Patent ID: 7346843
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of incrementally rendering content in a content framework, comprising: receiving a request for a portal page, wherein one or more portlets provide content for the portal page; immediately returning a response message containing a first document and a refresh trigger responsive to receiving the request, wherein the first document represents results from portlets which have acquired their content but does not represent results of all portlets; programmatically generating a mechanism for delivering an updated document responsive to immediately returning the response message containing the first document and the refresh trigger, wherein the updated document further represents results from one or more portlets which had not acquired their content when the first document was returned; receiving a subsequent request for the portal page, the subsequent request having been automatically sent responsive to receiving the refresh trigger; and returning a subsequent response comprising the updated document responsive to receiving the subsequent request, the updated document being a subsequent version of the first document and representing results from portlets which have acquired their content thus far and which omits the refresh trigger only if all portlets have now acquired their content.