System and method for portal rendering

• US 20030145275A1
• Filed: 10/24/2002
• Published: 07/31/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Qian, Shelly, Fletcher, Adrian, Lor, Robert
• Application Number:
  US10/279,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20030145275A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/500
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/80 of semi-structured data, e.g. markup language structured data such as SGML, XML or HTML content-based retrieval of web data G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1012 to domains
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1015 to users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1064 Restricting content processing at operating system level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1073 Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1076 Revocation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2117 User registration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2145 Inheriting rights or properties, e.g., propagation of permissions or restrictions within a hierarchy
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/18 : Delegation of network management function, e.g. customer network management [CNM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 : comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 : by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 : Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 : for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 : specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 : Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 : involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 : Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 : Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 : in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 : Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 : Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 : Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99954 : Version management

Abstract

A system and method for rendering a portal, comprising rendering a portal containing a portal page with a first Java Server Page (JSP); rendering the portal page containing a portlet with a second JSP; rendering the portlet containing a portlet element with a third JSP; and rendering the portlet element with a fourth JSP.

Claims

1. A method for rendering a portal, comprising:

rendering a portal containing a portal page with a first Java Server Page (JSP);

rendering the portal page containing a portlet with a second JSP;

rendering the portlet containing a portlet element with a third JSP; and

rendering the portlet element with a fourth JSP.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

wherein rendering utilizes a skin.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein:

the skin can be customized.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the portal page is a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) table.

5. The method of claim 1 to be used by a portal group which contains at least one user wherein:

the portal page is described by a template wherein the template can be customized by the group and/or by the at least one user.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein:

a placeholder is associated with the template.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein:

the portlet is dynamically bound to the placeholder.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the portlet has at least one capability which is determined by evaluation of at least one entitlement.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein:

at least one entitlement acts as security for the portlet.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein:

access to the portlet is guarded by at least one entitlement.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein:

rendering the portal includes rendering a header and a footer.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein:

rendering the portlet element includes rendering at least one of a title bar, a banner, a header, a content and a footer.

13. A method for rendering a portal, comprising:

rendering a portal containing a customizable portal page with a first Java Server Page (JSP);

rendering the portal page containing a portlet with a second JSP;

rendering the portlet containing a portlet element with a third JSP;

rendering the portlet element with a fourth JSP; and

wherein the portlet corresponds to a placeholder on the portal page.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein:

wherein rendering utilizes a skin.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein:

the skin can be customized.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein:

the portal page is a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) table.

17. The method of claim 13 to be used by a portal group which contains at least one user wherein:

the portal page is described by a template wherein the template can be customized by the group and/or by the at least one user.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein:

the placeholder is associated with the template.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein:

the portlet is dynamically bound to the placeholder.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein:

the portlet has at least one capability which is determined by evaluation of at least one entitlement.

21. The method of claim 13 wherein:

at least one entitlement acts as security for the portlet.

22. The method of claim 13 wherein:

access to the portlet is guarded by at least one entitlement.

23. The method of claim 13 wherein:

rendering the portal includes rendering a header and a footer.

24. The method of claim 13 wherein:

rendering the portlet element includes rendering at least one of a title bar, a banner, a header, a content and a footer.

25. A method for rendering a portal, comprising:

spawning a first process to render a portal containing a portal page;

spawning a second process to render the portal page containing a portlet;

spawning a third process to render the portlet containing a portlet element; and

spawning a fourth process to render the portlet element.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein:

wherein rendering utilizes a skin.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein:

the skin can be customized.

28. The method of claim 25 wherein:

the portal page is a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) table.

29. The method of claim 25 to be used by a portal group which contains at least one user wherein:

the portal page is described by a template wherein the template can be customized by the group and/or by the at least one user.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein:

a placeholder is associated with the template.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein:

the portlet is dynamically bound to the placeholder.

