Patent ID: 7890601
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A portal server comprising: at least one local portlet; at least one interface component for establishing communication with users; a content component; a SOAP/HTTP communication protocol component for establishing communication between the content component and the portal server; a publishing component for automatically creating a service description of said at least one local portlet and publishing said service description into a Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI);a finding and binding component for selecting service descriptions of at least one remote portlet previously published in said UDDI and electronically binding said at least one remote portlet using said service description published in said UDDI to establish access to said at least one remote portlet, wherein said access is without local installation of portlet code of the at least one remote portlet onto the portal server; a portlet registry implemented on a storage device for storing remote portlet access information derived from said service descriptions; and a portlet proxy having an interface with said portlet registry for receiving portlet access information and an interface with a second portal server offering a remote portlet web service.