Patent ID: 7774793

Claim:
A method for retrieving data, comprising: in response to a first data request (a) that is generated in response to selection of a link in a page provided by a first application, (b) that is addressed to a second application, and (c) that includes a first parameter according to which the second application is to provide data: in a first determination performed by a server that receives the first request, determining whether the second application uses a parameter language that is used by the first application; if, in the first determination, the server determines that the second application uses the parameter language, forwarding, by the server, the first request to the second application; if, in the first determination, the server does not determine that the second application uses the parameter language: transmitting by the server a container application to a requesting terminal from which the first request is received; in a second determination, performed by the container application, determining whether the first parameter is readable by the second application; if, in the second determination, it is determined that the first parameter is readable by the second application, forwarding, by the container application, the first request to the second application; and upon a condition that, in the second determination, the determination that the first parameter is readable by the second application is not made: converting, by the container application, the first parameter into a second parameter that is readable by the second application and that one of (a) is equivalent to, and (b) identifies a same session context as, the first parameter; and transmitting to the second application a second request for the data, the second request including the second parameter instead of the first parameter.