JP2012123687A - Information processor, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor, an information processing method and a program for enabling a user to start his or her desired application instantaneously after confirming the content of newly arrived transmission information to be transmitted via a network.SOLUTION: Disclosed is an information processor configured to, when there exists newly arrived information among information to be transmitted from a transmission source on a network, display information indicating that there exists any newly arrived information on a widget on a screen, therein transmission source information indicating the transmission source designated by a user and start application information indicating an application to be started by the user after confirming the newly arrived transmission information from the transmission source are stored so as to be associated with each other, and when the newly arrived transmission information from the transmission source indicated by the transmission source information is displayed on the widget, and the start operation of the application by the user is accepted by the widget, the application indicated by the start application information associated with the transmission source information is started.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for notifying a user of a new arrival of information transmitted on a network.

  Currently, by using an information processing apparatus such as a mobile phone or a personal computer, the user can receive and browse information (hereinafter referred to as transmission information) transmitted by individuals, companies, or organizations via the Internet. Examples of the transmission information include e-mail and Twitter (registered trademark) tweets. And when there is a new arrival (update) of such outgoing information, a technology for notifying a user of new outgoing outgoing information with an information processing device is known (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

  In the technique of Non-Patent Document 1, when a widget is displayed on the screen of the information processing apparatus, and there is a new arrival in the transmission information from the transmission source registered in advance by the user, the content of the newly transmitted transmission information Is displayed. Accordingly, the user can immediately confirm the contents of newly transmitted transmission information without performing an operation of starting application software (hereinafter referred to as an application) for browsing the transmission information.

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  The technology of Non-Patent Document 1 has not only a function of displaying the newly-arrived transmission information described above, but also a function of starting a preset application when a user operation is accepted by a widget. For example, when a user wants to reply to a new mail after reading the new mail displayed on the widget, an app (mailer) for creating a mail will be launched when a predetermined area of the widget is tapped. (Same for Twitter). As described above, in the technique of Non-Patent Document 1, the application to be activated is determined in advance according to the type of the transmission information being displayed on the widget (if the displayed transmission information is mail, the mailer is activated and the Tweet is activated. In the case of Twitter.)

  Here, using mail as an example, the mail received by the user is not necessarily required to be sent back, and there are contents that notify the user of predetermined matters. For example, an e-mail notifying that a comment has been added to a blog and an e-mail notifying that a TV program broadcast designated in advance by a user starts in a few minutes can be cited. In the case of the former mail, after confirming the mail, the user activates a browser to view the blog. In the case of the latter mail, after confirming the mail, the user activates the TV viewing application in order to view the TV program. That is, the application that the user activates after confirming the mail may be an application other than the mailer instead of the mailer depending on the content of the mail.

  However, with the technology of Non-Patent Document 1, when a new mail is received, an application other than the mailer cannot be activated by tapping on the widget. That is, the user may need to perform an operation for starting a desired application again after confirming the mail.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an information processing apparatus and information that allow a user to start a desired application immediately after confirming the contents of newly transmitted information transmitted over a network It is an object to provide a processing method and a program.

  In order to achieve such an object, the information processing apparatus of the present invention displays information indicating that there is a new arrival in a widget on the screen when there is a new arrival in information transmitted from a transmission source on the network. An information processing apparatus, which stores transmission source information indicating a transmission source specified by a user and activation application information indicating an application that the user wants to activate after confirming newly transmitted transmission information from the transmission source in association with each other. In addition, when new launching information from the sender indicated by the sender information is displayed on the widget, when the app launch operation is accepted by the user, the startup application information associated with the sender information The application shown by is activated.

  The information processing method according to the present invention is an information processing method performed by a device that displays information indicating that there is a new arrival on a widget on the screen when there is a new arrival in information transmitted from a transmission source on the network. Then, the apparatus stores the source information indicating the source specified by the user and the startup application information indicating the application that the user wants to start after confirming newly transmitted information from the source in association with each other. When the launch operation of the application by the user is accepted by the widget while the new arrival information from the sender indicated by the sender information is displayed on the widget, the startup application information associated with the sender information indicates It is characterized by starting an application.

  The program according to the present invention is a program for causing a computer to display information indicating that there is a new arrival on a widget on the screen when the information transmitted from a transmission source on the network has a new arrival. And a process of storing in association the transmission source information indicating the transmission source specified by the user and the startup application information indicating the application that the user wants to start after confirming newly transmitted transmission information from the transmission source, When the widget is accepting a startup operation of the application by the user while new transmission information from the transmission source indicated by the original information is displayed on the widget, the application indicated by the startup application information associated with the transmission source information is activated. And a process for executing the processing.

