DYNAMIC CONTEXT-SENSITIVE INTEGRATION OF CONTENT INTO A WEB PORTAL APPLICATION

• US 20100042709A1
• Filed: 07/06/2006
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Schaeck, Jurgen, Liesche, Stefan, Nauerz, Andreas
• Granted Patent: US 9,754,039 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/222
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A computer system for integration of content elements into a web portal application can include a portal server module for providing a web portal application to at least one user, an aggregation module, coupled to the portal server module, for integrating content nodes representing content elements into a memory tree reflecting the web portal application, a dynamic assembly module coupled to the aggregation module, a context launch transformation module coupled to the dynamic assembly module for construction of subtrees of dynamic content nodes, and a context observer module coupled to the dynamic assembly module.

Claims

1. Computer system for integration of web portal content elements into a web portal application, comprising:

context observer module configured to detect context data and provide the detected context data to a context launch transformation module;

the context launch transformation module is configured to comprise transformation logic and execute the transformation logic depending on detected context data to generate a subtree of dynamic content nodes accordingly;

a dynamic assembly module configured to associate transformation logic to an extension node being comprised in the memory tree, wherein said dynamic assembly module is further configured to provide the subtree of dynamic content nodes to an aggregation module;

the aggregation module configured to insert the subtree of dynamic content nodes below the extension node wherein the aggregation module is configured for integating content nodes representing content elements into the memory tree reflecting a web portal application; and

the portal server module for providing the web portal application to at least one user.

2. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein content nodes represent web pages and/or portlets.

3. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the portal server module is further configured to receive a user interaction on an extension node and to forward this user interaction to the transformation module.

4. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the context observer module is further configured to trigger transaction logic upon a change in the detected context data.

5. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the context launch transformation module is further configured to dynamically update the generated subtree upon changed context data, and wherein the dynamic assembly module is further configured to provide the subtree update to the aggregation module.

6. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the generated subtree comprises a node representing a main element and at least one node representing operation supporting elements.

7. The computer system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a subtree wrapper object configured to feed initialization data to the transformation logic of the context launch transformation module.

8. The computer system according to claim 7, wherein the subtree wrapper object is further configured to retrieve the subtree.

9. The computer system according to claim 7, wherein the aggregation module is configured to activate the subtree wrapper object upon encountering an extension node.

10. A method of integrating content elements into a web portal application, comprising:

associating an activation event to a transformation logic, by a dynamic assembly module;

receiving an activation event at the context launch transformation module;

detecting context data by a context observer module;

providing the context data to the context launch transformation module, by the context observer module;

executing the transformation logic depending on the context data while creating a subtree of dynamic content nodes, by the context launch transformation module;

providing the subtree of dynamic content nodes to an aggregation module, by the dynamic assembly module;

inserting the subtree of dynamic content nodes into a memory tree of content nodes representing content elements of a web application, by the aggregation module.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein receiving the activation event comprises receiving a user interaction on an extension node comprised in the memory tree.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein receiving the activation event comprises receiving a trigger event generated by the context observer module.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

updating the subtree of dynamic content nodes upon changed context data, by the transformation module; and

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providing the subtree update to the aggregation module, by the dynamic assembly module.

14. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

activating a subtree wrapper object by the aggregation module upon encountering an extension node in the memory tree of content nodes;

invoking the transformation logic; and

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feeding initialization data to a transformation logic by the subtree wrapper object.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein providing the subtree of dynamic content nodes to an aggregation module is performed in answer to a request of the subtree wrapper object.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer usable program code configured to receive the activation event comprises code that receives a user interaction on an extension node comprised in the memory tree.

16. A computer program product stored on a computer usable medium, comprising computer readable program for causing a computer to perform programmatic actions said computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code configured to associate an activation event to a transformation logic, by a dynamic assembly module;

computer usable program code configured to receive an activation event at the context launch transformation module;

computer usable program code configured to detect context data by a context observer module;

computer usable program code configured to provide the context data to the context launch transformation module by the context observer module;

computer usable program code configured to execute the transformation logic depending on the context data while creating a subtree of dynamic content nodes, by the context launch transformation module;

computer usable program code configured to provide the subtree of dynamic content nodes to an aggregation module, by the dynamic assembly module; and

computer usable program code configured to insert the subtree of dynamic content nodes into a memory tree of content nodes representing content elements of a web application by the aggregation module.

18. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer usable program code configured to receive the activation event comprises code that receives a trigger event generated by the context observer module.

19. The computer program product according to claim 16, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to update the subtree of dynamic content nodes upon changed context data, by the transformation module; and

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computer usable program code configured to provide the subtree update to the aggregation module, by the dynamic assembly module.

20. The computer program product according to claim 16, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to activate a subtree wrapper object by the aggregation module upon encountering an extension node in the memory tree of content nodes;

computer usable program code configured to invoke the transformation logic; and

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computer usable program code configured to feed initialization data to a transformation logic by the subtree wrapper object.