Patent ID: 8495048
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, in a data processing system, for applying user generated deployment events to groupings of portlets, the method comprising: receiving, from a requesting user, search criteria to be applied to a set of stored portlets, wherein each portlet within the set of stored portlets is a pluggable user interface software component that is managed and displayed in a Web portal and wherein the search criteria comprise one or more tag keywords; generating a result set of portlets, wherein the result set of portlets comprises a plurality of portlets from the set of stored portlets that satisfy the search criteria and wherein portlets within the result set of portlets have one or more associated portlet tags matching the one or more tag keywords; returning the result set of portlets to the requesting user; receiving a selection of a subset of the result set of portlets from the requesting user; and deploying the subset of the result set of portlets in one or more portal tabs within a Web portal of the requesting user.