INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120310873A1
• Filed: 05/17/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Takeshi, Wada, Seiji, Wakita, Yoshihiro, Kashima, Koji, Kimura, Natsuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,440 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/47
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

An information processing apparatus configured to create a schedule to be presented to a user includes an estimation unit and a creation unit. The estimation unit is configured to estimate whether or not the user acts in accordance with a first schedule including a task to do for accomplishing a preset aim. The creation unit is configured to create, when estimated that the user does not act in accordance with the first schedule, a new second schedule for accomplishing the aim from a state of the user who acts without following the first schedule.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus configured to create a schedule to be presented to a user, the apparatus comprising:

an estimation unit configured to estimate whether or not the user acts in accordance with a first schedule including a task to do for accomplishing a preset aim; and

a creation unit configured to create, when estimated that the user does not act in accordance with the first schedule, a new second schedule for accomplishing the aim from a state of the user who acts without following the first schedule.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the creation unit creates the second schedule to become the same as the first schedule after a predetermined period of time.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the creation unit creates the second schedule having similarity increasing as the period of time is elapsed, the similarity indicating a degree of similarity between a task included in the first schedule and a task included in the second schedule.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the creation unit creates the second schedule based on an offset degree indicative of an offset between the task included in the first schedule and an activity of the user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the creation unit creates the second schedule in which the task is changed such that the similarity of the task increases in a priority order of the task based on the offset degree.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising

a weighting unit configured to apply a weight associated with the task to the offset degree corresponding thereto,

wherein the creation unit creates the second schedule based on the offset degree weighted for the task.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a measurement unit configured to measure activity information indicative of the activity of the user,

wherein the estimation unit estimates, based on the activity information, whether or not the user acts in accordance with the first schedule.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the creation unit creates, based on a history of an estimation result of the estimation unit, the second schedule different from the first schedule.

9. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus configured to create a schedule to be presented to a user, the method comprising by the information processing apparatus:

estimating whether or not the user acts in accordance with a first schedule including a task to do for accomplishing a preset aim; and

creating, when estimated that the user does not act in accordance with the first schedule, a new second schedule for accomplishing the aim from a state of the user who acts without following the first schedule.

10. A program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus configured to create a schedule to be presented to a user to function as:

an estimation unit configured to estimate whether or not the user acts in accordance with a first schedule including a task to do for accomplishing a preset aim; and

a creation unit configured to create, when estimated that the user does not act in accordance with the first schedule, a new second schedule for accomplishing the aim from a state of the user who acts without following the first schedule.