Portal page generation

Abstract

A solution for generating a portal page based on a data item. In particular, one or more portlets are selected from a set of available portlets based on the data item. The selected portlet(s) are then included on the portal page, which can be provided to a user device for display. The data item can be provided to a content provider for the portlet in order to generate the display area for the portlet. Information on the user and/or user device can be used when selecting the one or more portlets for inclusion on the portal page.

1 . A system for generating a portal page, the system comprising:
 at least one computing device including:
 a data system for obtaining a data item selected by a user, the data item corresponding to at least one of: an event on a network or a network component, and the data item including a plurality of attributes, each attribute defining a property of the data item; 
 a selection system for automatically selecting at least one portlet based on at least one of the plurality of attributes of the data item in response to the obtained data item without any interaction from the user, the selected at least one portlet having at least one attribute that matches the at least one of the plurality of attributes of the data item; and 
 a generation system for automatically generating the portal page in response to the selecting the at least one portlet without any interaction from the user, wherein the portal page includes the at least one portlet. 
   
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one computing device further including a user system for obtaining device information for the user, wherein the at least one portlet is selected using the device information for the user. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one computing device further including a user system for obtaining user information for the user, wherein the at least one portlet is selected using the user information for the user. 
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data system further generates a display interface for displaying a set of data items from which the data item is selected. 
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 1 , the at least one computing device further including a presentation system for providing the portal page for display on a user device. 
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the generation system further provides the data item for processing by a content provider for the at least one portlet. 
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the generation system allocates a size for each of the at least one portlet based on a display area for the portal page and a quantity of the at least one portlet. 
   
   
       8 . A program product stored on a tangible recordable medium for generating a portal page, the program product comprising:
 program code for obtaining a data item selected by a user, the data item corresponding to at least one of: an event on a network or a network component, and the data item including a plurality of attributes, each attribute defining a property of the data item;   program code for automatically selecting at least one portlet based on at least one of the plurality of attributes of the data item in response to the obtained data item without any interaction from the user, the selected at least one portlet having at least one attribute that matches the at least one of the plurality of attributes of the data item; and   program code for automatically generating the portal page in response to the selecting the at least one portlet without any interaction from the user, wherein the portal page includes the at least one portlet.   
   
   
       9 . The program product of  claim 8 , further comprising program code for obtaining user information for the user, wherein the program code for selecting is further based on the user information. 
   
   
       10 . The program product of  claim 8 , further comprising program code for obtaining device information for a user device, wherein the program code for selecting is further based on the device information. 
   
   
       11 . The program product of  claim 8 , wherein the program code for obtaining includes:
 program code for providing a display interface to a user device, wherein the display interface displays a set of data items; and   program code for receiving the data item from the user device.   
   
   
       12 . The program product of  claim 8 , further comprising program code for providing the portal page for display on a user device. 
   
   
       13 . The program product of  claim 8 , further comprising program code for providing the data item for processing by a content provider for the at least one portlet. 
   
   
       14 . The program product of  claim 8 , wherein the program code for generating includes program code for allocating a size for each of the at least one portlet based on a display area for the portal page and a quantity of the at least one portlet. 
   
   
       15 . A method of deploying a system for generating a portal page, the method comprising:
 providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
 obtain a data item selected by a user, the data item corresponding to at least one of: an event on a network or a network component, and the data item including a plurality of attributes, each attribute defining a property of the data item; 
 automatically select at least one portlet based on at least one of the plurality of attributes of the data item in response to the obtained data item without any interaction from the user, the selected at least one portlet having at least one attribute that matches the at least one of the plurality of attributes of the data item; and 
 automatically generate the portal page in response to the selecting the at least one portlet without any interaction from the user, wherein the portal page includes the at least one portlet. 
   
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to provide a display interface to a user device, wherein the display interface displays a set of data items from which the data item is selected. 
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to provide the portal page for display to the user without any interaction from the user. 
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to provide the data item for processing by a content provider for the at least one portlet.