Portal friendly user interface widgets

• US 20060015846A1
• Filed: 07/14/2004
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: McMahan, Paul F., Leah, Robert C., Parzygnat, Kenneth J., Fraleigh, John H.
• Application Number:
  US10/891,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20060015846A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/109
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

The present invention provides portal friendly user interface widgets that can detect environmental factors in a portal page and automatically adjust the markup they produce based on the detected environmental factors. Each portal friendly widget comprises: a system for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page; and a system for automatically adjusting markup produced by the portal friendly widget based on the at least one detected environmental factor.

Claims

1. A portal friendly widget, comprising:

a system for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page; and

a system for automatically adjusting markup produced by the portal friendly widget based on the at least one detected environmental factor.

2. The portal friendly widget of claim 1, wherein the system for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

a portlet state detector for detecting a state of a portlet that contains the portal friendly widget.

3. The portlet friendly widget of claim 2, wherein the portlet state is selected from the group consisting of Minimized, Maximized, Normal, Help, Configure and Print.

4. The portal friendly widget of claim 1, wherein the system for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

a portlet number detector for detecting a number of portlets in the portal page.

5. The portal friendly widget of claim 1, wherein the system for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

a portlet arrangement detector for detecting an arrangement of portlets in the portal page.

6. The portal friendly widget of claim 1, wherein system for automatically adjusting markup produced by the portal friendly widget is configured to perform at least one of the following:

adjust a font size;

adjust a font typeface;

adjust a color palette;

add or remove images;

enable or disable widget features;

add or remove widget features;

truncate data;

add or remove data; and

change view of data.

7. A method for adjusting markup in a portal page containing a portal friendly widget, comprising:

detecting at least one environmental factor in the portal page; and

automatically adjusting markup produced by the portal friendly widget based on the at least one detected environmental factor.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

detecting a state of a portlet that contains the portal friendly widget.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the portlet state is selected from the group consisting of Minimized, Maximized, Normal, Help, Configure and Print.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

detecting a number of portlets in the portal page.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

detecting an arrangement of portlets in the portal page.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein automatically adjusting markup produced by the portal friendly widget comprises at least one of the following:

adjusting a font size;

adjusting a font typeface;

adjusting a color palette;

adding or removing images;

enabling or disabling widget features;

adding or removing widget features;

truncating data;

adding or removing data; and

changing view of data.

13. A program product stored on a recordable medium for adjusting markup in a portal page containing a portal friendly widget, which when executed, comprises:

program code for detecting at least one environmental factor in the portal page; and

program code for automatically adjusting markup produced by the portal friendly widget based on the at least one detected environmental factor.

14. The program product of claim 13, wherein the program code for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

program code for detecting a state of a portlet that contains the portal friendly widget.

15. The program product of claim 14, wherein the portlet state is selected from the group consisting of Minimized, Maximized, Normal, Help, Configure and Print.

16. The program product of claim 13, wherein the program code for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

program code for detecting a number of portlets in the portal page.

17. The program product of claim 13, wherein the program code for detecting at least one environmental factor in a portal page further comprises:

program code for detecting an arrangement of portlets in the portal page.

18. The program product of claim 13, wherein the program product for automatically adjusting markup produced by the portal friendly widget is configured to perform at least one of the following:

adjust a font size;

adjust a font typeface;

adjust a color palette;

add or remove images;

enable or disable widget features;

add or remove widget features;

truncate data;

add or remove data; and

change view of data.

19. A system for deploying an application for adjusting markup in a portal page containing a portal friendly widget, comprising:

a computer infrastructure being operable to;

detect at least one environmental factor in the portal page; and

automatically adjust markup produced by the portal friendly widget based on the at least one detected environmental factor.

20. Computer software embodied in a propagated signal for adjusting markup in a portal page containing a portal friendly widget, the computer software comprising instructions to cause a computer system to perform the following functions:

detect at least one environmental factor in the portal page; and

automatically adjust markup produced by the portal friendly widget based on the at least one detected environmental factor.