| US 7,496,687 B2 | ||
| Enterprise application platform | ||
| Philip B. Griffin, Longmont, Colo. (US); Troy Hallock, Superior, Colo. (US); Brad Posner, Erie, Colo. (US); Patrick Osborne, Boulder, Colo. (US); Olivier Libouban, Lafayette, Colo. (US); Manish Devgan, Bloomfield, Colo. (US); Ravi Rohra, Harrison, N.J. (US); Jitendra Gupta, Iselin, N.J. (US); Somenath Sengupta, Boulder, Colo. (US); Hung T. Ma, Bridgewater, N.J. (US); and Chengjiang Lin, Bridgewater, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to BEA Systems, Inc., Redwood Shores, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 01, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/427,119. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/376913, filed on May 01, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0068568 A1, Apr. 08, 2004 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—249 [715/234; 705/1] | 29 Claims |
| 1. A system for accessing a resource, comprising:
an integration framework, the integration framework adapted to provide access to the resource, the integration framework including
business to business integration and business process management, the integration framework providing application integration
for multiple internal and external applications; and
a portal framework, the portal framework adapted to generate a portal providing an interface to the resource, the portal framework
including:
a portal manager adapted to collect resources to render a web page within the portal,
web flow adapted to control a flow of a user's session through web pages displayed in a browser, wherein the web pages are
associated with the portal, and
a pipeline component adapted to execute an operation using at least one of information received through the portal, information
received from an external service, and information received from the integration framework.
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