Patent ID: 7925763

Claim:
A method for accessing an application service in a network, the method comprising executing the following steps using a computer: obtaining from a user of a second device a user request to access a given application service, the given application service comprising a plurality of logic components independently generating respective execution results, each of the plurality of logic components having a respective state associated therewith, wherein the user previously accessed the given application service using a first device; in response to the user request to access the given application service, recalling from a user history a last operation state of the given application service attained when using the first device, the step of recalling further comprising the step of obtaining an ID associated with the last operation state, the ID corresponding to an identifier of one or more of the plurality of logic components of the given application service; connecting the user to the given application service and executing, in accordance with the ID, the one or more of the plurality of logic components of the given application service, wherein the user continues to access the given application service from the last operation state of the given application service; monitoring the respective states of each of the plurality of logic components of the given application service to determine a latest operation state of the given application service; and updating the last operation state in the user history based on the latest operation state of the given application service; wherein a given operation state of the given application service is determined based at least in part on the respective states of each of the logic components of the given application service.