Patent ID: 7281217
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for integrating portlets within a portal infrastructure, said method comprising: registering one or more target portlet actions for one or more portlets within the portal infrastructure, the registering including receiving the target portlet actions and a target portlet name corresponding to each of the received target portlet actions; assembling a portal page for a user, wherein the assembling further includes: receiving a user request that selects the visual control; in response to receiving the user request, displaying a pop-up menu that includes the target portlet name corresponding to the target portlet action whose data type matches the source data type; receiving a request from the user corresponding to the broadcast action that was associated with one of the source portlet data types; and performing each of the plurality of target portlet actions included in the menu data store associated with the associated source data type, wherein the performing includes passing the data value corresponding to the selected displayed visual control to each of the plurality of target portlet actions.