Patent ID: 8271472
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: defining a portal having one or more associated data sources, the portal including one or more portlets for displaying information associated with the one or more associated data sources, wherein the portal uses predefined organizational settings associated with the one or more portlets within the portal; generating an index of the one or more associated data sources; transmitting a search query based, at least in part, upon the index and a user-provided search term to a search engine; receiving a result set based, at least in part, upon the index and the data associated with the search query from the search engine; parsing the received result set from the search engine; and transmitting a subset of the parsed result set to a corresponding portlet, at least in part, using the predefined organizational settings associated with the one or more portlets within the portal.