Abstract: A system and method for persistently associating a control widget with a plurality of managed widgets operating within a widget runtime environment; changing a state of the managed widgets as a group, the state including one of open, closed, or hidden; and representing the changed state of the managed widgets via a display. Managed widgets having a closed state are neither displayed nor connected with a data source, widgets having an open state are both displayed and connected with a data source, and widgets having an intermediate state are not displayed (e.g. hidden) but are connected with a data source and capable of receiving updated information while hidden.

Abstract: An Enterprise widget interface in a computing device that receives input from a portable logic module soliciting operations from a backend server separate from the computing device, sends requests to the backend server to execute the operation and receives responses from the backend server including data related to the execution of the operation. The Enterprise widget interface further sends the response related data to the portable logic module for rendering via a computing interface connected with the computing device.