JPH10269283A - Information management apparatus, information management method, and information management storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide an information management device capable of automatically adjusting a schedule and automatically replying to a reply mail in the case of a schedule notification mail. SOLUTION: A communication device for transmitting / receiving an e-mail including sender information and subject information indicating a schedule purpose, an automatic reply mail database 15 storing reply mail information of a predetermined pattern, A mail analyzing unit 7 for analyzing the title information to determine whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification or another notification; and when the mail analyzing unit 7 determines that the received notification is a schedule notification, the automatic reply mail database 15 is added to the reply mail information of the predetermined pattern stored in No. 15 with the sender information of the received mail extracted from the received mail and the will information of the receiver reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data stored in advance. A mail reply unit 10 for creating a mail, wherein the reply mail created by the reply mail creating means is sent to the communication device 2 Automatically reply to the sender.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information management device, an information management method and an information management storage medium suitable for use in schedule management.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various devices and methods have been proposed as means for managing schedules required for performing various meetings and various tasks.

[0003] In particular, in recent years, with the development of computer devices and communication lines, schedule data has been transmitted between individual users using e-mail to construct a schedule database.

[0004] For example, when a meeting is notified by e-mail, this e-mail is read and each schedule management system checks whether or not the schedule is free at the date and time specified by the e-mail. In consideration of the priority, a schedule such as a date, a place, and the like is stored in a schedule database by a manual input operation.

[0005]

However, in the case of the above-described conventional means for performing schedule management, a function for extracting only data necessary for schedule management from an e-mail composed of document data of an arbitrary format. It is necessary for the user to read and understand the contents necessary for schedule management by reading e-mails and to find out when it is free. In fact, it was difficult to ensure thorough schedule management, such as reading emails.

Therefore, the present invention determines the contents by analyzing the subject (subject) attached to the received mail, automatically adjusts the schedule in the case of the schedule notification mail, and automatically replies the reply mail. Provided is an information management device and an information management method capable of automatically managing a user in conjunction with an email, and an information management device storing schedule management information necessary for realizing such an information management device and an information management method. It is intended to provide a storage medium for use.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management apparatus, comprising: schedule data storage means for storing schedule data including schedule items; and e-mail including sender information and subject information indicating a schedule purpose. Communication means for transmitting and receiving the mail, reply mail information storage means for storing reply mail information in a predetermined pattern, and analyzing the title information of the received mail received by the communication means, and determining whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification or other A mail analysis unit for determining whether the notification is a notification of a notification, and, when the mail analysis unit determines that the notification is a schedule notification, extracting reply mail information of a predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage unit from the received mail. The sender information of the received mail and the intention information of the receiver reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means are added. And a reply mail preparation means for preparing reply mail, and is characterized in that the reply mail created by the reply mail preparation means and adapted to automatically return to the sender from the communication means.

According to the present invention, when the received mail is determined to be the schedule notification by the mail analyzing means, the sender information of the received mail and the will information of the receiver reflecting the schedule item of the existing schedule data are added. This automatically creates a reply mail and sends it back to the sender via communication means.This enables automatic schedule management of users linked to the received mail and saves the trouble of creating reply mail. can do.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management method comprising: storing schedule data including a schedule item in a schedule data storage unit; storing reply mail information of a predetermined pattern in a reply mail information storage unit; When the e-mail including the sender information and the subject information indicating the schedule purpose is received by the means, the subject information of the received e-mail is analyzed, and when it is determined to be the schedule notification, the predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage means The reply mail created by adding the sender information of the received mail extracted from the received mail and the will information of the recipient reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means to the reply mail information of Is automatically returned to the sender from the communication means.

