JPH09179831A - Information equipment with schedule managing function, and schedule data managing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and efficiently input schedule data. SOLUTION: This information equipment has the schedule managing function which manages schedule data consisting of data of plural items. A CPU 10 inputs items to be registered for schedule data and the specification of data to be registered as schedule data in existent document data. Then the data corresponding to the inputted specification are registered through the data registering process of the schedule managing function.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information device having a schedule management function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, so-called PDA (personal dig
An information device called ital assistants) is provided with a schedule management function. In the schedule management function, data can be managed by inputting data for each item (date, time, place, requirement, etc.).

Conventionally, when data is input in the schedule management function, it is necessary to sequentially input data for each item. In general, many small information devices are provided with a pen input function as an input means. Therefore, when it is necessary to input a lot of schedule data, many pen input operations are required.

In addition, there is an information device provided with a simple input function for efficiently inputting schedule data.
The simple input function in a conventional information device is a function that enables data input by arbitrarily selecting from a plurality of data prepared in advance (prepared by the user).

[0005]

As described above, in the information equipment having the conventional schedule management function, in order to input the schedule data, the data is sequentially input for each item or a plurality of data are prepared in advance. It was necessary to select from the data.

Therefore, many input operations are required,
In particular, since small-sized information devices are provided with a pen input function, many pen input operations are troublesome and complicated.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides an information device having a schedule management function capable of easily and efficiently inputting schedule data, and a schedule data management method. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in an information device having a schedule management function for managing schedule data composed of data for a plurality of items, the items to be registered in the schedule data and existing document data are recorded. It is characterized by further comprising input means for inputting designation of data to be registered as schedule data, and registration means for registering data according to the designation inputted by the input means by data registration processing by the schedule management function. And

As a result, it is possible to always extract the data having the optimum contents as the data of each item of the schedule from the existing document such as the electronic mail document. Further, the present invention provides an information device having a schedule management function for managing schedule data composed of data for a plurality of items, of items to be registered as schedule data, of data to be registered as schedule data in existing document data. The system is provided with a rule setting unit for setting a rule and a registration unit for extracting data according to the rule set by the rule setting unit from the existing document data and registering the data by a data registration process by the schedule management function. It is characterized by

Further, by setting a rule for recognizing the data to be extracted as the schedule data, the data portion (character string) to be the corresponding schedule data is automatically extracted from the existing document data. Therefore, the work load on the user is reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, in an information device having a schedule management function for managing schedule data composed of data for a plurality of items, an item to be registered for schedule data is registered as schedule data in existing document data. Rule setting means for setting a rule for data to be converted, an extracting means for extracting data according to the rule set by the rule setting means from the existing document data, an item to be registered as schedule data, and an existing item. Input means for inputting designation of data to be registered as schedule data in the document data, data extracted by the extracting means, or data according to the designation input by the input means,
It is characterized by further comprising: a registration unit that registers by a data registration process by the schedule management function.

Thus, basically, the work load is reduced by automatically extracting the data to be used as the schedule data from the existing document data, and if the extracted data is not appropriate, the schedule data can be arbitrarily selected. By specifying the data to be registered as, it becomes possible to input appropriate data.

Further, when the schedule data registered by the registration means and the existing document data from which the schedule data is extracted are associated with each other and one of the data is deleted, the other corresponding data is also deleted. It is characterized by deleting.

As a result, the data management load on both the schedule data and the existing document data can be reduced. Further, the existing document data is data received via a communication function, and the registration unit is configured to, when the data to be registered as schedule data overlaps with the contents of already registered schedule data, The change request transmitting means for transmitting the document data for requesting the change of the content to the transmission source of the document data of the above is provided.

With this, it is determined whether or not the data to be registered is data relating to the schedule of the electronic mail document and the contents overlap with the already registered schedule data, so that the registration of inappropriate data is avoided. can do. Furthermore, since it is possible to send a request to change the contents of the schedule to the sender of the e-mail, it is possible to re-receive the e-mail with the schedule contents according to the registered schedule and register the schedule data. Therefore, the management load of schedule data can be reduced.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information device according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information device according to the present embodiment includes a CPU 10 and an R
AM12, VRAM14, ROM16, pen input device 1
8, input control unit 20, display device 22, and display control unit 2
4.

The CPU 10 controls the entire apparatus and controls various functions by accessing the RAM 12, VRAM 14 and ROM 16 and starting a program according to an input instruction. In this embodiment, the address function, the note function,
In addition to the handwritten memo function, e-mail function, etc., the schedule management function can be executed. Note that, in FIG. 1, a communication configuration for transmitting and receiving electronic mail data by communication is omitted.

