Menu management in an OLE document environment

A method of managing a menu in an Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) document environment, comprising:

• receiving a server menu of a server application and a container menu of a container application;
• comparing the server menu and the container menu;
• detecting one or more conflicting menu items between the server menu and the container menu;
• merging the server menu and the container menu;
• modifying one of the server menu and the container menu to resolve the one or more conflicts upon the number of conflicts meeting a user preference of a predetermined number of conflicting menu items to be modified;
• and
• revising the merged menus based upon automatically inferring when to revise the merged server menu and container menu, wherein the inference is based upon observation of a user's activity with at least one of the server application or container application, wherein the inference is based upon at least the user accessing a sub-menu item more often than other menu items, wherein the sub-menu item is moved to a root level of a revised merged menus.

A computer implemented method of managing a menu in an Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a server menu of a server application and a container menu of a container application;
• comparing the server menu and the container menu;
• detecting one or more conflicting items between the server menu and the container menu;
• tagging the container menu with unique information;
• integrating the server menu into the container menu in a cascaded fashion;
• and
• modifying one of the server menu and the container menu to resolve the one or more conflicts upon the number of conflicts meeting a user preference of a predetermined number of conflicting menu items to be modified;
• revising the integrated menus based upon automatically inferring when to revise the integrated server menu and container menu, the inference based upon observation of a user's activity with the integrated menu, wherein the inference is based upon at least the user accessing a sub-menu item more often than other menu items, wherein the sub-menu item is moved to a root level of a revised integrated menu.

A system embodied on a computer readable storage medium that facilitates managing a menu in an Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) environment, comprising:

• means for receiving a server menu of a server application and a container menu of a container application;
• means for comparing the server menu and the container menu;
• means for detecting one or more conflicting items between the server menu and the container menu;
• means for integrating the server menu into the container menu in a cascaded fashion;
• means for modifying one of the server menu and the container menu to resolve the one or more conflicts upon the number of conflicts meeting a user preference of a predetermined number of conflicting menu items to be modified;
• and
• means for revising the integrated menus based upon automatically inferring when to revise the integrated server menu and container menu, the inference based upon observation of a user's activity with the integrated menu, wherein the inference is based upon at least the user accessing a sub-menu item more often than other menu items, wherein the sub-menu item is moved to a root level of a revised integrated menu.