Patent ID: 8812640

Claim:
A method for access to resources in a computing environment, the method comprising: creating, by a server for a log on session of a first user, a first hierarchical list to represent, in a reduced form, a first resource structure in the computing environment, wherein the server makes an association between the created first hierarchical list and the actual first resource structure, and the first hierarchical list is created in memory of the server in the form of one of a simple array list, a link list, a double link list, or a hashed table, and displaying via a web page a user interface comprising the first hierarchical list on a first access device for the user session after the first user via the first access device logged into the server, wherein the displayed first hierarchical list is navigable by the first user for selecting a resource from the first hierarchical list displayed and requesting access to the selected resource in the first resource structure during the user session; and processing the request, for access to the selected resource in the first resource structure received from the first access device to carry out the access to the selected resource, wherein the process of the request includes update the first hierarchical list and update the first resource structure in accordance to the request, where the update of the first hierarchical list includes updating the displayed user interface to comprise the updated first hierarchical list to reflect the updated first resource structure.