Patent ID: 7882228

Claim:
A system, comprising: at least one computing device; a first application portal implemented by the at least one computing device and providing a user access to a first set of one or more applications; a second application portal implemented by the at least one computing device and providing the user access to a second set of one or more applications; an integration portal implemented by the at least one computing device and providing the user access to application entities of a plurality of remote applications, wherein: the plurality of remote applications includes the first set of one or more applications and the second set of one or more applications, and at least one of the application entities is related to more than one of the remote applications; and an authorization layer that is included in the integration portal and that includes a permission map indicating an association between the user and at least one of the application entities of the plurality of remote applications that the user is permitted to access, wherein the authorization layer in the integration portal is synchronized with an authorization layer in the first application portal and an authorization layer in the second application portal, whereby the permission map is updated concerning information about at least one of the application entities that the user is permitted to access.