JP2009223840A - Schedule management program, schedule management device and schedule management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology to enable easily performing time limit management and contents confirmation of a schedule by managing the schedule included in a file such as e-mail about a schedule management program. <P>SOLUTION: A schedule information registration processing part 104 extracts information about a schedule included in a file such as e-mail and registers the information as schedule information in a schedule information storing part 103. A display control processing part 102 sorts the stored schedule information in order of early handling time limit and displays the schedule information in a schedule management screen. The schedule information has link information to a file to be an extraction source of information and opens a file to be the extraction source of the information by a user's instruction through the schedule management screen. When a handling time limit management processing part 106 detects schedule information that passes a prescribed notification time, the display control processing part 102 displays a notification that prompts to handle the schedule on the screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a schedule management technique, and in particular, a schedule management program and schedule management apparatus for managing a schedule generated based on a file such as an e-mail containing information about a schedule such as a work request. And a schedule management method.

  There is a case where information regarding a schedule such as a request for work or notification of a meeting schedule is performed by e-mail. However, so-called mailers do not have a system for managing these schedules in an integrated manner, and it has not been possible to manage schedules for e-mails containing schedule information.

  As a document describing a technique for managing a schedule by a mailer, there is Patent Document 1, for example. Patent Document 1 discloses a mail processing device that extracts a processing deadline from the text of an electronic mail or adds processing deadline information by a user, stores the electronic mail, and rearranges and displays the electronic mails in order of close processing deadline. The technology about is described.

In addition, as a technique for managing the deadline, there is a groupware application for performing deadline management by describing a ToDo list on a calendar and displaying a schedule that has passed the deadline in the ToDo list on the next day.
JP 2005-284475 A

  If a long period of time elapses after receiving information about the schedule by e-mail, it will be buried in other e-mails accumulated during that period, and the e-mail containing the information on the necessary schedule will be searched. There is a problem that it takes time to find out. In addition, even if the contents of e-mails were copied and managed on sticky notes, there were cases in which they forgot to deal with them due to oversight.

  Although there is a method of inputting schedule data into the conventional schedule management software and performing the schedule management, there are problems such as an input error and the time and effort required to open the schedule management software to refer to the contents of the schedule. In addition, it was impossible to open the e-mail that was the basis of the schedule from the schedule management software, and it was necessary to start the mailer to check the contents of the e-mail.

  The technique described in Patent Document 1 is also a so-called mailer technique. Therefore, when it is desired to check the deadline for dealing with a schedule or to check the contents of an e-mail including schedule information, it is necessary each time. There is a problem that the mailer must be started.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, to manage a schedule included in a file such as an e-mail, and to provide a technique capable of easily managing the time limit of the schedule and confirming the contents. To do.

  The schedule management function displays a schedule management screen on a display screen such as a display, and displays information on the registered schedule on the schedule management screen. The schedule information to be displayed on the schedule management screen can also be displayed in order from the earliest response date. The registration of the schedule information is performed by automatically extracting information related to the schedule such as the handling date and time from a file such as an e-mail designated by a simple user operation such as drag and drop. As a result, it is possible to easily register and manage information related to a schedule included in a file such as an e-mail in the schedule management function.

  In addition, when registering schedule information, the link information to the file from which information related to the schedule is extracted is registered at the same time, and a simple operation such as clicking the link button to the file displayed on the display screen or the like, You can open a file from which information about the schedule is extracted. As a result, it is possible to save the trouble of searching for a file such as an e-mail containing information on a schedule that has been buried over a long period of time.

  The user can also edit the registered schedule information. This makes it possible to supplement information that could not be extracted from a file such as an e-mail, or to correct information that has been extracted incorrectly, and to manage schedule information more accurately.

  Also, when the user has set a time to notify that the schedule response date is near, when the notification time set by the user elapses, a notification is made to prompt the user to handle the schedule. . Thereby, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to deal with the schedule.

  Also, when the schedule information has been dealt with by the user, the deal schedule information that has been dealt with is output to the log of the dealt schedule and deleted from the schedule information managed by the schedule management function. As a result, even if it is necessary to check the handled schedule later, it can be confirmed in the log of the handled schedule.

