JP2708618B2 - Schedule management device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device that stores and manages schedule data in a memory.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a scheduler (hereinafter, a schedule includes reservation schedules such as a conference room reservation and a facility reservation) has been provided. Is provided.

In this type of apparatus, for example, as disclosed in JP-A-56-54563, a specific date and time and information (schedule) related thereto are stored and displayed together with the date and time. Or change or delete a schedule once entered.

Further, a means for inputting a regular schedule, for example, a schedule having the same contents at the same time on the same day of the week every week, rather than one by one, is provided to simplify the trouble of inputting. In this apparatus, an inputted regular schedule is developed and stored into individual schedules, and each schedule is individually changed or deleted.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, although the input of a regular schedule can be performed without any trouble, after the inputted regular schedule is developed into individual schedules, the schedules are stored, and the individual schedules are stored. The regular schedule cannot be changed or deleted in a lump in order to manage and individually change or delete.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a schedule management device capable of collectively performing editing processing such as changing or deleting a regular schedule.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In view of the above-described conventional problems, the present invention provides a means for receiving schedule data, a storage means for storing the received schedule data, and editing the stored schedule. In a schedule management device including an editing unit and a display unit that displays a schedule, the storage unit has a unit that stores the content of a regularly repeated schedule and a unit that stores periodic time information as periodic information, The editing means has means for collectively editing the periodic schedule based on the periodic information.

[Operation] In the schedule management device according to the present invention, the regular schedule data input by the receiving unit is stored in the storage unit together with the regular information, and the editing unit falls within the display period when the data to be displayed on the schedule is edited. Determine whether there is a regular schedule based on the regular information,
If it exists, display data is generated and combined with a schedule (general schedule) other than the regular schedule and displayed on the display means.

In the regular schedule editing, the regular schedule can be edited collectively by changing, adding, or deleting the regular schedule data (regular schedule contents and regular information) stored in the storage unit.

Example An example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The following is an example in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese document creation device that is a schedule management device.

 FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 (b) shows a hardware configuration of the Japanese document creating apparatus 18 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 (a).

In FIG. 1 (b), 5 is an input when creating a document,
A keyboard, which is a data receiving unit for inputting schedule information and various control information, a memory 6, which is a storage unit for storing various control data, schedule data, and the like, and a keyboard 8, which performs various displays such as a schedule display. A display unit 3 as a display unit, a processor as an editing unit for executing a program of the editing unit 16 of the schedule management unit, a program of the schedule display unit 17, and a program of the document creation unit 2; A calendar generator that provides calendar information such as time.

In FIG. 1A, a Japanese document creation device 18 has a schedule management unit 1 for managing a schedule and a document creation unit 2 for creating a Japanese document.

The schedule management unit 1 receives the data input from the reception unit 19, the storage unit, the schedule storage unit 11, and based on the input control data, edits and manages the schedule storage unit 11 to the schedule display unit 17. An editing unit 16 as an editing unit for outputting data, and a schedule display unit 17 as a display unit for generating and displaying individual schedules to be displayed from data in the schedule storage unit 11.
And a display temporary work table 15 for temporarily storing individual schedules to be displayed.

The schedule storage unit 11 stores a general schedule 12 that stores information of each input schedule (general schedule), a periodic schedule 13 that stores information of a periodic schedule, and a partial schedule for each of the periodic schedules. It is composed of a regular schedule correction / deletion record group 14 for storing correction / deletion information.

The editing unit 16 has the following functions as a function of editing the periodic schedule at once and a function of partially editing the periodic schedule.

That is, a particular date, time, or day of the week in the regular schedule can be changed, or dates over a period of time in the regular schedule can be changed.

 Next, the operation will be described.

The editing unit 16 uses the general record 120 shown in FIG. 2 to store the date and time and contents of the general schedule, places it in the general schedule 12, and
Are arranged in the future direction using the date as the key.

