Patent ID: 7454750

Claim:
A computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to: define a composite application platform supporting a set of web-based applications responsive to web browser requests, the composite application platform including: a proxy service to support communications between the set of web-based applications and a set of clients generating web browser requests, a set of application adaptors in communication with the proxy service, each application adaptor supporting communication with a designated web-based application of the set of web-based applications; and a composite application integrator operative with the proxy service and the set of application adaptors, the composite application integrator supporting a first client web browser request from the set of clients to provide content from a first web-based application of the set of web-based applications and further supporting a second client web browser request from the set of clients to provide composite content that combines and formats output of two or more web-based applications of the set of web-based applications; wherein the composite application integrator includes executable instructions to identify a proxy.