  Specifically, the schedule management program executed by the information processing apparatus is designated to be registered by a user operation with the information processing apparatus and a schedule information holding unit that holds schedule information including information on the date and time of handling the schedule in a storage device. Information is extracted from the file, schedule information is generated based on the extracted information, the schedule information registration unit that registers the generated schedule information in the schedule information holding unit, and the schedule management screen is displayed on the display screen. , And function as a display control unit for displaying the schedule information held on the displayed schedule management screen.

  In the above schedule management program, the schedule information includes link information to the file from which the information is extracted, and the display control unit is instructed to display the contents of the file by a user operation via the schedule management screen. The contents of the file designated by the user are displayed on the display screen based on the link information to the file.

  The schedule management program causes the information processing apparatus to function as a schedule information editing unit that edits schedule information held by a user instruction.

  In the above schedule management program, the schedule information includes notification date / time information indicating the date / time at which notification is given to the user to deal with the schedule, and the display control unit informs the user about the schedule information that has passed the notification date / time. Displays a message prompting you to deal with the schedule.

  Further, in the above schedule management program, the schedule information includes information indicating whether or not the handling of the schedule has ended, and the above schedule management program sends the information processing apparatus the schedule information that has been handled. Output to the log of the handled schedule information and make it function as the handled schedule log output unit to be deleted from the schedule information holding unit.

  Schedule information can be easily registered and managed based on schedule information contained in files such as e-mail.

  It also saves the time to start the mailer and search for the corresponding e-mail by holding the link information to the file from which the schedule information is extracted, for example, the e-mail, and displaying the link button to the e-mail on the screen. You can easily open the corresponding e-mail without paying.

  In addition, when it is time to notify that the preset due date is approaching, the user is notified to urge the user to deal with the schedule, which prevents the user from forgetting to deal with the schedule. it can.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a tag schedule management unit according to the present embodiment. The tag schedule management unit 100 is means for realizing a schedule management function using the schedule management screen displayed on the display 20, and includes hardware such as a CPU and a memory provided in the computer of the information processing apparatus 10, and a software program And realized. In the present embodiment, the schedule management screen displayed on the display 20 is referred to as a “sticky note screen”.

  In the present embodiment, the schedule management function by the tag schedule management unit 100 becomes resident when activated and displays a tag screen on the desktop screen. The schedule management function by the tag schedule management unit 100 may be automatically activated and made resident after the OS is activated, or may be activated and made resident by a user activation instruction.

  By making the schedule management function by the tag schedule management unit 100 resident on the information processing apparatus 10, the schedule management software is displayed on the display screen of the display 20 or the like without starting the schedule management software or opening the schedule registered Web page. On the schedule management screen, schedule information obtained from files such as e-mails can be easily referenced.

  The tag schedule management unit 100 includes a user operation reception processing unit 101, a display control processing unit 102, a schedule information holding unit 103, a schedule information registration processing unit 104, a schedule information editing processing unit 105, a handling time limit management processing unit 106, and a handled schedule. A log output unit 107 and a dealt schedule log holding unit 108 are provided.

  The user operation reception processing unit 101 receives a user operation by the input device 30 such as a mouse or a keyboard, and performs processing such as passing control to a processing unit corresponding to the user operation.

  The display control processing unit 102 performs processing related to screen display. For example, when the schedule management function by the tag schedule management unit 100 is activated, display processing on the display 20 such as displaying the tag screen resident on the desktop screen is performed.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a desktop screen on which a sticky note screen is residently displayed. When the schedule management function by the tag schedule management unit 100 is activated, the display control processing unit 102 displays the tag screen 200 on the desktop screen of the OS displayed on the display 20.

  The schedule information holding unit 103 holds schedule information.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a schedule information management table according to this embodiment. The schedule information management table 130 shown in FIG. 3 is an example in which the schedule information held in the schedule information holding unit 103 is managed in a table format.

  The schedule information management table 130 has information such as schedule name, abstract, path information, handling deadline date, notification time, remaining time, handling flag, and related party information for each record of schedule information.

  The schedule name is a name given to the schedule information. The gist is information indicating the contents of the schedule information. The path information is link information to the registration source file of the schedule information. Note that the file here is broad and includes electronic mail.

  The handling deadline date and time is information on the date and time that becomes the handling deadline of the schedule information. The notification time is information on the date and time for notifying the user that the handling deadline date and time of the schedule information is near. As the notification time, for example, how to hold relative information such as how many days before / how many hours before the deadline for handling, and how to hold absolute information such as what month, what time, etc. can be considered. The remaining time is information indicating the time remaining until the handling deadline date and time. When the remaining time is + (plus), it indicates the remaining time until the handling deadline date and time, and when the remaining time is-(minus), it indicates an excess time from the handling deadline date and time.

