Patent Document ID: 8838465
Application ID: 13537364

Base Claim:
1. A method for communicating business information, comprising: causing, by at least one computer, simultaneous browser-based display of a plurality of portlets, the plurality of portlets being selected and arranged according to a user profile customizable by a user of a business information system, said plurality of portlets including: a first portlet displaying first information derived from at least one enterprise resource planning module of the business information system; and a second portlet displaying second information derived from said at least one enterprise resource planning module; causing, by said at least one computer, the browser-based display of the first information in the first portlet to be updated at first regular time intervals in accordance with a first setting in the user profile; and causing, by said at least one computer, the browser-based display of the second information in the second portlet to be updated at second regular time intervals in accordance with a second setting in the user profile.

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Claim 6:
6. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein: the user profile includes a terminology map comprising: a plurality of static business terms fixedly associated with data records, transactions, or groups thereof within the business information system; and for each of the plurality of static business terms, an associated vernacular equivalent tuned for the user; and the vernacular equivalents specified by the terminology map are substituted for the static business terms in the plurality of portlets.