Abstract: A method for accessing locally stored data at a client site via a network request issued by a client browser of a user includes, with a proxy component at the client site, integrating the locally stored data into a placeholder portlet; and providing the portlet including the locally stored data to the client browser in response to the network request. Another method for accessing locally stored data at a client site via a network request issued by a client browser of a user includes providing a placeholder portlet to a proxy component located at the client site; where the placeholder portlet comprises content from an external service provider and is configured to integrate the locally stored data with the content from the external service provider. An electronic data processing system for accessing locally stored data at a client site includes a proxy component configured to intercept requests for access to the locally stored data that are addressed to an external portal server.

Abstract: A method for accessing locally stored data at a client site via a network request issued by a client browser of a user includes, with a proxy component at the client site, integrating the locally stored data into a placeholder portlet; and providing the portlet including the locally stored data to the client browser in response to the network request. Another method for accessing locally stored data at a client site via a network request issued by a client browser of a user includes providing a placeholder portlet to a proxy component located at the client site; where the placeholder portlet comprises content from an external service provider and is configured to integrate the locally stored data with the content from the external service provider. An electronic data processing system for accessing locally stored data at a client site includes a proxy component configured to intercept requests for access to the locally stored data that are addressed to an external portal server.

Abstract: A request-based communications method, system and program product for overcoming security restrictions, in a networked environment having a client Web Browser (1), a first Webserver (4), and at least a second Webserver (5) which runs a web application (6) that acts as a back-end content resource (13), wherein within the run of an aggregated web application (2) the content resource is restricted to be accessed due to security restrictions being effective when an executable code downloaded from the first Webserver is executed in order to access said back-end content resource. The security restrictions are overcome by a) redirecting an incoming request issued by the client, to the second web server, and b) forwarding back the response to the request from the second web server to the client, which originally issued the request.

Abstract: A method and system for editing arbitrary XML formatted web content within a graphical user interface (GUI), where user-edited XML is converted according to the rules of a XSL style sheet using a XSLT Processor into a mark-up document specific to the browser software running on a client side operating system. Since XML is not very human friendly readable or editable, the XML based web content needs to be converted in a web-mark-up that is better readable and therefore modifiable. The editing process takes place within the browser that displays the rendered XML content.