  The coping flag is a flag indicating whether the schedule information is untreated or dealt with. The related party information is information indicating a request source when the schedule information is a schedule requested by another person, and information indicating a request destination when the schedule information is a schedule requested by another person. In the case of a schedule requested elsewhere, when there are a plurality of request destinations at the same time, unhandled / dealt with may be managed for each request destination.

  The display control processing unit 102 displays the schedule information held in the schedule information holding unit 103 on the resident sticky note screen 200. In addition, the display control processing unit 102 includes a schedule list sort processing unit 120, and the schedule list sort processing unit 120 sorts the schedule information held in the schedule information holding unit 103 in order from the earliest response deadline date and time. Can be displayed.

  In the tag screen 200 shown in FIG. 2, a list of schedule names of three schedules is displayed. When a large number of schedule information is registered, displaying a list of all schedule information on the sticky note screen 200 makes the screen cumbersome, and usually a list of some schedule information with an early response deadline is displayed. The Further, even if a detailed list of schedule information is displayed on the sticky note screen 200, the screen becomes complicated. Therefore, usually, a partial list of information included in the schedule information is displayed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of detailed display of schedule information. 4A shows an example of a detailed display of one selected schedule information, and FIG. 4B shows an example of a detailed list display of all registered schedule information.

  When an operation for instructing detailed display of a schedule is performed by the user, the display control processing unit 102 displays a schedule detailed information screen 210 of the designated schedule as shown in FIG. The operation for instructing detailed display of the schedule is, for example, that the mouse cursor is placed on the schedule name of the schedule to be displayed in detail on the tag screen 200, or the schedule name of the schedule to be displayed in detail on the tag screen 200 is clicked. .

  When an operation for instructing detailed display of all schedule information registered by the user is performed, the display control processing unit 102 displays a schedule detailed information list screen 211 as shown in FIG. At this time, the schedule list sort processing unit 120 displays the schedule information in order from the earliest handling deadline date and time. The operation for instructing detailed display of all registered schedule information includes, for example, double-clicking the sticky note screen 200, right-clicking on the sticky note screen 200, and selecting the detailed display of all schedule information. is there.

  In the schedule detailed information screen 210 shown in FIG. 4A and the schedule detailed information list screen 211 shown in FIG. 4B, a link button to the file is a link button to the file from which the schedule information is extracted. When the link button is clicked with the mouse, the file from which the schedule information is extracted is automatically opened. Such a link button may be displayed not only on the detailed display screen but also on a list of schedule information on the tag screen 200.

  For example, if the file from which the schedule information is extracted is an e-mail, the mailer is automatically activated by clicking the link button, and the e-mail from which the schedule information is extracted opens. As a result, it is possible to easily open the e-mail from which the schedule information is extracted without searching for the e-mail. If the link button is used as information to be displayed on the sticky note screen 200, the file from which the schedule information is extracted can be easily opened without displaying the detailed schedule information.

  The schedule information registration processing unit 104 registers schedule information obtained from a file designated by a user operation in the schedule information holding unit 103 when a user operation for instructing registration of schedule information from a file is performed. The schedule information registration processing unit 104 includes a schedule information automatic extraction processing unit 140, and the schedule information automatic extraction processing unit 140 can automatically extract necessary information from a specified file.

  As a user operation for instructing registration of schedule information, for example, an operation of moving a file to be registered as schedule information to the tag screen 200 on the desktop screen by dragging and dropping the mouse can be considered. As the schedule information extraction source file, for example, various files including extractable document information such as e-mail, text file, PDF file, and the like are conceivable. Further, the registration of the schedule information may be, for example, an email of a schedule requested from others received or an email of a schedule requested from others sent.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of registration of schedule information. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, an example in which e-mail is used as the schedule information extraction source will be described. An email to be registered as schedule information is selected on the mailer screen 220, and moved to the tag screen 200 by drag and drop. The schedule information registration processing unit 104 extracts necessary information from the mail dropped on the tag screen 200, generates schedule information based on the extracted information, and holds the schedule information in the schedule information holding unit 103.

  Here, an example of processing for automatically extracting information related to a schedule and generating schedule information will be described. Here, an example will be described in which schedule information is generated by extracting necessary information from an electronic mail for which work has been requested.