The RAM 12 is a program area 12 in which various processing programs for determining the operation of the CPU 10 are stored.
In addition to a, a character pattern area in which font data is stored, a dictionary area in which a standard dictionary for converting reading information input in kana or Roman characters into kanji information is provided, and the like. In addition, the RAM 12 includes a work area 12b used for executing various functions, an address information area 12c for address functions, a schedule area 12d for schedule management functions, a note area 12e for note functions, and a handwritten memo function. Handwritten memo area 1
2f, an electronic mail area 12g for the electronic mail function is provided.

The work area 12b is an area for temporarily storing data when executing various functions.
The schedule area 12d is an area for storing the schedule data input when the schedule management function is executed. The schedule data also includes the data of the rules referred to when executing the simple schedule registration function described later. The e-mail area 12g is an area for storing e-mail data and the like received by communication by the e-mail function. Each area 12a-12c
The data stored in is read out as needed during display of each function and provided for display.

The VRAM 14 is an area for expanding display data to be displayed on the display device 22. VR
The display data expanded in the AM 14 is read by the display control unit 24 and provided for display on the display device 22.

The ROM 16 is a program area 16 in which various processing programs for determining the operation of the CPU 10 are stored.
a, a data area 16b for storing various data, and the like are provided.

The pen input device 18 is an input means for realizing a pen input which is one of pointing devices, and is, for example, a coordinate detection device using an electromagnetic induction system, a pressure sensitive system or the like. The coordinate detection surface is configured by being overlapped with the display screen of the display device 22, and the displayed contents are directly
It can be pointed with a pen. With the pen input device 18, it is possible to input a command by pointing a predetermined area or an icon provided on the display screen of the display device 22, or to input a handwritten character as a memo as it is. The input control unit 20 controls pen input by the pen input device 18.

The display device 22 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays under the control of the display controller 24. The display screen of the display device 22 is the pen input device 1
8 coordinate detection planes. Display control unit 24
Is for controlling the display on the display device 22, and VR
The display data stored in the AM 14 is read and provided for display on the display device 22.

Next, the operation of the information equipment in this embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, a case will be described as an example where specific data is extracted from data (e-mail document) sent by e-mail and registered as schedule data.

First, a process of extracting schedule data from an electronic mail document, that is, a process of setting contract data according to an instruction from a user before executing the simple schedule registration function is executed in advance. The rule is data referred to for extracting a character string corresponding to schedule data in an electronic mail document (text data).

In this case, the CPU 10 activates the schedule management function by executing the program stored in the RAM 12 or the ROM 16, and causes the display device 22 to display a screen for setting the rules as shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 is an example of a screen for setting the rules for each of the items provided in the schedule, such as date, time, and subject.

The CPU 10 inputs a character representing a rule for an arbitrarily selected item in response to an instruction input from the pen input device 18 in a state in which the rule setting screen is displayed. When a registration execution instruction is input from the pen input device 18, the CPU 10 stores data representing the rules for each item in a part of the schedule area 12d.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, as a condition for extracting a character string corresponding to a date, a character string of "YY / MM / DD" and a character string of "MM / DD / YY" are arranged. It is standardized to extract columns. Y, M, and D in the agreement represent that a number exists.
Therefore, for example, in the document to be extracted, "95/12 /
If it is "20" or "20th, 1995", it is extracted as data to be input in the date item.

As a condition for extracting a character string corresponding to time, a character string of "HH hour MM minute" and
It is standardized to extract the character strings in the sequence of "HH: MM to HH: MM". "H" and "M" in the agreement represent that a number exists. Therefore, for example, "13:15" or "13: 15-15:" in the document to be extracted.
If it is "00", it is extracted as data to be input in the time item.

It should be noted that the character strings extracted for the date and time are not limited to the character strings that completely conform to the rules, and for example, "December 1, 1995", "December 1st", "9 o'clock", "9:
A character string corresponding to a part of the rule such as "30-" is also targeted.

Further, as a condition for extracting a character string corresponding to a message, it is standardized to extract a character string subsequent to the character strings of "agenda", "remark" and "place". In this case, you may make it a condition that the character string used as a rule exists at the beginning of a line.

The conference notice sent by e-mail or the like includes a character string representing the date of the conference, the place where the conference should be registered, the agenda of the conference, etc., which should be registered as a schedule. The information device of the present embodiment extracts these character strings from the electronic mail document and registers them as data managed by the schedule management function.

