INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS

• US 20070198509A1
• Filed: 02/12/2007
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: NISHIO, Fumihiko
• Application Number:
  US11/673,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198509A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: an information storage; a relevant information detector detecting pieces of information having a predetermined relevance to one another from pieces of the information stored in the information storage; a relevancy information storage storing relevancy information indicating that the detected pieces of information are pieces of information having the predetermined relevance to one another; and an information processor for providing access control to a desired piece of information in the information stored in the information storage if the processing for providing access control to the desired piece of information is designated, and for detecting another piece of information having the relevance to the desired piece of information for which the processing for providing access control is designated, on the basis of the relevancy information stored, and performing the processing for providing access control to the detected other piece of information having the relevance.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

information storage means for storing information;

relevant information detection means for detecting pieces of information having a predetermined relevance to one another from pieces of the information stored in the information storage means;

relevancy information storage means for storing relevancy information indicating that the detected pieces of information are pieces of information having the predetermined relevance to one another, by the relevant information detection means; and

information processing means for performing processing for providing access control to a desired piece of information in the information stored in the information storage means if the processing for providing access control to the desired piece of information is designated, and for detecting another piece of information having the relevance to the desired piece of information for which the processing for providing access control is designated, on the basis of the relevancy information stored in the relevancy information storage means, and performing the processing for providing access control to the detected other piece of information having the relevance.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

if reproducing control processing for controlling reproducing of a piece of information is designated as the processing for providing access control, the information processing means performs reproducing control processing on the piece of information, and detects another piece of information relevant to the piece of information for which the reproducing control processing is designated, on the basis of the relevancy information stored in the relevancy information storage means, and performs the reproducing control processing on the detected piece of information having the relevance.

3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

if information protection processing which does not perform deletion of a piece of information unless a predetermined operation is performed, even if the piece of information is information for which deletion is designated, is designated as the processing for providing access control, the information processing means performs the information protection processing on the designated piece of information, and detects another piece of information relevant to the piece of information for which the information protection processing is designated, on the basis of the relevancy information stored in the relevancy information storage means, and performs the information protection processing on the detected piece of information having the relevance.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the information storage means stores schedules respectively registered with respect to desired dates and time periods in a schedule book, and pieces of recording information to each of which date and time information indicative of a recording date and time is added;

the relevant information detection means detects pieces of recording information each having date and time information belonging to the time period of a respective one of the schedules, on the basis of the dates and time periods of the respective schedules registered in the schedule book and the date and time information added to the respective pieces of recording information;

the relevancy information storage means stores as the relevancy information identification information on the schedules detected by the relevant information detection means and identification information on the pieces of recording information belonging to the time periods of the respective schedules;

the information processing means performs the processing for providing access control on a desired schedule from among the schedules stored in the information storage means, if the processing for providing access control is designated for the desired schedule, and detects from the relevancy information storage means identification information on a piece of the recording information relevant to identification information on the designated desired schedule and performs the processing for providing access control on the piece of recording information detected from the relevancy information storage means from pieces of recording information stored in the information storage means; and

/or

the information processing means performs the processing for providing access control on a desired piece of recording information from pieces of the recording information stored in the information storage means, if the processing for providing access control is designated for the desired piece of recording information, and detects from the relevancy information storage means identification information on a schedule of the schedules relevant to identification information on the designated desired piece of recording information and performs the processing for providing access control on the schedule having the identification information detected from the relevancy information storage means from among all schedules of the schedule book stored in the information storage means.

5. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the information storage means stores transmitted and/or received electronic mails and attached information to each piece of which the transmission and/or reception date and time of a respective one of the electronic mails is added;

the relevant information detection means detects attached information to each piece of which is added the same transmission and/or reception date and time as the transmission and/or reception date and time of any one of the transmitted and/or received electronic mails;

the relevancy information storage means stores as the relevancy information address information indicative of sources of the electronic mails detected by the relevant information detection means and identification information on the attached information attached to the transmitted and/or received electronic mails;

the information processing means performs the processing for providing access control on a desired transmitted and/or received electronic mail from among the transmitted and/or received electronic mails stored in the information storage means, if the processing for providing access control is designated for the desired electronic mail, and detects from the relevancy information storage means identification information on the attached information relevant to the designated electronic mail on the basis of identification information on the designated electronic mail and performs the processing for providing access control on attached information having the identification information detected from the relevancy information storage means from among the attached information stored in the information storage means; and

/or

the information processing means performs the processing for providing access control on a desired piece of the attached information stored in the information storage means, if the processing for providing access control is designated for the desired piece of attached information, and detects from the relevancy information storage means identification information on an electronic mail relevant to the desired piece of attached information on the basis of identification information on the desired piece of attached information and performs the processing for providing access control on an electronic mail having the identification information detected from the relevancy information storage means from among all electronic mails stored in the information storage means.

6. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the information storage means stores an address book in which address information on electronic mails are stored, text information on transmitted and/or received electronic mails, and attached information to each piece of which the transmission and/or reception date and time of a respective one of the electronic mails is added;

the relevant information detection means detects attached information to each piece of which is added the same transmission and/or reception date and time as the transmission and/or reception date and time of any one of the transmitted and/or received electronic mails;

the relevancy information storage means stores as the relevancy information address information indicative of sources of the electronic mails detected by the relevant information detection means and identification information on the attached information attached to the transmitted and/or received electronic mails;

the information processing means performs the processing for providing access control on all electronic mails having desired address information stored in the address book from among the electronic mails stored in the information storage means, if the processing for providing access control to a transmitted and/or received electronic mail is designated in accordance with the desired address information stored in the address book, and detects from the relevancy information storage means identification information on all attached information relevant to the electronic mails subjected to the processing for providing access control, on the basis of the identification information on the electronic mails subjected to the processing, and performs the processing for providing access control on attached information having the identification information detected from the relevancy information storage means from among the attached information stored in the information storage means; and

/or

the information processing means performs the processing for providing access control on a desired piece of the attached information stored in the information storage means, if the processing for providing access control is designated for the desired piece of attached information, and detects from the relevancy information storage means address information relevant to the desired piece of attached information on the basis of identification information on the desired piece of attached information and performs the processing for providing access control on both electronic mails having the address information detected from the relevancy information storage means from among all electronic mails stored in the information storage means and attached information attached to the electronic mails having the address information.

7. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing means, if the processing for providing the access control is designated, outputs a message inquiring whether the processing for providing access control is to be performed on the pieces of information having the predetermined relevance, and if an agreement to execution of the processing on the pieces of information having the predetermined relevance is entered, performs the processing for providing access control on the pieces of information having the predetermined relevance.

8. An information processing method comprising:

causing relevant information detection means to detect pieces of information having a predetermined relevance to one another from pieces of the information stored in the information storage means, and causing relevancy information storage means to store relevancy information indicating that the detected pieces of information are pieces of information having the predetermined relevance to one another; and

causing information processing means to perform processing for providing access control to a desired piece of information in the information stored in the information storage means if the processing for providing access control to the desired piece of information is designated, and further detecting another piece of information having the relevance to the desired piece of information for which the processing for providing access control is designated, on the basis of the relevancy information stored in the relevancy information storage means, and performing the processing for providing access control to the detected other piece of information having the relevance.

9. An information processing program which causes a computer to function as:

relevancy information storage means for detecting pieces of information having a predetermined relevance to one another from pieces of the information stored in the information storage means, and causing relevancy information storage means to store relevancy information indicating that the detected pieces of information are pieces of information having the predetermined relevance to one another; and

information processing means for performing processing for providing access control to a desired piece of information in the information stored in the information storage means if the processing for providing access control to the desired piece of information is designated, and detecting another piece of information relevant to the desired piece of information for which the processing for providing access control is designated, on the basis of the relevancy information stored in the relevancy information storage means, and performing the processing for providing access control to the detected other piece of information having the relevance.

10. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

information storage means for storing information;

relevant information detection means for detecting pieces of information having a predetermined relevance to one another from pieces of the information stored in the information storage means;

relevancy information storage means for storing relevancy information indicating that the detected pieces of information are pieces of information having the predetermined relevance to one another, detected by the relevant information detection means; and

information processing means for performing processing for providing access control to a desired piece of information in the information stored in the information storage means if the processing for providing access control to the desired piece of information is designated, and detecting another piece of information having the relevance to the desired piece of information for which the processing for providing access control is designated, on the basis of the relevancy information stored in the relevancy information storage means, and performing the processing for providing access control to the detected other piece of information having the relevance.

11. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an information storage operable to store information;

a relevant information detector operable to detect pieces of information having a predetermined relevance to one another from pieces of the information stored in the information storage;

a relevancy information storage operable to store relevancy information indicating that the detected pieces of information are pieces of information having the predetermined relevance to one another, by the relevant information detector; and

an information processor operable to perform processing for providing access control to a desired piece of information in the information stored in the information storage if the processing for providing access control to the desired piece of information is designated, and for detecting another piece of information having the relevance to the desired piece of information for which the processing for providing access control is designated, on the basis of the relevancy information stored in the relevancy information storage, and performing the processing for providing access control to the detected other piece of information having the relevance.