Patent ID: 7376709
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of performing authenticated web-enabled functions, comprising the steps of: authenticating a user on a web-enabled service with a user authentication; receiving a first user function request on said web-enabled service; returning a first user function request result; creating a first Uniform Resource Locator link derived from said first user function request, and incorporating said user authentication and said first user function request result within said first Uniform Resource Locator link; preserving said first Uniform Resource Locator link; receiving a successive user function request without requiring said user to re-authenticate; returning a successive user function request result; and creating a successive Uniform Resource Locator link derived from said successive user function request, and incorporating said user authentication contained in said first Uniform Resource Locator link and said successive user function request result within said successive Uniform Resource Locator link; wherein said successive user function request does not alter said first Uniform Resource Locator link.