Framework for implementing skins into a portal server

• US 20070214422A1
• Filed: 03/07/2006
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Goyal, Deepak, Agarwal, Sanjeev, Shah, Rahul
• Application Number:
  US11/369,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20070214422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A method for user interface customization in a portal server that includes receiving a selection of a skin, wherein the skin comprises a plurality of files, customizing representation of content in each of a plurality of channels by using the plurality of files to obtain a customized user interface, wherein the content in each of the plurality of channels is obtained by the portal server, and outputting the customized user interface of the portal server.

Claims

1. A method for user interface customization in a portal server comprising:

receiving a selection of a skin, wherein the skin comprises a plurality of files;

customizing representation of content in each of a plurality of channels by using the plurality of files to obtain a customized user interface, wherein the content in each of the plurality of channels is obtained by the portal server; and

outputting the customized user interface of the portal server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of files comprises web files.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

repositioning the plurality of channels in the customized user interface using the plurality of web files.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a group associated with a user, wherein the selection of the skin is received from the user; and

displaying a plurality of optional skins to the user according to the group, wherein the selection of the skin is selected from the plurality of optional skins.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of files comprises a plurality of image files.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein customizing representation of content comprises:

obtaining a channel of the plurality of channels;

obtaining content for the channel from a channel provider, wherein the content comprises at least one image; and

replacing the at least one image from the content using the plurality of image files.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a group;

creating the skin for the group; and

adding the skin to a directory, wherein the directory is only associated with the group.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the portal server is a Java Portal Server.

9. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to execute a method for user interface customization in a portal server comprising:

receiving a selection of a skin, wherein the skin comprises a plurality of files;

customizing representation of content in each of a plurality of channels by using the plurality of files to obtain a customized user interface, wherein the content in each of the plurality of channels is obtained by the portal server; and

outputting the customized user interface of the portal server.

10. The computer usable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of files comprises web files.

11. The computer usable medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises repositioning the plurality of channels in the customized user interface using the plurality of web files.

12. The computer usable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

determining a group associated with a user, wherein the selection of the skin is received from the user; and

displaying a plurality of optional skins to the user according to the group, wherein the selection of the skin is selected from the plurality of optional skins.

13. The computer usable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of files comprises a plurality of image files.

14. The computer usable medium of claim 13, wherein customizing representation of content comprises:

obtaining a channel of the plurality of channels;

obtaining content for the channel from a channel provider, wherein the content comprises at least one image; and

replacing the at least one image from the content using the plurality of image files.

15. The computer usable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

identifying a group;

creating the skin for the group; and

adding the skin to a directory, wherein the directory is only associated with the group.

16. The computer usable medium of claim 9, wherein the portal server is a Java Portal Server.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein customizing representation of content comprises:

obtaining a channel of the plurality of channels;

obtaining content for the channel from a channel provider, wherein the content comprises at least one image; and

replacing the at least one image from the content using the plurality of image files.

17. A system for user interface customization in a portal server comprising:

a skin framework configured to;

receive a selection of a skin, wherein the skin comprises a plurality of files; and

customize representation of content in each of a plurality of channels by using the plurality of files to obtain a customized user interface, wherein the content in each of the plurality of channels is obtained by the portal server; and

a renderer configured to;

output the customized user interface of the portal server.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the skin framework is further configured to:

determining a group associated with a user, wherein the selection of the skin is received from the user; and

displaying a plurality of optional skins to the user according to the group, wherein the selection of the skin is selected from the plurality of optional skins.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the portal server is a Java Portal Server.