| US 7,552,401 B2 | ||
| Detachable and reattachable portal pages | ||
| Patrick R. Guido, Cary, N.C. (US); Steven P. Kim, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Robert C. Leah, Cary, N.C. (US); and Paul F. McMahan, Apex, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 13, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/710,943. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0036969 A1, Feb. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—838 [715/842; 715/835] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A method to detach and reattach at least one portal page associated with a portal environment, comprising:
detaching a selected portal page in response to activating a detach feature;
reattaching the detached portal page in response to activating a reattach feature; and
forming a placeholder in the portal environment for each detached portal page when detached, wherein the placeholder is formed
in response to the portal page being detached and wherein the placeholder is substantially smaller than the portal page to
permit a plurality of portal pages and at least one portlet contained within each portal page to be presented via their respective
placeholders to a user at the same time.
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