Patent ID: 7299288

Claim:
A method of establishing concurrent network connections from a client computer, said method comprising: receiving a resource request at the client computer, the resource request corresponding to a first resource in a first security domain from a plurality of security domains; 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 authorization data needed to access one of the plurality of security domains; 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 first security domain; 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 that the retrieved applicable active credential includes a dynamic data field; in response to determining that the retrieved applicable active credential includes a dynamic data field, prompting a user for dynamic input based on a dynamic data description; storing the dynamic input in the dynamic data field within the retrieved applicable active credential; and accessing the requested resource by using the retrieved applicable active credential to connect to a first server, wherein the first server is selected from a plurality of servers and wherein the first server manages the first security domain; 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; accepting authorization data corresponding to a network connection; determining that the authorization data includes dynamic data; in response to determining that the authorization data includes dynamic data, storing the new active credential, including the authorization data and the dynamic data description, in the association table; and accessing the requested resource by using the new active credential to connect to the first server.