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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Patrick R. Guido, Cary, NC (US);
Robert C. Leah, Cary, NC (US);
Paul F. Mcmahan, Apex, NC (US);
Wayne B. Riley, Cary, NC (US);
Patrick R. Guido, Cary, NC (US);
Robert C. Leah, Cary, NC (US);
Paul F. McMahan, Apex, NC (US);
Wayne B. Riley, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armon, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to control a portlet associated with a portal page may include deactivating a selected portlet in response to operating a deactivation feature. The method may also include reactivating the selected portlet in response to operating a reactivation feature. The method may also include freezing a portlet content in the selected portlet in response to deactivating the selected portlet. The method may further include disabling hyperlinks, buttons and other inputs to the selected portlet in response to deactivating the selected portlet. The method may further include reconfiguring a portal server to ensure that a portlet content of a selected portlet cannot be affected while the selected portlet is deactivated.