Patent ID: 7925968
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a storage medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations for providing navigation from content to a portal page, the operations comprising: identifying a name of a first object in content to be displayed in a computer system, the first object being stored in a repository, wherein the computer system includes a portal and wherein a first portal page is configured to present information about the first object; obtaining, from the repository, metadata associated with the first object, the metadata comprising a type of the first object and an identifier of the first object, the metadata being of a kind that, when received by the portal, causes the first portal page to be displayed; and creating, in the content, an input control that is associated with the name of the first object, wherein the metadata is to be forwarded to the portal upon a user activating the input control; wherein identifying the name further comprises presenting to the user a command relating to the first object, and wherein activation of the command by the uses triggers the obtaining of the metadata from the repository and the creation of the input control; wherein a second portal page comprises the content, the second portal page being configured to present information about a second object stored in the repository; wherein obtaining the metadata further comprises determining whether an association between the first object and the second object has previously been defined; wherein the association exists, and wherein the association is selected as the metadata.