JP2012103868A - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that extract dates meeting predetermined conditions from a calendar in which a schedule of a user is stored, and present the extracted dates together to the user.SOLUTION: A schedule storage unit 12 stores schedule information, which is input by the user, that an input information reception unit 11 receives from a terminal 6 associatively with dates of the calendar. Further, the input information reception unit 11 receives extraction conditions for extracting dates from the calendar that the user inputs from the terminal 6. A data extraction unit 13 extracts dates meeting the extraction conditions from the calendar stored in the schedule storage unit 12. A display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the dates of the calendar extracted by the date extraction unit 13 and schedule information made to correspond to the dates. A display information transmission unit 15 transmits the display information generated by the display information generation unit 14 to the terminal 6.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

  Some information processing apparatuses such as mobile phones and PCs have a function for a user to register and refer to a schedule. There is also a system in which a user accesses an information processing apparatus (server) via a network to register / refer to a schedule. On the other hand, there are information processing apparatuses such as mobile phones and PCs that have a function for users to send and receive e-mails. There is also a system in which a user accesses an information processing apparatus (server) via a network to send and receive electronic mail.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a schedule management system that selects a plurality of arbitrary dates and extracts and displays a schedule of the selected dates. Patent Document 2 discloses a schedule management device that registers an event on a specified day of a specified week. Patent Document 3 discloses a schedule search device that searches a schedule using a search word. Patent Document 4 discloses a schedule management device that registers a repetitive schedule on a specified date. Patent Document 5 discloses an information processing apparatus that extracts information on processing corresponding to an operation performed by a user, an event that has occurred, a schedule, and the like, stored in a calendar format, according to the type of processing specified by the user. ing.

  Patent Documents 6 to 11 disclose a technique in which mail addresses are divided into groups, and a user selects a group so that the mail addresses of all members in the group are set as destinations.

JP 2001-148834 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-075253 JP 2010-097298 A JP 2003-288330 A JP 2005-275833 A JP 2004-310599 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-183910 JP 2002-244972 A JP 2001-156829 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-149691 JP 2007-249847 A

  As an issue in the function of registering and referring to the schedule of the information processing apparatus, in the case of a calendar format, the screen for displaying and registering the schedule is presented to the user on consecutive days in a week or month, and thus satisfies a predetermined condition The user had to look for the date visually. In the related technology, a schedule that satisfies a predetermined condition can be searched or a schedule can be registered under a predetermined condition, but dates that satisfy a predetermined condition cannot be collectively referred to.

  On the other hand, in the function of setting the email addresses of all the members in the group as the destination by grouping the email addresses and selecting the group by the user as in the related technology, the setting of the email destination (To , Cc, Bcc) is set by the user clicking (or tapping) a button or the like in advance, and then a group needs to be selected.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and for a calendar in which schedule information is stored in association with a date, a date satisfying a predetermined condition can be extracted, and the extracted date can be collectively presented to a user. An object is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. It is another object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can easily set each mail address included in a destination group input to an e-mail to any one of To, Cc, and Bcc. And

An information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention provides:
Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule information in which date information indicating a date is associated with event information indicating an event;
Schedule storage means for storing the schedule information in association with the date indicated by the date information of the calendar;
Condition acquisition means for acquiring an extraction condition including a date condition and / or an event condition input by the user;
Extracting means for extracting the date of the calendar satisfying the extraction condition;
If there is the event information corresponding to the extracted date, display information for displaying the extracted date together with the event information corresponding to the date is generated, and the event corresponding to the extracted date is generated. If there is no elephant information, display means for displaying only the extracted date is generated, and presenting means for presenting to the user,
It is characterized by providing.

The extraction condition includes a condition for extracting a predetermined day of the week,
The extraction unit may extract a date of the calendar on the predetermined day of the week.

The extraction condition includes a condition for extracting a date for each predetermined interval,
The extraction unit may extract a date on the calendar for each predetermined interval.

The extraction condition includes a text extraction condition for extracting the schedule information including a predetermined text,
The extraction unit may extract a date of the calendar corresponding to the schedule information that satisfies the text extraction condition.

The extraction condition includes a condition for extracting a date not associated with the schedule information,
The extraction unit may extract a date of the calendar that is not associated with the schedule information.

The schedule information includes time zone information indicating a time zone,
The extraction condition includes a condition for extracting a date not associated with the schedule information including the time zone information overlapping with a predetermined time zone,
The extraction unit may extract a date of the calendar that is not associated with the schedule information including the time zone information overlapping with the predetermined time zone.

The event information includes type information indicating a type of event, time zone information indicating a time zone, person information indicating a partner, and location information indicating a location,
A selection date acquisition means for acquiring the date selected by the user;
The presenting means generates display information for displaying the type information, the time zone information, the person information, and the location information included in the event information corresponding to the date selected by the user of the calendar, It may be presented to the user.