  According to the present invention, a user can activate a desired application immediately after confirming the contents of newly transmitted information transmitted over a network in an information processing apparatus.

It is an image figure which shows the structural example of the terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example (basic example) of the terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an external appearance front view which shows the example of a display of the screen of the terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the starting setting information memorize | stored in the terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and display setting information. It is an external appearance front view which shows the example of the widget displayed on the terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example (modification 1) of the terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example (modification 2) of the terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example (modification 3) of the terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments (embodiments) for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, a terminal 1 is an embodiment of an information processing apparatus of the present invention. Examples of the terminal 1 include a mobile phone and a personal computer. The terminal 1 may be either a portable type or a stationary type. The terminal 1 has, as a basic configuration, an operation unit (for example, a key or a touch panel) that accepts an operation by a user, a display unit (for example, a screen) that displays predetermined information for the user, and a storage unit (for example, a flash) that stores predetermined information. Memory), communication means (for example, an antenna and a communication circuit) for transmitting / receiving predetermined information via a network, and control means (for example, CPU, ROM, RAM) for performing predetermined control in accordance with a user operation.

  A predetermined OS (Operating System) is installed in the terminal 1, and the favorite checker 10 operates on the OS. The favorite checker 10 is an embodiment of the program of the present invention, and is application software for realizing characteristic operations of the present embodiment to be described later. In short, the favorite checker 10 has a function for displaying the contents of newly transmitted information on a widget from information transmitted from a transmission source registered (designated) as a favorite in advance by the user (hereinafter referred to as transmission information). And a function of starting an application when a user performs an action (operation) on the widget. The favorite checker 10 may be preinstalled in the terminal 1, or may be installed in the terminal 1 from a network or a storage medium by a user operation.

  The setting information shown in FIG. 1 is various setting values necessary for the favorite checker 10 to function. This setting information mainly includes information related to the display of the widget (display setting information) and information related to the activation of the application when the widget receives an action (activation setting information). Details of the display setting information and the activation setting information will be described later. In the present embodiment, the configuration information is described as being stored in the terminal 1, but the configuration information may be stored in an external device of the terminal 1. In that case, when the favorite checker 10 functions, it is necessary to perform communication between the terminal 1 and the external device.

  The terminal 1 can be connected to the Internet 3 (an example of a network), and can transmit and receive information to and from the server 2 on the Internet 3. In the present embodiment, an example of the server 2 is described as a mail server, and an example of information (transmission information) transmitted from the server 2 (source) to the terminal 1 is described as mail. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Absent. As examples of outgoing information other than e-mail, Twitter, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed, SNS (Social Networking Service) diary, etc. can be applied.

  Next, an example of operation | movement of the favorite checker 10 in the terminal 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. In FIG. 2, the description starts from the case where the user activates the favorite checker 10 for the first time.

  The terminal 1 activates the favorite checker 10 when receiving the activation operation of the favorite checker 10 by the user. The activated favorite checker 10 displays a default widget on the screen of the terminal 1 (S1). An example at this time is shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3 shows the display of the home screen of the terminal 1 as an example of the screen display of the terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 3, icons for the user to start a music playback app, a mail app, a browser app, and a phone app are displayed at the bottom of the home screen. The screen of the terminal 1 has a touch panel configuration, and when a user performs a tap operation on a predetermined icon, an application corresponding to the icon is activated. As shown in FIG. 3, a default widget 20 is displayed at the top of the home screen. The default widget 20 is divided into a plurality of display areas 21 to 24. However, since the setting by the user is not performed, the display areas 21 to 24 are not displayed, and the manual update button 25 and Only the setting button 26 is displayed (or display for default may be performed in each of the display areas 21 to 24).

  Here, the user performs a tap operation on the setting button 26 in the default widget 20 in order to perform various settings. Upon receiving this operation, the favorite checker 10 displays a setting screen. The user can register the display setting information and the activation setting information described above by inputting a desired designation on the displayed setting screen. The display setting information and the activation setting information registered (designated) by the user are stored in a predetermined storage unit of the terminal 1 (S2). Here, the display setting information and the activation setting information will be described below.