  As the schedule name, for example, the subject of the e-mail is acquired. As a summary, for example, one or two lines of text are extracted from the beginning of the text of the e-mail. For the path information to the file, the path to the stored e-mail is acquired.

  The handling deadline date can be extracted by keyword search, for example. An e-mail is searched using a word indicating a deadline as a keyword, and information indicating the date and time near the detected deadline is extracted. Such automatic detection of time limit information is also described in, for example, the above-mentioned Patent Document 1.

  For example, words indicating deadlines such as “deadline” and “delivery date” are registered as search keywords, and keyword search is performed using each registered word. A pattern of information indicating the date and time such as “xx year xx month xx day”, “xx / xx xx: xx” is registered, and when a word indicating the deadline is detected, the word indicating the deadline is detected. From the part before and after the part, extract the description that matches the date and time information pattern and use it as the information on the due date. To give a simple example, if the text “Work deadline is March 11th” is found in the e-mail, the keyword “deadline” is detected by keyword search, and from the vicinity of the keyword “deadline” Information on the deadline for handling “March 11” can be extracted by pattern matching.

  In the case of an e-mail with a schedule requested by another person, i.e., an incoming mail, the related party information obtains information indicating the request source, i.e., information about the sender of the received mail, In this case, information indicating the request destination, that is, information on the destination of the outgoing mail is acquired.

  Even in the case of a text file, PDF file, etc., the file name is taken as the schedule name, the text of the first and second lines from the beginning of the text is taken as a gist, and the path to the stored file is obtained as path information to the file. Other information may be extracted by keyword search or the like, similar to the above-mentioned deadline for handling.

  In addition to this, for example, if an e-mail for requesting work is prepared in advance in a predetermined format, it is possible to easily extract accurate schedule information from the e-mail according to the predetermined format. .

  For information that is not extracted from the file, such as the notification time and response flag, determine default values in advance, such as “1 day before” for the notification time and “1” for the response flag. It should be set. In addition, when only the date information can be obtained from the information regarding the due date and time of handling, and when the year and time information cannot be obtained, a predetermined default value may be set only for that part.

  Further, the user may be requested to replenish information that is insufficient. For example, after extracting information from the file, a screen requesting input of the notification time is displayed to prompt the user to input the notification time.

  It is also possible to automatically notify that the response to the schedule requested by others has been approved. The schedule information registration processing unit 104 includes a request approval processing unit 141, and automatically notifies the request source that the request approval processing unit 141 has approved the handling of the request for the registered schedule. Can do. For example, when there is a user operation to register an e-mail with a schedule requested by another, an e-mail in a predetermined format indicating that the request is approved is automatically created for the sender of the e-mail. Reply. Note that, at the time of schedule information registration, it may be inquired whether or not notification of request handling approval is to be performed, and the approval notification may be performed only when the user determines to notify.

  The schedule information editing processing unit 105 edits the schedule information designated by the user according to the user's instruction when a user operation for instructing editing of the schedule information is performed. For example, the user operation for instructing the editing of the schedule information displays the schedule detailed information list screen 211 as shown in FIG. 4B, selects the schedule information to be edited from the screen, and right-clicks to display the menu. Open and select to edit schedule information.

  In the automatic extraction of schedule information from the above-mentioned file, it is not always possible to extract complete information. In addition, since the default setting value is automatically set for the notification time, the optimal time is not always set. Therefore, the user invokes the schedule editing function by the schedule information editing processing unit 105 to perform incomplete information supplementation or incorrect information correction. The schedule information editing processing unit 105 updates the schedule information held in the schedule information holding unit 103 with the schedule information edited by the user.

  The handling time limit management processing unit 106 manages the handling time limit of the schedule information held in the schedule information holding unit 103. For example, the handling deadline date and time and notification time of the schedule information held in the schedule information holding unit 103 are monitored, and the display control processing unit 102 is notified of schedule information that has passed the notification time and schedule information that has passed the handling deadline date and time. Send an instruction to make a predetermined notification.