According to the present invention, when the received mail is a schedule notification,
A method of automatically creating a reply mail to which the sender information of the received mail and the intention information of the receiver reflecting the schedule item of the existing schedule data are added, and automatically replying the reply mail to the sender from the communication means, Automatic schedule management of the user linked with the received mail can be executed, and the trouble of creating the reply mail can be omitted.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management apparatus, comprising: schedule data storage means for storing schedule data including schedule items; and communication means for transmitting and receiving e-mail including sender information and subject information indicating a schedule purpose. Analyzing reply mail information storing means for storing reply mail information in a predetermined pattern and subject information of the received mail received by the communication means to determine whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification or another notification Mail analysis means,
If this email analysis means determines that the notification is a schedule notification,
To the reply mail information of a predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage means, the sender information of the received mail extracted from the received mail and the intention information of the recipient reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means are added. Reply mail creation means for creating a reply mail, and when the mail analysis means determines that the notice is a schedule notice, the information of the schedule item of the received mail and the information of the schedule item of the schedule data storage means If the schedules do not overlap, the schedule item information of the received mail is stored in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage means, and if the schedules overlap, the schedule item information of the received mail is stored in the schedule data storage means. Schedule data updating means that is stored together with the schedule item column, and storage by referring to the schedule storage means And it is characterized in means for displaying the schedule data being.

According to the present invention, when the received mail is determined to be the schedule notification by the mail analyzing means, the sender information of the received mail and the intention information of the receiver reflecting the schedule item of the existing schedule data are added. Since the reply mail is automatically created and the reply mail is automatically replied to the sender via the communication means, the schedule management of the user linked with the received mail can be executed automatically and the trouble of creating the reply mail can be reduced. This can be omitted, and the management of schedule data stored in the schedule storage means when schedules overlap and when schedules do not overlap is also thorough.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management apparatus for storing schedule data storing schedule data including schedule items having different degrees of importance, and electronic information including sender information and title information indicating a schedule purpose. Communication means for transmitting and receiving mail, reply mail information storage means for storing reply mail information in a predetermined pattern, and analyzing the title information of the received mail received by the communication means, and determining whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification A mail analysis unit for determining whether the notification is another notification, and, when the mail analysis unit determines that the notification is a schedule notification, the response mail information of a predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage unit is transmitted from the received mail. Reception that reflects the sender information of the extracted received mail and the degree of importance of the schedule item in the schedule data storage means. Reply mail creating means for creating a reply mail with the intention information added thereto, and information on schedule items of the received mail when the mail analysis means determines that the notice is a schedule notice, and a schedule in the schedule data storage means. Compare the schedule information with the item information. If the schedules do not overlap, store the schedule item information of the received mail in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage unit. It has a schedule data updating means for storing the schedule data in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage means and a means for displaying the stored schedule data with reference to the schedule storage means.

According to the present invention, when the received mail is determined to be the schedule notification by the mail analysis means, the sender information of the received mail and the difference in the degree of importance of the schedule item of the existing schedule data are also reflected. A reply mail to which the intention information of the recipient is added is automatically created, and the reply mail is automatically replied to the sender from the communication means. Therefore, it is possible to execute automatic schedule management of the user linked with the received mail, The trouble of creating a reply mail can be omitted, and the schedule data can be completely managed in consideration of the degree of importance stored in the schedule storage means when schedules overlap and when schedules do not overlap. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information management apparatus of the fourth aspect, the difference in the degree of importance of the schedule data is high, normal, or low, and the reply mail is created. Recipients' wills, which reflect the degree of importance created by the means, include
Either absent message or scheduled duplicate message.

According to the present invention, the difference in the degree of importance of the schedule data is classified into high, normal, and low, and the intention information of the recipient reflecting the difference in the degree of importance created by the reply mail creating means. Is an attendance message, absent message, or scheduled duplicate message, so a reply mail that clearly shows the recipient's intention will be automatically returned to the sender via communication means and transmitted to the sender. Can be.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management apparatus including schedule data storage means for storing schedule data including schedule items including a specific keyword, sender information, subject information indicating a schedule purpose, and schedule items. Communication means for sending and receiving e-mails, reply mail information storage means for storing reply mail information in a predetermined pattern, and analyzing the subject information of the received mail received by the communication means, and the contents of the received mail are notified of the schedule notification Mail analysis means for determining whether the notification is another notification or not, and when the mail analysis means determines that the notification is a schedule notification, the specific keyword stored in the schedule data storage means is referred to by referring to the schedule item of the received mail. It is determined whether or not the reply message includes a specific keyword. Against emissions reply mail information, and reply mail creating means for creating a reply e-mail the sender information extracted from the received e-mail by adding the intention information of the recipient that reflects the scheduled item of the schedule data storage means,
When the mail analysis unit determines that the notification is a schedule notification, and when the reply mail creation unit determines that the message includes a specific keyword, information of the schedule item of the received mail is stored in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage unit. It has schedule data updating means and means for displaying stored schedule data with reference to the schedule storage means.

