System and method for providing collaboration communities in a computer portal environment

• US 20060218000A1
• Filed: 03/24/2006
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Jolley, Chris, Smith, Gregory P., Beartusk, Brodi, Pearson, Shane, Breeden, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 9,665,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

A system and method for providing collaboration communities in a computer portal environment. The system comprises a community portal tool for creating community portals, portal applications, or portal web applications. In one embodiment, the portal can be one of a number of enterprise applications on server software. The portal can include a community context that can have an indication of members of the community. The indication can be, for example, a list of the members or pointer to a list of members. The community portal can be constructed from portal elements and the community context. The community portal tool can also be used to select a community portal template from a portal component library. The template can include standard elements from the construction of a community portal. A standardized look and feel, layout, and components such as a calendars can be in a community template.

Claims

1. A system for providing collaboration communities in a computer portal environment, comprising:

a portal component library that includes community portal templates and community portal elements;

a community portal tool allows a developer to use the community portal templates and the community portal elements to create portal applications;

a community context for each portal application that provides an indication of members of a collaboration community associated with that portal application; and

wherein the portal application is constructed from the community portal elements and the community context to create a collaboration community.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication is a pointer to a list of members.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication is a list of members.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein invitations can be sent to potential community members.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the community portal includes a registration URL.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the community portal includes a calendar portlet.

7. The system of claim 1, when the community portal is built from a template.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the community portal is constructed from a desktop that stores an indication that the portal is a community portal.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein notifications are sent to community members when community portal content is changed.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein notifications are sent to community members who have subscribed to receive notifications when community portal content is changed.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein notifications are sent to community members who have subscribed to receive notifications when community portal content is changed.

11. A method for providing collaboration communities in a computer portal environment, comprising the steps of:

providing a portal component library that includes community portal templates and community portal elements;

providing a community portal tool allow s a developer to use the community portal templates and the community portal elements to create portal applications;

reading a community context for each portal application that provides an indication of members of a collaboration community associated with that portal application; and

constructing the portal application from the community portal elements and the community context to create a collaboration community.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the indication is a pointer to a list of members.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the indication is a list of members.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein invitations can be sent to potential community members.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the community portal includes a registration URL.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the community portal includes a calendar portlet.

17. The method of claim 11, when the community portal is built from a template.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the community portal is constructed from a desktop that stores an indication that the portal is a community portal.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein notifications are sent to community members when community portal content is changed.