Patent ID: 7904600

Claim:
A method for integrating user specific output options into a web application, the method comprising: storing the user specific output options at a web service distinct from the web application, the user specific output options specified by a user and providing a common set of user specific output options available to each of a plurality of web applications, including the web application, and comprising distribution operations for web content of each of the plurality of web applications, including the web application; browsing to the web application from a web browser of the user; after browsing to the web application, the web application obtaining access and authentication information for the user specific output options from the user; after obtaining the access and authentication information, the web application obtaining the user specific output options from the web service; and after obtaining the user specific output options from the web service, the web application incorporating the user specific output options into user interface data served with the web content of the web application to the web browser of the user.