The editing unit 16 stores a periodic record 13 to store the period of the periodic schedule, the periodic information, the date and time, and the content.
Use 0 and place it in the periodic schedule 13, and arrange the individual periodic records 130 in the future using the period start date and time as keys.

The editing unit 16 stores correction and deletion information of individual schedules (hereinafter, referred to as source schedules) generated from the regular schedules,
Periodic correction record 140 and periodical deletion record 1 shown in FIG.
45, and is placed in the correction / deletion record group 14 of the regular schedule shown in FIG.

Further, in the periodic deletion record 145, these records are chained in the future using the deletion start date as a key, and in the periodic correction record 140, these records are chained in the future using the source date as a key. Let it.

For the regular schedule to be changed and deleted, the element 133 of the regular record 130, the regular correction record
Using the element 141 of 140 and the element 146 of the periodic deletion record 145, as shown in FIG.
The periodic correction records 140 are linked in order.

The periodic deletion record 145 is used not only for deleting one source schedule, but also when deleting a plurality of source schedules for the same periodic schedule in time series. At this time, it corresponds by storing the start and end dates of the deletion period.

The schedule display section 17 displays a work record 150 shown in FIG. 2A in order to display schedules stored as regular schedules as individual schedules.
Use

This work record 150 is different from the record for storage (storage record 170) shown in FIG. 2A, and is created one by one for each schedule.

The schedule display unit 17 places the work records 150 in the display temporary work table 15 shown in FIG. 1 (a), and arranges these records 150 in the future direction using the date, time and time as keys.

In addition, the schedule display unit 17 scans the periodic record 130, the periodic deletion record 145, and the periodic correction record 140 that are linked to the periodic record 130 to generate the work record 150, according to the periodic schedule of the period required for display. Get a schedule.

Then, by combining this with the schedule obtained from the general record 120, all schedules necessary for display are obtained, and the temporary work table 15 for display is acquired.
And a schedule table as shown in FIG. 6, for example, is displayed on the display unit 8.

In addition, when a part that is not displayed on the schedule display unit 17 is scrolled and displayed by a cursor key input described later, if the required work record 150 is not generated, the work record 150 is generated, and then the scroll is performed. And display.

The pointer 151 to the storage record 170 of the work record 150 is the general record 12 corresponding to the schedule.
0 or the regular record 130, and if the regular schedule has been changed by the regular correction record 140, the change record 180
Pointer 152 points to periodic correction record 140.

As a result, it becomes possible to acquire the contents at the time of displaying the schedule and to identify a schedule editing target described later.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating key assignment of the keyboard 5 of the present embodiment.

The keyboard 5 includes an input key 51 for inputting a schedule, a correction key 52 for inputting a correction, a delete key 53 for inputting a deletion, a schedule key 54 for starting a schedule display editing operation, and an instruction for moving a cursor described later. Cursor keys 55 (55A, 55B, 55C, 55D), an execution key 56 for instructing the execution of each process, a cancel key 57 for canceling the execution of the process, and an end key 58 for ending the schedule display editing operation.
And other keys used for inputting numbers and characters.

In the apparatus of the present embodiment, when the schedule key 54 is pressed during the document creation operation, the schedule display editing operation is started, and operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The overall operation of schedule display editing will be described with reference to FIG.

The editing unit 16 controls the entire flow. Also,
When the schedule is edited, the schedule storage unit 11 is operated. In the operation, the storage order of each record described above is maintained.

In step 30 in FIG. 4, the current date is obtained from the calendar generator 9 and the display start date of the schedule is set. In step 31, the above-mentioned schedule display unit 17 develops individual schedules including various regular schedules from various records in the schedule storage unit 11 from the display start date, and displays, for example, the schedule shown in FIG.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 81 denotes a cursor, which is a frame 82T to a frame 82E.
Is a cursor moving area 82.

In step 32 of FIG. 4, the cursor 81 is moved by the cursor keys 55A and 55B. When the cursor 81 is at 82T, the upper cursor key 55A is pressed. When the cursor 81 is at 82E, the lower cursor key 55 is moved.
By pressing B, the schedule display area 80 is scrolled.

