Content searching for portals having secure content

A data processing system for searching content of a portal comprising a bus system;

• a communications unit coupled to the bus system;
• a memory coupled to the bus system, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions;
• and a processing unit coupled to the bus system, wherein the processing unit performs execution of the set of instructions to perform the following steps:
• provide the portal comprising at least one portal page having a plurality of portal content elements at least one of which is a secure portal content element wherein each of the portal content elements is a portion of a portal page;
• associate each secure portal content element with a unique identifier, wherein the unique identifier is a uniform resource locator and is different than a uniform resource locator for the portal page;
• index each secure portal content element by a keyword;
• receive search parameters and credentials from a user;
• generate a preliminary result set satisfying the search parameters and including at least one of the secure portal content elements indexed by keyword and associated with the unique identifier;
• for each secure portal content element included in the preliminary result set, use the credentials and the unique identifier for that secure portal content element to determine whether the user is permitted to access that secure portal content element;
• responsive to determining, for each secure portal content element included in the preliminary result set, whether the user is permitted to access that secure portal content element, use the preliminary result set to generate a final result set satisfying tile search criteria and including at least one secure portal content element;
• and
• present to the user a result identification identifying the secure portal content elements that are included in the final result set and which the user is permitted to access, wherein the result identification distinguishes all secure portal content elements that are included in the final result set and which the user is permitted to access, from any secure portal content elements that are included in the final result set and to which the user is denied access.

A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable medium containing computer-usable instructions for searching content of a portal comprising wherein the instructions, when executed, cause a computer to:

• provide the portal comprising at least one portal page having a plurality of portal content elements at least one of which is a secure portal content element wherein each of the portal content elements is a portion of a portal page;
• associate each secure portal content element with a unique identifier, wherein the unique identifier is a uniform resource locator and is different than a uniform resource locator for the portal page;
• index each secure portal content element by a keyword;
• receive search parameters and credentials from a user;
• generate a preliminary result set satisfying the search parameters and including at least one of the secure portal content elements indexed by keyword and associated with the unique identifier:
• for each secure portal content element included in the preliminary result set, use the credentials and the unique identifier for that secure portal content element to determine whether the user is permitted to access that secure portal content element;
• responsive to determining, for each secure portal content element included in the preliminary result set, whether the user is permitted to access that secure portal content element, use the preliminary result set to generate a final result set satisfying the search criteria and including at least one secure portal content element;
• and
• present to the user a result identification identifying the secure portal content elements that are included in the final result set and which the user is permitted to access, wherein the result identification distinguishes all secure portal content elements that are included in the final result set and which the user is permitted to access, from any secure portal content elements that are included in the final result set and to which the user is denied access.