  Various methods are conceivable for monitoring the time limit for handling and the notification time. For example, when the remaining time until the handling deadline date is counted for each schedule information by the remaining time count processing unit 160 included in the handling deadline management processing unit 106, and the relative notification time and the remaining time match, the schedule information There is a method in which it is determined that the notification time has been reached, and when the remaining time becomes 0, it is determined that the time limit for dealing with the schedule information has come. Further, for example, when the clock function provided in the information processing apparatus 10 and the absolute notification time coincide with each other, it is determined that the notification time has been reached for the schedule information, and the clock function provided in the information processing apparatus 10 and the handling deadline date and time There is a method for determining that the deadline for dealing with the schedule information has come when the two match.

  The display control processing unit 102 includes a countermeasure promotion notification processing unit 121. The handling promotion notification processing unit 121 notifies the user that the notification time or the handling deadline date has been reached in order to prompt the user to deal with the schedule.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for notifying by a popup display that the countermeasure deadline is approaching. In the schedule information management table 130 shown in FIG. 3, the notification time of the schedule b is set one day before the countermeasure deadline date and time. When the notification time for schedule b is reached, the countermeasure promotion notification processing unit 121 displays a pop-up screen 212 as shown in FIG. 6 to notify that the countermeasure deadline is approaching. At this time, a warning sound indicating that the countermeasure deadline is approaching may be sounded at the same time.

  Further, the countermeasure promotion notification processing unit 121 highlights the display of the schedule b on the sticky note screen 200 after the notification time has passed. Examples of highlighting include, for example, making a character bold, making the character italic, making the character larger, and changing the color of the character. 2 and 4 to 6, the schedule a is highlighted because the notification time has already passed.

  Similarly, the action promotion notification processing unit 121 displays a pop-up screen 212 or a warning sound indicating that the action deadline has been reached in order to notify that the action deadline has been reached for the schedule that has reached the action deadline date and time. Or sound. In addition, the display of the schedule on the sticky note screen 200 whose handling deadline date has passed is highlighted. For example, the schedule on the sticky note screen 200 before the notification time is displayed in black, the schedule on the sticky note screen 200 after the notification time has passed is displayed in blue, and the schedule on the sticky note screen 200 that has passed the deadline for handling is red. If displayed, the user can grasp at a glance the schedule management status of the schedule.

  In consideration of the case where the notification time and the due date for handling have passed when the information processing apparatus 10 is turned off, the schedule for which the notice time and the due date for dealing have passed even when the schedule management function is activated by the tag schedule management unit 100. Notification may be made by pop-up display. In addition, for a schedule whose notification time or handling deadline has passed, notifications may be repeatedly displayed by pop-up display at predetermined time intervals.

  Up to this point, the example of handling deadline management for schedules requested by others has been mainly described, but the handling deadline management processing unit 106 can also manage schedules requested by others. The handling time limit management processing unit 106 includes a request destination management processing unit 161, and the request destination management processing unit 161 manages a schedule requested to others. Although not shown in the example of the schedule information management table 130 shown in FIG. 3, each schedule information has information indicating whether the schedule information is a schedule requested by another or a requested schedule.

  The handling time limit management processing unit 106 also handles the schedule information that is the schedule requested by others, as well as the handling time limit management of schedules requested by others, the handling time limit date and time of the schedule information held in the schedule information holding unit 103 The notification time is monitored, and an instruction to perform a predetermined notification is sent to the display control processing unit 102 regarding the schedule information that has passed the notification time and the schedule information that has passed the deadline for handling.

  Further, at this time, the request destination management processing unit 161 can automatically transmit a notification prompting the user to the partner who requested the schedule. The request destination management processing unit 161 notifies the request destination that the notification time / processing deadline date / time has been reached for the schedule information at the notification time and the schedule information at the handling deadline date / time. For example, the related party information is acquired from the schedule information holding unit 103, and a reminder mail in a predetermined format is automatically generated and transmitted with the mail address of the request destination included in the acquired related party information as a destination.

  If a plurality of request destinations exist at the same time and unhandled / handled are managed for each request destination, it is possible to notify only to unhandled request destinations. Further, when the requested computer has a schedule management function by the tag schedule management unit 100, the display control processing unit 102 performs a pop-up display when the computer receives a notification prompting the countermeasure from the request source. It is also possible to notify the user. As described above, a system for performing schedule management among a plurality of information processing apparatuses 10 including the tag schedule management unit 100 may be constructed.

  Next, the processing of a schedule that has been dealt with will be described. When the handling of the schedule is completed, it is necessary to set the handling flag to “completed” for the schedule for which the handling has been completed. For example, the user calls the schedule information editing function by the schedule information editing processing unit 105 and changes the handling information of the schedule for which handling has been completed from untreated to handled.

