JP2002373233A - Schedule management method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the management of the contents of image data or the like. SOLUTION: A schedule communication system 850 is provided with schedule communication equipment 602 for having a future event scheduled by a user registered corresponding to time information, a relating information processing part 700 for having the contents regarding the event registered after the event ends, a first storage part for storing the contents corresponding to the event and a notification control part for performing display in the state that the user recognizes that the contents are made to correspond to the event.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a technology for managing contents, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for managing contents relating to a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a schedule management device for managing a user's schedule such as "travel" and "athletic meet". When an event to be registered as a schedule is performed, many users leave the state in a photograph or video. With the spread of digital cameras, such photographs are often stored in personal computers as image data, and a service of storing images on a server on the Internet is also provided.

[0003]

The user manages these image files by using a file name or a folder. However, the user can assign a file name to each image or classify and store the images in a folder. It is time consuming and difficult. When searching for the image you want, the only clue is the file name or folder name.
It takes effort to search for images.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for managing content of a user.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a technique for effectively managing contents such as photographs taken for the purpose of retaining the growth of a child.

[0006]

A recording action such as taking a picture or taking a video is often performed with the intention of allowing the user to look back on the moment. Such an action is performed during an event such as a trip or a sports day. The microscopic act of taking a picture does not remain in the user's memory for a long time, but the macroscopic act of having traveled is remembered forever.

The present invention has been developed from such a point of view, and manages macro-actions and contents in association with each other. Specifically, in a schedule book that registers events as macro acts as schedules,
Provided is a device that manages content such as photos and videos obtained by performing the event in association with the event. By managing such content, the event can be used as an index for accessing the content.

[0008] One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for managing a schedule. This schedule management method includes a step of registering a future event scheduled by a user in association with time information, a step of registering content related to the event after the end of the event, and a step of registering the content corresponding to the event. And storing the event in a state where the user can understand that the content is associated with the event.

The "schedule" generally refers to individual information that can be assembled on a time axis, such as a user's personal schedule. "Event" refers to a user's action such as "Guam trip" or "athletic meet" included in the schedule. “Time information” includes a date and a time.

[0010] The method may further include a step of arranging the contents in chronological order based on time information of an event associated with the contents and printing the contents on a printing medium.
The printing medium is paper, cloth, or the like.

The method may further include a step of determining a print position of the selected content based on a template for designating a print position of the content on the print medium. In addition to specifying the print position of the content, the template may include a title of the content, information specifying a print position such as a memo for the content, and a background image. Further, the information may include information intended for advertisement of a company or a product.

[0012] The method may further include the step of selecting news information associated with time information, and the printing step prints the news information in association with the contents arranged in chronological order. News information includes social, political,
News about economics and entertainment.

[0013] The method may further include generating identification information for accessing the content, and generating an electronic album configured to access the respective content based on the identification information. The identification information may be printed together with the content. By doing so, the user can access even non-printable contents such as moving images and sounds by using the electronic album.

[0014] The method may further include a step of winding the print medium on which the content is printed into a roll. By making the scroll shape, a strong impression can be given to the user. In addition, since it is compact, storage is easy.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to an apparatus for managing a schedule. The schedule management device includes a first unit for registering a future event scheduled by the user in association with time information, a second unit for registering a content related to the event after the end of the event, A related information storage unit that stores the content in association with the event, and a notification control unit that displays the content in a state where the user can understand that the content is associated with the event.

[0016] Further, based on time information of an event associated with the selected content, the content is arranged in a time series and printed on a print medium, based on a content selection unit for selecting a content to be printed from the related information storage unit. A printing unit may be further provided.

Further, the events are classified according to the contents, and the content selection section may select the contents associated with the events of the same classification.

[0018] The image processing apparatus may further include a template storage unit for storing a template for designating the print position of the content on the print medium, and an arrangement unit for determining the print position of the content selected by the content selection unit based on the template. Good.

Further, the printing apparatus further comprises a print information storage unit for storing print information configured by associating information for specifying the content to be printed with a print position of the content, and the printing unit based on the print information. The content may be printed on a print medium.

[0020] The information processing apparatus may further include a restriction unit that detects the number of contents based on the print information stored in the print information storage unit and limits the number of contents to be printed on the print medium.

A news information storage unit for storing news information in association with time information, and a news information associated with substantially the same time information as the event time information associated with the content to be printed are selected. The printing unit may further include a news information selecting unit for performing the printing, and the printing unit may arrange and print the content and the news information in chronological order based on the time information.

[0022] The apparatus further includes an identification information generating unit for generating identification information for accessing the content, and an electronic album generating unit for generating an electronic album configured to access each content based on the identification information. The printing unit may print the identification information together with the content. With this configuration, the digital media and the analog media can be linked, and a mechanism utilizing the advantages of both can be provided.

When the content is a moving image, the printing unit may print one frame in the moving image and information for notifying the user that the moving image is a moving image. By doing so, the user can know that the content is stored in the electronic album in the form of a moving image.

[0024] The electronic album may further include a prohibition unit for prohibiting a change related to the electronic album when the content to be printed on the print medium is determined. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the link between the electronic album and the printed material from being lost due to the user changing the electronic album by mistake after printing the content.

Further, the printing apparatus further comprises a transmitting section for transmitting the printing information stored in the printing information storing section via a network, and a receiving section for receiving the printing information via the network. Printing may be performed based on the received print information. The “network” includes a transmission unit capable of exchanging some data regardless of whether it is wired or wireless.

Another aspect of the present invention is a method for managing a schedule. This schedule management method includes a step of registering a user's schedule, a step of storing long-term record items input by the user and time information in association with each other, and that the record items are stored. Displaying the time information together with the time information. "Recorded items" are of a type that increases their value as information by recording over a long period of time, such as a child's growth record.
This includes content such as images, moving images, and text.

[0027] Further, the method may further include a step of arranging the recorded items in a time series based on the time information associated with the recorded items and printing the recorded items on a printing medium. By doing so, it is possible to visually understand clearly how the recorded items change over time. For example, when a child's figure is registered on a daily basis, the child's growth can be clearly understood by printing it in chronological order.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to an apparatus for managing a schedule. This device, a unit for registering a user's schedule, a long-term record item input by the user, a related information storage unit that stores time information in association with each other, and that the record item is stored. A notification control unit that displays the time information in a state that the user can understand.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to an apparatus for managing a schedule. This apparatus has a calendar display function, and a function block for associating and registering an event to be entered in a calendar and content related to the event, and a user's instruction to reproduce the event as an index. And a functional block for outputting the content.

It should be noted that any combination of the above-mentioned constituent elements,
A method in which expressions are replaced among methods, systems, apparatuses, computer programs, and recording media, or combinations of expressions, are also effective as aspects of the present invention.

[0031]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a basic configuration of an embodiment is as follows.
The present applicant has previously proposed the same in PCT / JP00 / 06072, which will be described with reference to FIGS. Then, [applied technology]
The technical matters characteristic of the present invention will be described.

[Basic Technology] FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a schedule communication system according to an embodiment. In this system, the server manages the user's schedule. The user accesses the server side to know his schedule. At that time, the server side provides an advertisement or job information of the company suitable for the user in a form that can be incorporated into the schedule.

The schedule communication system 10 includes a server-side system 30, a PC (personal computer) 12 as a user-side client system, and a company server 52. However, the client system is PC1
The number need not be 2, and may be, for example, the mobile phone 16 or any other information terminal.

The server-side system 30 mainly has a function of transmitting a schedule to the user, a function of selecting an advertisement that meets the user's preference, and a function of transmitting the selected advertisement to the user. The server-side system 30 further includes a function of selecting a job advertisement to be transmitted to the user and a function of transmitting the selected job information to the user. On the other hand, the client has a function of receiving the transmitted schedule, a function of receiving the transmitted advertisement and the job information, a function of determining the target time of the advertisement and the job information, and a function of determining the target time in the transmitted schedule. And a function of notifying the user by incorporating an advertisement along with the schedule, and associating the transmitted schedule and the transmitted job information with the target time. Here, the target time refers to a time having some relation to the advertisement or the job information, such as the date and time of an event to be advertised or the date and time of work included in the job information.

The PC 12 as a client includes the schedule communication device 14 according to the embodiment. The schedule communication device 14 is mainly realized by the CPU of the PC 12 and a program loaded in the memory. However, this device can be configured by any other combination of hardware and software, and the degree of freedom in design is easily understood by those skilled in the art. When the schedule communication device 14 is configured as a software module group, this program is stored in a PC using a recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk 18.
12 can be loaded.

The server-side system 30 has a main unit 32, a user information database 40, and an advertisement database 50. The main unit 32 is a front server W that communicates with clients over the Internet.
It includes an advertisement server 36 that extracts schedules, advertisements and job information from the user information database 40 in accordance with the contents of communication between the WWW server 34 and the client, and delivers the information to the WWW server 34.

The advertisement server 36 incorporates the server-side schedule communication device 38 according to the embodiment. However, part or all of the schedule communication device 38 on the server side may be built in the WWW server 34 side, and the degree of design freedom is high.

The user information database 40 includes a schedule database 42 for holding the user's schedule and a personal information database 44 for holding the user's personal information.
including. The advertisement database 50 holds advertisements of companies, and the advertisements are stored from the company server 52 via the main unit 32, for example. However, the storage of the advertisement may be performed by offline processing. Corporate server 52
Has a server function of sending an advertisement to the main unit 32, and also has a function as a company homepage accessed when detailed information of an advertisement is inquired from a client.

In the above configuration, the communication between the server and the client is mainly performed by the user's schedule. In this system, advertisements and recruiting information are notified to the user in such a manner as to be incorporated in the schedule based on the time of the schedule. You. In addition, the matching between the advertisement and the user and the matching between the job information and the user are verified in advance,
An advertisement is sent to a user who is expected to have the highest advertising effect, and a job advertisement is effectively sent to a user who wants to employ the company most. In addition, even for the user, the advertisement that he or she is most interested in naturally flows, and job recruiting information on the condition that he wants to work can be efficiently obtained.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the schedule communication device 14 on the client side. User identification information input unit 100
Input information for confirming the user when accessing the schedule. Schedule registration unit 102
Is used when the user himself registers or updates the schedule. The schedule acquisition unit 104 is used when the user himself confirms the schedule. The schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit 104 is sent to the target time determination unit 110.

The target time determination unit 110 determines the target time of the acquired schedule. For example, if the schedule is “go on a one-week trip from January 1”, the target time is determined as “January 1” or “one week from January 1”. The schedule and the target time are sent to the notification control unit 120.

The notification control unit 120 performs various controls for notifying the user of the contents of the schedule and the target time. For example, if the user's schedule is to go to a concert on October 10, the notification control unit first displays a calendar around October 10 on the display,
"Concert" is displayed on the date portion of October 10.

