Patent ID: 8086667

Claim:
A method for managing content, comprising: receiving from within a first application environment a request for access to managed content not managed primarily by a first application with which the first application environment is associated, wherein the first application environment is associated with a client system, wherein the first application accesses managed content from a menu and wherein the first application comprises a word processing application, a spread sheet application, a database application, or a publishing application; and providing access to managed content associated with a content management system based at least in part on a context data associated with the first application environment, wherein providing access to managed content includes translating the request for access to managed content into an interaction configured to cause the content management system to send content associated with the request to the client system and to generate at least instructions associated with accessing the sent content, wherein a state associated with the first application environment is remembered and emulated during the process of providing access to managed content, and wherein providing access includes indicating an availability associated with the requested access to managed content.