Novell, Inc.

Boyd “h” Timothy

Christopher Jean Seiler

Olin Sayre Atkinson

Matthew G Brooks

James Mark Norman

Dale Allen Lowry

Shawn Matthew Holmstead

Timothy Paul Schmanski

A portal server requests a gadget from a gadget server. The gadget server makes a copy of the gadget. The gadget server accesses a value to be assigned to a variable for the portal server. The value can be received as part of the request for the gadget, or can be stored on the gadget server, associated with the portal server. Assuming that a policy permits the variable to be assigned the value, any previous value assigned to the variable is overridden. The copy of the gadget is then delivered to the portal server.

Method and apparatus for dynamically delivering a gadget

A portal system identifies a language in which content can be displayed to the user. Possible languages can be determined from one or more of identity information for the user, a container for the user's directory entry, and the user's location. The determined languages can be ranked, and the highest-ranked available language can be selected for content display to the user.

Method to dynamically determine a user's language for a network

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Boyd “h” Timothy