The event information includes type information indicating a type of event, time zone information indicating a time zone, person information indicating a partner, and location information indicating a location,
An instruction date acquisition means for acquiring the date indicated by the user;
In the vicinity of the date indicated by the user on the calendar, the presenting means includes the type information, the time zone information, the person information, and the person information included in the event information corresponding to the date indicated by the user. Display information for additionally displaying location information may be generated and presented to the user.

An information processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention provides:
Email address storage means for storing grouped email addresses;
An email acquisition means for acquiring an email entered by the user;
Destination acquisition means for acquiring destination group information input by the user, indicating a destination group of the email;
Determining means for determining the number of clicks or taps when the user inputs the destination group information;
Setting means for setting a mail address included in the destination group to one of To, Cc and Bcc based on the number of clicks or taps;
It is characterized by providing.

  The determination unit may change the number of clicks or taps corresponding to the settings of To, Cc, and Bcc, depending on how frequently the user uses these settings.

An information processing method according to a third aspect of the present invention includes:
An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus in which a user registers and refers to a schedule,
A schedule acquisition step for acquiring schedule information in which date information indicating a date is associated with event information indicating an event;
A schedule storage step of storing the schedule information in association with the date indicated by the date information of the calendar;
A condition acquisition step for acquiring an extraction condition including a date condition and / or an event condition input by the user;
An extraction step of extracting a date of the calendar that satisfies the extraction condition;
If there is the event information corresponding to the extracted date, display information for displaying the extracted date together with the event information corresponding to the date is generated, and the event corresponding to the extracted date is generated. If there is no elephant information, a display step for displaying only the extracted date is generated and presented to the user;
It is characterized by providing.

An information processing method according to the fourth aspect of the present invention includes:
An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that includes a mail address storage unit that stores grouped mail addresses and that allows a user to send and receive mail,
An email retrieval step for retrieving an email entered by the user;
A destination acquisition step of acquiring destination group information input by the user, indicating a destination group of the email;
A determination step of determining the number of clicks or taps when the user inputs the destination group information;
A setting step of setting an email address included in the destination group to one of To, Cc and Bcc based on the number of clicks or taps;
It is characterized by providing.

A program according to a fifth aspect of the present invention provides a computer,
Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule information in which date information indicating a date is associated with event information indicating an event;
Schedule storage means for storing the schedule information in association with the date indicated by the date information of the calendar;
Condition acquisition means for acquiring an extraction condition including a date condition and / or event condition input by the user,
Extraction means for extracting the date of the calendar satisfying the extraction condition;
If there is the event information corresponding to the extracted date, display information for displaying the extracted date together with the event information corresponding to the date is generated, and the event corresponding to the extracted date is generated. When there is no elephant information, display means for displaying only the extracted date is generated and presented to the user,
It is made to function as.

A program according to a sixth aspect of the present invention provides a computer,
Email address storage means for storing grouped email addresses,
Mail acquisition means for acquiring e-mail entered by the user,
A destination acquisition means for acquiring destination group information input by the user, indicating a destination group of the e-mail;
A determination unit that determines the number of clicks or taps when the user inputs the destination group information,
Setting means for setting a mail address included in the destination group to one of To, Cc, and Bcc based on the number of clicks or taps;
It is made to function as.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the date which satisfy | fills predetermined conditions can be extracted and can be shown to a user collectively about the calendar which matched the schedule information with the date and memorize | stored. In addition, each mail address included in the destination group input to the electronic mail by the user can be easily set to any one of To, Cc, and Bcc.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information processing system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the schedule information matched with the calendar which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a calendar according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the date extracted by the predetermined day of the week which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the date extracted at the predetermined space | interval which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display which extracted the date with which the schedule information containing the predetermined text which concerns on Embodiment 1 was matched. It is a figure which shows the example of a display which extracted the date with which the schedule information which concerns on Embodiment 1 is not matched. It is a figure which shows the example of a display which extracted the date with which the schedule information which overlaps with the predetermined time slot | zone which concerns on Embodiment 1 is not matched. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of a schedule extraction process according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information processing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of 1 day display of the schedule information which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the additional display of the schedule information which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of a schedule extraction process according to the second embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information processing system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic mail according to a third embodiment. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of an address book according to Embodiment 3. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an e-mail in which a mail address of a destination group according to Embodiment 3 is input. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of destination input processing according to the third embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  In the present invention, the schedule information is information in which date information indicating a date is associated with event information indicating an event. Events include past events that occurred in the past and scheduled events that occur in the future. The event information includes at least one of type information indicating the type of event, personal information indicating the other party, and location information indicating the location. The schedule information may further include time zone information indicating a time zone.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for inventing is demonstrated in detail with reference to drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an information processing system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The information processing system 100 includes an information processing apparatus 1 and a terminal 6 connected via a network 8. The information processing apparatus 1 includes an input information acquisition unit 11, a schedule storage unit 12, a date extraction unit 13, a display information generation unit 14, and a display information transmission unit 15. In addition, although one terminal 6 is illustrated as a representative, a plurality of terminals 6 may be connected to the network 8.

