Abstract: A system for managing preferences in a portlet container. In response to receiving remote preferences for a portlet, the remote preferences are merged with default preferences for the portlet to form a preference set for the portlet. In response to receiving user preferences for the portlet, the user preferences are merged with the preference set to form an effective preference set for the portlet. The portlet is manipulated according to the effective preference set to form a manipulated portlet. Then, the manipulated portlet is rendered.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a client portlet container that permits portals to be utilized in a client only environment. That is, the present invention provides a solution that aggregates a set of portlets into a client-viewable portal page without relying upon server resources, such as resources of an application server or a portal server. The solution can be utilized by a client in either a network connected state or a disconnected state. The invention can use a client portlet container to render portlet content, which is referenced by tags of an aggregated Web page, such as a Java Server Page (JSP) file.