  First, start setting information will be described. As described above, the activation setting information is information related to activation of an application when an action is received by a widget. More specifically, the activation setting information includes at least sender information (for example, an e-mail address) indicating a sender of new mail displayed on the widget and an action on the widget while displaying new mail from the sender. This is information associated with startup application information (for example, application name) indicating an application to be started when receiving (application startup operation). The sender information and the startup application information are specified by the user. When a web browser is designated as the startup application information, site address information indicating a site address (for example, URL) displayed by the web browser is further designated by the user. In addition to the sender information and the startup application information, May be associated. Here, an example of the activation setting information is shown in FIG.

  The example of FIG. 4A shows a case where a plurality of pieces of sender information (here, mail addresses) are registered for one widget. One widget indicated by widget No. 001 in FIG. 4A is assumed to be the widget 20 shown in FIG. As an example, the case where each designation | designated of the starting setting information 41 is performed is demonstrated. First, the user designates an e-mail address to check the contents of the new e-mail on the widget. Here, as an example, it is assumed that the mail address “xxx_xxxx@xxx.co.jp” of XX Corporation is designated as the sender information. Next, the user designates an application to be started after confirming the contents of new mail from the designated mail address. Here, as an example, it is assumed that the name of the schedule application (application name is not shown) for managing a schedule or the like is designated as the startup application information.

  When receiving the designation of the sender information and the startup application information as described above, the favorite checker 10 is designated by the user for the widget No. 001 indicating the widget 20 being displayed, as shown in FIG. The mail address “xxx_xxxx@xxx.co.jp” and the schedule application name “predetermined application name (not shown)” are associated with each other and stored as activation setting information 41 in predetermined storage means of the terminal 1. Note that the activation setting information 42 and 43 shown in FIG. 4A is also stored in the storage unit of the terminal 1 in association with at least the transmission source information and the activation application information based on the user's designation in the same manner as described above. However, the URL “http: //www.aaaa/aa/aaa” is specified by the user as the site address information in the startup setting information 42, but the site address information is not specified in the startup setting information 43 as an example. Yes.

  Next, display setting information will be described. As described above, the display setting information is information related to the display of the widget. More specifically, the display setting information includes information indicating the display form of each display area 21 to 24 (see FIG. 3) of the widget, and display of newly transmitted information (for example, new mail). It consists of information indicating how often the automatic update is performed. These pieces of information are specified by the user. Here, an example of the display setting information is shown in FIG.

  The example of FIG. 4B shows a case where the display setting information 51 to 53 is registered (designated) corresponding to the activation setting information 41 to 43 shown in FIG. As an example, a case where each designation of the display setting information 51 is performed after each designation of the activation setting information 41 will be described. First, the user designates a character string to be displayed as a title in the display area 21. Here, as an example, it is assumed that a character string “XX Corporation” is designated as title information. Next, the user designates an image to be displayed in the display area 22. Here, as an example, it is assumed that “xxkaisya.jpg”, which is a still image (photograph) of XX Co., Ltd. that has been taken in advance by the user, is designated as image information. Next, the user designates a display method of the number of new mails displayed in the display area 23. This display method is selected by the user from a plurality of display methods prepared in advance on the favorite checker 10 side. Here, as an example, it is assumed that numerical display (numerical display) and animation display (animal display) are prepared, and the numerical display is designated as the new arrival number display information. Next, the user designates the display method of the contents of the new mail displayed in the display area 24 (for example, a title or a text string of the text). This display method is also selected by the user from among a plurality prepared in advance on the favorite checker 10 side. Here, as an example, it is assumed that a display by scrolling one line (ticker display) and a display by a plurality of lines stationary (multiple line display) are prepared, and the ticker display is designated as new arrival content display information. Next, the user designates the timing for automatically updating the display of new mail. The timing is selected by the user from a plurality of timings prepared in advance on the favorite checker 10 side (or the user may be able to specify the update timing in detail). Here, as an example, it is assumed that 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, no automatic update (manual update) are prepared, and 10 minutes is designated as the update timing information. In this way, upon receiving designation of title information, image information, new arrival number display information, new arrival content display information, and update timing information, the favorite checker 10 is designated by the user as shown in FIG. Title character string “XX Co., Ltd.”, image “xxkaisya.jpg”, new arrival number display method “numeric display”, new arrival content display method “ticker display”, and automatic update timing “10 minutes” The association and display setting information 51 is stored in a predetermined storage unit of the terminal 1. Note that the display setting information 52 and 53 shown in FIG. 4B is also associated with each other based on the designation of the user in the same manner as described above, and is stored in the storage unit of the terminal 1. In addition, in the example of FIG.4 (b), all the update timing information of the display setting information 51-53 is designated as 10 minutes, However, A different timing can also be designated individually.

