US 8,302,012 B2 · Providing status of portal content

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer-program products, for providing a portal-based desktop. A computer-implemented method for providing status of portal content includes identifying at least one element of portal content to which a user is subscribed. The method includes monitoring a state of the one element of portal content. The method includes indicating status of the one element of portal content, the indication being included as portal content. A computer program product, for providing status of portal content, includes instructions operable to cause a processor to identify at least one element of portal content to which a user is subscribed. The product includes instructions to monitor a state of the one element of portal content. The product includes instructions to indicate status of the one element of portal content, the indication being included as portal content. The product is tangibly stored on machine-readable medium.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for providing status of portal content in a portal session, comprising:

identifying the portal content, the portal content comprising:
one or more applications to which a user is subscribed, and
portal settings, the portal settings comprising features that pertain to unsubscribable elements of the portal session that are related to a configuration of the portal session;
monitoring one or more states of the one or more applications and the portal settings;
providing, to a client device, access to a portal desktop for presenting the portal content comprising the one or more applications and the portal settings;
providing a status indicator arrangement in the portal desktop, wherein a first portion of the status indicator arrangement represents states of the one or more applications and a second portion of the status indicator arrangement represents states of the portal settings;
notifying the user of a change in a state of one or more of the one or more applications and notifying the user of a change in state of the portal settings using the status indicator arrangement,
wherein notifying the user of the change in the state of the one or more of the one or more applications comprises notifying the user even if the one or more of the one or more applications are not being displayed to the user,
wherein the status indicator arrangement comprises graphical representations corresponding to the one or more applications and the portal settings, and wherein initial states of the graphical representations are referenced to states of the graphical representations in a previous portal session,
wherein notifying comprises changing an appearance of a predetermined graphical representation to indicate an occurrence of an event in the portal content corresponding to the predetermined graphical representation, wherein changing the appearance of the predetermined graphical representation occurs in accordance with user input, the user input specifying the changed appearance of the predetermined graphical representation, the event comprises messages that specify a data object of the portal content and an action associated with the data object, and
in response to the user selecting the predetermined graphical representation in the status indicator arrangement, triggering an action related to portal content corresponding to the predetermined graphical representation.

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A computer program product, stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, for providing a status of portal content in a portal session, the product including instructions operable to cause a processor to:

identify the portal content, the portal content comprising:
one or more applications to which a user is subscribed, and
portal settings, the portal settings comprising features that pertain to unsubscribable elements of the portal session that are related to a configuration of the portal session;
monitor one or more states of the one or more applications and the portal settings;
provide, to a client device, access to a portal desktop for presenting the portal content including the one or more applications and the portal settings;
provide a status indicator arrangement in the portal desktop, wherein a first portion of the status indicator arrangement represents one or more states of the one or more applications and a second portion of the status indicator arrangement represents states of the portal settings, the status indicator arrangement being included in the portal content;
notify the user of a change in a state of one or more of the one of more applications and notifying the user of a change in a state of the portal settings using the status indicator arrangement,
wherein notifying the user of the change in the state of the one or more of the one or more applications comprises notifying the user even if the one or more of the one or more applications are not being displayed to the user,
wherein the status indicator arrangement comprises graphical representations corresponding to the one or more applications and the portal settings, and wherein initial states of the graphical representations are referenced to states of the graphical representations in a previous portal session,
wherein notifying comprises changing an appearance of a predetermined graphical representation to indicate an occurrence of an event in the portal content corresponding to the predetermined graphical representation, wherein changing the appearance of the predetermined graphical representation occurs in accordance with user input, the user input specifying the changed appearance of the predetermined graphical representation, the event comprises messages that specify a data object of the portal content and an action associated with the data object, and
in response to the user selecting the predetermined graphical representation in the status indicator arrangement, trigger an action related to portal content corresponding to the predetermined graphical representation.

