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Using templates for ensuring visual consistency among portlets

US8020103B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Andreas Fried · Herrenberg, DE
Richard Jacob · Echterdingen, DE
Timo Kussmaul · Hessenhöfe, DE
Stephan Laertz · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2006
Grant date	Sep 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 12, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/954
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of network computing, and in particular to Web contents accessible via a Portal. It particularly relates to a method and system for controlling the layout of markup fragments of a plurality of Portlets aggregated in web pages of a web Portal. In order to provide a method with improved flexibility for the administration of a Portal which allows to generate a consistent look and feel in a Portal, it is proposed that a) a Portal control component provides a template means to said Portlets, b) wherein the template means comprises a layout specification for GUI-elements to be generated by the Portlets, and c) wherein the Portlets generate a markup code according to prescriptions comprised of said template means.

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