Patent ID: 8271883
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a new portlet in a perspective, the perspective containing at least one area, at least one which contains at least one existing portlet, comprising: setting one of the existing portlets to a locked state upon selection of an option by a user; setting one of the existing portlets to a dirty state upon the user entering data into at least one field of the portlet; selecting one selected area from amongst the at least one area, the selected area being one for which a list of types of portlets which can be created in the area includes the type of the new portlet; determining whether the selected area contains at least one eligible portlet, an eligible portlet being an existing portlet that is neither in a dirty state nor in a locked state; if the selected area contains at least one eligible portlet, replacing one of the at least one eligible portlet with the new portlet; and if the selected area contains no eligible portlets, adding the new portlet to the selected area.