Patent ID: 7334031

Claim:
A system used by a first application concurrently operating together with a plurality of network compatible applications, comprising: an entitlement processor for enabling user access to a first application of a plurality of concurrently operating applications in response to validation of user identification information; and a communication processor employed by said first application of said plurality of concurrently operating applications for intermittently communicating an activity indication to a managing application within a timeout window, said activity indication being generated in response to user action and being communicated sufficiently often to prevent an inactivity timeout of said first application being initiated during normal operation of said first application by said managing application in response to said timeout window being exceeded; wherein said first application and said managing application reside in one or more computers and said first application notifies said managing application of one or more of, (a) a session identifier for identifying a particular user initiated session, (b) a URL to be contacted if said activity notification is not successful, (c) an identification of a type of event preventing said activity notification from being successful.