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Information processing apparatus for managing schedule data and a method therefor

US6279000A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1997
Grant dateAug 21, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/109
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When electronic mail is received, the contents of the electronic mail is analyzed, and an item concerning a schedule is extracted from the analysis results. When the date associated with the extracted item is advanced to the present time, the item is stored as a user's schedule in a database employed for the storage of schedule data. Schedule data that conflict with the item are searched for in the database. To rearrange conflicting schedules, a change in a schedule is requested to the transmission source, or the priorities of the conflicting schedules are compared, and the cancellation of a schedule having a low priority is proposed to a user.

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