Abstract: The present invention provides a new syndication system allowing secure syndication of applications in conventional web aggregators of authorized users, and allowing secured and controlled access to privileged content by means of the syndicated applications. The system of the invention advantageously employs conventional web syndication servers and aggregators thereby allowing authorized users to securely add applications and access privileged content via their favorable web aggregation sites (e.g., personalized web pages) along with other non-privileged content syndicated therein.

Abstract: A method and system for securely handling privileged content in web syndication applications operating within a computer network and utilizing a web aggregator operating over a data network linked to a computer network and one or more web servers capable of receiving web feed requests and providing corresponding web feeds, wherein at least some of said web feeds comprise an identifier referencing privileged content, said identifier is provided in response to web feed requests relating to said privileged content, and wherein a proxy server located within said computer network is utilized for handling web feeds requests and for replacing the identifiers in the web feeds with corresponding privileged content, whenever such identifiers are received in response to web feed requests issued by authorized users within the computer network.