  The input information receiving unit 11 receives the schedule information input to the terminal 6 by the user from the terminal 6 and sends it to the schedule storage unit 12. The input information receiving unit 11 receives a predetermined condition (hereinafter referred to as an extraction condition) for extracting the date of the calendar input by the user to the terminal 6 and sends it to the date extraction unit 13.

  The schedule storage unit 12 stores a calendar. The schedule storage unit 12 refers to the date information of the schedule information received from the input information receiving unit 11 and stores it in association with the date of the calendar.

  The date extraction unit 13 extracts a date satisfying the extraction condition received from the input information reception unit 11 from the calendar stored in the schedule storage unit 12. The date extraction unit 13 sends the extracted date to the display information generation unit 14 together with the schedule associated with the date.

  The display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the calendar date received from the date extraction unit 13 and the event information corresponding to the date, and sends the display information to the display information transmission unit 15.

  The display information transmission unit 15 transmits the display information received from the display information generation unit 14 to the terminal 6.

  The terminal 6 includes a communication terminal that can be connected to a network such as a PC, a PDA, or a mobile phone. The terminal 6 is a terminal for a user to refer to or register a schedule with respect to the information processing apparatus 1. The terminal 6 transmits the input information input by the user to the information processing apparatus 1 and displays the display information received from the information processing apparatus 1.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of schedule information associated with a calendar according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 shows an example of schedule information associated with a certain October calendar. The calendar consists of date and day of the week. In the example of FIG. 2, the schedule information includes date information indicating a date, time zone information indicating a time zone, type information indicating an event type, partner information indicating a partner, and location information indicating a place. Is done. The schedule storage unit 12 stores the schedule information in association with the date of the calendar corresponding to the date information. For example, on October 1 (Friday), schedule of date information “October 1”, time zone information “15:00 to 17:00”, partner information “none”, and location information “second meeting room” Information is stored.

  The type information indicating the type of the event may be text input by the user, or may be selected by the user from preset type information. In addition, the schedule information is not limited to date information, time zone information, type information, partner information, and location information, but also remark information that indicates details of the schedule (for example, the agenda of the meeting, the contents of the meeting, the title of the movie, etc.) Other information may be included.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a calendar according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is an example of display information for displaying the October calendar shown in FIG. 2 together with corresponding schedule information. In the example of FIG. 3, the start time and type information of the time zone information included in the schedule information associated with the date are displayed for each date on the calendar. If the time information is not included in the schedule information as in October 4 (Monday) to October 6 (Wednesday), only the type information is displayed. For example, when there are up to three schedule information items that can be displayed in the daily frame, the start time is displayed on a date associated with three or more schedule information items in one day, such as October 30 (Saturday). The start time and type information of the time zone information of the three schedule information are displayed in order from the earliest, and “...” Is displayed at the end.

  In addition, when the user clicks on a date character on the calendar, the user can input schedule information on the date. When the user clicks the date character of the display information displayed on the terminal 6 and newly inputs event information, the terminal 6 associates the date information of the input date with the input event information as schedule information. It transmits to the information processing apparatus 1. The method for inputting the schedule information is not limited to the method of clicking the date character on the calendar, but may be another method such as a method of displaying another icon and clicking, or a method of clicking in the date frame.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of dates extracted on a predetermined day of the week according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 shows display information obtained by extracting only Monday dates of the October calendar shown in FIG. 2 and displaying them together with corresponding schedule information.

  When the user inputs, for example, a command “Monday” indicating a condition for extracting Monday dates as an extraction condition to the terminal 6, the input information receiving unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 receives information indicating the extraction condition “Monday” from the terminal 6. Receive. The date extraction unit 13 refers to the day of the calendar of October stored in the schedule storage unit 12 according to the extraction condition “Monday” and extracts the date of the calendar only for Monday. Here, October 4, 11, 18, and 25 are extracted. The date extraction unit 13 sends the extracted date and schedule information associated with the date to the display information generation unit 14. The display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the calendar date for only Monday received from the date extraction unit 13 and schedule information associated with the date, and sends the display information to the display information transmission unit 15. The display information transmission unit 15 transmits the display information received from the display information generation unit 14 to the terminal 6. The terminal 6 displays the received display information.

  In this way, when the user wants to make a schedule on a predetermined day of the week, schedule information for only that day can be referred to collectively, and can be easily grasped.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of dates extracted at predetermined intervals according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 shows display information that is obtained by extracting only the dates of the 5-day interval of the October calendar shown in FIG. 2 and displaying them together with the corresponding schedule information.

  For example, when the user inputs a command “5-day interval” indicating a condition for extracting a date every five days as an extraction condition to the terminal 6, the input information receiving unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 receives the extraction condition “ Information indicating “5-day interval” is received. The date extraction unit 13 refers to the date of the calendar in October stored in the schedule storage unit 12 according to the extraction condition “5-day interval”, and extracts the date of the calendar at intervals of 1 to 5 days. Here, October 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 21, 26, and 31 are extracted. The date extraction unit 13 sends the extracted date and schedule information associated with the date to the display information generation unit 14. The display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the calendar date 1 to 5 days received from the date extraction unit 13 and the schedule information associated with the date, and the display information transmission unit 15 Send to. The display information transmission unit 15 transmits the display information received from the display information generation unit 14 to the terminal 6. The terminal 6 displays the received display information.

