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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Mark E. Molander, Cary, NC (US);
Karen Ruth Kluttz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Deanna M. Shaw, Gilroy, CA (US);
Duane Neale Barret, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhao LU, Campbell, CA (US);
Darren Kelly Upton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ted Frank Slupesky, Portland, OR (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark E. Molander, Cary, NC (US);
Karen Ruth Kluttz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Deanna M. Shaw, Gilroy, CA (US);
Duane Neale Barret, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhao Lu, Campbell, CA (US);
Darren Kelly Upton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ted Frank Slupesky, Portland, OR (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns methods and apparatus for implementing an interactive graphical user interface having the ability to graphically depict the relationships between or among multiple portlets. In one aspect, the present invention relates a child sub-portlet to a parent portlet with at least one graphical indicator when the child sub-portlet is surfaced from the parent portlet. Other aspects of the present invention concern in-line tools integrated in the graphical indicators for managing portlet operations. The graphical indicators and inline controls of the present invention allow a user to accurately and precisely control portlets.