FIG. 5 shows an operation flow when the screen is scrolled.

 Hereinafter, the operation flow will be described.

When a key input is received (S51), it is determined whether the key input is an up / down cursor (S52). When the key is not an up / down cursor, scrolling is not performed.

If the cursor is an up / down cursor, it is determined whether or not there is a cursor movable frame (S53). If so, the cursor is moved (S57) and scrolling is not performed.

If there is no movable frame, scrolling is performed. First, it is checked whether a display work record 150 corresponding to a new display portion after scrolling has been generated (S54). And
If it has already been generated, the screen is scrolled (S56).
Is generated (S55).

 Thereafter, the screen is scrolled (S56).

 Next, the description returns to step 32 in FIG.

At step 32 in FIG. 4, the operation shifts to step 33 by pressing the input key 51, to step 34 by pressing the correction key 52, to step 35 by pressing the delete key 53, and the schedule display editing operation by pressing the end key 58. To end.

Hereinafter, the input processing (S33), the correction processing (S34), and the deletion processing (S35) will be described in order.

 First, the input processing will be described.

At step 33 in FIG. 4, the window shown in FIG. 83 is opened, and in the type row 831, the type of schedule to be input is selected by the left and right cursor keys 55 C and 55 D. The selected type is shaded.

If monthly is selected, the window shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.

When data necessary for each schedule is entered in parentheses, the user moves the second cursor 84 into the parentheses by operating the cursor key 55, and then inputs data for each item using the keyboard 5.

By pressing the execution key 56, the window of 830 is closed,
Generate general record 120 or regular record 130,
It is stored in the general schedule 12 or the regular schedule 13, and the process returns to the schedule display step 31.

When window 830 is displayed, press Cancel key 57
Is pressed, the window 830 is closed and step 32
Return to

This makes it possible to collectively input the time of the regular schedule.

 Next, the correction processing will be described.

In step 34 of FIG. 4, first, the cursor shown in FIG.
The related record of the schedule to be corrected at the position 81 is acquired from the schedule display unit 17.

Depending on the type of the schedule, a window as shown in FIG. 93 (correction window for general schedule) is displayed for a general schedule, and FIG. 103 (correction of one schedule generated from the periodic schedule) is displayed for a regular schedule. Window).

In the case of the regular schedule, the type of editing is selected. In the case of the periodic correction (batch correction), FIG. The window contents shown in FIG. 123 (the batch deletion window for the regular schedule) are displayed.

The movement of the cursor in each window is the same as that at the time of schedule input. However, in the window of FIG. 93, the cursor 84 is placed in parentheses on line 932 and not moved to line 931 at the time of initialization.

In the window shown in FIG. 103, the line does not move to row 1034. Further, in the window of FIG.
Do not move to a line other than.

In the three cases shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the second cursor 84 is placed in the parentheses for inputting the data that needs to be changed.
It moves with 55, and inputs the data of each item from the keyboard 5.

When the execution key 56 is pressed, the windows 93, 103, and 113 are closed, and each correction process is performed.

In the case of FIG. 12, pressing the execution key 56
Close the window 3 and delete the regular schedule.

The processing in each case will be described below. After the processing is completed, the process returns to the schedule table display (S31).

If the cancel key 57 is pressed while the windows 83, 93, 103, 113 and 123 are displayed, the window is closed and the process returns to step 32.

Hereinafter, the above four correction cases will be described in the following (1) to (4).

(1) Correction of General Schedule (FIG. 9) The general record 120 of the schedule is corrected and stored in the general schedule 12.

(2) In the case of correcting one schedule generated from the regular schedule (in the case of an instruction to correct one regular schedule, FIG. 10) In the case where the schedule is not corrected in the regular correction record 140, Acquire the periodic correction record 140, set the correction items, and
When the item is used, the corrected item is corrected and described in the corrected / deleted record group 14 of the regular schedule.