  As described above, when the user wants to make a schedule at a predetermined interval, the schedule information at the predetermined interval can be referred to collectively and can be easily grasped.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example in which dates associated with schedule information including predetermined text according to the first embodiment are extracted. FIG. 6 shows the display information that is extracted together with the schedule information corresponding to the extracted schedule information including the schedule information including the text “Conference” in the October calendar shown in FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 6, the date associated with the schedule information including the predetermined text is extracted, but the date associated with the schedule information including the predetermined type information may be extracted.

  When the user inputs a command “text / meeting” indicating a text extraction condition for extracting text “meeting”, for example, to the terminal 6, the input information receiving unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 extracts from the terminal 6. Information indicating the condition “text / conference” is received. Note that the text extraction condition is not limited to a single word such as “text / meeting”, but may be a combination of a plurality of words such as “text / meeting and first” or “text / meeting or visitors”. Good.

  The date extracting unit 13 refers to the schedule information stored in the October calendar by the schedule storage unit 12 according to the extraction condition “text / conference”, and is associated with the schedule information including the text “conference”. Extract the date. Here, October 1, 8, 11, 15, 22, 22, 28, and 29 are extracted. The date extraction unit 13 sends the extracted date and schedule information associated with the date to the display information generation unit 14. The display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the date of the calendar associated with the schedule information including the text “conference” received from the date extraction unit 13 and the schedule information, and the display information transmission unit Send to 15. The display information transmission unit 15 transmits the display information received from the display information generation unit 14 to the terminal 6. The terminal 6 displays the received display information.

  As described above, when the user wants to search for schedule information including a predetermined text, the date associated with the schedule information including the predetermined text can be referred to collectively, and can be easily searched.

  In the example of FIGS. 4 to 6, all the information included in the schedule information associated with the date is displayed in the date column extracted by the date extraction unit 13. Only the start time and type information of the time zone information included in the schedule information associated with the date may be displayed in the date column.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example in which dates that are not associated with schedule information according to the first embodiment are extracted. FIG. 7 is an example of display information in which only dates that do not store schedule information of the October calendar shown in FIG. 2 are extracted and displayed together.

  When the user inputs a command “empty schedule” indicating a condition for extracting a date not associated with schedule information to the terminal 6 as an extraction condition, for example, the input information receiving unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 extracts from the terminal 6. Information indicating the condition “free schedule” is received. The date extraction unit 13 refers to the October calendar stored in the schedule storage unit 12 according to the extraction condition “empty schedule”, and extracts a date that is not associated with schedule information. Here, October 7, 13, 16, 18, 18 and 27 are extracted. The date extraction unit 13 sends the extracted date to the display information generation unit 14. The display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the date received from the date extraction unit 13 and sends the display information to the display information transmission unit 15. The display information transmission unit 15 transmits the display information received from the display information generation unit 14 to the terminal 6. The terminal 6 displays the received display information.

  As described above, when the user wants to make a schedule on a day without a schedule, the dates that are not associated with the schedule information can be collectively referred to and can be easily grasped.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example in which dates that are not associated with schedule information that overlaps with a predetermined time period according to the first embodiment are extracted. FIG. 8 is a display in which only dates that are not associated with schedule information including time zone information that overlaps the time zone of 18:00 to 24:00 of the October calendar shown in FIG. 2 are extracted and displayed together. It is an example of information.

  For example, a command “18:00 to 24:00, empty schedule” indicating a condition for the user to extract a date that does not correspond to schedule information overlapping with the time zone of 18:00 to 24:00 as an extraction condition in the terminal 6 ”Is input, the input information receiving unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 receives information indicating the extraction condition“ 18:00 to 24:00, empty schedule ”from the terminal 6. The date extraction unit 13 refers to the schedule information stored in the calendar of October by the schedule storage unit 12 in accordance with the extraction condition “18: 00 to 24:00, empty schedule”, and from 18: 00 to 24:00. A date that is not associated with schedule information including time zone information overlapping with the time zone is extracted. Here, October 1, 3, 7, 18, and 27 are extracted. The date extraction unit 13 sends the extracted date and schedule information associated with the date to the display information generation unit 14. The display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the date received from the date extraction unit 13 and the schedule information associated with the date, and sends the display information to the display information transmission unit 15. The display information transmission unit 15 transmits the display information received from the display information generation unit 14 to the terminal 6. The terminal 6 displays the received display information.

  In this way, if the user wants to make a schedule on a day that does not have a schedule in a given time zone, refer to the dates that do not store schedule information including time zone information that overlaps with that time zone. Can be easily grasped.