The advertisement acquisition unit 106 is a server-side system 3
Get the company's advertisement sent from 0. The job information obtaining unit 108 similarly obtains job information. Recruitment information may be receivable only by previously selected users. Both the advertisement and the job information are the target time determination unit 110
And these target times are determined. The result of the determination is sent to the notification control unit 120. In the notification control unit 120, for example, the content of the advertisement is “XX department store, November 10
If the date is 20% off, the calendar around November 10 is displayed, and for example, "XX department store, 20% off" is displayed on the date portion of November 10.
Similarly, if the job information is “December 10 construction site part-time job”, the notification control unit 120 first displays a calendar around December 10 and displays “Department site part-time job recruitment” on the date part of December 10. Medium ”and so on.

The related information access unit 160 is used when a user who is interested in the displayed advertisement or job information wants to know the detailed information. For example, when the underlined information of the advertisement or job information displayed by the notification control unit 120 is clicked, the related information access unit 160 detects this action and accesses detailed information.

The timer 150 is used for scheduling, advertisement,
It is used to obtain job information at a predetermined time or at a constant interval. For example, the schedule communication device 14 is usually used offline, and can be controlled to dial up every five minutes to acquire an advertisement. Timer 1
50 can be configured by software polling or a real-time clock IC. When a real-time clock IC is used, its output is notified to the notification controller 120.
It can be used for calendar display in.

The recruiting response unit 114 is used when a user applies for a recruitment. Actually, when the recruiting information is displayed, a button “Apply” is also displayed, and when the user clicks the button, the recruiting response unit 114 notifies the server-side system 30 of that.

The personal information input unit 116 inputs personal information such as a user's address and name.

The communication I / F unit 112 is an interface between the communication unit 162 and the schedule communication device 14. The communication unit 162 is an arbitrary communication function block such as a modem, a LAN circuit, and an optical communication circuit provided in the PC 14 in advance. The communication I / F unit 112 converts data of the schedule communication device 14 so that the communication unit 162 can exchange data with a network. However, the communication unit 162
May have the function of the communication I / F unit 112,
In that case, the schedule communication device 14 is the communication I / F unit 11
You don't need to have two.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the user identification information input unit 100. The PID input unit 100a inputs an ID for authenticating a user as an individual. PPW input unit 100b
Enters a password to authenticate the user as an individual. The GID input unit 3 inputs an ID for authenticating a user as a group. The GPW input unit 100d inputs a password for authenticating the user as a group.

This embodiment has a function of not only authenticating a user as an individual but also authenticating as a member of a group to which the user belongs. For example, if friends are allowed to share a schedule with each other, the group of friends can share a schedule by acquiring a common group ID and group password.

The user identification information input section 100 further includes a machine ID acquisition section 100e. Machine ID acquisition unit 1
00e acquires an ID unique to the machine, such as the serial number of the CPU of the PC 12, for example. When using a machine ID, for example, the user need not enter a personal ID. Various modifications are conceivable for improving user convenience or improving security by combining a machine ID with a normal individual ID or password.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the data stream 400 sent from the server-side system 30. The data stream 400 includes a header 402, a user's schedule 404, an advertisement 406 selected to match the user's preferences, and job information 408 also selected to match the user's preferences and skills. However, the schedule 404, the advertisement 406, and the job information 408 may be information to which any one or more of them is transmitted.

FIG. 5 shows the internal configuration of the schedule acquisition unit 104. The regular interval access unit 104a activates access to the schedule, advertisement, or job information at regular intervals based on the output of the timer 150 described above. The user activation access unit 104b actually activates a schedule acquisition operation when the user explicitly instructs access to a schedule or the like. The advertisement acquisition unit 106 and the job information acquisition unit 108 may also access the information at certain time intervals or when the user instructs. Other examples of other timings for acquiring advertisements and job information include when a user requests registration of a schedule, when a schedule is actually registered, and when a user acquires a schedule.

FIG. 6 shows the internal configuration of the target time determination unit 110. The schedule standardizing unit 110a decodes the schedule 404 of the data stream 400 sent from the server-side system 30, and converts the contents of the schedule and the target time into a predetermined data format.

FIG. 7 shows the format 430. The format 430 includes a header 432, schedule contents 434, and a schedule target time 436.
Advertising stylization unit 110b and job information stylization unit 110c
Converts the advertisement and job information to the same format as in FIG. These three types of formatted data are sent to the notification control unit 120.

FIG. 8 shows the internal configuration of the notification control unit 120. Notification control section 120 mainly includes display control section 122 and voice notification section 140. The display control unit 122 includes a calendar display unit 124 and a non-calendar display unit 126.

The calendar display section 124 displays the schedule in a form incorporated in the calendar. At that time, the advertisement and the job offer information are also incorporated in the calendar or displayed in association with the calendar. Calendar display part 1
24 includes a month display section 128, a week display section 130, a day display section 132, a year display section 134, and a time display section 136.
If the target time of the advertisement is expressed in units of months, the month display unit 128 incorporates the advertisement into the display of the corresponding month in the schedule. Similarly, if the target time of the advertisement is expressed in week units, the week display unit 130 incorporates the advertisement into the display of the corresponding week in the schedule. Date display section 132,
The same applies to the year display section 134 and the time display section 136.

A plurality of these display units may be operated at the same time, for example, “one week from November 27, 1999”.
If the target time is, the month display unit 128 and the week display unit 1
The four display units 30, 30, the day display unit 132 and the year display unit 134 may operate simultaneously. Although the advertisement has been described here, the same applies to job information.

On the other hand, the non-calendar display section 126 displays the user's schedule, advertisement, job information, and the like in a form other than the calendar, for example, in the form of a memo. Calendar display section 12
4 and the non-calendar display 126 may operate simultaneously,
For example, a schedule can be described in a calendar, but job information can be displayed outside the calendar.

The voice notification unit 140 performs a process for notifying a user's schedule, advertisement, and job information by voice. For example, a configuration in which the schedule is output as a voice message such as “Today at 10:00 am Tokyo Station” may be employed. Any known technique may be used for audio output of text data including messages, and will not be described in detail here. The configuration of the client-side schedule communication device 14 built in the PC 12 has been described above.

FIG. 9 shows the internal configuration of the schedule device 38 incorporated in the advertisement server 36 of the server-side system 30.

The communication unit 200 is an arbitrary communication function of the advertisement server 36, and the communication I / F unit 202 functions as an interface between the communication unit 200 and the schedule communication device 38. As described above, the communication I / F unit 202 may be included in the communication unit 200.

The schedule request receiving section 224 receives a request concerning a schedule transmitted from a user. This request is sent to the authentication unit 226 together with the user identification information.
Sent to The authentication unit 226 authenticates the user with reference to the combination of the ID and the password recorded in the table 232. When the user is correctly authenticated, a request for the user's schedule is sent to the schedule management unit 222. The schedule management unit 222 controls reading / writing of data from / to the schedule database 42.
Therefore, if the request for the user's schedule is a confirmation of the schedule, the schedule for the user is read from the schedule database 42,
This is sent to the transmission data generation unit 208. The transmission data generation unit 208 converts the user's schedule into the data stream 400 shown in FIG. 4, and transmits this to the user via the communication I / F unit 202 and the communication unit 200.

The personal information acquisition unit 204 acquires the personal information input to the personal information input unit 116 of the schedule communication device 14 on the client side shown in FIG. This personal information is sent to the personal information management unit 210. The personal information management unit 210 controls reading and writing of data from and to the personal information database 44. The data read from the personal information database 44 is sent to the search unit 220 as needed.

The advertisement acquiring section 244 acquires an advertisement from the company server 52 or the like. The target time may or may not be already given to this advertisement. If the target time has not been given, the advertisement acquisition unit 244 requests the company server 52 or the like to transmit the information. Information about the advertisement and its target time is sent to the advertisement management unit 250. The advertisement management unit 250 controls reading and writing of data from and to the advertisement database 50. The advertisement read out from the advertisement database 50 is stored in the search unit 2 as needed.
20 and the charge management unit 246.

The recruiting information receiving unit 206 is provided for the company server 52.
Obtain job information from etc. The acquired job information is stored in the buffer memory 242. The acquired job information is sent to the transmission data generation unit 208 and the accounting management unit 246. The transmission data generation unit 208 includes a search unit 22 described later.
Data necessary for sending job information to the user selected by 0 is generated. The recruitment response receiving unit 240
Accept the application for the job information sent to the user. The accepted application is stored in the buffer memory 242.

When the user attempts to access the related information relating to the transmitted advertisement or job information, the related information instruction section 230 performs a process for realizing the access. Since the related information instruction unit 230 can grasp what kind of advertisement or recruitment information the user is interested in, the related information instruction unit 230 sends the information to the search unit 220. Since the access to the related information is a measure indicating that the schedule communication device 38 has been able to transmit the appropriate advertisement and the job information to the appropriate user, the information is sent to the charging management unit 246. That is, a charge as a kind of success reward is generated.

FIG. 10 shows the internal configuration of the personal information acquisition unit 204. The game distribution unit 204a distributes game software to a client via a network. The quiz delivery unit 204b similarly delivers a quiz to a client. The questionnaire communication unit 204c includes an incentive-type questionnaire distribution unit 204d, a general questionnaire distribution unit 204e, and a questionnaire reception unit 204f.

Incentive type questionnaire distribution unit 204
d distributes an incentive-type questionnaire to users who have achieved excellent results in the game distributed by the game distribution unit 204a. An incentive-type questionnaire is a user's address, name, age, occupation, hobby, work place, favorite sport, favorite music genre, favorite movie, favorite magazine, favorite sports team, and often go out Offers online or offline merchandise and prizes for a successful game, provided you provide personal information such as city, favorite food, lifestyle information, and the country you want to visit. . A similar questionnaire is also delivered to users who have answered the quiz correctly or have achieved excellent results.

The user merit providing section 204g provides the user merit such as a prize or a product in various forms. In this embodiment, for example, a user is provided with advantages related to the use of a network. For example, you can discount the cost of communicating on schedule,
It is possible to distribute software such as music and games for free, to provide various network services of a company that provides the company server 52 at a low price, and to recognize a game or a quiz with excellent results on a network.

On the other hand, the general questionnaire distribution unit 204e
A questionnaire for letting the user fill in predetermined required items when starting the communication service of the schedule according to the present embodiment, and a questionnaire of a type that does not particularly give an incentive are distributed.

The questionnaire receiving section 204f receives a user's response to an incentive-type questionnaire or a general questionnaire. This answer is sent to the personal information management unit 210
Through the personal information database 44. These questionnaires, especially incentive-type questionnaires, can create an environment in which the user can voluntarily provide detailed personal information of the user. Therefore, the user can be segmented according to his / her preference.

FIG. 11 shows the internal configuration of the personal information management unit 210. The database read unit 210a reads necessary personal information of the user from the personal information database 44.
The read personal information is sent to the search unit 220. The database writer 210b writes the personal information sent from the personal information acquisition unit 204 to the personal information database 44.

FIG. 12 shows the configuration of a personal information card 450 created for each user. The personal information card 450 is stored in the personal information database 44. The card 450 includes a first area 452 for storing personal information obtained from a questionnaire response, and a second area 454 for storing information obtained in a related information instruction unit 230 described later. The first area 452 stores information such as the address and name of the user described above. On the other hand, the second area 454
Stores the content of the related information accessed by the user, that is, the genre and the number of times of access, as described later.
The purpose is to grasp the user's preference based on the content of the related information accessed and the number of times of access.

