Patent ID: 6996620

Claim:
A method of establishing concurrent network connections from a client computer, said method comprising: receiving a resource request at the client computer; in response to the receiving, searching an association table accessible from the client computer, the association table containing a plurality of stored active credentials, wherein each stored active credential includes one or more definition fields, and wherein the definition fields are selected from the group consisting of a domain name, a server name, a user id, and a password; in response to the searching, determining if an applicable active credential is found in the association table, wherein the applicable active credential corresponds to the resource request; in response to determining that the applicable active credential is found in the association table: retrieving the applicable active credential from the association table; determining whether the applicable active credential includes a dynamic data field; in response to determining that the applicable active credential includes the dynamic data field, prompting a user for dynamic input based on a dynamic data description; in response to the prompting, storing the dynamic input in the dynamic data field within the applicable active credential; in response to the storing, sending the applicable active credential to a computer network corresponding to a login session; and in response to the sending, accessing the requested resource using the applicable active credential; and in response to determining that the applicable active credential is not found in the association table: defining, by the client computer, a new active credential; storing the new active credential in the association table; and accessing the requested resource using the new active credential.