  Note that the display information for displaying the date extracted by the date extracting unit 13 is not limited to the one that collectively displays the date satisfying the extraction condition for one month of the current month, as shown in FIGS. For example, a list of dates satisfying the extraction conditions for several months may be displayed, or a start date may be designated and a list of dates satisfying the extraction conditions for one month from the start date may be displayed.

  Further, the number of commands indicating the extraction condition is not limited to one, and a plurality of commands may be combined.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the schedule extraction process according to the first embodiment.

  First, the input information receiving unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 receives the extraction condition input by the user from the terminal 6 (step S11). The date extraction unit 13 extracts a date satisfying the extraction condition from the calendar stored in the schedule storage unit 12 (step S12). The display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the date extracted by the date extraction unit 13 and the schedule information stored on the date (step S13). The display information transmission unit 15 transmits the display information generated by the display information generation unit 14 to the terminal 6 (step S14), and ends the process.

The terminal 6 displays the received display information and presents it to the user.

  As described above, according to the information processing system 100 of the first embodiment, dates that satisfy a predetermined condition can be extracted and presented to the user in a calendar that stores schedule information in association with dates. Thereby, the user can easily register and refer to the schedule.

(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, the user operates the terminal 6 to access the information processing apparatus 1 via the network 8 and performs registration and reference of the schedule. In the second embodiment, the information processing apparatus 1 is configured by a terminal such as a PC, a PDA, or a mobile phone, and the user directly operates the information processing apparatus 1 to register and reference a schedule.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the information processing apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In the information processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment, an input unit 16 is added instead of the input information receiving unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, and a display unit 17 is added instead of the display information transmitting unit 15. Yes. The input unit 16 includes a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a contact sensor such as a touch pad, and the like, and receives a user input. The display unit 17 is configured with a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays the display information received from the display information generation unit 14.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a one-day display of schedule information according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 11A, as in FIG. 3, the start time and type information of the time zone information included in the schedule information associated with the date are displayed for each date in the calendar. In the example of FIG. 13, the input unit 16 is a touch pad, which is disposed on the liquid crystal panel of the display unit 17 and functions as a touch panel.

  As shown in FIG. 11A, when the user taps and selects a date on the calendar with a finger, schedule information for one day stored on the selected date as shown in FIG. 11B is displayed. Transition to the screen to be performed. For example, if the user taps October 11, “13: 00 to 15:00 visitor C Co., Ltd. Tanaka-san first reception room, 17:00 to 19:00 meeting, first meeting room” on October 11 The time zone information, type information, partner information, and location information of the schedule information for one day are displayed. Note that the method of selecting a date is not limited to a method of tapping a date on the touch panel, but may be a method of clicking a date with a cursor of a pointing device such as a keyboard or a mouse.

  Thus, the user can confirm the details of the schedule information for one day of the day by a simple operation such as tapping or clicking the date. Note that the method of selecting a date and displaying the schedule information for one day of the day may be applied to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of additional display of schedule information according to the second embodiment. In the example of FIG. 12, as in FIG. 11, the start time and type information of the time zone information included in the schedule information associated with the date are displayed for each date in the calendar. Similarly to FIG. 11, the input unit 16 is a touch pad, which is disposed on the liquid crystal panel of the display unit 17 and functions as a touch panel.

  When the user touches and points the date on the calendar with his / her finger, all schedule information stored on the date is added and displayed near the indicated position coordinate (pop-up display in the example of FIG. 12). For example, if the user points to October 11, “13: 00 to 15:00 visitor C Co., Ltd. Tanaka first reception room, 17:00 to 19:00 meeting first meeting room” on October 11 The time zone information, type information, partner information and location information of all stored schedule information are displayed in a pop-up.

  The method for indicating the date is not limited to the method of touching the date on the touch panel, but may be the method of moving the cursor to the date area with a pointing device such as a keyboard or a mouse. Alternatively, the method of selecting a date described in FIG. 11 may be clicked twice or tapped twice, and the method of pointing the date described in FIG. 12 may be clicked once or tapped once. Further, when the start time and type information of one time zone information displayed on the date is touched, only the touched schedule information may be popped up.

  In this way, the user can confirm the contents of the schedule information for the day while referring to the entire schedule by a simple operation such as touching the date or moving the cursor. Note that the technique of pointing to the date and popping up the contents of the schedule information stored on that day may be applied to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the schedule extraction process according to the second embodiment.

  First, the input unit 16 of the information processing apparatus 1 accepts an input of user extraction conditions (step S21). The date extraction unit 13 extracts a date satisfying the extraction condition from the calendar stored in the schedule storage unit 12 (step S22). The display information generation unit 14 generates display information for displaying the date extracted by the date extraction unit 13 and the schedule information stored on the date (step S23). The display unit 17 displays the display information generated by the display information generation unit 14 (step S24) and ends the process.