According to the present invention, when the received mail is determined by the mail analyzing means to be a schedule notification and is determined to include a specific keyword, the will information of the receiver in the reply mail corresponding to the sender. And the discrimination according to the sender of the received mail stored in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management storage medium, wherein schedule data including a schedule item created by an input operation and reply mail information of a predetermined pattern are stored in a storage means; A procedure for analyzing the subject information of the mail to determine whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification or another notification, and, if determined to be a schedule notification, a predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage means. A procedure for creating a reply mail by adding sender information of the received mail extracted from the received mail and intention information of the receiver reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means to the reply mail information; A procedure for automatically replying to a mail is stored so as to be readable and writable by a computer device.

According to the present invention, by storing the above-described procedures, the above-described information management apparatus can be realized by an existing computer device, and the above-described information management method can be constructed.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail.

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

This information management device transmits and receives e-mails, analyzes received mails, and creates and updates a schedule database with a communication device 2 that accesses information on a network to transmit and receive e-mails. A control device 4 for referring to a schedule database at regular intervals, an input device 3 for inputting e-mail addresses and various instructions, a user mail database 11 for storing e-mails, and a mail analysis database for storing analysis schedule data An external storage device 5 including a hard disk or the like having a schedule database 13 for storing schedule data;
A display device 1 composed of a color CRT or the like for displaying data input from the PC, a menu screen for information acquisition operation, a schedule, an e-mail, etc., and a crystal oscillator, etc. A clock device 6 that performs an interrupt process and stores the current time in a date and time buffer in a memory (not shown) provided in the control device 4.

For the control device 4, for example, a DVD
It is also possible to add an auxiliary storage device 16 for writing and reading information to and from the information management storage medium 20 such as a (digital video disk).

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 4 sends the sender, the sender date and time, the destination, and the subject which are the headers of the received e-mails having the contents shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, respectively.
A mail analysis unit 7 for analyzing analysis schedule data by analyzing each item data of (purpose), scheduled date and time (start date and time, end date and time), contents, location, etc., and storing the analysis schedule data in the mail analysis database 12; A schedule database update unit 8 that updates the storage contents of the schedule database 13 with reference to the analysis database 12 and the schedule database 13, and a schedule database management unit that manages schedule data with reference to the schedule database 13 at regular intervals. 9 and the schedule data, as a result, if necessary, a reply mail is created and sent, a mail reply unit 10 for sending, an important keyword database 14 for storing important keywords, and an automatic reply mail database 15 for storing reply mails. Is provided.

Next, regarding the operation of this embodiment, first,
This will be described with reference to a flowchart showing the entire processing shown in FIG.

First, this information management device is started up, a user environment setting screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the screen of the display device 1, and the user is made to set the environment as shown in FIG. 16 (step S1).

That is, the environment setting in step S1 is performed as shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), when the result of the automatic content determination is a schedule notification (step S51), the schedule database 1
Whether the update processing of No. 3 is simplified (Step S52)
The user is prompted to select between normal setting (step S54), detailed setting (step S56), and importance-based version setting (step S56 negative).

When a normal version, a detailed version, or a version according to importance is selected, the display device 1 is used to create an automatic reply mail.
The user information acquisition screen shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the screen, and the user's name and mail address are input.

Next, the name of the user is acquired, and, for example, a writing “A” is created. And "A
is. I have an appointment. "
"I'm sorry, there's an appointment."
A duplicate message, "I'm sorry, I'm absent." And an attendance message "I'm here. Attend." Are created and stored in the automatic reply mail database 15. FIG. 6 shows a storage example of each of the above messages in this case.

Next, a schedule database 13 is created (step S2). Schedule database 1
3, a schedule number, a start date and time item, an end date and time item, a content item, a location item, an e-mail number, an importance item, a duplication schedule start date and time item, a duplication schedule end date and time item,
It consists of the following items: a scheduled duplicate content item, a scheduled duplicate location item, and a duplicate scheduled email number item.

Such a schedule database 13
The user may create the schedule data himself and store it in the schedule database 13, or may analyze the mail and automatically store it in the schedule database 13.

Here, a case where the schedule database 13 is created by itself will be described.

