Independent submission of forms in a portal view
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method performed within and by a portal server system, comprising:
- receiving, from a client computer, a request for a portal including a visible form;
transmitting, to the client computer, portlet markup corresponding to the portal; and
receiving, from the client computer, input from a companion form, whereinthe portlet markup transmitted to the client computer includesa visible form element configured to receive any one of a plurality of inputs anda hidden frame including the companion form having a form element corresponding to the visible form element, andthe form element in the companion form is updated upon an input for the visible form element being received within the visible form.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to processing forms submissions in a portal environment and provide a method, system and computer program product for independently refreshing a forms submission in a portal view. In one embodiment, a system for independently submitting forms in a portal view can include a portal server configured to render a portal view and a portlet aggregator coupled to the portal server. The portal aggregator can be configured to provide portlet markup for different portlets in the portal view where at least one of the different portlets includes a visible form includes one or more form elements.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method performed within and by a portal server system, comprising:
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receiving, from a client computer, a request for a portal including a visible form; transmitting, to the client computer, portlet markup corresponding to the portal; and receiving, from the client computer, input from a companion form, wherein the portlet markup transmitted to the client computer includes a visible form element configured to receive any one of a plurality of inputs and a hidden frame including the companion form having a form element corresponding to the visible form element, and the form element in the companion form is updated upon an input for the visible form element being received within the visible form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A portal server system, comprising:
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at least one hardware processor configured to initiate the following executable operations; receiving, from a client computer, a request for a portal including a visible form; transmitting, to the client computer, portlet markup corresponding to the portal; and receiving, from the client computer, input from a companion form, wherein the portlet markup transmitted to the client computer includes a visible form element configured to receive any one of a plurality of inputs and a hidden frame including the companion form having a form element corresponding to the visible form element, and the form element in the companion form is updated upon an input for the visible form element being received within the visible form. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product, comprising:
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a hardware storage device having stored therein computer usable program code, which when executed by a portal server system, causes the portal server system to perform; receiving, from a client computer, a request for a portal including a visible form; transmitting, to the client computer, portlet markup corresponding to the portal; and receiving, from the client computer, input from a companion form, wherein the portlet markup transmitted to the client computer includes a visible form element configured to receive any one of a plurality of inputs and a hidden frame including the companion form having a form element corresponding to the visible form element, and the form element in the companion form is updated upon an input for the visible form element being received within the visible form. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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