  The above-described activation setting information 41 and display setting information 51 are associated with each other when stored in the storage unit of the terminal 1. Similarly, start setting information 42 and display setting information 52, start setting information 43 and display setting information 53 are also associated with each other and stored in the storage unit of terminal 1. In the example of FIG. 4, the startup setting information and the display setting information have been described separately for convenience of explanation, but both pieces of information may be integrated and stored (for example, the startup setting information 41 and the display setting information 51. Are stored together in one).

  After the display setting information and the activation setting information are stored in the terminal 1 as described above, the favorite checker 10 reflects the display setting information on the display of the default widget 20 shown in FIG. 3 (S3). Thereby, in the widget 20, first, for example, the display shown in FIG. 5A (hereinafter referred to as the first display) is performed. This first display is a display in which the display setting information 51 of FIG. 4B is reflected on the widget. That is, the character string “XX Corporation” is displayed in the display area 21, the still image of XX Corporation is displayed in the display area 22, and the number of new mails is displayed in the display area 23 as a number. Note that at the time of S3, the designated update timing (every 10 minutes as described above) has not been reached, and the display in the display area 23 shown in FIG. It shows that there are no emails yet (0). Since there is no new mail, nothing is displayed in the display area 24 shown in FIG.

  When the first display shown in FIG. 5A is performed for a certain period of time on the widget under the control of the favorite checker 10, the display setting information 52 shown in FIG. The second display). When the second display is performed for a predetermined time, the display setting information 53 shown in FIG. 4B is then switched to a display (hereinafter referred to as a third display) reflected in the widget. When the third display is performed for a predetermined time, the display returns to the first display. Thereafter, the first to third displays are repeated in order at regular time intervals. At the time of S3, the display in the display area 23 is “0” (no new mail) not only in the first display but also in the second and third displays.

  When 10 minutes have elapsed since the first display is first performed on the widget, the favorite checker 10 communicates with the server 2 via the network 3 assuming that the update timing has been reached (S4). By this communication, it is checked whether there is a new mail from each mail address shown in FIG. 4A and how many new mails are present.

  If there is no new mail from any mail address as a result of the communication (S5 / NO), the favorite checker 10 communicates with the server 2 after another 10 minutes and checks whether there is a new mail (S4).

  If there is a new mail from at least one mail address as a result of the communication (S5 / YES), the favorite checker 10 displays the new mail on the display based on the display setting information associated with the mail address where the new mail has been received. And the contents of the new mail are reflected (S6). For example, when there is one new mail from the mail address “xxx_xxxx@xxx.co.jp” of the activation setting information 41 in FIG. 4A, the display of the widget is changed from the display shown in FIG. The display transitions to the display shown in 5 (b). As shown in FIG. 5B, the number of new mails is displayed as a number “1” in the display area 23, and the contents of the new mail (for example, a character string of the title) are tickered in the display area 24. The Thereby, the user can confirm the number and content of the new mail on the widget without starting the mail application.

  As a result of the check in S4, for example, when there is a new mail from all mail addresses shown in FIG. 4A, the number of new mails and the contents of the new mail are displayed on the display based on the display setting information 51 to 53. Are reflected, and each display (1st to 3rd display) is sequentially switched as described above. This switching may be performed every fixed time or each ticker display is completed. If there are multiple new mails in one mail address, only the contents of the oldest new mail or the newest new mail may be displayed as a ticker, or the contents of all new mails may be displayed from the oldest one. You may display ticker in order. Further, when the user performs a tap operation on the display area 24 during the ticker display, all the contents (for example, the title and the text) of the new mail displayed in the ticker display may be displayed statically.

  When an action (application activation operation, for example, a tap operation to the display area 23) is performed on the widget by the user while the content of the new mail is displayed as described above, (S7 / YES) The favorite checker 10 activates an application associated with the mail address of the new mail currently displayed on the ticker (S8). For example, when the user taps the display area 23 while the display (first display) shown in FIG. 5B is performed, the schedule application specified as the startup application information in the startup setting information 41 is started. Therefore, the user can activate the schedule application registered in advance as a desired application immediately after confirming the contents of the new mail with the widget. That is, the user can save the trouble of searching for an icon by switching the screen in order to activate a desired application.

