JP2010020590A - Schedule management device and schedule management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to refer to information of a prescribed period in a desired display mode. <P>SOLUTION: When a period mode is a "fortune mode" to preferentially display contents on and after a present date, a retrieval mode processing part 22 divides, with the present date as a boundary, a group of records extracted by keyword retrieval into a first record group having dates and time on and after the present date and a second record group having dates and time before the present date. The retrieval mode processing part 22 sorts the records included in the first record group in date order, generates a first highlight image wherein contents of the records are arranged according to the sorting and wherein the contents are displayed by first highlight, sorts the records included in the second record group in date order, generates an image wherein contents of the records are arranged according to the sorting, and generates a schedule image wherein the image is added to the first highlight image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a schedule management apparatus and a schedule management program that store and manage user schedules in a database.

  A schedule management device that stores schedule data in which a user's own schedule for each date and time period is associated with a database, and displays the contents on the screen of the display device when the user inputs an instruction. It has been known. The user's instruction includes date, schedule contents, etc., and it is possible to search for schedule data records including the date and schedule contents in the schedule data stored in the database. In addition, an improvement of a search method has been proposed so that a user can see desired information.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, when a search target period is specified, schedule information having no target period is searched from the schedule database, and a keyword is searched from the schedule information, and the contents of the schedule including the keyword There has been proposed an apparatus for searching for.

It has also been proposed to display the schedule data stored in the schedule database so that the user can easily see it. For example, Patent Document 2 proposes a technique in which a calendar is displayed on the left side of the screen of the display device, and the schedule contents of each time period are displayed in a list on the right side on the date specified in the calendar.
JP 2000-67126 A JP 2002-269057 A

  In particular, there is a case where the user wants to refer to a past schedule than the current time or a future schedule after the current time. At this time, conventionally, the schedule data including the input keyword is searched with the search target period as the past or the future, and the date and time (for example, the date and time zone) in the schedule data corresponding to the search target period, Records including keywords are acquired and displayed on the screen of the display device. However, simply presenting the contents of the record for the search target period may not be convenient for the user.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a schedule management apparatus and a schedule management program that allow a user to refer to information of a predetermined period in a desired display mode.

An object of the present invention is to provide a schedule database for storing records of schedule data having items of date, time, and schedule contents;
Keyword accepting means for accepting an input of a keyword for searching for a record in the schedule database;
When displaying the search results, the period mode is for specifying the period in which the contents of the record should be displayed with priority, and the first period mode that prioritizes the future schedule and the past schedule are prioritized. Period mode accepting means for accepting any input of the second period mode;
Using the keyword received by the keyword receiving means, search for the record of the schedule data, and the keyword search means for extracting a predetermined group of records in the schedule data;
When the period mode is the first period mode or the second period mode, the extracted record is the first record whose date and time are after the predetermined date and time with a predetermined date and time as a boundary. And a record dividing means for dividing the date and time into a second record group that is past the predetermined date and time,
When the period mode is the first period mode, the records included in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are the first A first highlighted image displayed by highlighting 1 is generated, and records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time. Generating a schedule image added to the first highlighted image, and
When the period mode is the second period mode, the records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time, the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are the first A first highlight image displayed by highlighting 1 is generated, and records included in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time. Schedule image generating means for generating and generating a schedule image added to the first highlighted image;
And a display means for displaying the schedule image generated by the schedule image generation means.

In a preferred embodiment, the record of the schedule data may include a priority value indicating the priority of the schedule,
When the period mode is the first period mode, a record group having the priority value is extracted from the first record group, and when the period mode is the second period mode And a record extracting means for extracting a record group having the priority value from the second record group,
The schedule image generating means
When the period mode is the first period mode, the records included in the record group having the priority value extracted from the first record group are sorted according to the priority value, and Generating a second highlighted image in which the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort and the contents are displayed by the second highlighted display, and arranged at the head of the schedule image;
When the period mode is the second period mode, the records included in the record group having the priority value extracted from the second record group are sorted according to the priority value, and The contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and a second highlighted image in which the contents are displayed by the second highlighted display is generated and arranged at the head of the schedule image.