FIG. 13 shows the schedule request receiving unit 224.
2 shows the internal configuration of FIG. Schedule confirmation reception unit 224a
Accepts when the user sends a request for confirmation of the schedule. Schedule update reception unit 224
b accepts when the user sends a request for registration or update of the schedule. However, both updating and registering correspond to writing a schedule, and there is no difference between them in a technical sense.

FIG. 14 shows the internal configuration of the authentication unit 226. The PID / PPW determination unit 226a determines the consistency between the personal ID and the password transmitted by the user as personal identification information. On the other hand, GID / GPW determination section 226b
Determines the consistency between the ID and the password transmitted by the user as a member of the group. These two determination units determine whether the combination of the ID and the password is correct, based on the combination stored in the table 232. When the ID of the user's machine is sent, the machine ID determination unit 226c determines the consistency between the received ID and the user's password. When the user is successfully authenticated, information such as the user's name or ID is sent to the schedule management unit 222 to allow the user to confirm or update the schedule.

FIG. 15 shows job offer information 460 transmitted from the company server 52. The job information 460 is received by the job information receiving unit 206 and is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 242. Job offer information 460 includes any number of recruitments. Here, as the first recruitment 462, personnel who work in a part-time job to purchase a concert ticket are required. Also, as a second recruitment 464, a regular employee of PC design is required. In each case, the target time, work location, work contents, salary, work contents or classification required by the staff, URL of a company homepage for knowing details of recruitment, and the like are described. Examples of the target time include a work start date and start time, a work period, and a work time zone.

FIG. 16 shows an advertisement 470 sent from the company server 52. The advertisement 470 is received by the advertisement acquisition unit 244. Ad 470 includes any number of ad items.
Here, a discount sale in a record shop is described as a first item 472, and a special exhibition in a museum is described as a second item 474. Each item has a target time, such as a discount period or an exhibition period, the location of the event to be advertised, the content to be advertised, the content or classification of the event, the URL to be accessed to know the details of the event, etc. including.

FIG. 17 shows the internal configuration of the related information instruction unit 230. When the user presses a button or the like (not shown) displayed on the screen of the PC 12 or the like in order to know the related information of the advertisement or the recruitment information transmitted from the user, that is, the detailed information here, the access detection unit 230a Detect actions. When the access detection unit detects access to the related information, the casting unit 230b casts the user's access to the company server 52 or the homepage that actually holds the related information.

On the other hand, the access information analysis unit 230c counts the total number of times the user has accessed related information having the same content as the related information, and the access content determination unit 230b that determines the content of the related information clicked by the user. Access count counting unit 230e. The content of the related information may be an arbitrary category for indexing the related information, such as a genre, a field, and a category to which the related information belongs.

The second area 454 of the personal information card 450 shown in FIG. 12 shows the contents of the related information thus analyzed and the number of times of access. For example, as shown in the figure, this user accesses music-related information ten times and art-related information five times, and similarly lists the contents of related information accessed and the number of times. The information obtained by the access information analysis unit 230c is sent to the personal information acquisition unit 204, where a personal information card 450 is created. However, the personal information card 450 may be configured to include only the first area 452. In this case, the information obtained by the access information analysis unit 230c is sent to the direct search unit 220. It is easily understood by those skilled in the art that there are various forms of management and storage of such information.

FIG. 18 shows the internal configuration of the search unit 220.
The search unit 220 mainly has a search function related to advertisements and a search function related to job information. As a search function related to the advertisement, an advertisement-based user detection unit 220a and a user-based advertisement detection unit 220b are provided.

The advertisement-based user detection unit 220a first assumes an advertisement that a company wants to distribute to a user. Thereafter, a user matching the advertisement is selected. When selecting a user, the personal information card 450 is used.
For example, if the advertisement is related to a large sale of a department store, for example, a user who enjoys shopping is selected. If the discount sale of the music CD is the content of the advertisement, a user who is interested in music is selected. As another example, in the case of an advertisement related to a bargain sale in Yokohama, first, a user mainly in Yokohama is selected. The user enters the first area 45 of the personal information card 450
The selection may be made using any of the second and second areas 454, or may be made based on an arbitrary combination of arbitrary items included in those areas. In any case, the advertisement-based user detection unit 220a may select a user whose preference matches or is interested in the advertisement in some sense based on the advertisement.

On the other hand, the user-based advertisement detecting section 220b first assumes a certain user. Then, select an advertisement suitable for the user. Also at this time, the personal information card 450 is used. For example, when selecting an advertisement for a user having a personal information card 450 shown in FIG.
It can be understood that the hobby of the user is drive and the frequently accessed fields are music and travel. Therefore, FIG.
From the plurality of items 472, 474, etc. of the advertisement 470 shown in FIG. 6, items including words such as "drive", "music", "travel", or words related thereto are selected. FIG.
As described above, if the items 472, 474, etc. have an information record of “classification” in advance, an advertisement may be selected based on the classification.

The user-based advertisement detection section 220b can further select an advertisement that the user may be interested in from the profile of the user, for example, age, address, occupation, and the like. This is because the consumption tendency can be estimated to some extent from the user's profile. The selection using the user's profile can, of course, also be performed by the advertisement-based user detection unit 220a.

[0086] On the other hand, the selection regarding the recruiting information is performed by the recruiting condition matching determination unit 220c. The recruiting condition matching determination unit 220c includes a user skill determination unit 220d, a user preference determination unit 220e, and a user schedule determination unit 220f. The user skill determination unit 220d selects a user who has a skill that matches the recruitment condition explicitly or implicitly included in the recruitment information.

For example, in the second item 464 of the job information 460 in FIG. 15, the job content is a PC design. Therefore, a user whose current or past work history describes the design of a PC, the development of an information device, and the like is first selected.
When age and qualification are defined as recruitment conditions, a user who also satisfies those conditions is selected.
In selecting a user, a company that has created job information in advance may select a keyword for searching for a user.

The user preference judging section 220e selects users who have a preference in the genre of job requisition. For example, the content of the job offer is the first item 4 of the job offer information 460 in FIG.
If the part-time job is related to music, such as 62, a user who is interested in music is preferentially selected based on the personal information card 450.

The user schedule determining unit 220f selects a user whose schedule matches the target time of the job offer information. That is, the user who does not have a schedule at the target time of the job offer information is preferentially selected. for that reason,
The user schedule determination unit 220f accesses the schedule database 42 via the schedule management unit 222. However, if a company works for a relatively long time,
For example, when seeking a staff member as a regular employee, it is considered that there is hardly any user who has not set a schedule for a long time to meet the condition. Therefore, in that case, the user schedule determination unit 220f may select a user for job offer information relating to relatively short-term work.

As described above, according to the search section 220, it is possible to narrow down in advance the users who are considered to have a great effect when the advertisement is played, and to intensively broadcast the advertisement to such users. Conversely, from the user's point of view, all of the delivered advertisements are of relatively interest to them, and the risk of losing the information they want in the flooded information is reduced.

As for the recruiting information, the operation of the recruiting information matching judging section 220c can reduce the labor for selecting applicants in the company. The user skill determination unit 220d can partially perform the application screening of the applicant in the company. From a user's point of view, when their schedule is available, they will be presented with jobs that are relatively interesting to them,
High-quality job information can be obtained efficiently.

That is, the search unit 220 provides a function of screening advertisements and recruiting information for the user, and at the same time, provides a function of screening the company for effective marketing and securing human resources. Moreover, since such advertisements and job information are provided in a form linked to the schedule, the utilization of the information by the user is extremely high. With the efficient and rapid securing of a liquid workforce affecting the survival of companies, this embodiment is significant.

FIG. 19 shows transmission data 500 generated by transmission data generating section 208. Transmission data 500
Is the user / group address 502, schedule 504, advertisement 506, and job information 5 which are part of the header information.
08. The user / group address 502 is the address of the user or group to which the schedule 504 and the like should be transmitted, specified by the search unit 220. However, the address of the group does not need to exist separately for each user, and may be an aggregate of a plurality of addresses of a plurality of users belonging to the group. Schedule 50
4. The advertisement 506 and the job information 508 are generated so as to include the target time in each. However, the transmission data generation unit 208 does not always include the schedule 5
04 or the like need not be described. In that case, the target time determination unit 110 of the schedule communication device 14 on the client side
May inquire about the target time via the schedule acquisition unit 104. That is, the final determination of the target time is performed by the transmission data generation unit 208, the schedule acquisition unit 104 on the client side, and the target time determination unit 110.
Can be shared between

FIG. 20 shows the internal configuration of the charging management unit 246. In this embodiment, charging is performed for a company that has requested distribution of advertisements or job information to users. The company server identification unit 246e specifies the company server that has requested the distribution of the job information or the advertisement. Billing information is generated in the table 248 for each specified company server.

The job information counter 246a counts job information requested from the company server or job items included in the job information. Similarly, the advertisement counter 246b counts advertisements requested from the enterprise server or advertisement items included therein. A unit price is multiplied by each of the count values of these counters, and billing information is generated.

Further, in this embodiment, when a company requests a search for a user by the search unit 220, a fee is added depending on the content and the number of searches. Search adder 246c
Performs the calculation for that. For example, the amount to be added is determined by multiplying the number of conditions for selecting users by the unit price. Others
The additional amount may be determined based on the time required for the search,
This part also has a high degree of freedom in design.

The accounting information management section 246 further has a related information access counter 246d. This counter records the number of times that the user who received the advertisement or the job information accessed the related information. The greater the number of times, the higher the interest of the user, and thus the fee is added as a kind of success reward as described above. As described above, all charges are summed up and the billing amount for this company is stored in the table 248.

The schedule communication by the above schedule communication system 10 and the accompanying distribution processing of advertisement and job information will be described in detail.

FIG. 21 shows an initial screen 300 displayed on the display of the PC 12 when the user confirms the schedule. Here, a personal identification information input screen 302 for confirming the schedule is displayed. When the user wants to access the schedule as an individual, the ID (PID) and password (PP
W). On the other hand, if you want to see the schedule of a group to which you belong,
D) and its password (GPW).

FIG. 22 shows an initial screen 360 displayed when the user confirms the schedule using mobile phone 16.
Is shown. In the case of a mobile phone, an individual ID can be specified by a contractor number (telephone number), so a password may be simply input here. Although only one password input window is shown in FIG. 3, it is naturally possible to input a group password. Since there is essentially no difference between using the PC 12 and using the mobile phone 16, an example using the PC 12 will be mainly described.

FIG. 23 shows the schedule displayed after the user has been correctly authenticated. Schedule display screen 3
Reference numeral 32 indicates that the schedule of today, this week, or this month can be switched by the operation of the display control unit 122 of the notification control unit 120. These switching can be performed by the “today” tab 310, the “this week” tab 312, the “this month” tab 31
4 can be switched.