  At this time, if the schedule that has been dealt with is a schedule that has been requested by another party, the schedule requester may be notified that the schedule has been dealt with. For example, the related party information is acquired from the schedule information holding unit 103, and an e-mail for handling notification in a predetermined format is automatically generated with the e-mail address of the request source included in the acquired related party information as a destination, Send it. Further, when the request source computer has a schedule management function by the tag schedule management unit 100, when the computer receives a notification of response from the request destination, the response flag of the corresponding schedule information is automatically set. You may make it update it to coping with.

  Schedule information that has been dealt with is no longer displayed on the tag screen 200. There is no need to pop up the notification time or the deadline for handling. In the detailed display of schedule information, schedule information that has been dealt with may also be displayed.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example in which the schedule information that has been dealt with is hidden on the tag screen. For example, in the state of FIG. 6, the schedule a is displayed on the tag screen 200. Here, since the work of the schedule a is completed, the user sets the schedule a to already dealt with. The display control processing unit 102 does not display on the tag screen 200 the schedule information for which the handling flag has been dealt with. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the schedule a that has been dealt with is no longer displayed on the tag screen 200, and instead, the schedule d that has the earliest deadline after schedule c is displayed on the tag screen 200. Become.

  The schedule information that has been dealt with needs to be deleted from the schedule information holding unit 103. The schedule information may be deleted at the moment when it has been dealt with. For example, the schedule information that has been dealt with at a specific timing such as at the end of the day's work or when the schedule management function on the next day is started. You may make it delete collectively. Even unscheduled schedule information can be deleted when there is a user operation for instructing deletion of the schedule information.

  Instead of simply deleting the schedule information that has been dealt with, it may be saved as a log of the dealt schedule. The deal schedule schedule output unit 107 outputs the deal schedule information to the deal schedule log holding unit 108. The deal schedule schedule holding unit 108 holds a log of schedule information that has been dealt with. The output of the handled schedule information from the schedule information holding unit 103 to the handled schedule log holding unit 108 may be performed at the moment when it has been dealt with, as in the case of deletion, or may be performed collectively at a specific timing. Also good. If a log of schedule information that has been dealt with is retained, the history of the schedule that has been dealt with can be confirmed later.

  Hereinafter, an example of a process flowchart of the schedule management function performed by the tag schedule management unit 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. Here, it is assumed that the schedule management function by the tag schedule management unit 100 is automatically activated when the OS of the information processing apparatus 10 is activated, and is always in an execution state. Further, it is assumed that the file from which the registered schedule information is extracted is an e-mail.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a schedule management process according to this embodiment. When the information processing apparatus 10 is activated, the schedule management function is activated (step S10), and the tag screen 200 is displayed on the desktop screen of the OS displayed on the display 20 (step S11). Thereafter, the schedule management function is always executed on the OS of the information processing apparatus 10.

  The schedule information held in the schedule information holding unit 103 is sorted in order from the earliest handling deadline date and time (step S12), and a predetermined number of unhandled schedule information is displayed on the sticky note screen 200 in order from the schedule information with the earliest handling deadline date and time. (Step S13). At this time, schedule information for which the notification time has passed and schedule information for which the deadline for handling has passed are highlighted.

  If there is a detailed display instruction of the schedule information by the user operation (step S14), the details of the schedule information are displayed (step S15). At this time, if a link to the electronic mail is designated by the user operation (step S16), the electronic mail designated by the user is opened (step S17).

  If there is an instruction to register schedule information by a user operation (step S18), a schedule information registration process is performed (step S19).

  If there is an instruction to edit the schedule information by the user operation (step S20), the corresponding schedule information is updated according to the user instruction (step S21).

  If it is time to output the deal schedule information to the log (step S22), the deal schedule information is outputted to the log of the deal schedule schedule holding unit 108 (step S23), and the schedule information is displayed. It deletes from the schedule information holding | maintenance part 103 (step S24).

  Unhandled schedule information is monitored, and if there is schedule information that has reached the notification time or the due date (step S25), a deadline management process is performed (step S26).

  The processing shown in steps S12 to S26 is repeated to monitor each event occurrence.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the schedule information registration process according to this embodiment. Upon receiving a schedule information registration instruction by a user operation, information is extracted from the e-mail designated by the user (step S30), schedule information is generated from the extracted information (step S31), and the generated schedule information is displayed. The schedule information is stored in the schedule information storage unit 103 (step S32). At this time, for information that could not be extracted, there is no information or predetermined default information is assigned.