In a more preferred embodiment, the schedule image generating means is
When the period mode is the first period mode, the remaining records that do not have the priority value in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort. And adding the first highlighted image whose contents are displayed by the first highlighted display to the second highlighted image,
When the period mode is the second period mode, the remaining records of the second record group that do not have the priority value are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort. In addition, the first highlight image whose contents are displayed by the first highlight display is added to the second highlight image.

In another preferred embodiment, the record of the schedule data may include a priority value indicating the priority of the schedule,
The period mode input means accepts an input of any of the first period mode, the second period mode, and a third period mode that does not limit the priority period;
The schedule image generating means
When the period mode is the third period mode, a record group having the priority value is extracted from the records extracted by the keyword search means, and records belonging to the record group are set to the priority value. Therefore, sorting is performed to generate a third highlighted image in which the contents of the records are arranged in accordance with the sorting, and the contents are displayed by the third highlighting, and does not have the priority value. The records belonging to the record group are sorted in order of date and time, an image in which the contents of the records are arranged according to the sorting is generated, and a schedule image added to the third highlighted image is generated. .

Another object of the present invention is a computer having a schedule database for storing a record of schedule data having items of date, time, and schedule contents.
A keyword receiving step for receiving an input of a keyword for searching for a record in the schedule database;
When displaying the search results, the period mode is for specifying the period in which the contents of the record should be displayed with priority, and the first period mode that prioritizes the future schedule and the past schedule are prioritized. A period mode accepting step for accepting any input of the second period mode;
A keyword search step of searching for a record of the schedule data using the keyword received in the keyword reception step, and extracting a predetermined group of records in the schedule data;
When the period mode is the first period mode or the second period mode, the extracted record is the first record whose date and time are after the predetermined date and time with a predetermined date and time as a boundary. And a record dividing step of dividing the date and time into a second record group that is past the predetermined date and time;
When the period mode is the first period mode, the records included in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are the first A first highlighted image displayed by highlighting 1 is generated, and records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time. Generating a schedule image added to the first highlighted image, and
When the period mode is the second period mode, the records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time, the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are the first A first highlighted image displayed by highlighting 1 is generated, and records included in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time. A schedule image generating step for generating and generating a schedule image added to the first highlighted image;
And a display step of displaying the schedule image generated in the schedule image generation step. This is achieved by a schedule management program.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the schedule management apparatus and schedule management program which can refer the information of a predetermined period with a desired display mode.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a schedule management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the schedule management device 10 is a portable terminal such as a PDA, and includes a CPU 11, an input unit 12, a display unit 13, an input interface (I / F) 14, a RAM 15, a ROM 16, and a large-scale storage device 17. And a microphone 18.

  The CPU 11 performs control of the entire schedule management apparatus 10, processing based on operation of keys and switches included in the input unit 12, and the like. The input unit 12 includes keys and switches, and the user can input various information and various instructions. The keys of the input unit 12 may be in the form of a so-called full keyboard, or may be in a form in which kana characters are assigned to the numeric keypad by the kana turning method. The display unit 13 includes a liquid crystal display device, and can display input results by a user, search results in a schedule database to be described later, and the like.

  The ROM 16 stores programs such as an input mode process for inputting a schedule and a search mode process for searching a schedule database, which are executed by the CPU 11 of the schedule management apparatus 10. The RAM 15 temporarily stores a program read from the ROM 16 and stores data and flag values generated in the course of processing executed by the CPU 11. The large-scale storage device 17 is realized by a removable memory card or a hard disk. The large-scale storage device 17 stores a schedule database. The input I / F 14 is connected to the microphone 18 and D / A converts the audio signal input from the microphone 18 to generate audio data.

