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System and method for providing active menus in a communities framework

US8046696B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 2006
Grant dateOct 25, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/38
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A community accessed via a portal can be provided that maintains user membership during collaboration on various projects. The members of the community can have access to and share multiple resources. A resource can have a menu associated with it wherein the menu is dynamically displayed on the portal page upon the user right clicking on the resource. Each menu can have several menu items that when selected, execute various actions associated with the resource or perform some other community function. For example, the menu item can call a page flow action, a Javascript function or make a dynamic content update. An active menu tag library can be provided that allows a developer to create customizable new menus and menu items for a given resource by including a tag and specifying tag parameters.

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