Patent ID: 7333939

Claim:
A method for providing remote access to insurance applications via an insurance data processing application with a web-based user interface, comprising: receiving a first request from a first user to use the web-based user interface to access a plurality of insurance applications comprising at least one legacy insurance application for administering an insurance policy; when the first request has the authorization to access the legacy insurance application, employing a legacy application wrapper to display a Web-based GUI screen for the legacy insurance application, wherein the screen displays a listing of actions and additional screens that are accessible for the legacy insurance application; verifying that the first request includes a first authorization to use the web-based user interface; upon successful verification of the first authorization, granting the first request to use the web-based user interface; prompting a selection to establish a connection for the first request to use the web-based user interface if the first request represents the first time that the web-based user interface is used, and downloading files to a source of the first request; receiving a second request from the first user to access a particular one of the plurality of insurance applications via the web-based user interface; verifying that the second request includes a second authorization to the particular insurance application; if the second authorization is successfully verified, granting the second request to access the particular insurance application of the plurality of insurance applications, including providing a search screen that can perform a search of insurance accounts; receiving a search command from the search screen; performing the account search based on the search command; listing results of the account search on the search screen; and providing options to select one of the search results and to create a new account name; and if the second authorization cannot be verified, displaying a notice denying access to the particular insurance application of the plurality of insurance applications and providing an option to refer the particular insurance application to a second user that has the authorization to access the particular insurance application.