  In the present embodiment, the schedule management apparatus is in the form of a portable terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the schedule management apparatus according to the present invention may be incorporated in a normal personal computer. A program such as an input mode process for inputting a schedule and a search mode process for searching a schedule database is stored in the memory of the personal computer, and the CPU reads the program stored in the memory, and the program stores various programs in the computer. This is realized by executing processing steps.

  In the following description, data input such as date, time zone, and schedule is realized by operating switches and keys of the input unit 12. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A character string is acquired by recognizing the audio data acquired at the input I / F 14 based on the audio signal from the microphone 18, and data input is realized using the character string. May be.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the schedule management apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the schedule management apparatus according to the present embodiment includes an input mode processing unit 21, a search mode processing unit 22, a display processing unit 23, a mode switching processing unit 24, and a schedule database (DB) 25.

  The input mode processing unit 21 generates a record of schedule data as will be described later based on the operation of the keys constituting the input unit 12 by the user, and stores it in the schedule DB 25. The search mode processing unit 22 executes a predetermined search process on the schedule DB 25 based on a key operation by the user, and instructs the display processing unit 23 to generate a display image in a predetermined display mode. The display processing unit 23 generates image data according to the instruction and outputs it to the display unit 13. The mode switching processing unit 24 switches the operation mode according to the operation of the switch of the input unit 12 and operates one of the input mode processing unit 21 or the search mode processing unit 22.

  In the present embodiment, the functions of the input mode processing unit 21, the search mode processing unit 22, the display processing unit 23, and the mode switching processing unit 24 are mainly realized by the CPU 11. The schedule DB 25 is provided in the large-scale storage device 17.

  Processing executed in the schedule management apparatus configured as described above will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing executed in the schedule management apparatus according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 11 executes an initialization process including clearing data in the RAM 15 and clearing the screen of the display unit 13 (step 301). The CPU 11 (mode switching processing unit 24) determines whether the current operation mode is the search mode or the input mode. If the operation mode is the input mode, the mode switching processing unit 24 activates the input mode processing unit 21 to execute the input mode processing (step 303). On the other hand, when the operation mode is the search mode, the mode switching processing unit 24 activates the search mode processing unit 22 to execute the search mode processing (step 304).

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of input mode processing according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the input mode processing unit 21 accepts date input by a key operation of the user input unit 12 (step 401). When there is an input other than the date, the display processing unit 23 generates an error display image and displays it on the screen of the display unit 13 to obtain an appropriate input. The same applies to the processing steps after step 402. The input mode processing unit 21 temporarily stores the received date data in the RAM 15. The received data after step 402 is temporarily stored in the RAM 15.

  Next, the input mode processing unit 21 receives a time zone input by a user's key operation of the input unit 12 (step 403), and also receives an input of schedule contents (schedule input) (step 404). Further, the input mode processing unit 21 accepts the priority input by the user's key operation of the input unit 12 (step 405). In this embodiment, “A”, “B”, and “C” exist from the top as priority. In addition, when the user inputs that there is no priority input, it is possible to set that the priority value is “none”. The priority value (“A”, “B”, “C”, or “none”) is also temporarily stored in the RAM 15.

  Thereafter, the input mode processing unit 21 stores a record of schedule data having items of date, time zone, schedule content, and priority in the schedule DB 25 (step 405). FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a record of schedule data according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the records of the schedule data 500 (see, for example, reference numerals 501, 502, and 503) have items of date, time zone, schedule content, and priority, respectively. The priorities of the records 501 and 502 are “B” and “C”, respectively. The priority of the record 503 is “none”.

  A record of schedule data is generated in the schedule DB 25 by the input mode process 21, a record of schedule data is searched in a search mode process to be described later, and an image showing a search result in a predetermined display mode is generated.

  6 to 9 are flowcharts showing examples of search mode processing according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, first, the search mode processing unit 22 receives an input of a search keyword by a user's key operation of the input unit 12 (step 601). In the present embodiment, the search keyword may be date, time zone, and schedule content. If there is an inappropriate input other than these, the display processing unit 23 generates an error display image and displays it on the screen of the display unit 13 to obtain an appropriate input. The input search keyword is stored in the RAM 15 (step 602).

