Patent ID: 7657512

Claim:
A computer-implemented context aware navigation method for portal sessions, comprising, at a server computer running an operating system: for each business object, establishing a plurality of relationships associating the business object, different user roles, and different source applications to different target applications; storing the plurality of relationships for each business object in the respective business object; establishing a portal session with a client computer through a web browser running on the client computer; initiating a source application in the portal session through the web browser, the source application being a computer program designed to assist in performing a first task, the source application containing a source business object and a navigation element; receiving a resource request from the client computer representing user interactivity with the navigation element in the source application, the resource request including information identifying the source business object; retrieving a role of a user initiating the resource request, the role specifying a data access right of the user; retrieving information identifying the source application; comparing the role of the user, the source application, and the source business object to the stored plurality of relationships in the source business object; identifying the target application in the stored relationship having the matching source business object, source application, and user role, the target application being a second program designed to assist in performing a second task where the resource request is common across different source applications but the target application specified in the stored plurality of relationships changes for different source applications, user roles, and source business objects; generating a new portal page containing data from the target application, the data containing data authorized by the data access right of the user in the user role; and transmitting the page to the client.