FIG. 23 shows today's schedule. The left half of the schedule display screen 332 mainly relates to schedules arranged in time sequence. On the other hand, the right half displays supplementary information on the schedule. For example, a memo, an address of a friend or the like, or a screen of a sticker containing various marks that can be pasted at an arbitrary place in the schedule book can be selected. The selection is made by a “memo” tab 316, an “address” tab 318, and a “sticker” tab 320.

First, it is assumed that the schedule of “today” is selected on the left screen. Then today's date 11
The month 27 is displayed, and today's schedule is displayed below it. The column of today's schedule includes a column 340 of a target time, a column 342 of a symbol symbolically representing a schedule, and a column 344 of the contents of a schedule. In the symbol column 342, three types of symbols of square, triangle, and circle are entered. For example, squares relate to personal private appointments, circles relate to work, and triangles represent advertisements sent by businesses. In this case, the user makes a reservation for a sports club at 11:00 and enters a part-time job at 13:00. "Mini live AAA in Yokohama" described at 16:00 is an advertisement selected as this user may be interested. In this case, the user may have been in a fan club of a rock group called "AAA", for example. In this way, the advertisement is incorporated into the user's schedule and displayed according to the target time.

[0104] In the column of "Today's schedule" on which the user's schedule is displayed, a message "11/28 XXXX has a ticket purchase byte" is displayed. This is the job information selected as being of interest to this user or corresponding to a day when the user's schedule is vacant. This information is preceded by a circle 346 to indicate that it is relevant to the job or job posting. However, the work that the user has already performed, for example, 13
In order to distinguish the part-time job from the time, the color of the circle 346 may be changed.

A link 348 is attached to this job offer information, and the user can confirm more detailed information of this part-time job by clicking the part.

The "Today's schedule" column can be switched between displaying and switching to "diary". In addition, an arbitrary character or image desired by the user may be displayed in a blank portion other than today's date “11/27” and “today's schedule”. Such characters and images may be offered by advertising companies at low or no cost.

On the other hand, the right screen of the schedule display screen 332 is in a state where a memo is currently displayed. Here, the telephone number of the sports club for which this user should make a reservation at 11:00 is written as a memo. On the right screen, a connection button 32 for establishing a connection between the client and the server to obtain the latest information from the server.
2 are provided. When the user presses the connection button 322, the PC 12 connects to the Internet by an arbitrary connection method such as dial-up, and receives the latest advertisement and job information from the server.

When the user confirms or updates the schedule, the connection button 322 may be pressed. When the connection button 322 is pressed, the fact is transmitted to the user activation access unit 104b of the schedule acquisition unit 104 in FIG. On the other hand, even in the case where the user does not press the connection button 322, the user's schedule and the like are acquired via the regular interval access unit 104a by the operation of the timer 150 in this embodiment.

FIG. 24 shows another state of the schedule display screen 332. On the left screen, the schedule of “this week” is selected, and a weekly schedule from November 7 to 13 is displayed. Here, in addition to the personal schedule, an advertisement "BBB new single release" is displayed on November 11th. Also, an advertisement “ABC record sale (11 / 6-12)” is displayed outside the schedule area. A link 348 is also set in this advertisement, and access to related information is enabled.

On the other hand, on the right screen, the screen of "Seal" is selected. Here, an image symbol 350 is given to words related to various action schedules and schedules, such as an elephant symbol 350 indicating “a thing”. These symbols 350 can be pasted into the schedule to display the schedule more simply and clearly. In addition, these symbols 35
The hard copy of 0 on sticker paper can be used as a sticker. These symbols may be drawn by the user themselves, or may be downloaded free of charge from a company that provides advertisements and the like.

FIG. 25 shows still another state of the schedule display screen 332. First, on the left screen, a schedule of “this month” is selected, and a one-month schedule of November 1999 is displayed. In this case, since there is no space for writing the contents of the schedule, only the previously introduced square, circle, and triangle symbols 342 are displayed. In this state, a schedule may be displayed by clicking an arbitrary date, or a schedule corresponding to the symbol may be displayed by clicking an arbitrary symbol 342. As a matter of course, the configuration may be such that the shape and color of the symbol can be arbitrarily set for each user.

FIG. 26 shows a screen 360 that appears to confirm the schedule when the user uses the mobile phone 16. This screen 360 corresponds to the left screen of the schedule display screen 332 in FIG. In general, since the display screen of the mobile phone 16 is narrow, an arbitrary subset of the schedule screen displayed on the display of the PC 12 or a screen specialized for the mobile phone 16 may be displayed.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a procedure when the user checks the schedule. First, the user uses the schedule acquisition unit 104 to transmit a schedule confirmation request (S10). The schedule request receiving unit 224 of the advertisement server 36 receives a request transmitted from the user (S12). Subsequently, the authentication unit 226 authenticates the user (S14). If the authentication is correctly completed, the schedule management unit 222 reads the schedule of the user from the schedule database 42 (S1).
6) This is sent to the transmission data generation unit 208. The transmission data generation unit 208 generates the transmission data 500 (S
18), and sends this to communication I / F section 202. The transmission data 500 is transmitted from the communication I / F unit 202 to the communication unit 200 and transmitted to the user (S20).

The user obtains the transmitted transmission data 500 by the schedule obtaining unit 104 via the communication unit 162 and the communication I / F unit 112 (S22). Then,
The target time determination unit 110 determines the schedule, and the target time of the advertisement and the recruitment information when it exists (S
24). Subsequently, a calendar display of the schedule and other information is performed in the notification control unit 120 (S2).
6). The user can confirm his / her own schedule and advertisement or recruiting information by looking at the schedule and other information displayed in the calendar (S28).

FIGS. 28 and 29 are flowcharts showing a procedure for displaying an advertisement when confirming a schedule. In preparation for delivering an advertisement to a user, first, an advertisement 470 is transmitted from the company server 52 to the advertisement server 36 (S100). The advertisement server 36 receives the advertisement 470
Are segmented and stored (S102). Here, the term “segmenting” refers to providing a keyword required for the advertisement in order to easily search for the advertisement required later.
However, if a keyword for such classification has already been given when the advertisement 470 is sent from the company server 52, segmentation is not necessary. Advertising 470
Is stored in the advertisement database 50 via the advertisement management unit 250.

Subsequently, the personal information database 44 is read out via the personal information management section 210, and a search is made for a target user (S106). Here, the target user refers to the user to whom the advertisement should be transmitted. This search is performed by the search unit 220 based on the personal information card 450. Preparations for distributing the advertisement are thus completed.

Here, it is assumed that the user has transmitted a request for schedule confirmation (S10). The advertisement server 36 receives this request (S12), authenticates the user (S14), and reads out the schedule of the user (S16). Here, processing differs depending on whether or not this user is the target user of the previous advertisement (S108). If the intended user, the advertisement is stored in the transmission data 500 as well as the schedule, and the data TD1 is generated (S110). on the other hand,
If the user is not the intended user, the data TD2 is stored without storing the advertisement.
Is generated (S112). The transmission data 500 thus generated is transmitted to the user (S20).

The user receives transmission data 500, that is, data TD1 or TD2 (S22). Subsequently, the schedule and, if necessary, the target time of the advertisement are determined (S24). The information such as the schedule is displayed on the calendar (S26), and the user checks the information such as the schedule (S28). Meanwhile, when the user is interested in the displayed advertisement, the user requests display of related information, that is, a detailed advertisement (S120). This request
Sent by the related information access unit 160. This request is detected by the access detection unit 230a of the related information instruction unit 230. The casting unit 230b relays the fact that the user has been accessed to send detailed information to the company server 52 (S122). Concurrently, the access information analysis unit 230c determines the content of the information accessed by the user and counts the number of accesses (S124).

The company server 52 or the company homepage transmits the relevant information requested by the user, that is, the detailed advertisement to the user directly, via the WWW server 34, or via the advertisement server 36 (S126). The user receiving the detailed advertisement confirms the content (S12).
8).

[0120] In this case, the user is first selected on the assumption that the advertisement is used. However, the order may be reversed. That is, a configuration may be adopted in which a user is assumed first and an advertisement suitable for the user is selected.
Is realized by the function of either the advertisement-based user detection unit 220a or the user-based advertisement detection unit 220b of the search unit 220.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a procedure for transmitting job information from the advertisement server 36 to the user. In preparation for distributing the job information to the user, the company server 52 first sends the job information to the advertisement server 36 (S
200). The job information is acquired by the job information receiving unit 206 (S202). Subsequently, the personal information management unit 210 reads out personal information from the personal information database 44 (S20).
4). The personal information is stored in the search unit 2 as a personal information card 450.
Sent to 20. The schedule management unit 222 reads the user's schedule from the schedule database 42 (S206). The schedule information is also searched by the search unit 220.
Sent to

The search unit 220 searches for a target user (S
208). First, based on personal information, the user skill determination unit 220d and the user preference determination unit 220e of the recruiting condition matching determination unit 220c narrow down users. Subsequently, the user schedule determination unit 220f selects a user whose schedule is not included in the target time of the job offer information. The transmission data generation unit 208 generates transmission data 500 by storing the address of the target user, and
The call is transmitted to the user via the F unit 202 and the communication unit 200 (S210).

The user obtains the job information sent from the advertisement server 36 by the job information obtaining section 108 (S212). The recruitment information is displayed on a calendar after processing by the target time determination unit 110 and the notification control unit 120 (S214). Here, it is assumed that the user applies for a job offer (S216). The application is made via the job offer response unit 114. The application is sent to the advertisement server 36 once, acquired by the job response receiving unit 240, and stored in the buffer memory 242.
Is stored in Subsequently, the fact that an application has been made is sent from the job recruitment response receiving unit 240 to the communication I / F unit 202 and the communication unit 200.
Is transferred to the company server 52 via (S218). Thereafter, an arbitrary employment contract is concluded between the company and the user (S220).

[0124] Here, an example in which the job information is transmitted to the user at an arbitrary timing has been described, but a configuration may be employed in which the job information is transmitted when the user confirms the schedule. In this example as well, job information is assumed and a user suitable for the job is searched. However, there is no problem in assuming a user and selecting job information suitable for the user.

Hereinafter, some modifications of the embodiment will be described.

[0126] The target time relating to the recruitment information need not be the working time. For example, in the employment season, the schedule communication devices 14 and 38 may flow the time of various company briefings and interviews into the schedule as the target time. In this case, the job information may be recognized as an advertisement. By pre-registering the desired job type, work location, working hours, salary, and other conditions, the user can timely search for necessary information from a vast amount of job information. In the embodiment, the recruiting information is not sent to the user who has already scheduled, but in that case, it may be sent depending on the situation. The notification control unit 120 of the user's schedule communication device 14 gives priority to the original user's schedule, such as displaying such information in another color or a light color, or displaying the information below the user's schedule or smaller than usual. It may have a display control function that can be grasped. In particular, the user wants to know the important information for the user, for example, the interview date and time of the company of the first choice, even if the schedule is included. For this reason, the client side may be provided with an optional function for determining whether or not to display the own schedule and the information to be batting.