  If the user taps the display area 23 while the display (second display) based on the display setting information 52 reflecting the number and contents of new mail is being performed (S7 / YES), the activation setting information 42 is displayed. The web browser designated as the startup application information is started (S8). In this case, since site address information is designated as shown in FIG. 4A, a site (page of http: //www.aaaa/aa/aaa) based on the URL is displayed. On the other hand, when the user taps the display area 23 when the display (third display) based on the display setting information 53 reflecting the number and contents of new mail is performed (S7 / YES), the activation setting information 43 is displayed. The web browser designated as the startup application information is started (S8). In this case, since the site address information is not designated as shown in FIG. 4A, a preset default page is displayed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user confirms the contents of newly transmitted information (new mail) transmitted from the network (server 2 of the Internet 3) in the information processing apparatus (terminal 1). Immediately after that, a desired application designated in advance can be activated.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, since a different application can be designated for every transmission origin as starting setting information, the user can select the combination of a transmission origin and an application freely.

  The above is the basic operation of the present embodiment. As another operation example of the above embodiment, three modified examples will be described below.

[Modification 1]
In the first modification, when the user designates the web browser as the startup application information, but the site address information is not designated, the site address information (for example, URL) is added to newly transmitted information (for example, new mail). If it is included, the site indicated by the site address information is displayed after the web browser is activated. Modification 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, as in FIG. 2, an example of outgoing information will be described as mail.

  Since S11 to S16 in FIG. 6 are the same as S1 to S6 in FIG. In S12, it is assumed that at least the activation setting information 43 in FIG. 4A and the display setting information 53 in FIG. In S15, it is assumed that there is at least one new mail from the mail address “zzzz_zzz@zzzz.com” of the activation setting information 43. In S16, the display setting information 53 reflecting the number and contents of the new mail is reflected. It is assumed that display based on is performed.

  After S16, the favorite checker 10 analyzes the contents of the new mail from the mail address “zzzz_zzz@zzzz.com” and determines whether the site address information (for example, the URL of the link destination) is included in the sentence. Then, information indicating the determination result is temporarily added to the activation setting information 43 and stored in a predetermined storage unit of the terminal 1 (S17).

  When the user performs an action (application activation operation) while the display based on the display setting information 53 reflecting the number and contents of new mail is performed (S18 / YES), the favorite checker 10 Referring to the activation setting information 43, it is determined whether or not site address information is included in the new mail (S19).

  As a result of the determination in S19, if the new mail does not contain site address information (S19 / NO), the web browser is activated under the control of the favorite checker 10 and a preset site (default page) is displayed. (S21).

  As a result of the determination in S19, if the new mail contains site address information (S19 / YES), the web browser is activated under the control of the favorite checker 10, and the site indicated by the site address information contained in the new mail Is displayed (S20). The information indicating the determination result temporarily added to the activation setting information 43 is temporarily added by the favorite checker 10 after the web browser is closed.

  As described above, according to the first modification, even if the site address information is not specified when the web browser is specified, the address of the site is automatically acquired from the contents of the new mail, and after the browser is started, You can view the site. That is, the user can browse the site included in the new mail immediately by performing a simple operation on the widget.

[Modification 2]
In the second modification, when an application other than the web browser is designated as the startup application information by the user, it is determined whether site address information (for example, URL) is included in newly transmitted information (for example, new mail). If it is included, the user is inquired whether to start the designated application or the web browser. Modification 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, as in FIGS. 2 and 6, an example of outgoing information will be described as mail.

  Since S31 to S39 in FIG. 7 are the same as S11 to S19 in FIG. 6 described above, description thereof will be omitted. In S32, it is assumed that at least the activation setting information 41 in FIG. 4A and the display setting information 51 in FIG. In S35, it is assumed that there is at least one new mail from the mail address “xxx_xxxx@xxx.co.jp” of the startup setting information 41. In S36, the display setting reflecting the number and contents of the new mail is reflected. Assume that display based on the information 51 (for example, the display of FIG. 5B) is performed. In S <b> 37, it is assumed that information indicating a determination result as to whether site address information is included in newly arrived mail is temporarily added to the activation setting information 41.