When the user selects to perform an input operation for displaying a schedule from the input device 3, on the screen of the display device 1, as shown in FIG. Is displayed. When the user selects an arbitrary time zone on the day on which the user wants to write the schedule, the screen of the display device 1 changes to a schedule editing screen shown in FIG. When the item, location, and importance are written and the OK button shown in FIG. 13 is selected with a mouse or the like (not shown), the written content is stored in the corresponding item of the schedule database 13.

The importance is "high", "normal", "low"
Is stored, 1 is stored in the item of importance in the case of “high”, 2 is stored in the case of “normal”, and 3 is stored in the case of “low”. When the importance is not selected, “normal” is set, and 2 is stored in the importance item.

For example, at 10: 0 on November 12, 1996.
In order to write the schedule of the budget meeting at 0-11: 00, "1996" is added to the start date and time item of the schedule database 13.
−11-121: 00 ”, and“ 1996 ”in the end date and time item.
-11-121: 00 ”, the content item is“ Budget meeting ”,
"205 meeting room" in place item, importance is "high"
(1) is stored.

Next, when the user selects the version according to importance, an important keyword data input screen shown in FIG. 26 is displayed on the screen of the display device 1. Here, the important keyword data is inputted and registered. Figure 2 shows an example of storing important keyword data
FIG.

Next, when the user receives the e-mail (step S3), the e-mail numbers are assigned in ascending order starting from 1 in the order in which the e-mails were received, and the e-mail numbers are stored in the user e-mail database 11 in the order of the e-mail numbers.

The mail analyzer 7 analyzes mails in the order in which the mails were received (step S4). That is, as shown in FIG. 13, when a mail is received (step S11), the header and the body of the mail are divided (step S12). Then, the header is analyzed first (step S13). The header analysis process is as shown in FIG.

That is, in the case of each mail as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the header portion is a mail setting portion including a destination, a sending date, a sender, and the like.

The mail analysis unit 7 checks the “To:”
If there is a word including (From) (Step S21), the destination information is acquired (Step S22). If there is a word including “From:” (Step S23), the sender information is acquired (Step S24). If there is a word representing "Date:" (step S25), the sending date information is obtained (step S26). If there is a word containing "Subject:" (step S27), the content information is obtained ( Step S28).

The information is stored in the content item of the mail analysis database 12.

Next, the mail analysis section 7 analyzes (morpheme analysis) the body of the mail (step S14, step S14).
31) Perform word segmentation.

That is, in the text, “date”, “schedule”, “date”
If there are words including words such as "month", "hour", "minute" (step S32), date and time information is obtained (step S3).
3) If there is a word including the word "place" (step S34), the location information is acquired (step S35).

Then, a character string pattern corresponding to the start date and time and the end date and time is extracted according to the following rules.
Each is converted to numerical data and stored in the mail analysis database 12 on the start date and time item and the end date and time item date.

An example of a character string pattern according to certain rules of the start date and time and the end date and time will be described below.

(Date String Pattern a) Consecutive Numbers 1
In the case of the format of year, consecutive numbers in February, consecutive three days in numbers (for example, "date and time: Wednesday, November 13") (date character string pattern b) consecutive numbers 1 (-or /) Consecutive 2 (-or /), number consecutive 3 (-
Or /) format (for example, "Date: 1966-
11-13 (Wed) "," Date: November 13, 1996
(Wed) ”) (Date string pattern c) Consecutive numbers 2 (-or /),
In the case of a format of consecutive numbers 3 (-or /) (for example, "date and time: 11-13 (Wed)""date and time: 11/13
(Wed) ”) In this way, the consecutive number 1 is a year character string, the consecutive number 2 is a month character string, and the consecutive number 3 is a day character string, and each character string is converted into numerical data.

(Time character string pattern a) In the case of a format of consecutive numbers 4: consecutive numbers 5 (for example, "10:15") (Time character string pattern b) Four consecutive numbers, five consecutive minutes In the case of the format (for example, “10:15”) (time character string pattern c) In the case of the format of consecutive four o'clock (for example, “10 o'clock”) In this way, four consecutive numbers are converted to a character string and a consecutive number 5 is a minute character string, and each character string is converted into numerical data.

The year numerical data obtained as described above,
Store month numeric data, daily numeric data, hour numeric data, and minute numeric data in the start date and time field.