[0127] The schedule communication devices 14 and 38 may also handle information on entrance examinations and other tests as recruitment information or advertisements. For example, by registering the conditions of a desired school by an online questionnaire or other methods, a configuration may be adopted in which the test schedule and the like of the school are included in the schedule. A test institution or a cram school may use the schedule communication devices 14, 38 to display the curriculum in the schedule. If the advertisement or job information to be poured into the calendar or the related information linked to it becomes large data to some extent, the main server 32 may format the information and send it to the user's schedule communication device 14 by e-mail. .

The present invention is not limited to the examinations and examinations, and the user may register information keywords of his / her interest through a questionnaire or the like, and receive information hitting the keywords as advertisements in the schedule. For this purpose, for example, a keyword is received by the personal information input unit 116, the keyword is held by the personal information management unit 210 on the server side, and the search unit 220 compares the keyword with the advertisement or the keyword therein. As a result, the hit information is sent to the user as an advertisement, which is announced along the target time of the schedule. The charge management unit 246 may set a higher advertisement distribution unit price for a user hit with a larger number of keywords and charge the company with the advertisement cost.

The target time need not be determined by an objective factor closely related to the event, such as the date and time of the sales to be advertised, but may be determined by a subjective factor such as the date and time when the company wants to show the advertisement to the user. You may decide. In that case,
The company that places the advertisement may issue a request that "I want to put an advertisement in the frame at 10 am on October 10", and that date and time is treated as the target time. The same applies to job information. The server-side schedule management unit 222 may detect a date and time when a target user to whom an advertisement or job information is to be sent is relatively open, and recruit companies that issue advertisements or job information using the date and time as a target time. The advertisement thus distributed is poured into the date and time of the calendar of the schedule communication device 14 of the user. As described above, there is a method of setting an advertisement cost lower for an advertisement or job information that fills a gap in a user's schedule than an advertisement notified outside the calendar.

In the embodiment, the recruiting information is sent during the time when the user is available. However, the user can use the schedule communication device 14 to change the date and time and the desired job type, ie, “reverse recruiting information”. You may send the labor supply information which should be said. In this case, the schedule registration unit 102 or the like of the schedule communication device 14 may be provided with a function of inputting additional information such as a time zone and a desire for the user to work in the calendar display. This labor supply information is transferred to the company server 52 via the main server 32.

In the embodiment, the function of authenticating a user as an individual and the function of authenticating a user as a group have been described. If you are in a fan club of a music band, for example, you may be able to check the schedule of that band, as well as the schedule of yourself or its group. That is, a configuration is possible in which the schedule of another person can be confirmed through a predetermined procedure. In that case, a special ID or password may be set for a member who permits such access. Special charge management may be performed. The same applies to various services in the embodiment regarding the variety of charging.

In addition to authenticating the user as an individual or a group, the user can select “personal”, “business”, or “open all” when inputting a schedule, so that the user can select “a close friend” or “work relation”. Schedules can be made public to all those who want to see their own schedule. In this case, the schedule communication device 14, which is a client, may have a function of accepting a user's designation regarding the degree of release of schedule information input by the user, and the schedule communication device 38 of the server-side system, based on the degree of release, It may have a function of determining whether or not a user who wants to access the schedule is permitted to access. Alternatively, each user can set different keywords for "personal", "business" and "open all" and share the schedule with the desired degree of publicity by teaching the other party one of those keywords. it can. These arbitrary passwords may be stored in a memory (not shown) of each user's schedule communication device 14, in which case there is no need to forget the password.

In order to make it easy for the user to confirm the schedule, the schedule communication device 38 on the server side may transmit the user's schedule of the day to the user by e-mail at a fixed time, for example, early in the morning.

[0134] When an advertisement or recruiting information is poured into a user's schedule, an upper limit may be set for the number. The upper limit may be set by the user. This is to prevent a situation in which too many advertisements and the like are poured into the user's calendar. In this case, for example, when the number of advertisements or the like reaches the upper limit in the notification control unit 120 or the advertisement acquisition unit 106 of the schedule communication device 14 of the client or any other location, the incorporation or notification into the calendar or the like is stopped or interrupted. Action can be taken.

The size of a frame such as a day or a week of a calendar may be variable according to the amount of a schedule input by a user or the amount of an advertisement to be poured. For example, for a user who has many schedules on Sunday, it is naturally more convenient to have a larger Sunday frame. Therefore, the calendar display unit 124 of the notification control unit 120 may have a function of detecting the amount of information to be displayed and a function of variably displaying a calendar according to the amount of information.

Several schedule management programs are already commercially available or available on the WWW. When a PC or the like is purchased, it may be preinstalled. In order to cooperate with such another schedule management device, the client schedule communication device 14 may include a data format conversion unit for importing or exporting the user's schedule data with another schedule management device. Good.

[0137] News can also be distributed as a type of advertisement. For example, the headline of the news at 8:00 pm on April 27, 2000 may be inserted at the corresponding date and time of the user's schedule. In that case, the target time determination unit 110
For example, the time associated with the news, such as the time of news distribution or the time of occurrence of the event that caused the news, such as the time of occurrence of an earthquake, may be grasped as the target time.

Schedule communication device 1 on client side
Reference numeral 4 denotes a function for the user to enter a time-limited schedule in the calendar, for example, the schedule registration unit 102.
May be prepared. For example, if there is a report to be submitted by May 10
Is specified and recorded as "report submission". When the predetermined date and time, for example, on May 4, which is one week before, is reached before the user erases the record, a warning may be issued to the user by cooperation of the timer 150 and the notification control unit 120.

The location of the person who wants to track may be recorded in the schedule calendar. For example,
The timer 150 can be used to detect the position of the PHS terminal provided to the child at regular intervals by using the position transmission function of the child and write the child's behavior record in the child's or his / her calendar. For this purpose, the communication units of the schedule communication devices 14 and 38 may be provided with a function of receiving the position detection result, and the target time determination unit 110 may be provided with a function of detecting the time at the place as the target time.

The communication section may be configured to automatically detect the location of the user himself and write this into the user's calendar. In that case, the user can automatically form his / her own activity log as a log file. A GPS system may be used to detect the location of the user.

The weather forecast may be inserted as an advertisement at the corresponding date and time on the calendar. For example, put a mark of "sunny" in the column of May 5, and in the detailed schedule column of May 5, a weather forecast that changes with time,
For example, details may be entered such as “fine” at 10 am and “cloudy” at 3 pm. Advertisement value is generated by placing a small sponsor's display near these marks. When distributing information that depends on the region, such as a weather forecast, the registered user's address is used as a clue, and the name of the place written by the user on the schedule is identified on the main server 32 side to “ In addition to displaying a message such as "Yokohama is fine," the main server 32 can display a message according to the user's location based on a position transmitting device separately provided in the schedule communication device 14 of the user.

Similarly to the weather, stock prices, exchange rates, and other ever-changing information may be selected in accordance with the registered contents of the user, and the information at that time may be poured into a calendar. In this case, information such as the stock price may be considered as an advertisement. The target time is the time at which the stock price was added or the time at which it was distributed.
With this service, sponsors can be displayed, and users can follow the brands they are interested in using a simple mechanism.

Information may be segmented and flowed into a calendar. Segmentation includes a case where information is classified according to its content and a genre, as well as a case where information is classified according to a type of a user to whom the information is to be distributed. In other words, this includes a case where information is classified by its object and also by a subject.

As an example, segmentation is performed according to the following: • Objective characteristics of sports, travel, movies, restaurants, etc. • Subjective characteristics of the target person such as young people and men. For example, only the title "Restaurant" is placed on the calendar, links to various restaurant sites on the Internet from this title, and information items such as "Restaurant portal sites" that collect such restaurants in one place. A link may be provided to another aggregation site or aggregation page (hereinafter referred to as “aggregation point”). In many cases, the date column of the calendar of the schedule communication device 14 used in the embodiment does not have a large space, and the user merit of distributing and displaying one title for each segmented information is great. According to this method, the user can also compare and examine similar products.

At the time of title distribution, the concept of the target time can be used. For example, the title can be included in the date and time when information such as other advertisements does not occupy.
In that case, check the target time of other information preliminary,
A date and time that do not overlap or have relatively few overlaps can be adopted as the target time. It should be noted that such a method for selecting the target time can be used for purposes other than title distribution.

There is also a method of selecting a date related to the title as the target time of the title distribution. For example, if it is Mother's Day, various information with the title "Mother" may be collected on the server side. By clicking the title, the user can access the information item relating to “mother” or the aggregation point for that item online and receive the necessary information displayed.

In addition to the above, for example, information such as medical care, real estate, purchase and sale of goods, fortune, travel, hobbies, culture, and the like required by the user can be distributed as advertisements, and the application range of the embodiment is wide.

[Applied Technology] So far, the integration of advertisement distribution and schedule management has been described focusing on personal preferences. Applied technologies include technologies that record content such as images, moving images, and audio obtained by performing events such as trips registered as schedules in association with the events, and technologies such as children's growth records. The present invention relates to a technique for managing record items desired to store records together with time information.

FIG. 31 shows a screen 333 displaying a schedule on a past date. Such a screen is used when the content obtained by the user performing an event is registered in association with the event. The information type column 347 displays the content indicating whether the displayed screen is related to an already completed event or a future event. The image registration button 325 is a button for starting an operation of registering content in association with an event. The “image” tab 327 displays an image registered as a record of an event. When this tab is clicked, the images are displayed as a list. The growth record button 315 is a button for starting an operation of registering content in association with time information as a growth record.

When each event on the left screen is selected, detailed information of the event is displayed on the right screen.
For example, when the user goes to “mini live” on November 27 and registers a digital photograph taken at that time, the user presses the image registration button 325 with the “mini live” event displayed on the right screen. Thus, the content registration work can be advanced.

FIG. 32 is a screen displaying a calendar for one month. When the content is registered in the event, a content mark 329 indicating to the user that the content is registered is displayed in the date column of the event.
Is displayed. When the user specifies the date on which the content mark 329 is displayed, the “image” tab 327 can be selected. Thereafter, when the "image" tab 327 is designated, thumbnails of the contents are displayed as a list in the image display area 323 on the right screen. For example, when the user looks back on a trip on November 1, by designating the “image” tab 327 of that day, the user can view photos taken during the trip. By displaying the content mark 329 in this manner, the user can easily recognize that the content is registered. In addition, since past schedules before and after the event are displayed as a list, not only can a particular event be looked back in a pinpoint manner, but also memories of the user who performed the event can be looked back. Also, since the flow of time can be visually recognized, the user can search for desired content from vague memory.

The schedule book is for recording events along the flow of time, and makes it easy to visually understand the temporal relationship between events. The schedule book having such a property can be used even when recording a schedule whose contents change over time, such as a child's growth.