  Next, the search mode processing unit 22 accepts a period mode input by a user's key operation of the input unit 12 (step 603). In the present embodiment, the period mode is a mode for determining which period is preferentially displayed when the search result of the schedule DB 25 executed by the search mode processing unit 22 is displayed. In the present embodiment, the period mode includes “all cases mode” in which priority periods are not particularly limited, “future mode” in which current and future schedules are displayed with priority, and past schedules in priority. The “past mode” to be displayed is included. When inputting the period mode, the search mode processing unit 22 causes the display processing unit 23 to display a list of three modes on the screen of the display unit 13 and select a desired one by a user key operation. Just do it.

  When the period mode is “all cases mode”, the search mode processing unit 22 sets “0” to the period flag KF for specifying the period mode (step 605). When the period mode is “future mode”, the search mode processing unit 22 sets “1” in the period flag KF (step 606). When the period mode is “past mode”, the search mode processing unit 22 sets “2” to the period flag KF (step 607). The value set as the period flag KF is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 15. Thereafter, the search mode processing unit 22 waits for an input of a search start instruction by a user's key operation of the input unit 12 (step 608).

  When the input of the search start instruction is accepted (Yes in Step 608), the search mode processing unit 22 searches the schedule data in the schedule DB 25 and extracts a group of records including the search keyword (Step 609). Next, the search mode processing unit 22 determines whether KF ≠ 0, that is, whether the period mode is not “all cases mode” (step 610). If it is determined Yes in step 610, the search mode processing unit 22 acquires the current date and time (step 611), and the group of records extracted in step 609 is a record group whose date and time is after the current date and time. And a record group past the current date and time (step 612). In the present embodiment, when the current date / time is included in the time zone in the record of the schedule data, the search mode processing unit 22 determines that the date / time of the record is after the current date / time. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and in the above case, the record may be determined to be past the current date and time.

  Next, the search mode processing unit 22 determines whether or not the period flag KF = 1 (step 701). When the period flag KF = 1, that is, when the period mode is “future mode” (Yes in Step 701), the search mode processing unit 22 sets the date / time of the record group divided in Step 612 to the current date / time. With respect to the subsequent record group, a record having a priority value, that is, a record whose priority value is not “None” is extracted (step 702). If there is no record having a priority value (Yes in step 703), the search mode processing unit 22 sorts records whose date and time are after the current date and time in order of date and time, starting from the newest date and time. A schedule image in which the contents of the records (schedule contents) are arranged in order is generated (step 704), and the schedule contents included in the schedule image are first highlighted (step 705). For example, the schedule content is displayed in bold as the first highlighting.

  Further, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the record group whose date and time is earlier than the current date and time in order of date and time, and displays a schedule image in which the contents of the records (schedule content) are arranged in order from the newest date and time. And added to the lower side of the schedule image generated in step 704 (step 706). The added schedule content is a normal display mode. The schedule image generated in steps 704 and 705 and including the schedule content according to the first highlighting and the schedule content according to the normal display mode generated in step 706 arranged subsequently is displayed by the display processing unit 23. It is displayed on the screen of the unit 13.

  If it is determined No in step 703, that is, if there is a record having a priority value, the search mode processing unit 22 is a record extracted in step 702 whose date and time is after the current date and time. Then, the records having the priority value are sorted according to the priority, and a schedule image in which the record contents (schedule contents) are arranged in order from the highest priority is generated (step 707). Next, the search mode processing unit 22 sets the schedule content included in the schedule image generated in step 707 as the second highlight (step 708). For example, as the second highlighting, the schedule content is displayed in a different color (red, etc.) from the other content and bold, or in a typeface (italic etc.) different from the other content, and Applicable to display in bold.