Next, a process for extracting schedule data from an electronic mail document based on the rules set as described above will be described. When the execution of the e-mail function is instructed after the information device is powered on, the CPU
10 activates an electronic mail function by executing a program stored in the RAM 12 or the ROM 16,
The electronic mail data is received by communication via a communication structure (not shown).

At this time, the CPU 10 causes the display device 22 to display a mail box screen which is a list (senders and titles) of electronic mail addressed to itself based on the received electronic mail data. FIG. 3A shows a display example of the mail box screen.

As shown in FIG. 3A, when there are unread mails (unread mails), a message notifying the number of the mails, for example, "3 mails not read yet" is displayed.
Is displayed, and an unread mark “*” indicating an unread mail is added to the corresponding mail in the electronic mail list. Further, a registered mark "V" indicating that the schedule has been registered is added to the mail whose contents are registered in the schedule management function by using the simple schedule registration function described later.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the mail to be displayed in detail (the second mail in the drawing) is selected from the mail BOX, the CPU 10 extracts the electronic mail data. Then, detailed display of the mail as shown in FIG.

In the detailed display of the mail shown in FIG. 3 (c),
In addition to the sender name and title, details of the email are displayed. The e-mail is a meeting notification for notifying the holding of the meeting, and the detailed content of the e-mail includes the date and time of the event, the location of the event, and information about the subject. When it is necessary to register the contents of this mail as schedule data, the activation of the simple schedule registration function is instructed. CPU10
Is instructed to start the simple schedule registration function,
The simple schedule registration function according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is executed.

First, the CPU 10 determines the schedule area 1
By referring to the data of the preset rule stored in 2d, the corresponding character string is extracted for the character string of the entire mail.

That is, the CPU 10 searches for a character string in accordance with the date-related rule (date rule) set as shown in FIG. 2 (step A1). As a result, since the character string "December 1st" corresponding to the date rule exists in the character string of the mail (see FIG. 3C), this character string is extracted as date data (step A2). .

Further, the CPU 10 searches for a character string in accordance with a time rule (time rule) (step A).
3). As a result, since the character string "13:00 to 15:00" corresponding to the time rule exists in the character string of the mail, this character string is extracted as time data (step A4).

Further, the CPU 10 searches for a character string that complies with the rules concerning the business (business conditions) (step A).
5). As a result, in the character string of the e-mail, the character string corresponding to the subject agreement is "First meeting room" for the location and "Material will be distributed on the day" for remarks, so this character string is the subject It is extracted as data (step A6).

The CPU 10 temporarily stores the extracted character string data as data to be registered as schedule data in, for example, the work area 12b. At this time, the simple schedule registration function stores the data in a format that can be handled by the schedule management function.

In this embodiment, only three rules are described as an example. However, when other rules are set, the character strings in the mail are searched by referring to the respective rules. Extract the corresponding character string and store it temporarily.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the CPU 10 displays the character string extracted from the mail in association with each item handled by the schedule management function. In the display screen at the time of executing the simple schedule registration function shown in FIG. 6A, the buttons representing the items (date, time, place, and subject) handled by the schedule management function and the extracted character strings and mails corresponding to the buttons are displayed. Buttons for inputting the contents of, the schedule data registration or cancellation instruction are displayed. Two items of date and time data correspond to the date and time item.

On the screen shown in FIG. 6A, it is possible to correct the character string automatically extracted according to the rules.
In this case, an arbitrary character string portion to be extracted from the character string of the displayed mail is designated by a drag operation with the pen in the pen input device 18, and is extracted by selecting an item to be registered.

For example, when the character string portion of "XXXX conference" in the mail document shown in FIG. 6A is designated (step A7) and the message button is pressed (pointing of the button position with the pen) (step A7). A12), CPU
10 extracts the specified character string as the requirement data of the schedule data and temporarily stores it in the work area 12b (step A13).

Similarly, when the range of an arbitrary character string portion is designated and the date button is pressed, the CPU 10
Extracts the specified character string as date data of the schedule data and temporarily stores it in the work area 12b (steps A7, A8, A9). Similarly, when a range of an arbitrary character string portion is designated and the time button is pressed, the CPU 10 extracts the designated character string as date data of schedule data and temporarily stores it in the work area 12b ( Steps A7, A8, A9).

On the other hand, when the stop button is pressed (step A15), the CPU 10 discards the data that was to be registered as the schedule data temporarily stored in the work area 12b, and the simple schedule registration function is activated. The process returns to the original state before the process and ends the process (step A16).

