Patent Document ID: 7496687
Application ID: 10427119

Base Claim:
1. A system for accessing a resource, comprising: an integration framework, the integration framework adapted to provide access to the resource, the integration framework including business to business integration and business process management, the integration framework providing application integration for multiple internal and external applications; and a portal framework, the portal framework adapted to generate a portal providing an interface to the resource, the portal framework including: a portal manager adapted to collect resources to render a web page within the portal, web flow adapted to control a flow of a user's session through web pages displayed in a browser, wherein the web pages are associated with the portal, and a pipeline component adapted to execute an operation using at least one of information received through the portal, information received from an external service, and information received from the integration framework.

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Claim 7:
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the integration framework comprises: a management component, the management component adapted to manage the flow of information within the integration framework.