Managing multiple sessions for a user of a portal

The method of claim. 1, further comprising:

• receiving, by the processor;
• a content transmission from the backend application;
• determining, by the processor, whether the content transmission comprises application session data that includes a cookie;
• and
• responsive to the content transmission comprising application session data that includes a cookie, forwarding, by the processor, the content transmission as is to the user.

A computer readable storage device containing instructions effective, when executing in a data processing system on a portal server, to cause said data processing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request from a user for content from a backend application running on a backend server;
• determining whether an application session has already been established by the data processing system with the backend application, wherein the determination is performed by searching a session information cache for existing application session data related to the backend application;
• responsive to the application session data existing in the session information cache indicating that the application session with the backend application has already been established, inserting the application session data from the session information cache into the request;
• and
• forwarding the request With the application session data to the backend application.

A data processing system for managing sessions on a portal server, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer readable memory coupled to the processor, wherein the computer readable memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive a request from a user for content from a backend application running on a backend server of a portal;
• determine whether an application session has already been established by the portal server with the backend application, wherein the determination is performed by searching a session data cache for existing application session data related to the backend application;
• responsive to the application session data existing in the session data cache indicating that the application session with the backend application has already been established, insert the application session data from the session data cache into the request;
• and
• forward the request with the application session data to the backend application.