Method and system for implementing an enterprise information portal

• US 20040205473A1
• Filed: 07/26/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cam Stevenson, Doug Hester, Gwyn Fisher, John Lewis, Steven Gutz
• Original Assignee: Cam Stevenson, Doug Hester, Gwyn Fisher, John Lewis, Steven Gutz
• Inventors: Lewis, John, Stevenson, Cam, Gutz, Steven, Fisher, Gwyn, Hester, Doug
• Application Number:
  US10/205,625
• Publication Number:
  US 20040205473A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/500
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0421 Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

The invention provides an Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) for access by a user via a browser on a network, said portal comprising: (a) an interface for communicating between said portal and said user; (b) a theme manager for selecting a theme, said theme defining a presentation format for said browser; and (c) a plug-in manager for controlling a plurality of plug-ins, said plug-ins for retrieving and formatting information content for said user, wherein said plug-in retrieves information from both local and remote sources.

Claims

1. A system for providing a portal to a user via a browser on a network, said portal comprising:

(a) an interface for communicating between said portal and said user;

(b) a theme manager for selecting a theme, said theme defining a presentation format for said browser; and

(c) a plug-in manager for controlling a plurality of plug-ins, said plug-ins for retrieving and formatting information content for said user, wherein said plug-in retrieves information from both local and remote sources.