Patent ID: 8583697

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a request for web content associated with a portlet from one or more end user applications, wherein the portlet is a content area within a web page that occupies a window within the web page and is arranged to display different types of information; receiving user information from the one or more end user applications; receiving additional user information from an LDAP; calling an xml file associated with the portlet, wherein the xml file describes all available content for the portlet by defining plural pieces of content that are available for the portlet; determining, based on the user information and the additional user information, which of the plural pieces of content of the portlet the user is qualified to view, wherein the determining is performed by a central service oriented content framework independent of the one or more end user applications; and returning to the one or more end user applications a content descriptor that points to where the qualified content may be obtained.