  The search mode processing unit 22 sorts the remaining records, that is, records having no priority value among the records whose date and time are after the current date and time, in order of date and time, and the contents of the records (schedule contents) Are generated and added to the image generated in step 707 (step 709). The search mode processing unit 22 sets the schedule content included in the added schedule image as the first highlight display (step 710).

  Further, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the record group whose date and time is earlier than the current date and time in order of date and time, and displays a schedule image in which the contents of the record (schedule content) are arranged in order from the newest date and time. And added to the lower side of the schedule image generated in step 709 (step 706). Therefore, when it is determined No in Step 703, the schedule content by the second highlight content generated in Steps 707 and 708, and the second content generated in Steps 709 and 710, which are subsequently arranged, are generated. The schedule image including the schedule content by highlighting 1 and the schedule content according to the normal display mode generated in step 706 arranged subsequently is displayed on the screen of the display unit 13 by the display processing unit 23. The

  When it is determined No in step 702, that is, when the period flag KF = 2 and the period mode is “past mode”, the search mode processing unit 22 includes the record group divided in step 612. For the record group whose date and time is earlier than the current date and time, a record having a priority value, that is, a record whose priority value is not “none” is extracted (step 801). If there is no record having the priority value (Yes in step 802), the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the records whose date and time are earlier than the current date and time in order of date and time. A schedule image in which the contents of the records (schedule contents) are arranged in order is generated (step 803), and the schedule contents included in the schedule image are set as the first highlight (step 804).

  Further, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the record group whose date and time is after the current date and time in order of date and time, and displays a schedule image in which the contents of the record (schedule content) are arranged in order from the newest date and time. The schedule image generated in step 803 is added to the lower side (step 805). The added schedule content is a normal display mode. The schedule image generated in steps 803 and 804 and including the schedule content according to the first highlighting and the schedule content according to the normal display mode generated in step 805 arranged subsequently is displayed by the display processing unit 23. It is displayed on the screen of the unit 13.

  If it is determined No in step 802, that is, if there is a record having a priority value, the search mode processing unit 22 is a record that is extracted in step 801 and whose date and time is earlier than the current date and time. Thus, records having priority values are sorted according to priority, and a schedule image in which the contents of the records (schedule contents) are arranged in order from the highest priority is generated (step 806). Next, the search mode processing unit 22 sets the schedule content included in the schedule image generated in step 806 as the second highlight (step 807).

  In addition, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the remaining records, that is, records having no priority value among the records whose date and time are earlier than the current date and time, in order of date, and records contents (schedule contents) ) Are generated and added to the image generated in step 707 (step 808). The search mode processing unit 22 sets the schedule content included in the added schedule image as the first highlight display (step 809).

  Further, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the record group whose date and time are after the current date and time in order of date and time, and displays the schedule image in which the contents of the record (schedule content) are arranged in order from the newest date and time. The schedule image generated in step 808 is added to the lower side (step 805). Therefore, when it is determined No in step 802, the schedule content by the second highlight content generated in steps 806 and 807, and the second content generated in steps 808 and 809, which are subsequently arranged, The schedule image including the schedule content according to the highlighting of 1 and the schedule content according to the normal display mode generated in step 805 arranged subsequently is displayed on the screen of the display unit 13 by the display processing unit 23. The

  Next, the case where No is determined in step 610 will be described. If it is determined No in step 610, the search mode processing unit 22 has a priority value for the schedule data record extracted by the search using the keyword in step 609, that is, the priority value is “ Records that are not “none” are extracted (step 901).

  When there is no record having the priority value (Yes in Step 902), the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the records acquired in Step 609 in order of date and time, and in order from the newest date and time. A schedule image in which the contents of the record (schedule contents) are arranged is generated (step 903), and the schedule contents included in the schedule image are displayed as a third highlight (step 904). For example, as the third highlighting, the schedule content may be displayed in a color (red) different from the other content, or displayed in a typeface (italic etc.) different from the other content.

