Patent ID: 7475075

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for integrating a rich client view of data within a server presentation of data, the method comprising: including the rich client view of data with web based views provided according to the server presentation of data associated with a portal server application when the rich client view is created on a client using a rich client application, wherein the rich client view is integrated among the web based views in a view list such that the rich client view is a peer of the web based views; wherein the web based views are views of data provided by the portal server application on the server; wherein the web based views are limited in features and qualities of the view by features that the portal server application user interface provides; wherein the rich client view is presented by the rich client application on the client that includes views separate from the web based view provided by the portal server application; wherein data presented in the rich client view may be changed and entered, and data from the view is usable outside of the context of the portal server application; and launching the rich client application on the client to render the rich client view in response to a selection to render the rich client view, wherein the selection is integrated within the server presentation of data.