Graphical user interface for performing administration on web components of web sites in a portal framework

• US 8,606,916 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2010
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ip Ot Sub Ulc, OT IP SUB, LLC
• Original Assignee: Open TEXT SA (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Anuff, Ed, Harbaugh, Edith, Vonderweid, Ethan, Petersen, John, Phillips, Amy, Guyot, Noah, Moses, Dean, MacLeod, Dave, Chaudhary, Siddharth Rishi Raj
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, KENNY S
• Application Number:
  US12/885,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20110010454A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,177 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/225, 717/116
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/20 Network management software packages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Graphical user interfaces are provided for administrators to perform administration type operations. Sets of users granted administrative privileges may further grant and delegate administrative privileges to other sets of users to perform administration type operations on site objects over which they have administrative privileges. The types of graphical user interfaces includes server consoles and site consoles. Server consoles enable the performance of administration on all objects within the framework. Site consoles enable the performance of administration within a respective site.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by the one or more computing devices to;

provide a user interface accessible by a plurality of users using the one or more computing devices;

perform a first administrative operation to create a site on a portal server framework, the site comprising a set of site objects given a single identity representing the site, the portal server framework comprising portals, wherein one of the portals provides a gateway for access to the site; and

perform a second administrative operation to define a first set of permissions, wherein a first permission in the first set of permissions defines a first set of the plurality of users having access to a site object in the set of site objects created via the first administrative operation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further translatable to provide a first console object configured to perform the first administrative operation.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the instructions are further translatable to provide a second console object configured to perform a third administrative operation.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the third administrative operation maps each site object in the set of site objects to at least one of:

a domain name server and a uniform resource locator.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further translatable to provide a site console comprising the user interface, the user interface being associated with an administration site operable to perform administration of one or more sites in the portal server framework.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further translatable to provide a server console comprising the user interface, the user interface being associated with a server administration site operable to perform administration of one or more or all objects in the portal server framework.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first permission in the first set of permissions defines a second set of the plurality of users having access to a site object in the set of site objects created based on a relationship between the first set of users and the second set of users.

8. A computer program product comprising at least a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by one or more computing devices to:

provide a user interface accessible by a plurality of users using the one or more computing devices;

perform a first administrative operation to create a site on a portal server framework, the site comprising a set of site objects given a single identity representing the site, the portal server framework comprising portals, wherein one of the portals provides a gateway for access to the site; and

perform a second administrative operation to create a first set of permissions, wherein a first permission in the first set of permissions defines a first set of the plurality of users having access to a site object in the set of site objects created via the first administrative operation.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further translatable to provide a first console object configured to perform the first administrative operation.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further translatable to provide a second console object configured to perform a third administrative operation.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the third administrative operation maps each site object in the set of site objects to at least one of:

a domain name server and a uniform resource locator.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further translatable to provide a site console comprising the user interface, the user interface being associated with an administration site operable to perform administration of one or more sites in the portal server framework.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further translatable to provide a server console comprising the user interface, the user interface being associated with a server administration site operable to perform administration of one or more or all objects in the portal server framework.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first permission in the first set of permissions defines a second set of the plurality of users having access to a site object in the set of site objects created based on a relationship between the first set of users and the second set of users.

15. A method for performing administration on a portal server framework on a computer network, comprising:

at a computing device on the computer network, providing a first console object for performing administration on one or more sites in the portal server framework on the computer network, wherein each of the one or more sites comprises a collection of objects given a single identity, and wherein the administration comprises;

performing a first administrative operation to create a site on the portal server framework, the site comprising a set of site objects given a single identity representing the site, the portal server framework comprising portals, wherein one of the portals provides a gateway for access to the site;

performing a second administrative operation to create a first set of permissions, wherein each permission in the first set of permissions defines a first set of users having access to, and a first set of administrative privileges associated with, a site object in the set of site objects created via the first administrative operation.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein access to the first console object is in accordance with a second set of administrative privileges granted to a second set of users defined by a first permission.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the administration further comprises instantiating a child-site object in the set of site objects.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a second console object configured to perform a third administrative operation.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the third administrative operation creates a third permission defining a third set of users having access to, and a third set of administrative privileges associated with a site object in the set of site objects.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the third administrative operation maps each site object in the set of site objects to at least one of:

a domain name server and a uniform resource locator.