Patent ID: 8429422

Claim:
A system to enable a user to engage in an interaction with a plurality of computer resources, the system comprising: a user interface to enable the a user to select an action from a set of possible actions and enter user-entered data including additional information to be used at a computing resource when the action is executed; a repository including: data specifying a plurality of actions selectable by the user, user-specific data associated with at least one computing resource, used to access a feature in the computing resource; action steps including provision for: a path to a computing resource, a location where the user-specific data is to be placed at the computing resource, and a location where the user-entered string is to be placed at the computing resource; execution logic to create and send one or more action messages to one or more of the plurality of computing resources, to effect the selected action by executing an action step at each of the one or more computing resources specified in the selected action, where executing the action steps comprises: dispatching a query to the computing resource using the path in the action step; identifying the location where the user-specific data is to be placed; posting the user-specific data in the location; and submitting the transaction; dispatching a second query when the action references the user-entered data, to a computing resource using the path in the action step; identifying the location where the user-entered data is to be placed; posting the user entered data in the location; and submitting the action.