  An e-mail indicating that the response to the request is approved is generated (step S33) and transmitted to the request source (step S34).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the handling time limit management process according to this embodiment. If there is unhandled schedule information that has reached the notification time or the time limit for handling, it is determined whether the schedule information is information on a schedule requested by another or information on a schedule requested by another (step S40). ). If the schedule information is requested elsewhere, the user is notified by a pop-up display that the handling deadline is near or the handling deadline date / time is reached (step S41). If the schedule information is requested from others, an e-mail indicating that the handling deadline is approaching or the handling deadline date / time has come is created (step S42) and transmitted to the request destination (step S43). At this time, if there are a plurality of request destinations, each is notified.

  The process performed by the tag schedule management unit 100 described above can be realized by a computer and a software program, and the program can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or provided through a network.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in the present embodiment, only an example of managing the schedule of the deadline for dealing with requests for work or the like included in a file such as an e-mail has been described, but it is also included in a file such as an e-mail. It is possible to manage various schedules such as managing the schedule of coping dates such as schedules of meetings.

  Further, for example, the tag schedule management unit 100 according to the present embodiment describes only schedule management of schedule information registered from file information, but schedule management is performed on schedule information registered with information input by the user himself / herself. There is no problem even if you have the function to do.

  The features of the present embodiment described above are listed as follows.

(Appendix 1)
A schedule management program executed by the information processing apparatus,
The information processing apparatus;
A schedule information holding unit for holding schedule information including information on the schedule handling date and time in a storage device;
A schedule information registration unit for extracting information from a file designated for registration by a user operation, generating schedule information based on the extracted information, and registering the generated schedule information in the schedule information holding unit;
As a display control unit that displays a schedule management screen on the display screen and displays the held schedule information on the displayed schedule management screen,
A schedule management program characterized by functioning.

(Appendix 2)
The schedule information has link information to the file from which information is extracted,
The display control unit is configured to display the file specified by the user on the display screen based on link information to the file when the display of the content of the file is instructed by a user operation via the schedule management screen. The schedule management program according to appendix 1, wherein the contents of the schedule are displayed.

(Appendix 3)
The information processing apparatus is used as a schedule information editing unit that edits the held schedule information according to a user instruction.
The schedule management program according to appendix 1 or appendix 2, wherein the schedule management program is made to function.

(Appendix 4)
The schedule information includes information on a notification date and time indicating a date and time for performing a notification prompting the user to deal with the schedule,
The schedule management program according to any one of Supplementary Note 1 to Supplementary Note 3, wherein the display control unit performs display for prompting a user to deal with the schedule for the schedule information that has passed the notification date and time.

(Appendix 5)
The schedule information includes information indicating whether or not the handling of the schedule has ended.
As the handled schedule log output unit that outputs the schedule information that has been dealt with to the log of the handled schedule information and deletes it from the schedule information holding unit,
The schedule management program according to any one of appendix 1 to appendix 4, wherein the schedule management program is made to function.

(Appendix 6)
The schedule management program according to any one of Supplementary Note 1 to Supplementary Note 5, wherein the display control unit sorts and displays the schedule information in order of the processing date and time.

(Appendix 7)
The schedule management program according to any one of Supplementary Note 1 to Supplementary Note 6, wherein the display control unit performs display for prompting the user to cope with the schedule for the schedule information that has passed the treatment date and time.

(Appendix 8)
The schedule management program according to any one of appendix 1 to appendix 7, wherein the file is an electronic mail.

(Appendix 9)
The schedule information registration unit, when the registration-designated e-mail is a received e-mail, notifies the sender of the registration-designated e-mail to approve the handling of the schedule. The schedule management program according to appendix 8.

(Appendix 10)
The schedule information includes information on a notification date and time indicating a date and time for performing a notification prompting the user to deal with the schedule,
When the notification date and time has passed for the schedule information in which the e-mail from which the information is extracted is an e-mail, the information processing apparatus responds to the schedule at the e-mail destination from which the information is extracted. As a coping manager that sends notifications prompting
The schedule management program according to appendix 8 or appendix 9, wherein the program is made to function.

