Managing resources through user-facing web services aggregated in portals

A method for configuring an electronic resource accessible in an electronic network via a predetermined, respective configuration interface characterized by the steps of:

• a) in addition to said configuration interface, providing an interface, which generates a user-interface fragment that is usable for the administration of said resource;
• b) sending said user-interface fragment to a portal server interface;
• c) receiving control data entered into said user-interface fragment;
• and
• d) configuring said resource according to said control data.

A portal server computer system including a computer readable medium having send/receive proxy program code stored thereon, said send/receive program code comprising:

• a) program code for receiving a user-interface fragment associated with said respective resource configuration-interface and generated by the resource it belongs to, wherein said user-interface fragment includes
• a1) data for the visual representation of the configuration data of said resource, and
• a2) data for the visual representation of control data of said resource for initiating changes of said configuration data, wherein said changes are to be executed at the resource itself;
• b) program code for providing an interface allowing an aggregation of a plurality of said fragments including those of different resources, for enabling a human interaction with said plurality of aggregated fragments;
• and
• c) program code for sending user control data entered via said user-interface fragment to said resource configuration interface of a respective one of said resources, in order to perform the configuration of a respective resource via its respective resource configuration-interface.

A data processing system including a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium having program code stored thereon for configuring an electronic resource accessible in an electronic network via a predetermined, respective configuration interface, said program code comprising:

• a) program code for receiving a user-interface fragment associated with said respective resource configuration-interface and generated by the resource it belongs to, wherein said user-interface fragment includes
• a1) data for the visual representation of the configuration data of said resource, and
• a2) data for the visual representation of control data of said resource for initiating changes of said configuration data, wherein said changes are to be executed at the resource itself;
• b) program code for providing an interface allowing an aggregation of a plurality of said fragments including those of different resources, for enabling a human interaction with said plurality of aggregated fragments;
• and
• c) program code for sending user control data entered via said user-interface fragment to said resource configuration interface of a respective one of said resources, in order to perform the configuration of a respective resource via its respective resource configuration-interface.

A computer program product having a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium having program code stored thereon for configuring an electronic resource accessible in an electronic network via a predetermined, respective configuration interface, said program code comprising:

• a) program code for providing, in addition to said configuration interface, an interface which generates a user-interface fragment, which is usable for the administration of said resource;
• b) program code for sending said user-interface fragment to a portal server interface;
• c) program code for receiving control data entered into said user-interface fragment;
• and
• d) program code for configuring said resource according to said control data.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, said computer data signal having program code stored thereon for configuring an electronic resource accessible in an electronic network via a predetermined, respective configuration interface, said program code comprising:

• a) program code for providing, in addition to said configuration interface, an interface which generates a user-interface fragment, which is usable for the administration of said resource;
• b) program code for sending said user-interface fragment to a portal server interface;
• c) program code for receiving control data entered into said user-interface fragment;
• and
• d) program code for configuring said resource according to said control data.

A system for configuring an electronic resource accessible in an electronic network via a predetermined, respective configuration interface, comprising:

• a) means for providing, in addition to said configuration interface, an interface which generates a user-interface fragment, which is usable for the administration of said resource;
• b) program code for sending said user-interface fragment to a portal server interface;
• c) program code for receiving control data entered into said user-interface fragment;
• and
• d) program code for configuring said resource according to said control data.