Patent ID: 8195493
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying information derived from an integrated business system having at least one Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) module and at least one Customer Relationship Management (CRM) module, comprising: displaying a browser window to a user; simultaneously displaying within said browser window a plurality of portlet windows, each portlet window occupying a relatively small area within said browser window, said portlet windows being selected and arranged according to a user profile for that user, said plurality of portlets comprising: accessing said user profile associated with said user from the integrated business system, said user profile comprising a display mode preference associated with each of said first and second business result metrics indicating a selection of one of a text-based output format or a graphics-based output format; displaying said first and second business result metrics according to their associated display mode preferences; receiving portlet positioning preferences from the user indicating desired spatial arrangements of said plurality of portlets in said browser window for that user; storing said portlet positioning preferences in said user profile; subsequent to said receiving portlet positioning preferences, displaying said first reporting portlet, said second reporting portlet, and said first application portlet according to said portlet positioning preferences; and for each of said first and second business result metrics,