Patent ID: 8082322

Claim:
A computerized system for accessing information from multiple data sources, the computerized system comprising: one or more webjects in a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) template, each webject including: a plurality of attributes, each attribute including a name-value pair, the plurality of attributes including a webject type attribute; and a plurality of parameter tags, each parameter tag including a plurality of parameter attributes, each parameter attribute including a name-value pair; a server, the server having one or more template libraries and configured to process the one or more webjects into one or more requests in a common format; two or more adapters, each one of the adapters configured to: convert a request in the common format to a format appropriate for a data source; and cause a function to occur within the data source based on the converted request; wherein the two or more adapters allow the server to access multiple data sources; and wherein at least one of the adapters provides an interface to a legacy application thereby allowing the server to access information on the legacy application.