Patent ID: 8825619

Claim:
A database authentication and session management system comprising computer hardware and software including at least one processor and a memory embedded with computer instructions that are executed by the at least one processor that manages authorization and session management steps for a user to access and search a plurality of databases, including: bundling authentication and functional session context information for each search result returned from each of the plurality of databases, wherein each bundled authentication and functional session context information is unique to a single user session and each database returning search results, and is associated with any full-record URLs targeted to each database; transferring one of the bundled authentication and functional session context information, along with a target URL associated with one of the plurality of databases, to a session manager for management of a full-record native database session for the one of the plurality of databases associated with the target URL; reconstructing and managing the authentication and functional session context information for the one of the plurality of databases associated with the target URL within the session manager, and using the reconstructed authentication and functional session context information for a full-record access to the one of the plurality of databases associated with the target URL without re-authenticating or backtracking within a session dialog.