  The terminal 6 displays the received display information and presents it to the user.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment, for a calendar in which schedule information is stored in association with dates, dates that satisfy a predetermined condition can be extracted and collectively presented to the user. Thereby, the user can easily register and refer to the schedule.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an information processing system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The information processing system 200 includes an information processing apparatus 1 and a terminal 7 connected via a network 8. The information processing device 1 according to the third embodiment replaces the schedule storage unit 12, the date extraction unit 13, and the display information generation unit 14 of the information processing device 1 according to the second embodiment with a mail generation unit 21, a determination unit 22, and a mail An address storage unit 23 and a mail transmission unit 24 are provided. A plurality of terminals 7 are connected to the network 8.

  The mail generation unit 21 generates an electronic mail based on the input information received from the input unit 16 and sends it to the display unit 17. Further, the mail generation unit 21 reads the mail address included in the destination group indicated by the destination group information received from the determination unit 22 from the mail address storage unit 23. Then, the mail generation unit 21 sends an e-mail in which the mail address included in the destination group is input to any of the To, Cc, and Bcc fields received from the determination unit 22 to the mail transmission unit 24.

  The determination unit 22 stores in advance a data table in which the number of clicks (or taps) when the user selects a destination group is associated with To, Cc, and Bcc. Based on the input information received from the input unit 16, the determination unit 22 determines how many times the user has clicked (or tapped) when selecting the destination group, and refers to the data table to indicate To, Cc, or Set to either Bcc. The determination unit 22 sends the destination group information indicating the destination group input by the user and the setting of To, Cc, or Bcc to the mail generation unit 21.

  The mail address storage unit 23 stores grouped mail addresses.

  The mail transmission unit 24 transmits the electronic mail received from the mail generation unit 21 to the terminal 7 having a mail address included in the destination group.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of electronic mail according to the third embodiment. 15 is an example of an e-mail created by a user named “Suzuki” (hereinafter referred to as user (Suzuki)) addressed to “yamada@xxx.co.jp”. The content of the text of the e-mail is the time and place of the meeting on October 1st. At this time, the user (Suzuki) also sends this e-mail to “Sato”, “Tanaka”, “Yamamoto”, and “Watanabe” who accompany the meeting on October 1. When the user (Suzuki) touches (or clicks) the upper left address book button displayed in the e-mail, the display unit 17 displays an address book screen as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of the address book according to the third embodiment. The mail address storage unit 23 stores a mail address for each group. The mail address for each group may be input by the user or stored in advance. In the example of FIG. 16, the respective mail addresses “sato@***.co.jp” and “tanaka@***.co.” Of “Sato”, “Tanaka”, “Yamamoto”, and “Watanabe”. jp "," yamamoto@***.co.jp ", and" watanabe@***.co.jp "are stored as the A group. The user (Suzuki) taps (or clicks) the A group and selects it as the destination group.

  Here, it is assumed that the tap (or click) when the user selects the destination group is associated with To at once, Cc at twice, and Bcc at three times. In the example of FIG. 16, the user taps three times to set Bcc.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic mail in which a mail address of a destination group according to the third embodiment is input. FIG. 17 is a display example of an e-mail when the user (Suzuki) taps the A group in the address book three times in FIG. In the Bcc column, the email addresses “sato@***.co.jp” and “tanaka@***.co” of each of the four names “Sato”, “Tanaka”, “Yamamoto”, and “Watanabe” of the A group are displayed. .Jp "," yamamoto@***.co.jp ", and" watanabe@***.co.jp "are input.

  The email transmission unit 24 transmits the email shown in FIG. 17 to “yamada@xxx.co.jp” by To, “sato@***.co.jp”, “tanaka@***.co.jp”. ”,“ Yamamoto@***.co.jp ”, and“ watanabe@***.co.jp ”with Bcc.

  Note that the data table stored in the determination unit 22 that associates the number of times the user has tapped (or clicked) when selecting a destination group with To, Cc, and Bcc depends on the usage frequency of the user. The association may be changed. For example, when Bcc is most frequently used, when the number of taps (or clicks) is one, Bcc is set.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of destination input processing according to the third embodiment. In the example of FIG. 18, it is assumed that the tap (or click) when the user selects the destination group is associated with To at once, Cc at twice, Bcc at three times.

  First, the input unit 16 of the information processing apparatus 1 accepts selection of a destination group by the user (step S31). The mail generation unit 21 reads the mail address included in the group from the mail address storage unit 23 (step S32). The determination unit 22 determines how many times the user has clicked (or tapped) when selecting the destination group.

  When the click (or tap) is performed once (step S33; YES), the mail generation unit 21 inputs the read mail address in the To field (step S34). When the click (or tap) is not performed once (step S33; NO) and the click (or tap) is performed twice (step S35; YES), the mail generation unit 21 sets the read mail address in the column of Cc. Input (step S36). If the click (or tap) is not performed twice (step S35; NO), the mail generation unit 21 inputs the read mail address in the Bcc field (step S37) and ends the process. At this time, four or more clicks (or taps) are invalid.

