1. Technical Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a system and method for aggregating information descriptive of a users projects in a multi-server environment.
2. Background Art
One of the most perplexing issues for users of applications such as the IBM Lotus QuickPlace® application has been that the user must remember the exact place name and the name of the server it resides on, or else create and thereafter select a project bookmark for it from a favorites drop down list, to access the place. For example, to access a place named “haikuteam” residing on server qp.iris.com, the user has had to enter the following URL in the browser:
http:qp.iris.com/haikuteam
When the number of places a user has to remember or select from a favorites list gets into the tens or hundreds, this access become quite difficult. This also requires that the user know that he has been granted access to a place, in order to know to create the bookmark. In the past this has generally been done by an administrator or manager of the place sending a note to the user, who must then recognize that he has been granted access to a place for which he can create the bookmark.
Further, entering such places often requires that the user “sign-on”, including password authentication.
Consequently, there is a need in the art for an improved and simple procedure for enabling a user to enter a place selected from many places and to do so without repeated sign on challenges.