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Method and apparatus for implementing a dynamically updated portal page in an enterprise-wide computer system

  • US 20020052954A1
  • Filed: 04/27/2001
  • Published: 05/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer system configured to present a portal page to at least one user through a network interface, wherein said at least one user communicates with the network interface through a computer network, the computer system comprising:

  • a service broker electrically connected to the network interface, the service broker controlling a level of access to the computer system by a user and adapted to receive a request from a user for a job report;

    an authentication server electrically connected to the service broker, the authentication server configured to determine a level of access to be granted to a user based upon data stored therein;

    a repository electrically connected to the service broker, the repository comprising a computer memory encoded with a plurality of objects including at least one output report corresponding to a job and at least one portal page corresponding to a user, wherein the portal page includes a display window and a dynamically updated portal object associated with an output report stored in the repository;

    wherein the computer memory of the repository is further encoded with instructions for providing said at least one portal page to a corresponding user; and

    a job server electrically connected to the service broker and to the repository, the job server configured to execute a job stored within the repository and produce an output report, the server also configured to store the output report in the repository.

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