  When the user clicks (or taps) the send button (see FIGS. 15 and 17), the mail generation unit 21 sends the generated electronic mail to the mail transmission unit 24. The mail transmission unit 24 transmits the electronic mail received from the mail generation unit 21 to the terminal 7 having the input mail address.

  If the mail address included in the destination group is set to Cc or Bcc in step S36 or S37, and no mail address is entered in the To field, the mail address included in the destination group One mail address may be set to To and the other mail addresses may be set to Cc or Bcc.

  As described above, according to the information processing 1 of the third embodiment, the mail addresses included in the destination group input by the user in the electronic mail can be easily set to any one of To, Cc, and Bcc. .

  In the information processing system 200, the user directly inputs an e-mail to the information processing apparatus 1. A terminal 6 for inputting user electronic mail may be connected to the information processing apparatus 1 via the network 8. In this case, the input information receiving unit 11 is provided instead of the input unit 16 of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment, and the display information transmitting unit 15 is provided instead of the display unit 17. The user operates the terminal 6 to access the information processing apparatus 1 via the network 8 and inputs an e-mail.

  In addition, in combination with the first and second embodiments of the present invention and the third embodiment, the calendar that stores the user's schedule can be extracted and presented to the user in a date that satisfies a predetermined condition, In addition, for the electronic mail created by the user, the information processing apparatus 1 that can easily set all the mail addresses included in the destination group input by the user to any one of To, Cc, and Bcc may be configured. .

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the information processing apparatus 1 includes a control unit 71, a main storage unit 72, an external storage unit 73, an operation unit 74, a display unit 75, and a transmission / reception unit 76. The main storage unit 72, the external storage unit 73, the operation unit 74, the display unit 75, and the transmission / reception unit 76 are all connected to the control unit 71 via the internal bus 70.

  The control unit 71 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and executes processing related to information processing according to a control program 79 stored in the external storage unit 73. The control unit 71 functions as the date extraction unit 13, the display information property western unit 14, the mail generation unit 21, and the determination unit 22.

  The main storage unit 72 is composed of a RAM (Random-Access Memory) or the like, loads a control program 79 stored in the external storage unit 73, and is used as a work area of the control unit 71.

  The external storage unit 73 includes a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory, a hard disk, a DVD-RAM (Digital Versatile Disc Random-Access Memory), a DVD-RW (Digital Versatile Disc ReWritable), etc. A control program 79 to be executed is stored in advance. Further, in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 71, the data stored in the control program 79 is supplied to the control unit 71, and the data supplied from the control unit 71 is stored. The schedule storage unit 12 and the mail address storage unit 23 are configured in the external storage unit 73.

  The operation unit 74 includes a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a contact sensor such as a touch pad, and an interface device that connects these to the internal bus 70. When the user directly operates the information processing apparatus 1 to register and reference a schedule, or when creating an e-mail, an instruction is supplied to the control unit 71 via the operation unit 74. The operation unit 74 functions as the input unit 16.

  The display unit 75 includes a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and displays the display information supplied from the control unit 71. The display unit 75 functions as the display unit 17.

  The transmission / reception unit 76 includes a network termination device or wireless communication device connected to the network, and a serial interface or LAN (Local Area Network) interface connected to them. The transmission / reception unit 76 connects the information processing apparatus 1 and the terminal 6 or the terminal 7 via the network 8. The input information reception unit 11, the display information transmission unit 15, and the mail transmission unit 24 are configured in the transmission / reception unit 76.

  The input information receiving unit 11, the schedule storage unit 12, the date extracting unit 13, the display information generating unit 14, the display information transmitting unit 15, the input unit 16, and the display unit 17 of the information processing apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. The processing of the mail generation unit 21, the determination unit 22, the mail address storage unit 23, and the mail transmission unit 24 is performed by the control program 79, the control unit 71, the main storage unit 72, the external storage unit 73, the operation unit 74, and the display unit 75. The processing is executed by using the transmission / reception unit 76 as a resource.

  In addition, the hardware configuration and the flowchart described above are merely examples, and can be arbitrarily changed and modified.

  A central part that performs control processing including the control unit 71, the main storage unit 72, the external storage unit 73, the operation unit 74, the internal bus 70, and the like uses a normal computer system, not a dedicated system. It is feasible. For example, a computer program for executing the above operation is stored and distributed in a computer-readable recording medium (flexible disk, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.), and the computer program is installed in the computer. Thus, the information processing apparatus 1 that executes the above-described processing may be configured. Further, the information processing apparatus 1 may be configured by storing the computer program in a storage device included in a server on a communication network such as the Internet, and downloading the normal computer system.

  Further, when the functions of the information processing apparatus 1 are realized by sharing an OS (operating system) and an application program, or by cooperation between the OS and the application program, only the application program part is stored in a recording medium or a storage device. May be.

  It is also possible to superimpose a computer program on a carrier wave and distribute it via a communication network. For example, the computer program may be posted on a bulletin board (BBS: Bulletin Board System) on a communication network, and the computer program may be distributed via the network. The computer program may be started and executed in the same manner as other application programs under the control of the OS, so that the above-described processing may be executed.