Subsequently, "from" after the start date and time item
The character strings following the words "~" and "-" are applied to the time character string patterns a to c, and the year numerical data, the hour numerical data,
Get fractional value data.

For example, "1996-10-23 10:
00-12: 00 ").

The year numerical data, month numerical data, and day numerical data obtained when the start date and time are obtained, and the obtained hour numerical data and minute numerical data are stored in the end date and time field of the mail analysis database 12.

Further, “place”, “meeting room”, “room”, “pl”
If there is a word indicating a place such as "ace", "at", "at", "@", etc., it is a line related to the place, so the place information is acquired and stored in the place item of the mail analysis database 12.

Next, the mail analysis section 7 determines the contents of the mail based on the contents item (subject) of the mail analysis data (steps S15 and S41). That is, in the mail analysis data, a value is stored in the start date and time item or the end date and time item (date and time information is obtained from the text) (step S42), and the content items are “notification”, “notification”, “meeting” and “meeting”. If it contains words such as "Holding" (step S43) and does not contain the words "Re:" and "answer" (not an answer mail) (step S44), it is regarded as a schedule notification mail (step S45).

Otherwise, it is regarded as "other" mail (step S46), and the mail analysis database 12
Is stored in the content determination item. FIG. 15 shows an example of the display of the mail content determination result on the screen of the display device 1.

Next, when the incoming mail is the schedule notification mail, the mail analyzing unit 7 updates the schedule database 13 as shown in FIG. Otherwise, do nothing.

Hereinafter, the process of updating the schedule database 13 will be described.

First, when the incoming mail is a schedule notification mail (step S45, step S51), the mail analysis unit 7 sets the user setting to simple (step S52).
, The normal setting (step S54), the detailed setting, or the version according to importance (step S56).

Next, the schedule database 13 is updated and the mail is returned based on the mail analysis result as described above (step S5).

The update process (step S53) of the schedule database 13 when the user setting is the simple setting (step S52) will be described below with reference to FIG.

The schedule database updating unit 8 extracts a start date and time item from the mail analysis database 12,
The schedule database 13 at the start date and time is referred to (step S61). Schedule database 13
Contains the start date and time and the end date and time. If the start date and time of the breaking schedule data in the mail breaking database 12 is later than the start date and time of the schedule data in the schedule database and earlier than the end date and time, It can be seen that the schedule is already entered (step S
62).

In this case, the start date / time item, the end date / time item, the content item, the location item, and the mail number of the mail analysis data are stored in the schedule database 13 as the duplication schedule start date / time item, the duplicate schedule end date / time item, the duplication schedule content item, and the duplication schedule content item. It is stored in the scheduled place item and the duplicate scheduled mail number (step S64).

Otherwise (if the start date and time of the mail analysis database 12 is later than the end date and time of the schedule database 13 or if the end date and time of the mail analysis database 12 is earlier than the start date and time of the schedule database 13), the schedule The start date and time item, the end date and time item, the content item, the location item, and the mail number are stored in the database 13 (step S63).

Next, the updating process (step S55) of the schedule database 13 when the user setting is the normal setting (step S54) will be described below with reference to FIG.

The schedule database updating section 8 extracts a start date and time item from the mail breaking database 12 and refers to the schedule database 13 at that date and time (step S71).

Since the start date and time and the end date and time are stored in the schedule database 13, the start date and time of the breaking schedule data in the mail analysis database 12 is later than the start date and time of the schedule data in the schedule database and earlier than the end date and time. In this case, it is known that a schedule has already been entered (step S72).

In this case, the sender of the incoming mail is referred to the scheduled duplicate message, the sender of the mail is extracted and added to, for example, “OO”, a scheduled duplicate mail is created, and a reply is sent to the sender (step S73). ). Also,
The start date / time item, end date / time item, content item, location item, and mail number of the mail analysis data are set in the schedule database 13 as the duplication schedule start date / time item, the duplication schedule end date / time item, the duplication schedule content item, the duplication schedule location item, and the duplication schedule mail. It is stored in the number (step S74).

Otherwise (if the start date and time of the mail analysis database 12 is later than the end date and time of the schedule database 13 or the end date and time of the mail analysis database 12 is earlier than the start date and time of the schedule database 13), 13 stores a start date and time item, an end date and time item, a content boundary, a location item, and a mail number. Also, a positive message (shown in FIG. 6)
The mail sender is extracted and added to “OO”, a reply mail indicating that the schedule is vacant is created, a reply is sent to the sender (step S75), and the reply mail is stored in the schedule item of the schedule database 13. (Step S76).