  If it is determined No in step 902, that is, if there is a record having a priority value, the search mode processing unit 22 selects the record having the priority value extracted in step 901 in accordance with the priority. Sorting is performed to generate a schedule image in which the record contents (schedule contents) are arranged in order from the highest priority (step 905). Next, the search mode processing unit 22 sets the schedule content included in the schedule image generated in step 905 as the third highlighted display (step 906).

  Further, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the remaining records, that is, the records having no priority value among the records acquired in step 609 in order of date and time, and arranges the record contents (schedule contents). A schedule image as described above is generated and added to the image generated in step 905 (step 907). If it is determined NO in step 902, the schedule image generated in steps 905 and 906 according to the third highlighted content, and the schedule image generated in step 907, which is subsequently arranged, is included. Is displayed on the screen of the display unit 13 by the display processing unit 23.

  After step 706, 805, step 904, and step 907, the search mode processing unit 22 clears the period flag KF (step 908), clears the search keyword (step 909), and clears the period mode (step 908). Step 910).

  FIG. 10 shows the schedule data shown in FIG. 5 on the screen 1000 of the display unit 13 when the search keyword is searched as “conference” (see reference numeral 1001) and the period mode is “future mode” (see reference numeral 1002). It is a figure which shows the schedule image displayed. When the schedule data shown in FIG. 5 is searched in the search keyword and period mode, the search mode processing unit 22 advances the processing in the order of steps 609 to 612, steps 701 to 703, 707 to 710, and 706 from step 609. It is done. Therefore, a record group including the keyword “meeting” is acquired in step 609, and the record group is divided into two groups of records with the current date and time “April 2, 10:00” as a boundary.

  Further, in the records after the current date and time, the records having priority values are sorted in descending order according to the priority, and the contents are displayed in second highlight (in FIG. 10, italics and bold). is doing. In FIG. 10, the schedule content indicated by reference numeral 1003 corresponds to the image generated in steps 707 and 708 and is displayed in the second highlighted display. Further, a record without priority is displayed in the first highlighted display (in bold in FIG. 10) after the second highlighted schedule content. In FIG. 10, the schedule content indicated by reference numeral 1004 corresponds to the image generated in steps 709 and 710 and is displayed in the second highlighted display. Further, records past the current date and time are displayed in a normal display mode under the second highlighted schedule content (see reference numeral 1005).

  FIG. 11 shows the schedule data shown in FIG. 5 on the screen 1100 of the display unit 13 when the search keyword is searched as “meeting” and the period mode is “past mode” (see reference numeral 1101) as in FIG. It is a figure which shows the schedule image displayed. When the schedule data shown in FIG. 5 is searched in the search keyword and period mode, the search mode processing unit 22 processes in steps 609 to 612, steps 701, 801, 802, 806 to 809, and 805 in this order. Is advanced. Therefore, a record group including the keyword “meeting” is acquired in step 609, and the record group is divided into two groups of records with the current date and time “April 2, 10:00” as a boundary.

  In addition, in records past the current date and time, records having priority values are sorted in descending order according to priority, and the contents are displayed in second highlight (in FIG. 11, italics and bold). it's shown. In FIG. 11, the schedule content indicated by reference numeral 1102 corresponds to the image generated in steps 806 and 807 and is displayed in the second highlighted display. In addition, a record without priority is displayed in the first highlighted display (bold in FIG. 10) and behind the second highlighted schedule content. In the example of FIG. Record is not displayed because it does not exist. Further, the records after the current date and time are displayed in the normal display mode sorted in the order of date and time under the highlighted schedule content (see reference numeral 1103).