8 more elements

A system for providing status of portal content in a portal session, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:
identify the portal content, the portal content comprising:
one or more applications to which a user is subscribed, and
portal settings, the portal settings comprising features that pertain to unsubscribable elements of the portal session that are related to a configuration of the portal session;
monitor one or more states of the one or more applications and the portal settings;
provide, to a client device, access to a portal desktop for presenting the portal content including the one or more applications and the portal settings;
provide a status indicator arrangement in the portal desktop, wherein a first portion of the status indicator arrangement represents the one or more states of the one or more applications and a second portion of the status indicator arrangement represents states of the portal settings;
notify the user of a change in a state of the one or more states of the one or more applications and the portal settings using the status indicator arrangement,
wherein the notifying the user of the change in the one or more states of the one or more applications comprises notifying the user even if the one or more applications are not being displayed to the user,
wherein the status indicator arrangement comprises graphical representations corresponding to the one or more applications and the portal settings, and wherein initial states of the graphical representations are referenced to states of the graphical representations in a previous portal session,
wherein notifying comprises changing an appearance of a predetermined graphical representation to indicate an occurrence of an event in the portal content corresponding to the predetermined graphical representation, wherein changing the appearance of the predetermined graphical representation occurs in accordance with user input, the user input specifying the changed appearance of the predetermined graphical representation, the event comprises messages that specify a data object of the portal content and an action associated with the data object, and in response to the user selecting the predetermined graphical
representation in the status indicator arrangement, triggering an action related to portal content corresponding to the predetermined graphical representation.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description5,390 words

Summary1,229 words

#The present disclosure relates to data processing, and more particularly to portals.

#Generally, a portal refers to a single entry point through which a user can access information, applications, and services needed to perform one or more tasks. Computer programs that generate portals, or simply portal software, typically reside on a server of a network such as, for example, the Internet. Portal software is usually accessed from a client computer.

#A portal can include, for example, content such as data, applications and transactional systems, and Web content and services. The data can be structured or unstructured. The portal content is generally included in the portal by subscription. That is, the user subscribes to the content that the user wants to be included in the portal. Portal software, thus, can provide different portal content to different users. Furthermore, portal software can provide the same portal content to a particular user, regardless of where in the network the user accesses the portal software. The user will, thus, have the same portal content even when the user launches the portal from different client computers.

Brief description of the drawings7 figures

#FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a portal system.

#FIG. 2 shows a method for providing a portal-based desktop in a computing environment.

#FIG. 3 shows an example organization of portal content.

Detailed description4,088 words

#Overview

#FIG. 1 shows a portal system 100. The system includes a component 102 that provides the portal infrastructure, a component 104 that provides an application infrastructure (e.g., a Web application infrastructure), and a component 106 that provides an exchange infrastructure.

#The portal infrastructure facilitates user-or people-centric collaboration. The portal infrastructure component 102 can be implemented as a single computing device or multiple computing devices. The portal infrastructure component 102 includes portal software that provides the portal framework. As discussed, the portal content can be customized by subscribing to content and organized according to user input. The component 102 can store information that indicate the content subscriptions and organization for a user. Portal software can include computer programs that monitor the status of the portal content and push status information to a client.

Facts

Application

10/307,893Filed 2 Dec 2002

Published

US 2004/0104947 A13 Jun 2004

Granted

30 Oct 2012

Term ended

17 Apr 2025

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 867 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification3 codes

G06F 3/00
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable
G06F 16/957
Retrieval from the web: browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
G06F
Computing and data processing

Timeline

2 Dec 2002Application filedUS 10/307,893
2 Mar 2004Assigned to Sap Aktiengesellschaftassignment of assignor's interest
3 Jun 2004PublishedUS 2004/0104947 A1
30 Oct 2012GrantedUS 8,302,012 B2
26 Aug 2014Assigned to Sap SEchange of name
17 Apr 2025Term endedEstimated, includes 867 days of adjustment

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