Interface for portal and webserver administration-efficient updates
First Claim
1. A method for administering a portal, the method comprising:
- displaying elements associated with the portal as a hierarchy of visual representations of the elements;
accepting a request to expand a section of the hierarchy of visual representations;
requesting information from a server for elements associated with the section of the hierarchy of visual representations; and
receiving information from the server for elements associated with the section of the hierarchy of visual representations.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems, methods, and computer media for administering portals. A portal provides a way to aggregate content and integrate applications, allowing a visitor to a Web site to access everything via a user interface. Portals can be comprised of a collection of portlets, each of which typically presents an application. Portlets are arranged on pages, which in turn are part of a book. The present invention provides for a set of tools that modify portal settings in response to user input. A hierarchy browser can display associated portal elements as a hierarchy of visual representations and modify those portal elements in response to user interaction with the hierarchy of visual representations. The hierarchy browser can obtain faster updates of expanded information by only retrieving sections that are being updated.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for administering a portal, the method comprising:
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displaying elements associated with the portal as a hierarchy of visual representations of the elements;
accepting a request to expand a section of the hierarchy of visual representations;
requesting information from a server for elements associated with the section of the hierarchy of visual representations; and
receiving information from the server for elements associated with the section of the hierarchy of visual representations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine readable medium storing machine readable instructions that when executed by a processor cause a system to:
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display elements associated with a portal as a hierarchy of visual representations of the elements;
accept a request to expand a section of the hierarchy of visual representations;
request information from a server for elements associated with the section of the hierarchy of visual representations; and
receive information from the server for elements associated with the section of the hierarchy of visual representations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A machine readable medium storing machine readable instructions that when executed by a processor cause a system to:
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display elements associated with a portal as a hierarchy of visual representations of the elements;
accept a selection of an expansion operator from a pointing device;
in response to the selection, request information from a server storing the elements for elements associated with the expansion operator; and
in response to the request, receive update information from the server for only those elements associated with the expansion operator. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method to administer a portal, the method comprising:
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representing a portal as a hierarchy of visual representations;
accepting requests to expand a section of the hierarchy of visual representations; and
accepting information for only the section of the hierarchy of visual representations that is to be expanded.
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24. A method to administer a portal, the method comprising:
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representing a portal as a hierarchy of visual representations;
expanding a section of the hierarchy of visual representations; and
retrieving information for only the section of the hierarchy of visual representations that is to be expanded.
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