Patent ID: 8056014

Claim:
In a World Wide Web communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations, a method for providing Web portal pages comprising: transmitting a Web portal page from a Web portal site to a receiving display station; displaying, at said receiving display station, said Web portal page including a plurality of portlet sections in said displayed page, each portlet section having an original area including text and at least one displayed active hyperlink to another Web page; enabling a user to enter one of said displayed portlet sections by moving a display pointer into said one portlet section; enabling, by the entry of said user into said one portlet section, the enlargement of the area of said one portlet section to a size greater than said original area; and responsive to said enlarging of the area of said one portlet, reducing the areas of each of a plurality of the other portal sections to a size smaller than said original area, wherein said at least one displayed active hyperlink in each of the other portlet sections of reduced area remains active.