sessions based on a plain
-     * text search string. A wrapper will be considered a match iff the search string
-     * appears (case insensitive) in the connection name, username, or remote host.
-     * 
-     * @param {ActiveConnectionWrapper} wrapper
-     *     The wrapper to match against the search string..
-     * 
-     * @returns {Boolean} 
-     *     true if the wrapper matches the specified search string, false otherwise.
-     */
-    $scope.globalFilterPredicate = function globalFilterPredicate(wrapper) {
-        
-        // If no search term is provided, always consider it a match
-        if (!$scope.filterSearchString)
-            return true;
-        
-        // Convert to lower case for case insensitive matching
-        var searchString = $scope.filterSearchString.toLowerCase();
-        
-        // Check to see if the search string matches the connection name
-        if (wrapper.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchString) !== -1) 
-            return true;
-        
-        // Check to see if the search string matches the username
-        if (wrapper.activeConnection.username.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchString) !== -1) 
-            return true;
-        
-        // Check to see if the search string matches the remote host
-        if (wrapper.activeConnection.remoteHost.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchString) !== -1) 
-            return true;
-        
-        return false;
-    };
+    // Recompile the filter pattern when changed
+    $scope.$watch('filterSearchString', function recompilePredicate(searchString) {
+        $scope.filterPattern.compile(searchString);
+    });
 
 }]);
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/templates/manageSessions.html b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/templates/manageSessions.html
index f925d6e00..26fc52b6c 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/templates/manageSessions.html
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/templates/manageSessions.html
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         </p>
 
         <!-- Pager for session list -->
-        <guac-pager page="wrapperPage" page-size="25" items="wrappers | orderBy : wrapperOrder.predicate | filter : globalFilterPredicate"></guac-pager>
+        <guac-pager page="wrapperPage" page-size="25"
+                    items="wrappers | filter : filterPattern.predicate | orderBy : wrapperOrder.predicate"></guac-pager>
     </div>
 
 </div>
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diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/types/FilterPattern.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/types/FilterPattern.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2aaeddc2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/manage/types/FilterPattern.js
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Glyptodon LLC
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * A service for defining the FilterPattern class.
+ */
+angular.module('manage').factory('FilterPattern', [
+    function defineFilterPattern() {
+
+    /**
+     * Object which handles compilation of filtering predicates as used by
+     * the Angular "filter" filter. Predicates are compiled from a user-
+     * specified search string.
+     *
+     * @constructor
+     */
+    var FilterPattern = function FilterPattern() {
+
+        /**
+         * Reference to this instance.
+         *
+         * @type FilterPattern
+         */
+        var filterPattern = this;
+
+        /**
+         * Filter predicate which simply matches everything. This function
+         * always returns true.
+         *
+         * @returns {Boolean}
+         *     true.
+         */
+        var nullPredicate = function nullPredicate() {
+            return true;
+        };
+
+        /**
+         * The current filtering predicate.
+         *
+         * @type Function
+         */
+        this.predicate = nullPredicate;
+
+        /**
+         * Compiles the given pattern string, assigning the resulting filter
+         * predicate. The resulting predicate will accept only objects that
+         * match the given pattern.
+         * 
+         * @param {String} pattern
+         *     The pattern to compile.
+         */
+        this.compile = function compile(pattern) {
+
+            // If no pattern provided, everything matches
+            if (!pattern) {
+                filterPattern.predicate = nullPredicate;
+                return;
+            }
+                
+            // Convert to lower case for case insensitive matching            
+            pattern = pattern.toLowerCase();
+
+            // TODONT: Return predicate specific to a type of object this class should know nothing about
+            filterPattern.predicate = function oddlySpecificPredicate(wrapper) {
+
+                // Check to see if the search string matches the connection name
+                if (wrapper.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(pattern) !== -1) 
+                    return true;
+
+                // Check to see if the search string matches the username
+                if (wrapper.activeConnection.username.toLowerCase().indexOf(pattern) !== -1) 
+                    return true;
+
+                // Check to see if the search string matches the remote host
+                if (wrapper.activeConnection.remoteHost.toLowerCase().indexOf(pattern) !== -1) 
+                    return true;
+
+                return false;
+            };
+            
+        };
+
+    };
+
+    return FilterPattern;
+
+}]);
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