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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Brandon J. Brockway, Leander, TX (US);
James Mcardle, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Brandon J. Brockway, Leander, TX (US);
James McArdle, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A Web portal page at a Web display station having a plurality of portlet sections, each portlet including text and at least one active hyperlink to another Web page. An implementation enabling a user to enter one of the displayed portlet sections, enlarging the area of the entered one portlet section, and reducing the areas of a plurality of the other portlet sections so that at least one hyperlink in each of the other portlet sections of reduced area remains active.