When the registration button is pressed (step A14), the CPU 10 activates the schedule management function and executes a data registration process for registering the data stored in the work area 12b as schedule data. (Step A17). As a result, schedule data is stored in the schedule area 12d. Since the schedule area 12d is stored in a format that can be handled by the data management function, it can be processed by the data registration processing (registration processing routine) originally possessed by the data management function.

The CPU 10 is shown in FIG. 6C based on the schedule data stored in the schedule area 12d.
As shown in, a screen for data registration in the schedule management function is displayed. On the screen shown in FIG. 6C,
Registered data (character string) corresponding to each item of schedule (date, time, place, subject), input keyboard for data input (input KB), registration button for instructing confirmation of registration of schedule data, schedule A return button for returning to the simple registration function and a cancel button for canceling the processing are displayed.

The input KB (not shown) is a display of a keyboard pattern, and a character can be input by pointing a key position corresponding to a predetermined character with a pen.

Here, when data is input using the input KB (step A18), the CPU 10 changes or adds the schedule data of each item being registered according to the input data (step A19). ). C
The PU 10 stores the input data in the schedule area 12
Stored in d.

On the other hand, when the cancel button is pressed (step A22), the CPU 10 discards the data, that is, the data which is currently registered as the schedule data, and the original state before the simple schedule registration function is activated. To end the processing (step A23).

When the return button is pressed (step A24), the CPU 10 restarts the simple schedule registration function to return the schedule data to a state where the schedule data can be extracted from the electronic mail document (step A25).

When the registration button is pressed (step A20), the CPU 10 terminates the schedule registration screen, displays the schedule list screen as shown in FIG. 7A, and registers it as a schedule. Show the user what was done. And after a certain time, CP
U10 is the original state before the simple schedule registration function is activated, that is, the mail BO as shown in FIG. 7B.
The X screen is displayed (step A21).

As shown in FIG. 7B, the unread mark "*" is removed from the electronic mails for which the schedule data is registered in the mail list, and the registered mark "" indicating that the schedule has been registered is displayed. V ”is given.

In this way, the schedule data handled by the schedule management function can be automatically registered by extracting the corresponding character string from the electronic mail document, so that the schedule data can be registered easily and efficiently. Can be done. At this time, since it is only necessary to instruct the registration of the schedule data, complicated operations are unnecessary and the work load can be greatly reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, the character strings corresponding to the regulations are extracted for all the character strings included in the received electronic mail document (step A1).
~ A6), the range of the character extraction target in the electronic mail document may be designated in advance before the character string extraction. By thus designating the target range, it is possible to reliably extract the desired character string, that is, the schedule data, according to the convention. At this time, a range is not designated for each item of the schedule, but a relatively wide range is designated, so that the burden is not increased.

Further, in the screen shown in FIG. 6 (a),
Although a character string is specified for each item in order to correct the extracted character string (steps A7 to A13), step A
Similar to 1 to A6, it is possible to specify an arbitrary range including a desired character string of a mail and automatically extract the mail based on a preset rule. In this case, it is not necessary to strictly specify the range of the character string, and it is possible to specify in a wide range including the desired character string, which simplifies the operation.

Next, a method of managing the schedule data registered from the electronic mail document by the simple schedule registration function will be described. First, the case of deleting an electronic mail will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For example, an arbitrary electronic mail is designated and deleted on the display screen of the mail BOX shown in FIG. 7B, which is displayed after the schedule data is registered from the electronic mail document.

When the mail to be deleted is specified on the mail BOX screen and the deletion is instructed (step B
1) The CPU 10 determines whether or not the designated mail is unread (whether an unread mark is added) (step B2).

When the mail has an unread mark, the CPU 10 displays, for example, a message "The designated mail is unread. Can I delete it?" (Step B3).

After inputting an instruction to delete unread mail for this message (step B4), or if the designated electronic mail is not an unread mail (step B2), the CPU 10 determines that the designated electronic mail is
It is determined whether or not the data is registered as schedule data by the simple schedule registration function (whether or not a registered mark is added) (step B5).

As a result, when the schedule is not registered for the designated electronic mail, the CPU 10
Deletes the specified e-mail (step B6),
The mail BOX (e-mail list) after deleting the specified mail is displayed and the process ends (step B1).
3).

On the other hand, when the e-mail designated for deletion has already been registered in the schedule, the CPU 10 indicates, as shown in FIG. 9A, for example, "The schedule has been registered. The registered schedule data is also deleted. Do you want to do this? "Is displayed (Step B
7).