Next, the process of updating the schedule database 13 when the user setting is the detailed setting (step S56) will be described below with reference to FIG.

The schedule database updating unit 8 extracts a start date and time item from the mail breaking database 12 and refers to the contents of the schedule database 13 at that date and time (step S81). Since the schedule database 13 stores the start date and time and the end date and time,
The start date and time of the analysis schedule data in the mail analysis database 12 is later than the end date and time of the schedule data in the schedule database 13, or the end date and time of the analysis schedule data in the mail analysis database 12 is earlier than the start date and time of the schedule data in the schedule database 13. In that case, it means that the schedule is vacant.

In this case, the sender of the incoming mail is referred to, the sender of the mail is extracted, and “OO” is added to the positive message.
A reply mail is created, and a reply is sent to the sender (step S84). In the schedule database 13, a start date and time item, an end date and time item, a content item,
The location item and the mail number are stored (step S85).

On the other hand, the start date and time of the analysis schedule data in the mail analysis database 12 is later than the start date and time of the schedule data in the schedule database 13,
If it is earlier than the end date and time, it means that there is a schedule (step S82).

In this case, a correspondence is made according to the importance of the schedule database which has already been entered (step S83).

In this case, as shown in FIG. 25, when 1 is stored in the importance item and the importance is high (step S91), the absence mail is returned to the sender of the incoming mail (step S92).

If 2 is stored in the importance item and the importance is normal (step S93), the scheduled duplicate mail is returned to the sender of the incoming mail (step S9).
4).

Then, the start date / time item, end date / time item, content item, location item, and mail number of the mail analysis data are copied to the schedule database 13 at the scheduled duplication start date / time item, the scheduled duplication end date / time item, the duplicate scheduled content item, and the duplicate schedule. It is stored in the location item and the expected duplicate mail number item (step S95).

If 3 is stored in the importance item and the importance is low (step S96), the attendance mail is returned to the sender of the incoming mail (step S97), and the original scheduled mail in the schedule database 13 is returned. With reference to the number item, the sender item of the mail number in the mail analysis database 12 is checked, a message of absence is created, and a reply is sent to the sender (step S9).
8).

Further, the original start date / time item, end date / time item, content item, location item, and mail number of the schedule database 13 are referred to as duplicate scheduled start date / time item, duplicate scheduled end date / time item, duplicate scheduled content item, and duplicate child fixed location item. Is stored in the duplicated mail number item (step S99).

The start date / time item, end date / time item, content item, location item, and mail number of the mail analysis data are set as the new arrival schedule, and the duplication schedule start date / time item, the duplication schedule end date / time item, and the duplication schedule content item of the schedule database 13 are newly arrived. , And are stored in the scheduled duplication location item and the anticipated duplication mail number item (step S100).

Next, with reference to FIG. 28, a description will be given of updating of the schedule database according to importance.

In this case, the importance keyword data and each item of the mail analysis database 12 are referred to (step S101), and if they match (step S102).
Only the following processing is performed. If no match is found, the process ends.

The start date and time item is extracted from the mail analysis database 12, and the schedule database 13 at that date and time is referred to (step S103).

Since the start date and time and the end date and time are stored in the schedule database 12, if the start date and time of the mail analysis data of the mail analysis database 12 is later than the start date and time of the schedule database 13 and earlier than the end date and time, It can be seen that a schedule has already been entered (step S104).

In this case, the sender of the incoming mail is referred to the scheduled duplicate message, the sender of the mail is extracted and added to “OO”, a reply mail is created, and a reply is sent to the sender (step S105).

The start date / time item, end date / time item, content item, location item, and mail number item of the mail analysis data are copied into the schedule database 13 at the scheduled start date / time item, scheduled overlap end date / time item, scheduled overlap content item, and duplicate scheduled content item. It is stored in the scheduled place item and the duplicate scheduled mail number item (step S106).

