Patent ID: 7877465

Claim:
A system for providing artifact and configuration cohesion across disparate portal application models, comprising a memory that stores: an editor system for launching an editor for a portal page in a client interface, the editor being a standalone browser client-side application included in a client-side component associated with the portal page, and for passing initial configuration parameters from a portal server to the editor as a URL parameter to a new pop-up window in which the editor resides; an artifact assimilation system for applying characteristics expressed by the portal server to the editor after the launch and for polling the portal server using a variable that is indicative of changed characteristics to be applied to the editor, the variable comprising an identifier corresponding to the editor; and a query system for retrieving services from the portal server by the editor, wherein the system provides artifact and configuration cohesion between the portal page and the client side component after the launch without data loss, without requiring data refresh, and without round-tripping.