FIG. 33 is a screen for recording the growth of a child. This screen is displayed as the growth record button 315 in FIG.
Displayed when is pressed. The content selection operation button group 1002 is a button group for performing operations such as taking in, changing, and deleting content. The content area 1004 displays the recorded content. The content switching button group 1006 is a button group for switching content to be displayed in the content area 1004 when a plurality of contents are recorded. The title input area 1008 is an area for inputting the title of the content.

[0154] The memo input area 1010 is an area for inputting a comment or the like regarding contents. The growth record input area 1012 is an area for inputting items related to growth, such as the height and weight of a child. A registration button group 1014 is a button group for instructing registration or cancellation of a series of input items. These record items are stored in association with the date of the calendar displayed when the growth record button is pressed. By displaying such a registration screen, the user can easily record the growth of the child.

FIG. 34 shows a schedule communication system 85.
0 is shown. This system has a function of registering content in association with an event, in addition to the function of the system described with reference to FIG.
It has a function of generating an electronic album and a function of printing the contents in a time series to form a scroll. The schedule communication system 850 includes a PC (personal computer) 600 which is a user-side client system for providing a schedule, registering contents, and generating an electronic album, a server-side system 611, and the company server 52. The server-side system 611 provides advertisements suitable for the user or job recruitment information of the company in a form that can be incorporated into the schedule, and prints the content specified by the user in time series to form a scroll.
However, the client system need not be the PC 600, but may be, for example, the mobile phone 16 or any other information terminal. Configurations denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 have the same functions, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

The PC 600 includes a schedule communication device 602 for registering and providing events, a local schedule DB 604 for storing events, and a related information processing unit 700. The related information processing unit 700 provides a function of registering content in association with an event, a function of collecting the content to generate an electronic album, and a function of editing the content for printing. The server-side system 611 includes, in addition to the configuration described with reference to FIG. 1, a print processing unit 800 that prints content and generates a roll-shaped print 610.

Each component of the PC 600 is, in terms of hardware components, a CP of an arbitrary computer.
U, a memory, a program loaded in the memory, a hard disk, and an interface for network connection are mainly realized. It is understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications in the method and apparatus for realizing the method. . Each of the drawings to be described below shows a block of a functional unit, not a configuration of a hardware unit.

FIG. 35 shows the configuration of the schedule communication device 602. The schedule registration unit 620 stores the schedule input by the user in the local schedule D
B604 and the server-side system 611. The notification control unit 626 is the notification control unit 1 described with reference to FIG.
In addition to the 20 functions, when a content is associated with an event, a control for displaying a content mark 329 in a date column, and a content for notifying a user of a past event or a future event in an information type column 347 are provided in an information type column 347. Perform display control. For example, the notification control unit 626 displays “Today's schedule” in the information type column 347 when the date when the user instructs the display is in the future, and displays “action record” in the past if the date is in the past. 347. Configurations denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 have the same functions, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 36 shows a detailed configuration of the schedule registration section 620. The local DB storage processing unit 622 includes:
The schedule is registered in the local schedule DB 604. The network DB storage processing unit 624 causes the schedule DB 42 to store the schedule so that the schedule registered in the local schedule DB 604 and the schedule registered in the schedule DB 42 are the same. The network DB storage processing unit 624 includes a local schedule DB 604,
The schedule DB is compared with the schedule DB, and only the schedule that is a difference is extracted from the local schedule DB 604 and stored in the schedule DB. By doing so, the amount of information flowing through the network can be reduced.

FIG. 37 shows the structure of the related information processing section 700. The related information storage unit 716 includes a data storage unit 720 for storing content data, an ID of the content,
Related information DB 718 that stores events in association with each other
And a growth record DB 722 for storing record items such as height and weight of the child.

The input unit 701 receives contents such as images, sounds, moving images, and texts from the digital camera 704,
Recording medium 706, microphone 708, video camera 710,
And from the keyboard 711 or the like.

The related information storage processing unit 702 stores the data of the input content in the data storage unit 720, and stores the information specifying the event and the content in the related information DB 718 in association with each other. Further, a flag indicating that the content is associated with the event stored in the local schedule DB 604 is added. Here, when displaying the schedule on the calendar, the notification control unit 626 described with reference to FIG.
Control is performed to display the content mark 329 for the event with this flag.

When registering content related to the growth of a child, the related information storage processing unit 702 associates the information indicating that the record is a growth record, the content, and the time information at that time with the related information. DB 718, and record items such as height and weight are recorded in the growth record DB 72.
2 is stored.

The news information providing unit 714 acquires news associated with time information from the server-side system 611 and provides it to the electronic album processing unit 724 and the print request unit 728. The news information providing unit 714 may provide news information according to the user's preference.

[0165] The electronic album processing section 724 generates an electronic album provided with a structure capable of accessing individual contents based on the identification information. This electronic album is generated as a single application, and can reproduce content such as still images, moving images, and audio. The electronic album application can be transmitted to the Internet 734 by being stored in the CD-ROM 730 or the semiconductor recording medium 732 or attached to an electronic mail.

The print request section 728 generates print information so that the identification number is printed together with the content, and transmits the print information to the server-side system 611 that generates a print. If the content is a moving image or audio, the user can refer to the content in the electronic album using the identification number.

The link processing unit 726 includes a unit 762 for generating an identification number for identifying each content. Upon receiving a content print instruction from the electronic album processing unit 724, the link processing unit 726 causes the identification information generation unit 762 to generate an identification number. Then, the identification number is output to the electronic album processing unit 724, and the content to be printed and the identification number are output to the print request unit 728. By linking an electronic album and a printed material using this identification number, it is possible to create a medium that combines the advantages of a printed material with the advantages of an electronic album that can reproduce not only still images but also moving images and sounds.

FIG. 38 shows a detailed configuration of the electronic album processing unit 724. The electronic album template DB 750 stores types of contents to be collected as an album, comments related to the contents, display positions of the respective contents,
And a template file for specifying a basic configuration such as what kind of news is added to the electronic album.

The electronic album generating section 740 determines the arrangement of contents in the electronic album based on the template of the electronic album, and selects the contents and the comments to be attached to the contents from the related information storage section 716 or the news information providing section 714. I do. For example, when using a template for organizing a child's growth record as an album, the electronic album generation unit 740 selects the content related to the growth record stored in the related information storage unit 716 and generates an album.

When long-term recording such as the growth of a child is required, the amount of data becomes large.
It takes a long time to retrieve the data on the child's growth record from the child. Therefore, the electronic album generation unit 7
It is preferable that the electronic album 40 be updated every time a growth state is registered. Therefore, the electronic album generation unit 740 stores, in the electronic album DB 748, the ID of the content necessary for composing the electronic album, the ID of news information, and the like until the electronic album is completed.
By doing so, the electronic album generating section 740 only needs to perform processing for generating an electronic album only for newly registered growth records.

When detecting that the user has pressed the print instruction button 1026, the print instruction detection unit 745 requests the link processing unit 726 to generate an identification number. The identification number input unit 746 inputs the identification number from the identification information generation unit 762, and associates the identification number with the content stored in the electronic album DB 748. In this way, the content is associated with the identification number, and the content can be accessed by the identification number.

In this embodiment, the printed content is linked with the content registered in the electronic album. Therefore, if new content is registered in the electronic album after printing, linking between the printed matter and the electronic album becomes difficult. Therefore, when the content to be printed is determined, the prohibition unit 743 is provided as a configuration for prohibiting the subsequent change of the electronic album. The electronic album display section 742 displays the same screen as when the electronic album was completed in the stage of creating the electronic album.

The electronic album output section 744 stores the electronic album application generated by the electronic album generation section 740 on the CD-ROM 730, the semiconductor recording medium 732, or the like. In addition, it is attached to an electronic mail or the like and output to the Internet 734.

FIG. 39 shows an electronic album screen 608 displayed by the electronic album display section 742. In this electronic album, only contents registered as a growth record are extracted from the related information DB 718, and are configured as a growth album. The electronic album is configured to display a list of growth records for each date. The template also includes information designating which category of album to configure, and the electronic album generation unit 740
Extracts the content based on this information to form an electronic album. For example, if a template for creating a travel album is used, an electronic album can be formed by extracting only contents associated with a travel event.

On the display screen 608 of the electronic album,
The content is displayed in the content display area 1034, and the growth record is displayed in the record item display area 1036. The content number display area 1028 displays the number of contents associated with the displayed date.
In this example, four images and one video are registered. The content list 1030 is an area for displaying a list of these contents, in which four images and one frame of one video are displayed as thumbnails. When the user selects a thumbnail, the image is displayed in the content display area 1034.

[0176] The news information display area 1038 displays the social news information on this day. Further, an Internet connection function may be provided, and when the news information is clicked, detailed information on the Internet may be displayed. The print instruction button 1026 is a button for instructing to print the content displayed in the content display area 1034. By operating the content switching button group 1032, the content associated with another date can be viewed.

[0177] The identification number input area 1022 is an area for inputting the identification number, and the content can be displayed by inputting the identification number of the content and pressing the execution button 1024.

FIG. 40 shows a detailed configuration of the print request unit 728. The print template DB 778 stores a template for setting a print position of a content on a print medium. The editing unit 772 generates print information based on the template, and stores the print information in the print information DB 780. The editing unit 772 notifies the instruction unit 774 that the print information has been generated.

The connection detecting section 776 counts the number of times the advertisement obtaining section 106 shown in FIG. 35 has obtained the advertisement, and outputs the number to the instruction section 774. The instruction unit 774 notifies the print information transmitting unit 7 that the print information is to be transmitted based on the number of times and the information indicating that the print information has been generated from the editing unit 772.
Instruct 70. By doing so, the number of times that the user actively acquires the advertisement can be increased. In addition, users can print content free of charge,
A mechanism for providing incentives can be configured. As another embodiment, the print information may be transmitted only once a day. The print information transmitting unit 770 includes:
The print information is extracted from the print information DB 780 and transmitted to the print processing unit 800 according to the instruction of the instruction unit 774.

FIG. 41 shows a detailed configuration of the editing unit 772. The content selection unit 786 selects the content specified by the user from the related information storage unit 716. When the content designated by the user is a moving image, the content selection unit 786 extracts one frame from the moving image to make it a still image, and embeds the content informing the user of the moving image in the still image.

[0181] The identification number input unit 784 inputs the identification number of the content from the identification information generation unit 762 and outputs it to the arrangement unit 782. News information selecting section 787 selects, from news information providing section 714, news information in which the time information associated with the content and the substantially same time information are associated.

The arranging unit 782 arranges the selected contents, news information, and the like in chronological order based on the time information based on the templates stored in the printing template DB 778. The template is printed with date, weather, identification number, content title, content image, number of content, memos related to content, recorded items such as height and weight of child, time axis indicating time flow, news information, etc. This is a file of information for setting items and print positions.

The print items are associated with the field names of the database, and the arranging unit 782 allows the content selecting unit 786 or the news information selecting unit 787 to select necessary content based on the field names. It is arranged at a predetermined position. For example, the news information providing unit 714 receives the weather information in the user's life range from the server-side system based on the user's postal code stored in the user information DB 40 and edits the information as “weather” information. 772. The arrangement unit 782
After arranging the content based on the template,
The print information DB 780 associates the ID with the print position.
To store. The edit screen display unit 788 displays the state of this arrangement.

