Patent ID: 8713457

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of enabling end users to create custom tab set view definitions that access hosting server system based applications without intervention of a system administrator, comprising: configuring a user system with a list of a plurality of tabs available for selection by an end user, each tab having a stored tab definition, and each tab defining a link to an application, wherein at least one application is resident on an application hosting server system, such that an end user selecting a tab that is included in a corresponding user interface accesses an element of the application; receiving a selection of a set of one or more of said plurality of tabs (tab set view); receiving a label representing a name of the tab set view; receiving from the end user a tab set profile indication for the tab set view, the indication identifying which of a plurality of user systems are allowed access to the tab set view; and storing a tab set view definition including the name, the selection of tabs, and the profile indication to a server system.