(Appendix 11)
For the schedule information in which the e-mail from which the information is extracted is an e-mail, the information processing apparatus handles the schedule at the destination of the e-mail from which the information is extracted when the handling date / time has elapsed. As a coping manager that sends notifications prompting
The schedule management program according to appendix 8 or appendix 9, wherein the program is made to function.

(Appendix 12)
The schedule management program according to any one of appendix 1 to appendix 11, wherein the schedule management program is a resident program.

(Appendix 13)
A schedule information holding unit for holding schedule information including information on the schedule handling date and time in a storage device;
A schedule information registration unit for extracting information from a file designated for registration by a user operation, generating schedule information based on the extracted information, and registering the generated schedule information in the schedule information holding unit;
A schedule management apparatus comprising: a display control unit that displays a schedule management screen on a display screen and displays the held schedule information on the displayed schedule management screen.

(Appendix 14)
A schedule management method executed by a schedule management device having a schedule information holding unit for holding schedule information including information on a schedule handling date and time in a storage device,
Extracting information from a file designated to be registered by a user operation, generating schedule information based on the extracted information, and registering the generated schedule information in the schedule information holding unit;
A schedule management method comprising: displaying a schedule management screen on a display screen, and displaying the held schedule information on the displayed schedule management screen.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the tag schedule management part by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the desktop screen on which the tag screen was residently displayed. It is a figure which shows the example of the schedule information management table by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the detailed display of schedule information. It is a figure explaining the example of registration of schedule information. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen which notifies that the deadline for dealing has approached by pop-up display. It is a figure explaining the example which hides the schedule information used as a countermeasure on a tag screen. It is a schedule management processing flowchart by this Embodiment. It is a schedule information registration process flowchart by this Embodiment. It is a countermeasure deadline management processing flowchart according to the present embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Information processing apparatus 20 Display 30 Input apparatus 100 Sticky note schedule management part 101 User operation reception process part 102 Display control process part 103 Schedule information holding part 104 Schedule information registration process part 105 Schedule information edit process part 106 Handling deadline management process part 107 Completed schedule log output unit 108 Dealed schedule log holding unit 120 Schedule list sort processing unit 121 Dealing promotion notification processing unit 140 Schedule information automatic extraction processing unit 141 Request approval processing unit 160 Remaining time count processing unit 161 Request destination management processing unit

Claims (7)

A schedule management program executed by the information processing apparatus,
The information processing apparatus;
A schedule information holding unit for holding schedule information including information on the schedule handling date and time in a storage device;
A schedule information registration unit for extracting information from a file designated for registration by a user operation, generating schedule information based on the extracted information, and registering the generated schedule information in the schedule information holding unit;
As a display control unit that displays a schedule management screen on the display screen and displays the held schedule information on the displayed schedule management screen,
A schedule management program characterized by functioning. The schedule information has link information to the file from which information is extracted,
The display control unit is configured to display the file specified by the user on the display screen based on link information to the file when the display of the content of the file is instructed by a user operation via the schedule management screen. The schedule management program according to claim 1, wherein the content of the schedule is displayed. The information processing apparatus is used as a schedule information editing unit that edits the held schedule information according to a user instruction.
The schedule management program according to claim 1, wherein the schedule management program is made to function. The schedule information includes information on a notification date and time indicating a date and time for performing a notification prompting the user to deal with the schedule,
The schedule management unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display control unit performs a display for prompting a user to deal with the schedule for the schedule information that has passed the notification date and time. program. The schedule information includes information indicating whether or not the handling of the schedule has ended.
As the handled schedule log output unit that outputs the schedule information that has been dealt with to the log of the handled schedule information and deletes it from the schedule information holding unit,
The schedule management program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the schedule management program is made to function. A schedule information holding unit for holding schedule information including information on the schedule handling date and time in a storage device;
A schedule information registration unit for extracting information from a file designated for registration by a user operation, generating schedule information based on the extracted information, and registering the generated schedule information in the schedule information holding unit;
A schedule management apparatus comprising: a display control unit that displays a schedule management screen on a display screen and displays the held schedule information on the displayed schedule management screen. A schedule management method executed by a schedule management device having a schedule information holding unit for holding schedule information including information on a schedule handling date and time in a storage device,
Extracting information from a file designated to be registered by a user operation, generating schedule information based on the extracted information, and registering the generated schedule information in the schedule information holding unit;
A schedule management method comprising: displaying a schedule management screen on a display screen, and displaying the held schedule information on the displayed schedule management screen.

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