  According to the present embodiment, when the period mode is the “future mode” or the “past mode”, the search mode processing unit 22 uses the current date and time as a boundary to extract a group of records extracted from the date and time. The first record group after the current date and time, and the date and time are divided into a second record group past the current date and time. When the period mode is “future mode”, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the records included in the first record group in order of date and time, the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and A first highlight image whose contents are displayed by the first highlight display is generated, and records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort. Then, a schedule image added to the first highlight image is generated. Thereby, in the schedule image, the schedule contents at the time selected in the period mode (after the current time or past the current time) are displayed with priority, and the schedule contents at other times are also displayed. Similarly, in the second period mode, a schedule in which a first highlight image for a record included in the second record group and an image for a record included in the subsequent first record group are arranged. An image is generated.

  Therefore, the user can preferentially view the schedule contents based on the selected period mode, and can refer to other schedule contents without the need for an extra operation.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the record of the schedule data can include a priority value indicating the priority of the schedule. When the period mode is “future mode”, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the records included in the record group having the priority value extracted from the first record group according to the priority. A second highlighted image in which the contents of the records are arranged according to the sorting and the contents are displayed by the second highlighted display is generated and arranged at the head of the schedule image. Similarly, the search mode processing unit 22 sorts the records included in the record group having the priority value extracted from the second record group according to the priority when the period mode is “past mode”. Then, a second highlighted image in which the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort and the contents are displayed by the second highlighted display is generated and arranged at the head of the schedule image.

  Therefore, in the schedule contents based on the selected period mode, the priority given is displayed with the highest priority in the schedule image according to the priority. Therefore, the user can check the schedule contents of the selected period mode in order of priority.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, in the “future mode”, the remaining records of the first record group that do not have priority are sorted in date order, arranged according to the sort, and A first highlighted image displayed by highlighting is generated and added to the second highlighted image. Similarly, in the “past mode”, the remaining records having no priority in the second record group are sorted in order of date, arranged in accordance with the sort, and displayed by the first highlighting. One highlighted image is generated and added to the second highlighted image. Therefore, it is possible to make it convenient for the user to check the schedule.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, when the period mode is “all cases mode” that does not limit the priority period, the search mode processing unit 22 records records having a priority value from records acquired by keyword search. A third highlighted image in which a group is extracted, records belonging to the record group are sorted according to priority, the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are displayed by the third highlighted display And records that belong to the record group that does not have a priority value are sorted in order of date and time, and an image in which the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort is generated, and the third highlighted image is displayed. The added schedule image is generated. Therefore, the user can check the schedule contents in order of priority even when the period is not limited.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims, and these are also included in the scope of the present invention. Needless to say.

  For example, in the embodiment described above, the schedule data record includes items such as date and time, but may be configured to include a single time (for example, start time) instead of the time zone. good.

  Further, in the above embodiment, with the current date and time as a boundary, a record group in which the date and time zone are after the current date and time, and a record group in which the date and time zone are earlier than the current date and time Although it is divided, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the user inputs a desired date and time, and the date and time zone are after the predetermined date and time with the input predetermined date and time as a boundary. You may divide | segment into a record group and a record group whose date and time slot | zone are before a predetermined date.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a schedule management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the schedule management apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing executed in the schedule management apparatus according to this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of input mode processing according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a record of schedule data according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of search mode processing according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of search mode processing according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of search mode processing according to the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of search mode processing according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a schedule image displayed on the screen of the display unit when searching the schedule data shown in FIG. 5 with the search keyword “conference” and the period mode “future mode”. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a schedule image displayed on the screen of the display unit when searching the schedule data shown in FIG. 5 with the search keyword “conference” and the period mode “past mode”.

Explanation of symbols

10 Schedule management device 11 CPU
12 Input unit 13 Display unit 14 Input I / F
15 RAM
16 ROM
21 Input mode processing unit 22 Search mode processing unit 23 Display processing unit 24 Mode switching processing unit 25 Schedule DB

Claims (5)