32. The method of claim 25 wherein:

the portlet has at least one capability which is determined by evaluation of at least one entitlement.

33. The method of claim 25 wherein:

at least one entitlement acts as security for the portlet.

34. The method of claim 25 wherein:

access to the portlet is guarded by at least one entitlement.

35. The method of claim 25 wherein:

rendering the portal includes rendering a header and a footer.

36. The method of claim 25 wherein:

rendering the portlet element includes rendering at least one of a title bar, a banner, a header, a content, and a footer.

37. The method of claim 25 wherein:

a process is a servlet.

38. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause a system to:

render a portal containing a portal page with a first Java Server Page (JSP);

render the portal page containing a portlet with a second JSP;

render the portlet containing a portlet element with a third JSP; and

render the portlet element with a fourth JSP.

39. The machine readable medium of claim 38 wherein:

wherein rendering utilizes a skin.

40. The machine readable medium of claim 39 wherein:

the skin can be customized.

41. The machine readable medium of claim 38 wherein:

the portal page is a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) table.

42. The method of claim 38 to be used by a portal group which contains at least one user wherein:

the portal page is described by a template wherein the template can be customized by the group and/or by the at least one user.

43. The machine readable medium of claim 42 wherein:

a placeholder is associated with the template.

44. The machine readable medium of claim 43 wherein:

the portlet is dynamically bound to the placeholder.

45. The machine readable medium of claim 38 wherein:

the portlet has at least one capability which is determined by evaluation of at least one entitlement.

46. The method of claim 38 wherein:

at least one entitlement acts as security for the portlet.

47. The method of claim 38 wherein:

access to the portlet is guarded by at least one entitlement.

48. The machine readable medium of claim 38 wherein:

rendering the portal includes rendering a header and a footer.

49. The machine readable medium of claim 38 wherein:

rendering the portlet element includes rendering at least one of a title bar, a banner, a header, a content and a footer.

50. A system for rendering a portal and adapted to communicate with a client, comprising:

a server to perform a hierarchy of rendering processes in response to communication from the client; and

wherein the server can evaluate at least one entitlement to determine a permission associated with an element to be rendered.

51. The system of claim 50 wherein:

the server can evaluate at least one entitlement which associates a role with a user based on a role rule.

52. The system of claim 50 wherein:

a rendering process can be a servlet.

53. The system of claim 50 wherein:

the server communicates to the client a portal skin and a portal page template.

54. The system of claim 53 wherein:

the portal page template can be customized for a group and/or by at least one user belonging to the group.

55. The system of claim 53 wherein:

the server selectively binds at least one portlet to the template.

56. The system of claim 55 wherein:

binding is based on the evaluation of the at least one entitlement.

57. The system of claim 50, further comprising:

a portal manager, adapted to communicate to the client a portal skin and a portal page template.

58. The system of claim 50, further comprising:

an access controller that can provide access to resources based on evaluation the at least one entitlement.

59. The system of claim 50 wherein:

the hierarchy is determined by the client.

60. The system of claim 50 wherein:

the element includes at least one of a portlet element and a portlet.

61. The system of claim 50 wherein:

the permission is whether a user is entitled to any one or more of execute, view or edit a portlet.

62. A method for rendering a portlet, comprising:

rendering a portlet wherein at least one entitlement acts as security for the portlet.

63. The method of claim 62 wherein:

rendering utilizes a skin.

64. The method of claim 63 wherein:

the skin can be customized.

65. The method of claim 62 wherein:

the portlet is dynamically bound to a placeholder for a portal page based on evaluation of the at least one entitlement.

66. The method of claim 62 wherein:

the portlet has at least one capability which is determined by evaluation of at least one entitlement.

67. The method of claim 66 wherein:

the capability is at least one of execute, view and edit.

68. The method of claim 62 wherein:

rendering includes invoking at least one Java Server Page.

69. The method of claim 62 wherein:

rendering includes rendering at least one of a title bar, a banner, a header, a content and a footer.