Patent ID: 8782757

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a computer system hosting a first web service application configured as a client application to a second web server application or group of web services, a first request to send a first web service message to the second web service application or group of web services; retrieving, by the computer system, first existing communication session information from a database accessible to the first web service application storing one or more existing communication sessions, the first existing communication session information having the same sharing characteristics as the first request and generated in response to a second web service message associated with different credentials than that associated with the first web service message, wherein the sharing characteristics of the first request comprises environment information associated with the first web service application, request information associated with the first request, or a combination thereof, that includes first user credentials of a first user and a service locator identifying the second web service application or group of web services to invoke, and wherein retrieving the first existing communication session information comprises searching the one or more existing communication sessions for the first existing communication session information being associated with the service locator and security credentials including second user credentials of a second user; and communicating, by the computer system, the first web service message from the first web service application to the second application or group of web services using the first existing communication session information.