A schedule database for storing records of schedule data having items of date, time and schedule content;
Keyword accepting means for accepting an input of a keyword for searching for a record in the schedule database;
When displaying the search results, the period mode is for specifying the period in which the contents of the record should be displayed with priority, and the first period mode that prioritizes the future schedule and the past schedule are prioritized. Period mode accepting means for accepting any input of the second period mode;
Using the keyword received by the keyword receiving means, search for the record of the schedule data, and the keyword search means for extracting a predetermined group of records in the schedule data;
When the period mode is the first period mode or the second period mode, the extracted record is the first record whose date and time are after the predetermined date and time with a predetermined date and time as a boundary. And a record dividing means for dividing the date and time into a second record group that is past the predetermined date and time,
When the period mode is the first period mode, the records included in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are the first A first highlighted image displayed by highlighting 1 is generated, and records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time. Generating a schedule image added to the first highlighted image, and
When the period mode is the second period mode, the records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time, the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are the first A first highlighted image displayed by highlighting 1 is generated, and records included in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time. Schedule image generating means for generating and generating a schedule image added to the first highlighted image;
And a display means for displaying the schedule image generated by the schedule image generation means. The record of the schedule data may include a priority value indicating the priority of the schedule;
When the period mode is the first period mode, a record group having the priority value is extracted from the first record group, and when the period mode is the second period mode And a record extracting means for extracting a record group having the priority value from the second record group,
The schedule image generating means
When the period mode is the first period mode, the records included in the record group having the priority value extracted from the first record group are sorted according to the priority value, and Generating a second highlighted image in which the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort and the contents are displayed by the second highlighted display, and arranged at the head of the schedule image;
When the period mode is the second period mode, the records included in the record group having the priority value extracted from the second record group are sorted according to the priority value, and The contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and a second highlighted image in which the contents are displayed by the second highlighted display is generated and arranged at the head of the schedule image. The schedule management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The schedule image generating means
When the period mode is the first period mode, the remaining records that do not have the priority value in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort. And adding the first highlighted image whose contents are displayed by the first highlighted display to the second highlighted image,
When the period mode is the second period mode, the remaining records of the second record group that do not have the priority value are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first highlighted image whose content is displayed by the first highlighted display is added to the second highlighted image. 4. Schedule management device. The record of the schedule data may include a priority value indicating the priority of the schedule;
The period mode input means accepts an input of any of the first period mode, the second period mode, and a third period mode that does not limit the priority period;
The schedule image generating means
When the period mode is the third period mode, a record group having the priority value is extracted from the records extracted by the keyword search means, and records belonging to the record group are set to the priority value. Therefore, sorting is performed to generate a third highlighted image in which the contents of the records are arranged in accordance with the sorting, and the contents are displayed by the third highlighting, and does not have the priority value. It is configured to sort records belonging to a record group in order of date and time, generate an image in which the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and generate a schedule image added to the third highlighted image The schedule management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein In a computer having a schedule database for storing records of schedule data having items of date, time and schedule contents, the computer includes:
A keyword receiving step for receiving an input of a keyword for searching for a record in the schedule database;
When displaying the search results, the period mode is for specifying the period in which the contents of the record should be displayed with priority, and the first period mode that prioritizes the future schedule and the past schedule are prioritized. A period mode accepting step for accepting any input of the second period mode;
A keyword search step of searching for a record of the schedule data using the keyword received in the keyword reception step, and extracting a predetermined group of records in the schedule data;
When the period mode is the first period mode or the second period mode, the extracted record is the first record whose date and time are after the predetermined date and time with a predetermined date and time as a boundary. And a record dividing step of dividing the date and time into a second record group that is past the predetermined date and time;
When the period mode is the first period mode, the records included in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time, and the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are the first A first highlighted image displayed by highlighting 1 is generated, and records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time. Generating a schedule image added to the first highlighted image, and
When the period mode is the second period mode, the records included in the second record group are sorted in order of date and time, the contents of the records are arranged according to the sort, and the contents are the first A first highlight image displayed by highlighting 1 is generated, and records included in the first record group are sorted in order of date and time. A schedule image generating step for generating and generating a schedule image added to the first highlighted image;
And a display step for displaying the schedule image generated in the schedule image generation step.

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