Otherwise (if the start date and time of the mail analysis data is later than the end date and time of the schedule data in the schedule database 13 or if the end date and time of the mail analysis data is earlier than the start date and time of the schedule data) Then, the sender of the mail is extracted to the affirmative message (shown in FIG. 6) and added as "OO", a reply mail is created, and the reply is sent to the sender (step S107). Then, the contents of the reply mail are stored in the start date / time item, end date / time item, content item, location item, and mail number item of the schedule database 13 (step S107).

FIG. 10 shows an example in which the user schedule is displayed on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the priority schedule item and the duplicate schedule item notified later by e-mail are displayed. The priority items are also displayed with their importance (see FIG. 1).
In the case of 0, the mark (high) is displayed on the budget meeting from 10:00 to 12:00).

The schedule database 13 is stored in 5
When the current time reaches the scheduled start date and time, a user schedule notification screen shown in FIG. 14 is displayed to notify the user of the content and location with an image. A configuration in which the user is notified of the schedule by a sound such as a chime may be employed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

For example, in this embodiment, individual schedules are managed. However, schedules of a plurality of people in a group are managed via a network such as a LAN, and a schedule for attending a conference is referred to. The meeting may be set to a vacant date and time.

[0091]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus which can execute automatic schedule management of a user in conjunction with a received mail and can save trouble of creating a reply mail. .

According to the second aspect of the invention, it is possible to construct a method of automatically replying a reply mail to the sender from the communication means, perform automatic schedule management of the user in conjunction with the received mail, and create a reply mail. It is possible to provide an information management method that can save time and effort.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to execute the automatic schedule management of the user in conjunction with the received mail, to save the trouble of creating the reply mail, and to reduce the time when the schedules overlap. In addition, it is possible to provide an information management device that can completely manage schedule data when schedules do not overlap.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to execute the automatic schedule management of the user in conjunction with the received mail, to save the trouble of creating the reply mail, and to reduce the time when the schedules overlap. In addition, it is possible to provide an information management apparatus that can completely manage schedule data in consideration of the difference in importance stored in the schedule storage unit when schedules do not overlap.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information management apparatus capable of automatically returning a reply mail clearly indicating the contents of the intention of the receiver to the sender by communication means and transmitting the reply mail to the sender. be able to.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the intention information of the recipient in the reply mail corresponding to the sender is distinguished, and the response information is stored in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage means according to the sender of the received mail. It is possible to provide an information management device that can also make a distinction.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information management storage medium that can realize the above-described information management apparatus using an existing computer device and can construct the above-described information management method.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an information management device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a control unit and an external storage device of the information management device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mail according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the mail according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing still another example of the mail according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a storage example of automatic reply mail data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a storage example of mail analysis data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of storage in a schedule database according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example (by week) of a user schedule according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example (per day) of a user schedule according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user environment setting screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user information acquisition screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule editing screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user schedule notification surface according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example of contents of automatic mail discrimination according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the entire processing of the present embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a mail analysis process according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a mail header analysis process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a mail text analysis process according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a mail content determination process according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a schedule database updating unit according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating a simplified schedule database update process according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating a normal schedule database update process according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a detailed version schedule database update process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing correspondence according to importance according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of an important keyword input screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a storage example of important keyword data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a process of updating a schedule database according to importance according to the present embodiment.

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 Reference Signs List 1 display device 2 communication device 3 input device 4 control device 5 external storage device 6 clock device 7 mail analysis unit 11 user mail database 12 mail analysis database 13 schedule database 14 important keyword database 15 automatic reply mail database

