Patent ID: 8429249

Claim:
A system for configuring a servlet-based component as a dynamic content component, comprising: a processor of a first server system, configured to: provide a dynamic component configured to: gather, at the first server system, user configuration information in response to a request to access a servlet-based component of a second server system different than the first server system, wherein the user configuration information comprises a user display preference that controls a display format of response content communicated from the servlet-based component, gather, at the first server system, server configuration information from the second server system, wherein the server configuration information comprises a server setting for the servlet-based component, receive, at the first server system, the response content communicated from the servlet-based component that is formatted according to the user display preference as formatted response content, wherein the response content is communicated from the servlet-based component as a viewable page for a portal environment of the first server system, and wherein the response content is received using at least the server setting and comprises a first session identifier characteristic of the response content, modify the response content based on the server configuration information to form modified response content comprising a second session identifier characteristic thereof, the second session identifier characteristic different from the first session identifier characteristic, render a portal page including the modified response content based on the user display preference, and provide a connection servlet configured to: facilitate, at the first server system, communication between the dynamic component and the servlet-based component by establishing and managing a connection with the servlet-based component using the server setting and by communicating the user configuration information including said user display preference to the servlet-based component of the second server system to configure the display format of the response content from the servlet-based component such that the formatted response content received from the servlet-based component is able to be displayed in the portal environment of the first server system.