In the present embodiment, the print processing section 800 described with reference to FIG. 34 prints the content on roll paper of a predetermined length, so that the number of printable contents is limited. The limiting unit 790 manages this number, and arranges the unit 7 so as not to exceed the number of printable contents.
82 limits the number of contents to be arranged. When the maximum number of printable contents is reached, the prohibition unit 74 shown in FIG.
3 is notified to that effect, and the change of the electronic album is prohibited.

FIG. 42 is a display screen of an edit window 1060 displayed by the edit screen display unit 788. The left side of the screen is an area indicating the arrangement state of contents, and the right side of the screen is an area for displaying various tools necessary for editing. Based on the template, the date is arranged in the date area 660, the weather is arranged in the weather area 662, the identification number is arranged in the identification number area 664, the title of the content is arranged in the title area 666, and the content is arranged in the image area 6
68, and the number of contents is set in the content number area 67.
0 and a memo related to the content is stored in the memo area 67.
2, recorded items such as height and weight are arranged in a growth recording area 674, an image representing a time axis is arranged in a time axis printing area 1054, and news information such as social, political, economic, and performing arts is provided as news information. It is arranged in the area 676.

[0186] Registerable Content Number Display Area 1062
Indicates an occupation state when printing on a printing medium such as roll paper. This example shows that contents for three days can be registered. The record move button group 1064 is a button group for changing a record. For example, when the "return" button is pressed, the growth record of the previous day can be edited. Contents list 1066
Displays a list of registered contents. When a content is selected, the selected content is displayed in the image area 668. As another embodiment, the contents therein may be dragged and arranged at an arbitrary position.

The material data list 1068 displays a list of materials that can be freely arranged. By dragging the material therein, it can be arranged at an arbitrary position. The drawing tool list 1070 is a group of drawing tools that can freely draw a line and draw a picture. News information selection button 1
Reference numeral 072 denotes a button for arbitrarily selecting news information to be printed in the news information area 676. The user
You can freely add arrangements using the edit screen, so you can create original growth records. In addition, since the basic arrangement is determined by the model, the editing work becomes easy.

FIG. 43 shows a detailed configuration of the print processing unit 800. The print data storage unit 806 includes a server print information DB 808 that stores the same print information as the print information DB 780 of FIG. 40 in association with the user ID, and a content of the content stored in the data storage unit 720 of FIG. home,
A server data storage unit 810 that stores data of contents necessary for printing in association with the user ID, and a server growth record that stores the same growth record as the growth record DB 722 in FIG. 37 in association with the user ID. DB 812.

[0189] The printing template DB 822 stores templates in association with IDs. The news information DB 824 stores news information in association with an ID. Template DB822 for printing
Stores the same model as that stored in the printing template DB 778 on the client side. The news information DB 824 stores the same news information provided by the news information providing unit 714 on the client side. Since the same model and news information are stored on the client side and the server side, the same model can be selected on the server side by transmitting the ID of the model selected on the client side. The same applies to news information. Since the server has information on the client side as described above, the client only needs to transmit the ID, and the amount of information flowing through the network can be reduced.

The print information receiving unit 802 receives information necessary for printing via a network, and stores the received information in the print data storage unit 806. The information necessary for printing includes the ID of the template, the data of the content, the information for specifying the printing position, the ID of the news information, and the information such as the picture arbitrarily drawn by the user. The adjustment unit 826 sets the information required for printing of the related information processing unit 700 and the information stored in the print data storage unit 806 to match.
A request is sent to the print information transmitting unit 770 for information to be transmitted.

[0191] The extraction unit 814 is the server print information DB 8
Based on the print information stored in 08, necessary information is extracted from the server data storage unit 810, the server growth record DB 812, the print template DB 822, and the news information DB 824 to generate print data.

The print instructing section 816 outputs a print instruction when all the contents necessary for printing have been prepared.
Give to. In another embodiment, the print instruction unit 816
May give a print instruction in accordance with the child's birthday, or may give a print instruction at regular time intervals.

The charging unit 818 may charge for one printing or may charge for the content extracted by the extracting unit 814. If the template has an advertising effect for a company, the advertiser may be charged according to the number of times the template is used.

The printing section 820 prints on a predetermined print medium such as roll paper based on the print data generated by the extraction section 814. The winding unit 828 winds the paper on which the content is printed in a time-series manner and forms a roll.

FIG. 44 shows a printed material 610 in a roll shape. The printed matter is printed according to the editing screen described with reference to FIG. In the upper part of the printing surface, there is a first printing area 1050 in which child growth is printed in chronological order, and in the lower part, a second printing area 1052 in which social events at that time are printed in chronological order. There is. Also, the time axis print area 10 in which the image indicating the time axis is printed so as to separate the first print area 1050 and the second print area 1052.
There are 54.

The growth records are arranged in order of time on each registration day, so that the child's growth can be clearly understood. In addition, since the social status at that time can be understood, memories can be made more nostalgic. Further, from the content printed in the content number print area 1058, the content registered in the electronic album can be grasped. And
If the user is interested, the content can be easily accessed using the identification number printed in the identification code printing area 1056. Thereby, audio and video images can be enjoyed. By arranging items that change with time on a roll paper in chronological order, the user can feel a continuous flow of time deeply. Also, by making it into a scroll,
Since the contents printed little by little can be viewed while being rolled, it is possible to obtain a pleasure different from a book-shaped album.

FIG. 45 shows the data structure of the related information DB 718. The related information DB 718 includes a related information ID column 910 holding an identification number of a content, an information type column 912 holding a type of the content, and a schedule ID column 914 holding an identification number of an associated event.
And a storage location field 9 for storing a storage location of the content.
16 and a comment column 918 for holding a comment about the content. The information type column 912 holds the type of content such as a still image, a moving image, audio, and text. When storing a content as a growth record, a code indicating the growth record is stored in the schedule ID column 914. In this way, the content can be stored in the related information D.
B718 allows centralized management. In this example, when the content as the growth record is selected, the content having the related information IDs “30” and “31” is selected.

FIG. 46 shows the local schedule DB 60
4 is a data structure. Local schedule DB60
Reference numeral 4 denotes a schedule ID column 900 for storing the identification number of the event, a date column 902 for storing the date when the event is performed, and a content column 904 for storing the content thereof.
And a time column 906 for holding the start time, a classification column 907 for holding the classification of the event, and a related information flag column 908 for holding information indicating the presence / absence of content related to the event.

When the content related to the event is stored in the related information storage unit 716, the related information storage processing unit 702 stores “1” in the related information flag column 908. When displaying the event whose flag is “1” on the calendar, the notification control unit 626 displays the content mark 329 in association with the event.

The information held in the classification column 907 is information when events are classified into “travel”, “concert”, “club activities”, “games”, etc., and depends on the user's hobbies, actions, work, and the like. This category is assigned to events that are repeated many times. By doing so, it is possible to select contents to which the same classification is given. For example, if a user plays basketball on a weekend for hobby,
It is also possible to select only the contents classified as “basket” and print them in chronological order.

FIG. 47 shows the data structure of the print information DB 780. The print information DB 780 includes an object ID column 920 for storing an identification number of an object to be printed, and a date column 922 for storing the date and time when the content was captured.
And an arrangement position column 924 holding the print position of the content
And a related information ID column 92 for holding a content identification number
6 and an edit date column 928 holding the date of editing
And a transmission date column 930 holding the date when the print information was transmitted.
And a news information ID that holds the identification number of the news information
Column 932. Also, the print information DB 780
An ID is associated.

The arrangement position column 924 may hold information for designating a print area in the template. For example, if the template is
When an ID specifying a print area is associated with a coordinate value on a specific print medium, the arrangement position column 924 holds an ID specifying the print area. The adjustment unit 826
When the date stored in the transmission date column 930 is not stored and when the date stored in the editing date column 928 is newer than the date stored in the transmission date column 930, the printing of the print information is printed. An instruction is given to the information transmitting unit 770. Thereby, the print information stored in the print information DB 780,
The print information stored in the server print information DB 808 can be matched.

[0203] The restriction unit 790 restricts the number of contents to be printed based on the number of contents stored in the print information DB 780. Specifically, the template has information for setting the number of contents that can be printed, and the number is limited based on this number and the number of contents stored in the print information DB 780. In another embodiment, a range actually used for printing may be calculated, and the range may be limited based on the range and a range in which printing on a print medium is permitted. The print information stored in the server print information DB 808 includes a user ID in addition to the information in the print information DB 780, and the extraction unit 814 extracts print information for each user based on the user ID.

For example, the content having the object ID “10” is arranged in the “content area”.
The content has a related information ID of “30”,
By referring to the related information DB 718 based on the ID,
It can be seen that it is stored in "C: \ Data \ Pic150".

It is preferable that the data structures in the respective databases described with reference to FIGS. 45 to 47 have a correlation by key fields, and the present embodiment also employs a relational database. Each of the functional blocks described above uses SQL (Structured Query
Those skilled in the art can understand how to access each data of the relational database using ge) or the like. It is also understood by those skilled in the art that various alternatives can be considered for the structure of the database depending on the design concept such as whether to give priority to data access speed or data maintainability.

FIG. 48 is a sequence diagram up to when the content is printed. The user selects the content obtained by performing the event (S300). The related information storage processing unit 702 associates the content with the event (S302). Electronic album processing unit 724
Generates an electronic album including the content (S3
04), the screen of the electronic album is displayed (S30).
6). When the user instructs the printing of the content displayed on the screen (S308), the link processing unit 726 generates a content identification number and performs a process of linking the electronic album and the printed material (S310).

The editing unit 772 extracts necessary information and determines the print position of the content (S312). The print information is stored in the print information DB 780 (S31
4). The print information transmitting unit 770 selects print information to be transmitted from the print information DB 780 (S316), and transmits it to the print processing unit 800 (S318). Print information receiving unit 80
2 stores the received print information in the print data storage unit 806 (S320). The printing unit 820 arranges and prints the contents designated by the user in chronological order based on the print information stored in the print data storage unit 806 (S322). The winding unit 828 winds it into a roll.

As described above, the present invention has been described based on the embodiments. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and that such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. As such a modification, a printing unit for printing the content may be provided on the user side.

[0209] A server that publishes the content stored in the print data storage unit 806 may be provided, and the content may be printed together with the address for browsing. By doing so, the content can be browsed not only by a personal computer having an Internet connection function but also by a portable terminal such as a mobile phone 16 having an Internet connection function. In addition, by storing all the contents registered by the user in the print data storage unit 806, it is possible to browse images, moving images, sounds, and the like that are not printed on the printed matter.

[0210] Thus, for example, a printed matter that is a child's growth record is given to a relative who lives far away, and the relative sees the printed matter, enjoys the child's growth, and uses a mobile phone having an Internet connection function. , You can see more photos and videos.

[0211] Further, the electronic album and the template of the printed matter may be added with corporate advertising content. When the user selects the template to which the advertisement is added, the charging unit 818
Incentives, such as reducing the usage fee of the user, may be provided.