For example, as in the case of Example 2 in FIG. 2 (c), when the schedule on October 17 that has already been changed is further changed on October 18, the periodic correction record 162 is corrected.

This makes it possible to correct the date, time, and time of each schedule even in a regular schedule.

(3) Correction of the periodic schedule itself (In the case of an instruction for periodic correction (batch correction), see Fig. 11) When correcting the periodic information 132, execute the following (a) regardless of other correction items However, if the periodic information 132 has not been corrected, the following (b), (c), and (d) are performed for the other corrected items, respectively.

(A) When Correcting Periodic Information 132 If there is a periodic deletion record 145 and a periodic correction record 140 linked to the periodic record 130 of the schedule, all of them are deleted, and further corrected to the periodic record 130 of the schedule. The set periodic information 132 and, if present, other correction items are reset and stored in the periodic schedule 13.

As a result, the previous correction or deletion of each of the regular schedules is canceled, and the regular schedule can be corrected collectively.

(B) Correcting the time The time of the regular record 130 of the regular schedule is reset. The schedule information whose time has been corrected by the periodic correction record 140 is valid as it is. However, if the regular correction record 140 becomes the same as the regular record 130 due to the time correction, the regular correction record 1
Delete 40 because it is no longer needed.

This makes it possible to correct the time of the regular schedule collectively.

(C) When Correcting the Period The period of the periodic record 130 of the periodic schedule is reset. Along with this, the unnecessary periodic deletion records 145 and deletion periods that are chained from the periodic record 130 are corrected, and further deletion of the chained periodic correction records 140 outside the unnecessary period is performed. Do.

This makes it possible to correct the period of the regular schedule.

(D) Correcting the contents The contents of the regular record 130 of the regular schedule are reset.

As a result, the contents of the regular schedule can be corrected collectively.

(4) In the case of deleting the periodic schedule itself (in the case of the instruction of the periodic deletion, FIG. 12) If there are the periodic delete record 145 and the periodic correction record 140 linked to the periodic record 130 of the schedule, delete them all. Then, the regular record 130 of the schedule is deleted.

This makes it possible to collectively delete the regular schedule.

The correction processing has been described above, and then the deletion processing will be described.

In step 35 in FIG. 4 of the schedule deletion processing, first, a record related to the deletion target schedule at the cursor position is obtained from the schedule display unit 17.

Next, the following deletion process is performed, one deletion target schedule is deleted, and the process returns to step 31.

The batch deletion of the regular schedule is performed by the above-described correction processing.

If the deleted schedule is a general schedule, the general record 120 of the schedule is deleted.

In the case of a regular schedule, it corresponds to partial deletion of the regular schedule.

When the periodic correction record 140 is used for the schedule, first, the periodic correction record 140 is deleted.

In addition, in order to memorize that the schedule has been deleted, if the schedule is already in the deletion range of the periodic deletion record 145 with respect to the latest past source schedule or the latest future source schedule, The deletion range of the periodic deletion record 145 is extended so as to include the schedule.

If adjacent periodic deletion records 145 can be integrated, deletion information is stored in one periodic deletion record 145, and unnecessary periodic deletion records 145 are deleted.

Further, if the periodic deletion record 145 has not been created for the latest past and latest future source schedules of the schedule, a new periodic deletion record 145 is acquired, and each item of the periodic deletion record 145 is set. ,Remember.

For example, when the schedule on October 17 is deleted in FIG. 2 Example 2, the periodic correction record 162 is first deleted. The source schedule date of the schedule to be deleted is October 16
Date, which is the latest date of October 2 which has already been deleted in the periodic deletion record 161.
The deletion period of 1 is extended from October 2 to October 16, and the deletion of the schedule on October 17 is stored.

This makes it possible to delete individual schedules even in a regular schedule.

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to storing the data of the general schedule in the storage unit, the data of the periodic schedule is also stored and managed in the storage unit together with the periodic information, so that the editing unit periodically stores the data. Schedule can be edited in a batch, which has the effect of reducing the time and effort of editing operations.

