Reservation registration apparatus method of reservation registration and program storage medium

• US 20010018661A1
• Filed: 01/26/2001
• Published: 08/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.), Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sato, Katsushi, Sasaki, Kumiko
• Granted Patent: US 7,581,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/025 Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

A reservation registration apparatus, a method of reservation registration and a program storage medium allow reservation registration to be performed by easy operation. A starting time and an ending time can be set and changed by easy operation by displaying on a display screen reservation subject icons representing reservation subjects and a time base display area for performing reservation registration, and when the reservation subject icons are moved onto the time base display area, displaying a reservation time frame display division representing a starting time and an ending time of the reservation subjects according to positions to which they are moved, and changing a starting time or an ending time according to movement of the entire reservation time frame display division or movement of the first end or the second end of the reservation time frame display division.

Claims

1. A reservation registration apparatus for performing a reservation registration process of causing an arbitrary reservation subject to be manipulated at a specified starting time, said apparatus comprising:

display controlling means for displaying on a display screen a reservation subject icon representing said reservation subject and a time base display area for performing said reservation registration, and when said reservation subject icon is moved onto said time base display area, displaying a reservation time display division in a position on said time base display area onto which said reservation subject icon is moved; and

controlling means for performing said reservation registration taking a time according to the display position of said reservation time display division on said time base display area as a starting time of the process of said reservation subject.

2. The reservation registration apparatus according to

claim 1

wherein said reservation subject is a program executed by a predetermined information processing apparatus.

3. The reservation registration apparatus according to

claim 1

wherein said display controlling means displays as said reservation time display division a reservation time frame display division of which first end is a position corresponding to said starting time on said time base display area and second end is a position corresponding to an arbitrary ending time after said starting time on said time base display area;

and said controlling means performs said reservation registration of said starting time and said ending time based on the positions of said first end and the second end on said time base display area.

4. The reservation registration apparatus according to

claim 3

wherein when said entire reservation time frame display division is moved on said time base display area, said controlling means changes said starting time and said ending time registered for reservation according to a position of said reservation time frame display division after the movement.

5. The reservation registration apparatus according to

claim 3

wherein when said first end or said second end of the reservation time frame display division is moved on said time base display area, said controlling means changes said starting time or said ending time registered for reservation according to a position of said first end or said second end after the movement.

6. The reservation registration apparatus according to

claim 3

wherein when said entire reservation time frame display division is moved onto a trash icon displayed on said display screen, said controlling means erases the entire reservation time frame display division and also deletes said reservation registration.

7. A method of reservation registration for performing a reservation registration process of causing an arbitrary reservation subject to be manipulated at a specified starting time, said method comprising:

a first display step of displaying on a display screen a reservation subject icon representing said reservation subject and a time base display area for performing said reservation registration;

a second display step of, when said reservation subject icon is moved onto said time base display area, displaying a reservation time display division in a position on said time base display area onto which said reservation subject icon is moved; and

a registration step of performing said reservation registration taking a time according to the display position of said reservation time display division on said time base display area as a starting time of the process of said reservation subject.

8. The method of reservation registration according to

claim 7

wherein said reservation subject is a program executed by a predetermined information processing apparatus.

9. The method of reservation registration according to

claim 7

wherein said second display step displays as said reservation time display division a reservation time frame display division of which first end is a position corresponding to said starting time on said time base display area and second end is a position corresponding to an arbitrary ending time after said starting time on said time base display area;

and said registration step performs said reservation registration of said starting time and said ending time based on the positions of said first end and the second end on said reservation time frame display division.

10. The method of reservation registration according to

claim 9

comprising:

a reservation change step of, when said entire time frame display is moved on said time base display area, changing said starting time and said ending time registered for reservation according to a position of said reservation time frame display division after the movement.

11. The method of reservation registration according to

claim 9

comprising:

a reservation change step of, when said first end or said second end of the reservation time frame display division is moved on said time base display area, changing said starting time or said ending time registered for reservation according to a position of said first end or said second end after the movement.

12. The method of reservation registration according to

claim 9

comprising:

a registration deletion step of, when said entire reservation time frame display division is moved onto a trash icon displayed on said display screen, erasing the reservation time frame display division and also deleting said reservation registration.

13. A program storage medium for causing an information processing apparatus to execute a program, said program comprising:

a first display step of displaying on a display screen a time base display area for performing a reservation registration process of causing an arbitrary reservation subject to be manipulated and a reservation subject icon representing said reservation subject;

a second display step of, when said reservation subject icon is moved onto said time base display area, displaying a reservation time display division in a position on the time base display area onto which the reservation subject icon is moved; and

a registration step of performing said reservation registration taking a time according to the display position of said reservation time display division on said time base display area as a starting time of the process of said reservation subject.

14. The program storage medium according to

claim 13

wherein said reservation subject is a program executed by a predetermined information processing apparatus.

15. The program storage medium according to

claim 13

wherein said second display step displays as said reservation time display division a reservation time frame display division of which first end is a position corresponding to said starting time on said time base display area and second end is a position corresponding to an arbitrary ending time after said starting time on said time base display area;

and said registration step performs said reservation registration of said starting time and said ending time based on the positions of said first end and the second end on said reservation time frame display division.

16. The program storage medium according to

claim 15

comprising:

a registration change step of, when said entire reservation time frame display is moved on said time base display area, changing said starting time and said ending time registered for reservation according to a position of said reservation time frame display division after the movement.

17. The program storage medium according to

claim 15

comprising:

a registration change step of, when said first end or said second end of the reservation time frame display division is moved on said time base display area, changing said starting time or said ending time registered for reservation according to a position of said first end or said second end after the movement.

18. The program storage medium according to

claim 15

comprising:

a registration deletion step of, when said entire reservation time frame display division is moved onto a trash icon displayed on said display screen, erasing the entire reservation time frame display division and also deleting said reservation registration.