Patent ID: 8201217

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving bridge server user credentials of a user of a client; validating, at a bridge server, said client with said bridge server based on said received bridge server user credentials; storing, at said bridge server, first application user credentials for validating said client to a first application and second application user credentials for validating said client to a second application; issuing, by said bridge server, a first authentication string to said client, upon validating said client with said first application, wherein said first authentication string is used by said client to access said first application; issuing, by said bridge server, a second authentication string to said client, upon validating said client with said second application, wherein said second authentication string is used by said client to access said second application, and wherein said first authentication string is different from said second authentication string; establishing a session between said client and at least one of said first application and said second application; storing a conversation record in association with said session; and managing, by said bridge server, said session by using at least one of said first authentication string and said second authentication string to reference said at least one stored conversation record.