Patent ID: 7702751

Claim:
A system for accessing a plurality of portals, the system comprising: a user interface; a back office system maintaining information; a first portal stored on a first non-transitory computer readable storage medium and executable by a first processor to access at least a portion of the back office system, the first portal having a first portal user interface configured to enable a user to access at least a portion of the information maintained by the back office system; a second portal stored on a second non-transitory computer readable storage medium and executable by a second processor to provide second portal user interface coupled to one or more back office systems; and a metaportal stored on a third non-transitory computer readable storage medium and executable by a third processor to be in communication with the first portal user interface and the second portal user interface and the user interface, the metaportal including a collection component executable to collect, via a non-complex coupling with the first portal through the first portal user interface and a non-complex coupling with the second portal through the second portal user interface and without integration with the first and the second portals, at least a portion of the first and second portal user interfaces of the first and second portals for display via the user interface, the metaportal executable to combine duplicated elements from the first portal and the second portal into a single element for presentation to the user, the metaportal executable to enable the user to access at least a portion of the information maintained by the back office system via the user interface.