Patent ID: 7823160

Claim:
A method comprising: generating, using a first application in a computer system and in response to a user query, a result list that contains multiple representations of object instances; receiving a user input made during execution of the first application, the computer system having a function for initiating applications that allows context data to be forwarded to the initiated application in a character string, the user input requesting a specific operation to be performed by a second application, wherein the computer system includes a portal and several applications, and wherein the portal identifies, upon the user input being received, the second application from the several applications, the specific operation to be performed using the context data generated using the first application and held by the first application when the user input is received; storing, in response to the user input, at least part of the result list as the context data, the context data comprising at least one of the representations of the object instances and being stored in a memory location that is available during execution of the second application; and forwarding the character string to the second application upon its initiation using the function, the character string including an address of the memory location, wherein the second application is to access the context data for performing the specific operation.