Patent ID: 8380747

Claim:
A method for integrating a plurality of information systems with a first information system including a user interface, the method comprising: presenting an object via the user interface of the first information system; providing a listing of a plurality of panel item elements within the user interface of the first information system, wherein (i) each of the plurality of panel item elements provides a user interface to access a corresponding one of the plurality of information systems when a user initiates a trigger event based on user interaction with the object and one of the plurality of panel item elements, (ii) the triggering event and the corresponding user interaction are defined by an integration component associated with each of the plurality of panel item elements, (iii) the integration component includes a bundle of files that are deployed from an integration server to the first information system to enable an integration of the first information system with the plurality of information systems, (iv) the integration component is configured to define a plurality of actions that are implemented when a user interacts with one of the plurality of panel item elements, (v) specifications for each of the plurality of panel item elements are downloaded from the integration component via the integration server, and (vi) the integration server and each of the plurality of information systems are located remotely from the first information system; determining whether a trigger event has occurred for one of the plurality of panel item elements based on user interaction with the object, wherein code to perform the determining of the trigger event is included in the downloaded specifications; and in response to determining that the trigger event has occurred, accessing the one of the plurality of information systems via the one of the plurality of panel item elements, wherein code to perform the accessing of the information system is included in the downloaded specifications.