Patent ID: 7730092

Claim:
A method for managing user profile information, including managing access control to applications and data by implementing a level of security across the different applications that is the same for each application, using a web-based system that includes a server system coupled to a centralized interactive database and at least one client system, said method comprising the steps of: providing capabilities for a user to request access to information that the user currently does not have access to; tracking a status of a request using a tracking component coupled to the centralized interactive database; determining whether to grant the user access to a user requested application from an owner of the application requested; implementing the determining comprising: if the user is denied access to the user requested application, notifying the user of the denial to access the user requested application; if the user is granted access to the user requested application, determining whether to grant the user access to a set of specific data within the user requested application after completing an evaluation based on electronic profiles, pre-determined rules, and operating methodology in response to a request from the user for access to the set of specific data; if the user is denied access to the set of specific data: prompting the user to complete a request for quick approval wherein the request for quick approval includes a list of data for approval; automatically determining, using an internal exception access process, an approval or a disapproval of request for quick approval based on pre-established criteria and the list of data for approval; if the request for quick approval is approved, at least one of automatically adding a rule to the centralized interactive database and automatically adding the user to the centralized interactive database is processed for access to the set of specific data; if the rule is added, updating an exception list; if the user is added, updating the centralized interactive database to permit the user access to the set of specific data; notifying the user of the approval of the request for quick approval; if the request for quick approval is denied, notifying the user of the denial of the request for quick approval; and if the user is granted access to the set of specific data, making the set of specific data available to the user.