  As a result of the determination in S39, when the site address information is not included in the new mail (S39 / NO), the schedule application specified as the activation application information in the activation setting information 41 is activated under the control of the favorite checker 10 ( S43).

  As a result of the determination in S39, when site address information is included in the new mail (S39 / YES), a display prompting the user to select an application to be activated is performed under the control of the favorite checker 10 (S40). Here, the user selects either the schedule application specified in advance as the startup application information of the startup setting information 41 or the web browser for browsing the site indicated by the site address information included in the new mail.

  When the web browser is not selected as the activation application by the user (S41 / NO), the schedule application designated as the activation application information in the activation setting information 41 is activated under the control of the favorite checker 10 (S43).

  On the other hand, when the web browser is selected as the activation application by the user (S41 / YES), the web browser is activated under the control of the favorite checker 10, and the site indicated by the site address information included in the new mail is displayed. (S42). The information indicating the determination result temporarily added to the activation setting information 41 is temporarily canceled by the favorite checker 10 after the web browser is closed.

  As described above, according to the second modification, when an application other than a web browser is specified and site address information is included in a new mail, the user can select an application to be activated. it can. Further, the user can notice that the site address information is included in the newly arrived mail by selecting and displaying the application to be activated.

[Modification 3]
In the third modification, when a user specifies a web browser as startup application information and a URL is specified as site address information, new site information (for example, URL) is added to newly transmitted information (for example, new mail). Is included, and if it is included, the user is inquired whether to browse (display) a site designated in advance by the user or a site designated by new mail. Modification 3 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 8, as in FIGS. 2, 6, and 7, an example of outgoing information will be described as mail.

  S51 to S59 in FIG. 8 are the same as S31 to S39 in FIG. In S52, it is assumed that at least the activation setting information 42 in FIG. 4A and the display setting information 52 in FIG. In S55, it is assumed that there is at least one new mail from the mail address “yyyy_yy@yyyy.co.jp” of the activation setting information 42. In S56, the display setting reflecting the number and contents of the new mail is reflected. It is assumed that display based on the information 52 is performed. Further, in S57, it is assumed that information indicating a determination result as to whether site address information is included in newly arrived mail is temporarily added to the activation setting information 42. In S57, when site address information is included in the new mail, it is also determined whether the site address information is the same as the site address information designated in advance as the activation setting information 42. It is assumed that information indicating the result is also temporarily added to the activation setting information 42. Information indicating these determination results is used as a determination material in S59.

  As a result of the determination in S59, when the new mail does not contain site address information, and when it is included, it is the same as the site address information specified in the startup setting information 42 (S59 / NO), Under the control of the favorite checker 10, the browser specified as the startup application information of the startup setting information 42 is started, and the URL (http: //www.aaaa/aa/aaa) specified as the site address information of the startup setting information 42 Site is displayed (S63).

  As a result of the determination in S59, when the newly arrived mail includes site address information different from the site address information specified in the activation setting information 42 (S59 / YES), it is displayed under the control of the favorite checker 10. A display prompting the user to select a site is displayed (S60). Here, the user selects either a URL site specified in advance as the site address information of the activation setting information 42 or a URL site included as site address information in newly arrived mail, as the user wants to browse.

  When the user does not select a site whose URL is included in the new mail as site address information (S61 / NO), the browser specified as the activation application information in the activation setting information 42 is activated under the control of the favorite checker 10 Then, the site of the URL (http: //www.aaaa/aa/aaa) designated as the site address information of the activation setting information 42 is displayed (S63).

  On the other hand, if the user selects a URL site included in the new mail as site address information (S61 / YES), the web browser is activated under the control of the favorite checker 10 and is included in the new mail as site address information. The site of the URL being displayed is displayed (S62). The information indicating the determination result temporarily added to the activation setting information 42 is temporarily canceled by the favorite checker 10 after the web browser is closed.

  As described above, according to the third modification, when the web browser is specified as the startup application information and the URL is specified as the site address information, another site address information is included in the new mail. The user can select which site to browse. In addition, the user can notice that another site address information is included in the new mail by selecting and displaying the site to be browsed.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment and the modification of this invention were demonstrated, it is not limited to the said description, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

  For example, the operation by the favorite checker 10 described above can be realized by hardware, or can be realized by a combined configuration of hardware and software.