In addition, storing the regular schedules in the storage unit as regular schedules, not individually, has an effect of saving the storage capacity of the storage unit, and more schedules can be handled with the same storage capacity.

Further, based on the periodic information of the periodic schedule stored in the storage unit, display data is generated in association with a specific date, time, and time, and is displayed on the display unit. By storing schedule change and deletion information as change data, individual schedules can be edited without impairing the conventional editing function.

Further, in the described embodiment, “2nd month”, “16th month”
We applied only the day-specific recurring information called "day"
For example, the application of various periodic information such as a week / day designation of each month such as "first Sunday of every month" and a weekday designation of every week such as "every Wednesday" can be achieved by expanding the type 131 of the regular record 130 and the regular information 132. This can be implemented by providing the same editing means as described in (1).

Furthermore, since information on changes and deletions of the individual schedules of the regular schedules is stored, partial editing of the regular schedules such as recovery of the deleted schedules can be easily performed for each regular schedule, and further convenience. A good schedule edit.

Furthermore, when the entered or edited schedule falls on a Sunday or a holiday, a function to display an alarm is added, and when the user specifies it, it is checked whether it falls on a Sunday or the like. May be displayed as an alarm.

Further, in this embodiment, the Japanese document creation device has the schedule management function. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information processing system having the processor and the storage unit may have the schedule management function. good.

In the above embodiment, the schedule management device is configured by one information processing device, but may be configured by a system in which a plurality of personal computers or host computers are connected via a network.

At this time, the schedule information may be stored in one personal computer or computer, and the input and editing of the schedule may be performed from each personal computer or computer.

〔The invention's effect〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above,
It is possible to provide a schedule management device that can perform editing processing such as changing or deleting a regular schedule in a batch.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a record configuration diagram of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining key assignment of a keyboard, FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation flowchart in a schedule display, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a schedule display screen, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a display screen for inputting a general schedule, and FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of an example of a display screen when correcting a general schedule, FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of an example of a display screen when correcting an individual schedule of a regular schedule, and FIG. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a display screen when a regular schedule is corrected, and FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a display screen when a regular schedule is deleted. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Schedule management unit, 3 ... Processor, 5 ...
K / B, 6 memory, 8 display unit, 11 schedule storage unit, 15 temporary work table for display, 16 editing unit, 17 schedule display unit.

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A schedule management device for managing schedule data of a regularly repeated schedule, a storage unit for storing the schedule data, and a generation instruction for instructing generation of change information for a part of the schedule data. Receiving means for receiving, when the generation instruction is received by the receiving means, generates change information representing the content of the change, and stores the generated change information in the storage means, with the schedule data already stored. Editing means for associating and storing the schedule data and change information associated with the schedule data stored in the storage means; changing the content of the read schedule data using the change information; Display means for displaying data in a predetermined format. And a schedule management device. 2. The schedule management device according to claim 1, wherein said schedule data includes periodic information for determining a time of said periodic schedule. 3. The schedule management device according to claim 2, wherein the schedule data includes content information representing the content of the periodic schedule, and the storage means stores the schedule data in the content information and the periodic information. The accepting unit further accepts a change instruction of part or all of the schedule data, and the editing unit further receives the change instruction in the accepting unit, The content information or the periodic information to be changed is edited in accordance with the change instruction, the edited result is stored in the storage unit, and the display unit further displays schedule data reflecting the edited result. A schedule management device. 4. The schedule management device according to claim 1, wherein said display means has a display unit for displaying a window, and said receiving means receives each instruction via said window. A schedule management device, characterized in that: 5. A schedule management method for managing schedule data of a regular schedule that is periodically repeated, wherein the schedule data is stored, a change operation for a part of the schedule data is received, and change information indicating the change content. Is generated, and the generated change information is stored in association with the already stored schedule data.The stored schedule data and the change information related thereto are read out, and the contents of the read out schedule data are read out. A schedule management method, wherein the schedule information is changed using change information, and the changed schedule data is displayed in a predetermined format.