When an instruction to execute deletion (simultaneous deletion) of the corresponding schedule / schedule data is input together with the designated electronic mail for this message, the CPU 10
Activates the schedule management function, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the schedule list screen is notified of the schedule to be deleted, and the message "Delete the selected data. Are you sure?" Is displayed to confirm the deletion (step B9). ).

When the deletion execution is instructed (step B10), the CPU 10 deletes the designated schedule data and the corresponding electronic mail (step B1).
1), as shown in FIG. 10A, the schedule list after schedule deletion is displayed to indicate that the schedule data has actually been deleted (step B1).
1). Then, after a lapse of a certain time, the CPU 10 displays a mail box (e-mail list) after the designated mail is deleted, as shown in FIG. 10B, and ends the process (step B13).

In this way, even when the operation (deletion) is performed on the electronic mail, if the content of the target electronic mail document is registered as schedule data by the simple schedule registration function, the operation on the electronic mail is performed. Can be managed in association with. Therefore, data management for the schedule data can be efficiently performed.

Next, the case of deleting a schedule will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For example, an arbitrary schedule is designated and deleted on the display screen of the schedule list shown in FIG. 7A displayed after registering the schedule data from the electronic mail document.

When the schedule to be deleted is specified on the schedule list screen and execution of the deletion is instructed (step C1), the CPU 10 registers the specified schedule from the electronic mail document by the simple schedule registration function. Then, it is determined whether or not the corresponding electronic mail exists (step C2).

If the designated data is registered by the simple schedule registration function, the CPU 10
For example, as shown in Fig. 12 (a), the message "Original mail of this data exists in mail BOX" is displayed to confirm whether to delete the corresponding e-mail as well. Message? Is displayed (step C3).

When a deletion execution instruction is input in response to this message (step C4), the CPU 10 displays a mail BOX based on the received mail list, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the e-mail to be deleted is notified on the mail list screen (indicated by a double frame in the figure).
At the same time, a message "Do you want to delete the selected mail data?" For confirming the deletion is displayed (step C5).

When the deletion execution is instructed (step C6), the CPU 10 deletes the designated electronic mail and the corresponding schedule data (step C7).
As shown in FIG. 12C, the mail BO after deleting the mail
X is displayed to indicate that the schedule data has actually been deleted (step C8). Then, after a lapse of a certain time, the CPU 10 displays a list of schedules (the same as in FIG. 10A) after the designated mail is deleted, and ends the processing (step C9).

In this way, even when the operation (deletion) to the schedule data is performed, if the target schedule data is registered from the electronic mail document by the simple schedule registration function, it is associated with the operation to the schedule data. Can be managed.

Next, a description will be given of the processing for coping with the case where the schedules are duplicated when the schedule data is registered from the electronic mail document by the simple schedule registration function. That is, the CPU 10 further executes the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13 in the data registration process in step A17 of the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the CPU 10 is notified that the data extracted from the electronic mail document is registered as the schedule data by pressing the registration button (step A14 in FIG. 4), the schedule management function is activated and the The screen shown in FIG. 14 (a) is displayed, and the data to be newly registered is collated with the schedule data already registered as the schedule data (step D1).

Here, if the schedule data to be registered overlaps with the already registered schedule data, the CPU 10 displays the schedule contents for the sender of the electronic mail for which the schedule data is registered. In order to confirm whether or not to create an e-mail requesting you to change it, for example, as shown in Figure 14 (b), "There is already a schedule at the same time. Create an e-mail for a schedule change "?" Message is displayed.

Here, as input to the message, (1) register regardless of overlapping schedules, do not send schedule change request mail, (2) do not register schedule, do not send mail , (3) register a schedule and send an e-mail, and (4) send a mail without registering a schedule.

When a schedule registration execution instruction is input in response to the message (step D4), the CPU 10
Registers the data extracted and stored in the work area 12b as schedule data (step D5).

When the instruction to send the schedule change request mail is input (step D6), the CPU 10 creates a schedule change request mail and displays the mail contents as shown in FIG. 14C, for example. Display (step D7).

On the screen for displaying the transmitted mail shown in FIG. 14C, the destination name, the title of the electronic mail, the content of the electronic mail to be transmitted, and buttons for instructing each process are displayed. The buttons include a send button for instructing transmission execution, a correction button for instructing correction execution of the content of the email, and a stop button for instructing to stop transmission of the email.