[0212]

According to the present invention, contents can be conveniently managed, and the contents can be arranged and printed in chronological order.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a schedule communication system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of a client-side schedule communication device.

FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram of a user identification information input unit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data stream acquired by a schedule acquisition unit in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an internal configuration diagram of a schedule acquisition unit in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an internal configuration diagram of a target time determination unit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data format output from a target time determination unit.

FIG. 8 is an internal configuration diagram of a notification control unit in FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is an internal configuration diagram of a schedule communication device on the server side.

FIG. 10 is an internal configuration diagram of the personal information acquisition unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an internal configuration diagram of the personal information management unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a personal information card.

FIG. 13 is an internal configuration diagram of a schedule request receiving unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is an internal configuration diagram of the authentication unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing job information.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an advertisement.

17 is an internal configuration diagram of a related information instruction unit of FIG. 9;

FIG. 18 is an internal configuration diagram of a search unit in FIG. 9;

19 is a configuration diagram of transmission data generated by the transmission data generation unit of FIG.

FIG. 20 is an internal configuration diagram of a charging management unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an initial screen for a user to confirm a schedule.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an initial screen for a user to confirm a schedule using a mobile phone.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a screen displayed for a user to confirm a schedule.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing another screen displayed for the user to confirm the schedule.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing still another screen displayed for the user to confirm the schedule.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a schedule displayed when a user uses a mobile phone.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a procedure for a user to confirm a schedule.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a procedure for displaying an advertisement when a user confirms a schedule.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a procedure for displaying an advertisement when a user confirms a schedule.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a procedure for transmitting job information from an advertisement server to a user.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a screen displayed for confirming a past event.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a screen displayed in combination with a calendar to confirm past events.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a screen displayed for registering a growth record.

FIG. 34 is a configuration diagram of a schedule communication system.

FIG. 35 is a configuration diagram of a client-side schedule communication device.

FIG. 36 is a configuration diagram of a schedule registration unit.

FIG. 37 is a configuration diagram of a related information processing unit.

FIG. 38 is a configuration diagram of an electronic album processing unit.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a display screen of an electronic album.

FIG. 40 is a configuration diagram of a print request unit.

FIG. 41 is a configuration diagram of an editing unit.

FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a display screen of an editing window.

FIG. 43 is a configuration diagram of a print processing unit.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing a scroll-shaped printed matter in which contents are arranged in chronological order.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a data structure of a related information DB.

FIG. 46 is a diagram showing a data structure of a local schedule DB.

FIG. 47 is a diagram showing a data structure of a print information DB.

FIG. 48 is a sequence diagram showing a process of each configuration until a content is printed in applied technology.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 schedule communication system, 14 schedule communication device, 30 server side system, 36 advertisement server, 38 schedule communication device, 50 advertisement database, 102 schedule registration unit, 106 advertisement acquisition unit, 110 target time determination unit, 116 personal information input unit, 124 calendar display unit, 204 personal information acquisition unit, 244 advertisement acquisition unit, 700 related information processing unit, 6
04 Local schedule DB, 800 print processing section, 702 related information storage processing section, 714 news information providing section, 724 electronic album processing section, 726 link processing section, 762 identification information generation section, 728 print request section, 716 related information storage section 740 electronic album generation unit 743 prohibition unit 772 editing unit 774 instruction unit 780 print information DB 782 arranging unit 790
Restriction section, 814 extraction section, 820 printing section, 828 winding section.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page F term (reference) 5B021 AA01 BB05 CC05 DD15 LG05 5B075 ND06 ND12 NK02 NK21 NR02 NR05 PQ02 PQ03 UU40

Claims (42)

[Claims] 1. A step of registering a future event scheduled by a user in association with time information, a step of registering content related to the event after the event ends, and a step of mapping the content to the event. And storing the event, and displaying the event in a state where the user can understand that the content is associated with the event. 2. The schedule management method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of arranging the contents in chronological order on a print medium based on time information of an event associated with the contents. . 3. The schedule management method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of determining a print position of the selected content based on a template for designating a print position of the content on the print medium. 4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of selecting news information associated with time information, wherein said printing step prints the news information in association with the contents arranged in chronological order. 4. The schedule management method according to 2 or 3. 5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: generating identification information for accessing the content; and generating an electronic album configured to access the respective content based on the identification information. 5. The schedule management method according to claim 2, wherein the identification information is printed together with the contents. 6. The schedule management method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of winding the print medium on which the content is printed into a roll. 7. A first unit for registering a future event scheduled by the user in association with time information, a second unit for registering a content related to the event after the event is completed, A first storage unit that stores the event in association with the event; and a notification control unit that displays the content in a state where the user can understand that the content is associated with the event. apparatus. 8. A printing apparatus, comprising: a first selection unit for selecting content to be printed from the first storage unit; and time-sequentially arranging the content based on time information of an event associated with the selected content. The schedule management device according to claim 7, further comprising: a printing unit that prints on a medium. 9. The schedule according to claim 8, wherein the events are classified according to the contents, and wherein the first selecting unit selects the contents associated with the events of the same classification. Management device. 10. A second storage unit for storing a template for designating a print position of a content on a print medium, and an arrangement unit for determining a print position of the content selected by the first selection unit based on the template. The schedule management device according to claim 8, further comprising: 11. A printing apparatus further comprising: a third storage unit that stores print information configured by associating information for specifying a content to be printed and a print position of the content, wherein the print unit stores the print information in the print information. 11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the content is printed on a printing medium based on the content.
The schedule management device according to any one of the above. 12. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a limiter configured to detect the number of contents based on the print information stored in the third storage, and to limit the number of contents to be printed on a print medium. Item 12. The schedule management device according to any one of Items 8 to 11. 13. A fourth storage unit for storing news information in association with time information; time information of an event associated with a content to be printed; and the news information associated with substantially the same time information. And a second selection unit that selects the content, and wherein the printing unit prints the content and the news information in a time-series manner based on time information. A schedule management device according to any one of the above. 14. A first generation unit for generating identification information for accessing content, a second generation unit for generating an electronic album configured to access each content based on the identification information, 14. The schedule management device according to claim 8, wherein the printing unit prints the identification information together with the content. 15. When the content is a moving image, the printing unit prints one frame in the moving image and information notifying a user that the moving image is a moving image. 2. The schedule management device according to 1. 16. The printing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a prohibition unit for prohibiting a change related to the electronic album when a content to be printed on a printing medium is determined.
6. The schedule management device according to 5. 17. The printing unit further comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits print information stored in the third storage unit via a network; and a receiving unit that receives print information via the network. 17. The schedule management device according to claim 11, wherein printing is performed based on print information received by the receiving unit. 18. The schedule management device according to claim 8, further comprising a winding unit that winds the print medium on which the content is printed into a roll. 19. A step of registering a user's schedule, a step of storing a long-term record item input by the user and time information in association with each other, and Displaying the information together with the information in a state that the user can understand the schedule. 20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of arranging the recorded items in chronological order based on time information associated with the recorded items and printing the recorded items on a printing medium.
Schedule management method described in. 21. The schedule management method according to claim 20, further comprising a step of determining a print position of the selected record item based on a template for designating a print position of the record item on the print medium. . 22. The method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of selecting news information associated with time information, wherein said printing step prints news information in association with recorded items arranged in chronological order. Item 22. The schedule management method according to Item 20 or 21. 23. The printing method, further comprising: generating identification information for accessing recorded items; and generating an electronic album configured to allow access to each recorded item based on the identification information. 23. The schedule management method according to claim 20, wherein in the step, the identification information is printed together with the record items. 24. The schedule management method according to claim 20, further comprising a step of winding the printing medium on which the recorded items are printed into a roll. 25. A unit for registering a user's schedule, a first storage unit for storing long-term record items input by the user and time information in association with each other, and record items being stored. And a notification control unit that displays the time information together with the time information in a state that the user can understand. 26. A first selection unit for selecting a recording item to be printed from the first storage unit, and printing the recording items in chronological order based on time information associated with the selected recording item. 26. The schedule management device according to claim 25, further comprising: a printing unit configured to print on a use medium. 27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the first storage unit stores different types of record items, and the first selection unit selects the same type of record items. Schedule management device. 28. A second storage unit for storing a template for designating a print position of a record item on a print medium, and a print position of the record item selected by the first selection unit is determined based on the template. 28. The schedule management device according to claim 26, further comprising: an arrangement unit. 29. information for specifying a record to be printed;
The image forming apparatus further includes a third storage unit that stores print information configured in association with a print position of the record item, wherein the print unit prints a content on a print medium based on the print information. Claims 26 to 2
8. The schedule management device according to any one of 8. 30. The apparatus according to claim 30, further comprising: a limiter configured to detect the number of record items based on the print information stored in the third storage unit and to limit the number of record items to be printed on a print medium. The schedule management device according to any one of claims 26 to 29, wherein 31. A fourth storage unit for storing news information in association with time information, time information associated with a record to be printed, and the news information associated with substantially the same time information. 31. The apparatus according to claim 26, further comprising: a second selection unit configured to select, wherein the printing unit prints the record items and the news information in chronological order based on time information. A schedule management device according to any one of the above. 32. A first generation unit for generating identification information for accessing a recorded item, and a second generation unit for generating an electronic album configured to access each recorded item based on the identification information. 32. The schedule management device according to claim 26, further comprising: and wherein the printing unit prints the identification information together with recording information. 33. When a moving image is included in the recorded matter, the printing unit prints one frame in the moving image and information for notifying a user that the moving image is a moving image. The schedule management device according to any one of the above. 34. The image processing apparatus according to claim 32, further comprising a prohibition unit that prohibits a change related to the electronic album when a record item to be printed on a print medium is determined.
2. The schedule management device according to 1. 35. The printing unit further comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits the printing information stored in the third storage unit via a network; and a receiving unit that receives the printing information via the network. 35. The schedule management device according to claim 29, wherein printing is performed based on print information received by the receiving unit. 36. A printing medium on which recorded items are printed,
The schedule management device according to any one of claims 26 to 35, further comprising a winding unit that winds up a roll. 37. A method of receiving print information via a network, and printing the content designated by the user in a time-series manner based on the print information and a template for designating a print position of the content on a print medium. And a printing method. 38. The printing method according to claim 37, further comprising a step of winding the printed print medium into a roll. 39. A receiving unit for receiving print information via a network, a first storage unit for storing the print information, and a second storage for storing a template for designating a print position of the content on a print medium. And a printing unit for printing the content specified by the user based on the stored print information and the template. 40. The apparatus according to claim 39, further comprising a winding section for winding the printed printing medium into a roll.
A printing device according to claim 1. 41. storing the content as digital information; and printing the content as an image on a print medium together with identification information for accessing the content stored as digital information, and converting the content into analog information. A method for producing a medium, comprising: 42. An electronic schedule management device having a calendar display function, wherein: a function block for associating and registering an event to be entered in the calendar and content related to the event; A function block for outputting the content when the user instructs reproduction.