Financial Gadgets

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving in a computer system a plurality of gadgets from a plurality of developers, each gadget associated with one or more developers;
• receiving in the computer system a notification that a platform provider has certified one or more of the plurality of gadgets;
• receiving in the computer system a notification that a financial institution has authorized one or more of the certified gadgets;
• generating a first web page with the computer system and providing the first web page to a client computer of a user, the first web page including an interface through which the user can select a gadget from the one or more authorized gadgets;
• receiving in the computer system a notification that the user has selected a gadget;
• running the selected gadget on the computer system and receiving output from the selected gadget;
• and
• generating a second web page on the computer system using the output of the selected gadget and providing the second web page to the client computer of the user.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• collecting in a computer system user-specific financial information from a financial institution;
• storing the user-specific financial information in the computer system;
• receiving in the computer system a plurality of certified gadgets from a platform provider, each gadget written by one or more developers;
• receiving in the computer system a use notification from a platform provider indicating that a user can use a gadget;
• running the gadget on the computer system, including providing the user-specific financial information to the gadget and receiving output from the gadget;
• and
• modifying the user-specific financial information in the computer system in response to the output of the gadget or providing content based on the output of the gadget to the user.

A system comprising:

• one or more computers programmed to perform operations comprising:
• collecting user-specific financial information from a financial institution;
• storing the user-specific financial information;
• receiving a plurality of gadgets from a plurality of developers, each gadget associated with one or more developers;
• receiving a notification that a platform provider has certified one or more of the plurality of gadgets;
• generating a first web page and providing the first web page to a client computer of a user, the first web page including an interface through which the user can select a gadget from the one or more certified gadgets;
• receiving a notification that the user has selected a gadget;
• running the selected gadget, including providing the user-specific financial information to the gadget and receiving output from the gadget;
• and
• modifying the user-specific financial information in response to the output of the gadget or providing content based on the output of the gadget to the user.

A system comprising:

• one or more computers programmed to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a plurality of gadgets from a plurality of developers, each gadget associated with one or more developers;
• receiving a notification that a platform provider has certified one or more of the plurality of gadgets;
• receiving a notification that a financial institution has authorized one or more of the certified gadgets;
• generating a first web page and providing the first web page to a client computer of a user, the first web page including an interface through which the user can select a gadget from the one or more authorized gadgets;
• receiving a notification that the user has selected a gadget;
• running the selected gadget and receiving output from the selected gadget;
• and
• generating a second web page using the output of the selected gadget and providing the second web page to the client computer of the user.

A system comprising:

• one or more computers programmed to perform operations comprising:
• collecting user-specific financial information from a financial institution;
• storing the user-specific financial information;
• receiving a plurality of certified gadgets from a platform provider, each gadget written by one or more developers;
• receiving a use notification from a platform provider indicating that a user can use a gadget;
• running the gadget, including providing the user-specific financial information to the gadget and receiving output from the gadget;
• and
• modifying the user-specific financial information in response to the output of the gadget or providing content based on the output of the gadget to the user.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• collecting in a computer system user-specific financial information from a financial institution;
• storing the user-specific financial information in the computer system;
• receiving in the computer system information identifying a plurality of gadgets from a plurality of developers, each gadget associated with one or more developers;
• receiving in the computer system a notification that a platform provider has certified one or more of the plurality of gadgets;
• generating a first web page with the computer system and providing the first web page to a client computer of a user, the first web page including an interface through which the user can select a gadget from the one or more certified gadgets and specify that the gadget can access the user-specific financial information;
• receiving in the computer system a notification that the user has selected a gadget;
• receiving a request from the selected gadget, and in response to the request, providing the user-specific financial information to the gadget.