The message data to be registered is
Since the data is obtained by the simple schedule registration function, it is possible to obtain the ID (identification information), the title, and the like of the other party who is the destination of the mail, so these data are used.
Further, since it is a notification of a schedule change request, a mail is created using a standard document prepared in advance.

When the correction button is pressed (step D8), the CPU 10 makes an input K for inputting character data.
B is displayed, and the contents of the e-mail are created (corrected) according to the data input from this input KB (step D).
9).

When the send button is pressed (step D10), the CPU 10 activates the electronic mail function,
The electronic mail data is transmitted by communication via a communication structure (not shown) (step D11).

When the stop button is pressed, the CPU
Reference numeral 10 indicates cancellation processing, for example, discarding a schedule change request e-mail and displaying a screen for data registration in the schedule management function, as shown in FIG. 6 (c).

In this way, when a specific character string extracted from an electronic mail document is registered as schedule data by using the simple schedule registration function, if it overlaps with the already registered schedule data, that fact is notified. Since it is presented, management of schedule data becomes easy.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the data (e-mail document) received by e-mail is input as the schedule data has been described as an example, but other text data may be targeted. it can.

[0088]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since appropriate data is extracted as schedule data from existing document data and registered by the data registration processing by the schedule management function, the schedule data is input. Can be performed easily and efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for setting rules in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic mail document received by an electronic mail function.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a part of the operation of the simple schedule registration function according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a part of the operation of the schedule simple registration function in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when registering schedule data by the simple schedule registration function according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when registering schedule data by the simple schedule registration function according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when deleting an electronic mail according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when deleting an electronic mail according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when deleting an electronic mail according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when deleting schedule data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when deleting schedule data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining processing when data is duplicated when registering schedule data by the simple schedule registration function according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a view showing an example of a display screen when data is duplicated when schedule data is registered by the simple schedule registration function according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... CPU 12 ... RAM 12a ... Program area 12d ... Schedule area 12g ... E-mail area 14 ... VRAM 16 ... ROM 18 ... Pen input device 20 ... Input control unit 22 ... Display device 24 ... Display control unit

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Yoshihide Uchida 2-9 Suehiro-cho, Ome-shi, Tokyo Toshiba Personal System Engineering Co., Ltd. In-house

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[Claims] 1. An information device having a schedule management function for managing schedule data composed of data for a plurality of items, comprising items to be registered as schedule data and data to be registered as schedule data in existing document data. Information having a schedule management function, comprising: input means for inputting a designation; and registration means for registering data according to the designation input by the input means by a data registration process by the schedule management function. machine. 2. In an information device having a schedule management function for managing schedule data composed of data for a plurality of items, for items to be registered as schedule data, data of data to be registered as schedule data in existing document data is recorded. The system is provided with a rule setting unit for setting a rule, and a registration unit for extracting data according to the rule set by the rule setting unit from the existing document data and registering the data by a data registration process by the schedule management function. An information device having a schedule management function characterized by the above. 3. An information device having a schedule management function for managing schedule data composed of data for a plurality of items, wherein the items to be registered as the schedule data are the data to be registered as the schedule data in the existing document data. Rule setting means for setting a rule, extracting means for extracting data according to the rule set by the rule setting means from the existing document data, items to be registered as schedule data, and existing document data Inputting means for inputting designation of data to be registered as schedule data in the inside, data extracted by the extracting means, or data according to the designation input by the inputting means, data registration processing by the schedule management function It was equipped with registration means to register by Information device having a schedule management function, wherein the door. 4. When the schedule data registered by the registration means and the existing document data from which the schedule data is extracted are associated with each other and one of the data is deleted, the other corresponding data is also deleted. An information device having a schedule management function according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is deleted. 5. The existing document data is data received via a communication function, and the registration means stores data to be registered as schedule data,
In the case where the contents of the already registered schedule data are duplicated, a change request transmitting means for transmitting the document data for requesting the change of the contents to the transmission source of the existing document data via the communication function is provided. An information device having a schedule management function according to claim 2. 6. An information device having a schedule management function for managing schedule data composed of data for a plurality of items, wherein an item for which schedule data is to be registered includes data to be registered as schedule data in existing document data. By setting the rules, data corresponding to the set rules is extracted from the existing document data, and when the extracted data is not suitable as the data to be processed, the items to be registered in the schedule data and the existing items are registered. It is characterized in that a designation of data to be registered as schedule data in the document data is inputted, and the inputted data according to the convention or data according to the designation is registered by a data registration process by the schedule management function. How to manage schedule data.