Session sharing in secure web service conversations

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive, at a first web service application, a request to send a first web service message to one or more second web services;
• determine a session identifier based upon web service environment information associated with the first web service application, request information associated with the request, or a combination thereof;
• retrieve from the memory first existing session information associated with the session identifier;
• and
• communicate the first message to the one or more second web services using the first existing session information.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for a computer system, the non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instructions executable by a processor, the series of instructions comprising:

• instructions that cause the processor to receive, at a first web service application, a first request to send a first web service message to a second web service application or group of web services;
• instructions that cause the processor to retrieve first existing communication session information having the same sharing characteristics as the first request,
• wherein the sharing characteristics of the first request comprise environment information associated with the first web service application and request information associated with the first request;
• and
• instructions that cause the processor to communicate the first web service message to the second application or group of web services using the first existing communication session information.