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Claims (14)

Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule information in which date information indicating a date is associated with event information indicating an event;
Schedule storage means for storing the schedule information in association with the date indicated by the date information of the calendar;
Condition acquisition means for acquiring an extraction condition including a date condition and / or an event condition input by the user;
Extracting means for extracting the date of the calendar satisfying the extraction condition;
If there is the event information corresponding to the extracted date, display information for displaying the extracted date together with the event information corresponding to the date is generated, and the event corresponding to the extracted date is generated. If there is no elephant information, display means for displaying only the extracted date is generated, and presenting means for presenting to the user,
An information processing apparatus comprising: The extraction condition includes a condition for extracting a predetermined day of the week,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts a date of the calendar on the predetermined day of the week. The extraction condition includes a condition for extracting a date for each predetermined interval,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts a date on the calendar at each predetermined interval. The extraction condition includes a text extraction condition for extracting the schedule information including a predetermined text,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts a date of the calendar corresponding to the schedule information satisfying the text extraction condition. The extraction condition includes a condition for extracting a date not associated with the schedule information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts a date of the calendar that is not associated with the schedule information. The schedule information includes time zone information indicating a time zone,
The extraction condition includes a condition for extracting a date not associated with the schedule information including the time zone information overlapping with a predetermined time zone,
6. The calendar according to claim 1, wherein the extracting unit extracts a date of the calendar not associated with the schedule information including the time zone information overlapping with the predetermined time zone. The information processing apparatus described in 1. The event information includes type information indicating a type of event, time zone information indicating a time zone, person information indicating a partner, and location information indicating a location,
A selection date acquisition means for acquiring the date selected by the user;
The presenting means generates display information for displaying the type information, the time zone information, the person information, and the location information included in the event information corresponding to the date selected by the user of the calendar, The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is presented to a user. The event information includes type information indicating a type of event, time zone information indicating a time zone, person information indicating a partner, and location information indicating a location,
An instruction date acquisition means for acquiring the date indicated by the user;
In the vicinity of the date indicated by the user on the calendar, the presenting means includes the type information, the time zone information, the person information, and the person information included in the event information corresponding to the date indicated by the user. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein display information for additionally displaying location information is generated and presented to the user. 9. Email address storage means for storing grouped email addresses;
An email acquisition means for acquiring an email entered by the user;
Destination acquisition means for acquiring destination group information input by the user, indicating a destination group of the email;
Determining means for determining the number of clicks or taps when the user inputs the destination group information;
Setting means for setting a mail address included in the destination group to one of To, Cc and Bcc based on the number of clicks or taps;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   10. The information processing according to claim 9, wherein the determination unit changes the number of clicks or taps corresponding to the settings of To, Cc, and Bcc, depending on the frequency of use of the settings of the user. apparatus. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus in which a user registers and refers to a schedule,
A schedule acquisition step for acquiring schedule information in which date information indicating a date is associated with event information indicating an event;
A schedule storage step of storing the schedule information in association with the date indicated by the date information of the calendar;
A condition acquisition step for acquiring an extraction condition including a date condition and / or an event condition input by the user;
An extraction step of extracting a date of the calendar that satisfies the extraction condition;
If there is the event information corresponding to the extracted date, display information for displaying the extracted date together with the event information corresponding to the date is generated, and the event corresponding to the extracted date is generated. If there is no elephant information, a display step for displaying only the extracted date is generated and presented to the user;
An information processing method comprising: An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that includes a mail address storage unit that stores grouped mail addresses and that allows a user to send and receive mail,
An email retrieval step for retrieving an email entered by the user;
A destination acquisition step of acquiring destination group information input by the user, indicating a destination group of the email;
A determination step of determining the number of clicks or taps when the user inputs the destination group information;
A setting step of setting an email address included in the destination group to one of To, Cc and Bcc based on the number of clicks or taps;
An information processing method comprising: Computer
Schedule acquisition means for acquiring schedule information in which date information indicating a date is associated with event information indicating an event;
Schedule storage means for storing the schedule information in association with the date indicated by the date information of the calendar;
Condition acquisition means for acquiring an extraction condition including a date condition and / or event condition input by the user,
Extraction means for extracting the date of the calendar satisfying the extraction condition;
If there is the event information corresponding to the extracted date, display information for displaying the extracted date together with the event information corresponding to the date is generated, and the event corresponding to the extracted date is generated. When there is no elephant information, display means for displaying only the extracted date is generated and presented to the user,
A program characterized by functioning as Computer
Email address storage means for storing grouped email addresses,
Mail acquisition means for acquiring e-mail entered by the user,
A destination acquisition means for acquiring destination group information input by the user, indicating a destination group of the e-mail;
A determination unit that determines the number of clicks or taps when the user inputs the destination group information,
Setting means for setting a mail address included in the destination group to one of To, Cc, and Bcc based on the number of clicks or taps;
A program characterized by functioning as

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