Context driven arrangement of portlets in a portal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9223883-B2
Application number	US-42825809-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2009
Priority date	Apr 22, 2009
Publication date	Dec 29, 2015
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for context driven arrangement of portlets in a portal page. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of context driven arrangement of portlets in a portal page can be provided. The method can include computing a context for an application co-executing with a portal page in a computing client, and arranging portlets in the portal page in the computing client based upon the computed context.

First claim

I claim:

1. A method of context driven arrangement of portlets in a portal page, the method comprising:
displaying a portal page including portlets for a user in a computer;
identifying a context based on an activity of the user in an application co-executing with the portal page in the computer; and,
rearranging portlets in the portal page in the computer based upon the identified context.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context includes an address for content displayed in the application wherein the application is a Web browser.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context includes content displayed in the application wherein the application is a Web browser.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context includes a textual message in the application wherein the application is a chat client.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein portlets in the portal page are rearranged by adding a portlet to the portal page.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein portlets in the portal page are rearranged by removing a portlet from the portal page.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein portlets in the portal page are rearranged by visually emphasizing a portlet in the portal page.

8. A portal page data processing system configured for context driven arrangement of portlets, the system comprising:
a hardware processor configured for
displaying a portal page including portlets for a user in a computer;
identifying a context based on an activity of the user in an application co-executing with the portal page in the computer; and,
rearranging portlets in the portal page in the computer based upon the identified context.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the application comprises a Web browser.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the application comprises a chat client.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the context comprises an address for content in the Web browser.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the context comprises content in the Web browser.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the context comprises a message in the chat client.

14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium stored thereon computer usable program code for context driven arrangement of portlets in a portal page, the computer usable program code, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform:
displaying a portal page including portlets for a user in a computer;
identifying a context based on an activity of the user in an application co-executing with the portal page in the computer; and,
rearranging portlets in the portal page in the computer based upon the identified context.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the context includes an address for content displayed in the application wherein the application is a Web browser.

16. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the context includes content displayed in the application wherein the application is a Web browser.

17. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the context includes a textual message in the application wherein the application is a chat client.

18. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the portlets are rearranged by adding a portlet to the portal page.

19. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the portlets are rearranged by removing a portlet from the portal page.

20. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the portlets are rearranged by visually emphasizing a portlet in the portal page.

Assignees

• Sun Lin
• IBM

Inventors

• Sun Lin

Classifications

• G06F17/30873 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/28

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/36

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F17/30731

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/2838

  Electricity · mapped topic