  The favorite checker 10 realized as software can be recorded in advance on a hard disk or a ROM (Read Only Memory) as a recording medium, for example. Alternatively, a removable recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), an MO (Magneto Optical) disc, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, a magnetic disc, or a semiconductor memory is temporarily stored. Alternatively, it can be stored (recorded) permanently. Such a removable recording medium can be provided as so-called package software.

  The favorite checker 10 realized as software may be installed on the computer from the removable recording medium as described above, or may be wirelessly transferred from the download site to the computer. Or you may wire-transfer to a computer via networks, such as LAN (Local Area Network) and the internet. The computer can receive the transferred program and install it on a recording medium such as a built-in hard disk.

  Further, the processing operation by the favorite checker 10 described above is not only executed in time series shown in each flowchart, but is also executed in parallel or individually as required by the processing capability of the apparatus that executes the processing. It is also possible to construct as follows.

1 Terminal 2 Server 3 Internet 10 Favorite Checker 11 Setting Information 20 Widget 21 Display Area (for Title Display)
22 Display area (for image display)
23 Display area (for new arrivals display)
24 display area (for displaying new contents)
25 Manual update button 26 Setting button 41, 42, 43 Start setting information 51, 52, 53 Display setting information

Claims (7)

An information processing apparatus that displays information indicating that there is a new arrival in a widget on the screen when there is a new arrival in information transmitted from a transmission source on the network,
The sender information indicating the sender specified by the user and the startup application information indicating the application that the user wants to start after confirming newly transmitted information from the sender are stored in association with each other.
When the launch operation of the application by the user is accepted by the widget while the new arrival information from the sender indicated by the sender information is displayed on the widget, the startup application associated with the sender information An information processing apparatus that starts an application indicated by information. When the web browser is designated by the user as the activation application information and the site address information indicating the address of the site that can be browsed by the web browser is designated by the user, the site address information is used as the source information and the activation Remember it associated with the app information,
When new widget information from the sender indicated by the sender information is displayed on the widget, when the app launch operation by the user is accepted by the widget, a web browser is launched and the site address The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the site is displayed based on an address indicated by the information. When the web browser is designated by the user as the startup application information, but the site address information indicating the address of the site that can be browsed by the web browser is not designated by the user,
Displaying newly sent information from the sender indicated by the sender information on the widget, and determining whether the site address information is included in the newly sent information,
As a result of the determination, when the site address information is included and the app launch operation by the user is accepted by the widget, a web browser is activated and the site address information The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein display is performed. When an application other than a web browser is specified by the user as the startup application information,
The new arrival information from the sender indicated by the sender information is displayed on the widget, and it is determined whether the new arrival information includes site address information indicating the address of a site that can be browsed by a web browser. And
In the case where the site address information is included as a result of the determination, if an application activation operation by the user is accepted by the widget, an application other than the web browser specified by the user is activated, or the web browser And prompting the user to select whether to display the site based on the address indicated by the site address information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an application is activated based on the user's selection. When the web browser is designated by the user as the activation application information and the site address information indicating the address of the site that can be browsed by the web browser is designated by the user, the site address information is used as the source information and the activation Remember it associated with the app information,
Whether new arrival information from the origin indicated by the origination information is displayed on the widget, and whether the new arrival information includes site address information different from the site address information specified by the user Determine whether
As a result of the determination, when the other site address information is included, when the app launch operation by the user is accepted by the widget, the site indicated by the site address information designated by the user is displayed, or , A display prompting the user to select one of the sites indicated by the different site address information is displayed,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a site is displayed based on the user's selection. An information processing method performed by a device that displays information indicating that there is a new arrival in a widget on the screen when there is a new arrival in information transmitted from a transmission source on the network,
The device is
The sender information indicating the sender specified by the user and the startup application information indicating the application that the user wants to start after confirming newly transmitted information from the sender are stored in association with each other.
When the launch operation of the application by the user is accepted by the widget while the new arrival information from the sender indicated by the sender information is displayed on the widget, the startup application associated with the sender information An information processing method characterized by starting an application indicated by information. A program for causing a computer to display information indicating that there is a new arrival in a widget on the screen when there is a new arrival in information transmitted from a transmission source on the network,
In the computer,
A process of storing in association the sender information specified by the user and indicating the sender, and the startup application information indicating the application that the user wants to start after confirming newly transmitted information from the sender;
When the launch operation of the application by the user is accepted by the widget while the new arrival information from the sender indicated by the sender information is displayed on the widget, the startup application associated with the sender information A process of starting the application indicated by the information;
A program characterized by having executed.

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