Patent ID: 7043752

Claim:
A system employed by a first application for supporting concurrent operation of a plurality of network compatible applications, comprising: an entitlement processor for authorizing user access to said first application in response to validation of user identification information; and a communication processor for initiating generation of, a session identifier particular to a user initiated session and for use by a plurality of concurrently operating applications to uniquely identify said user initiated session and an encryption key for use by said first application in encrypting personal record parameters conveyed in URL data, in response to validation of user identification information wherein said communication processor communicates additional parameters to a managing application for storage, said additional parameters including one or more of, (a) an authentication service identifier, (b) a language identifier, (c) a URL to direct a browser to a starting application upon termination of a session, (d) a URL for use in acquiring a web page providing a logon menu to support user initiation of another session, (e) a URL to be contacted upon a predetermined event and (f) an identification of a type of said predetermined event.