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. Schedule data storage means for storing schedule data including schedule items; communication means for transmitting and receiving e-mail including sender information and subject information indicating a schedule purpose; and storing reply mail information in a predetermined pattern. Reply mail information storage means, mail analysis means for analyzing the title information of the received mail received by the communication means, and determining whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification or other notification, and this mail analysis means If it is determined to be an event notification,
To the reply mail information of a predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage means, the sender information of the received mail extracted from the received mail and the intention information of the recipient reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means are added. And a reply mail creating means for creating a reply mail by using the reply means. The reply mail created by the reply mail creating means is automatically replied to the sender from the communication means. . 2. Schedule data including a schedule item is stored in schedule data storage means, reply mail information of a predetermined pattern is stored in reply mail information storage means,
When an e-mail including the sender information and the subject information indicating the schedule purpose is received by the communication means, the subject information of the received e-mail is analyzed, and when the received e-mail is determined to be the schedule notification, the predetermined mail stored in the reply mail information storage means is received. A reply mail is created by adding the sender's information of the received mail extracted from the received mail and the will information of the receiver reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means to the reply mail information of the pattern, An information management method, wherein a mail is automatically replied to the sender via a communication means. 3. Schedule data storage means for storing schedule data including schedule items; communication means for transmitting and receiving e-mail including sender information and subject information indicating a schedule purpose; and storing reply mail information in a predetermined pattern. Reply mail information storage means, mail analysis means for analyzing the title information of the received mail received by the communication means, and determining whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification or other notification, and this mail analysis means If it is determined to be an event notification,
To the reply mail information of a predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage means, the sender information of the received mail extracted from the received mail and the intention information of the recipient reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means are added. A reply mail creating means for creating a reply mail, and when the mail analyzing means determines that the notice is a schedule notice,
The information of the scheduled item of the received mail is compared with the information of the scheduled item of the schedule data storage unit, and when the schedules do not overlap, the information of the scheduled item of the received mail is stored in the scheduled item column of the schedule data storage unit. When the schedules are duplicated, the schedule data is stored by referring to the schedule data updating means for storing the information of the scheduled items of the received mail in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage means, and the schedule storage means. Means for displaying schedule data; and an information management apparatus, characterized by: 4. A schedule data storage means for storing schedule data including schedule items having different degrees of importance, a communication means for transmitting and receiving e-mail including sender information and subject information indicating a schedule purpose, a predetermined pattern Reply mail information storage means for storing reply mail information of the mail, and mail analyzing means for analyzing title information of the received mail received by the communication means to determine whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification or another notification. , If this e-mail analysis means is determined to be a schedule notification,
For the reply mail information of a predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage means, the reception reflecting the sender information of the received mail extracted from the received mail and the degree of importance of the schedule item of the schedule data storage means is reflected. A reply mail creating means for creating a reply mail by adding human intention information, and when the mail analyzing means determines that the notice is a schedule notice,
The information of the scheduled item of the received mail is compared with the information of the scheduled item of the schedule data storage unit, and when the schedules do not overlap, the information of the scheduled item of the received mail is stored in the scheduled item column of the schedule data storage unit. When the schedules are duplicated, the schedule data is stored by referring to the schedule data updating means for storing the information of the scheduled items of the received mail in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage means, and the schedule storage means. Means for displaying schedule data; and an information management device comprising: 5. The degree of importance of the schedule data is classified into high, normal, and low, and the intention information of the receiver reflecting the degree of importance created by the reply mail creating means is an attendance message. 5. The information management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information management apparatus is any one of an absence message, and a scheduled duplicate message. 6. A schedule data storage unit for storing schedule data including schedule items including a specific keyword, a communication unit for transmitting / receiving e-mail including sender information, title information indicating a schedule purpose, and a schedule item, Reply mail information storage means for storing reply mail information of the pattern, and mail analysis means for analyzing the title information of the received mail received by the communication means and determining whether the content of the received mail is a schedule notification or another notification And, if the email analysis means determines that it is a schedule notification,
It is determined whether or not a specific keyword stored in the schedule data storage unit is included by referring to the schedule item of the received mail, and if the specific keyword is included, the predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage unit is determined. Reply mail creating means for creating a reply mail by adding sender information extracted from the received mail to the reply mail information and the will information of the recipient reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means; and the mail analyzing means Schedule data updating means for storing information on the schedule item of the received mail in the schedule item column of the schedule data storage means when the reply mail creation means determines that the message includes a specific keyword. And the stored schedule data is displayed with reference to the schedule storage means. Information management apparatus characterized by comprising: a stage, a. 7. A procedure for storing schedule data including a schedule item created by an input operation and reply mail information of a predetermined pattern in a storage means, analyzing subject information of the received mail to be received, and analyzing contents of the received mail. Is a procedure for determining whether the notification is a schedule notification or another notification.If the notification is determined to be a schedule notification, the reply mail information of a predetermined pattern stored in the reply mail information storage means is extracted from the received mail. A procedure for creating a reply mail by adding the sender's information of the received mail and the intention information of the receiver reflecting the schedule item of the schedule data storage means, and a procedure for automatically replying the created reply mail by a computer device. An information management storage medium that is stored so as to be capable of being used.