Portal/portlet application data synchronization

A portlet data synchronization system comprising:

• a portal server configured to distribute portal content to requesting clients over a computer communications network;
• a plurality of portlets hosted within said portal content through said portal server;
• and,
• a synchronization aggregator configured to aggregate synchronization markup for individual ones of said portlets in a single synchronization envelope, said synchronization aggregator having a further configuration for distributing responses to said synchronization markup to respective ones of said portlets.

A synchronization agent comprising:

• a first communications component configured to communicatively link the synchronization agent to a plurality of client applications, each said client application having an association with at least one of a plurality of portlets;
• a second communications component configured to communicatively link the synchronization agent to a portal server configured to host content provided by said portlets;
• parsing logic configured to identify and extract from a single synchronization envelope received through said second communications component, individual ones of synchronization markup associated with individual ones of said portlets;
• distribution logic configured to distribute extracted synchronization markup associated with said individual ones of said portlets to associated ones of said client applications through said first communications component;
• and,
• aggregation logic configured to aggregate responses to said synchronization markup received from said client applications through said first communications component, and to forward said aggregated responses through said second communications component.