Patent ID: 7484001

Claim:
A method of providing a distributed application services integration, comprising the steps of: providing a configuration file which resides in a central domain server, and the configuration file contains a list of cookie fields that may be read, or written to, and identifies whether a particular application has read access or write access, to a field of a cookie file, wherein the configuration file further contains a list of user events that take place for which the cookie file needs to be updated; receiving a first indication of a user pointing a browser to a first application; receiving a cookie file of said browser corresponding to the user; providing the first application with access to a first set of cookie fields of the cookie file as determined by the list of cookie fields, wherein the list of cookie fields identifies which cookie fields the first application has access to; updating said cookie file as determined by the configuration file; receiving a second indication of the user pointing a browser to a second application; and providing the second application with access to a second set of cookie fields of the cookie file as determined by the list of cookie fields, wherein the list of cookie fields identifies which cookie fields the second application has access to.