Customized Context Menu for Files Based on Their Content

• US 20100088343A1
• Filed: 10/06/2008
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mamou, Jonathan Joseph, Goldberg, Itzhack, Ben-Yehuda, Shmuel, Greenshpan, Ohad
• Granted Patent: US 8,095,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/791
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for customizing a context structure such as a context menu based on content associated with an object such as a computer file. For example, a computer-implemented method for customizing a context structure associated with an object comprises the following steps. A content analysis is performed on the object. The context structure associated with the object is modified based on at least a portion of results of the content analysis.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for customizing a context structure associated with an object, the method comprising the steps of:

performing a content analysis on the object; and

modifying the context structure associated with the object based on at least a portion of results of the content analysis.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the context structure comprises a context menu.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of modifying the context structure associated with the object further comprises one or more of adding a new item to the context structure, deleting an existing item from the context structure, and changing an existing item in the context structure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprises a computer file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein an operating system performs the content analysis on the object, and modifies the context structure associated with the object based on at least a portion of results of the content analysis.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein when the object is a computer file and the context structure is a context menu, the operating system uploads the computer file and runs a set of one or more tests in accordance with one or more content analyzers.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a given result from at least one of the one or more tests produces an event which is stored in a description file of the computer file.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the context menu is modified by the steps of:

detecting a selection of the computer file;

reading from the description file the stored event;

extracting from an association file at least one function; and

adding the extracted function to the context menu.

9. Apparatus for customizing a context structure associated with an object, the apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

perform a content analysis on the object; and

modify the context structure associated with the object based on at least a portion of results of the content analysis.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the context structure comprises a context menu.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein modifying the context structure associated with the object further comprises one or more of adding a new item to the context structure, deleting an existing item from the context structure, and changing an existing item in the context structure.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the object comprises a computer file.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein an operating system executed by the processor performs the content analysis on the object, and modifies the context structure associated with the object based on at least a portion of results of the content analysis.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein when the object is a computer file and the context structure is a context menu, the operating system executed by the processor uploads the computer file and runs a set of one or more tests in accordance with one or more content analyzers.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein a given result from at least one of the one or more tests produces an event which is stored in a description file of the computer file.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the context menu is modified by:

detecting a selection of the computer file;

reading from the description file the stored event;

extracting from an association file at least one function; and

adding the extracted function to the context menu.

17. An article of manufacture for customizing a context structure associated with an object, the article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium including one or more programs which when executed by a computer system implement the steps of:

performing a content analysis on the object; and

modifying the context structure associated with the object based on at least a portion of results of the content analysis.

18. The article of claim 17, wherein the context structure comprises a context menu.

19. The article of claim 17, wherein the step of modifying the context structure associated with the object further comprises one or more of adding a new item to the context structure, deleting an existing item from the context structure, and changing an existing item in the context structure.

20. The article of claim 17, wherein the object comprises a computer file.

21. The article of claim 17, wherein an operating system performs the content analysis on the object, and modifies the context structure associated with the object based on at least a portion of results of the content analysis.

22. The article of claim 17, wherein when the object is a computer file and the context structure is a context menu, the operating system uploads the computer file and runs a set of one or more tests in accordance with one or more content analyzers.

23. The article of claim 22, wherein a given result from at least one of the one or more tests produces an event which is stored in a description file of the computer file.

24. The article of claim 23, wherein the context menu is modified by the steps of:

detecting a selection of the computer file;

reading from the description file the stored event;

extracting from an association file at least one function; and

adding the extracted function to the context menu.

25. A method for customizing a context menu associated with a computer file in a file system of an operating system, the method comprising the steps of:

uploading the computer file and running a set of one or more tests in accordance with one or more content analyzers;

storing an event in a description file of the computer file, wherein the event is produced in response to a successful result from at least one of the one or more tests;

detecting a selection of the computer file;

reading from the description file the stored event;

extracting from an association file at least one function; and

modifying the context menu in accordance with extracted function.