Method and apparatus for setting retention period of e-mail based on visual screen selection
First Claim
1. An apparatus for managing information, comprising:
- memory means for successively storing entered information;
a CPU having a program for managing the information stored by said memory means;
a display unit for displaying the information managed by said CPU;
a timer;
input means for making an entry of retention period data relative to the information displayed by said display unit;
said input means having setting means for establishing a retention period with respect to the displayed information from displayed retention period data;
said CPU having means for adding the retention period to the information and controlling the display unit to display the retention period data with the information, for storing the information with the retention period added thereto in said memory means and for deleting the information with the added retention period which has expired, as detected by comparison with a present time in said timer at a given period of time, wherein said setting means comprises means for independently displaying different units of retention period data on said display unit at the same time with the information and establishing said retention period in response to one or more entries made in relation to any one of said different units of retention period data, and wherein said CPU comprises means for adding a date of a present time to the information and for storing the information with the date of the present time from said timer and said retention period in said memory means.
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Abstract
An information managing apparatus for managing received electronic mail has a memory for successively storing entered electronic mail, a CPU having a program for managing the electronic mail stored by the memory, a display unit for displaying electronic mail managed by the CPU, and a tablet for making an entry relative to the electronic mail displayed by the display unit. The tablet allows the user to establish a retention period with respect to the displayed electronic mail. The CPU stores the electronic mail with the retention period added thereto in the memory and deletes the electronic mail with the added retention period which has expired as detected by comparison with a timer at a given period of time.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for managing information, comprising:
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memory means for successively storing entered information; a CPU having a program for managing the information stored by said memory means; a display unit for displaying the information managed by said CPU; a timer; input means for making an entry of retention period data relative to the information displayed by said display unit; said input means having setting means for establishing a retention period with respect to the displayed information from displayed retention period data; said CPU having means for adding the retention period to the information and controlling the display unit to display the retention period data with the information, for storing the information with the retention period added thereto in said memory means and for deleting the information with the added retention period which has expired, as detected by comparison with a present time in said timer at a given period of time, wherein said setting means comprises means for independently displaying different units of retention period data on said display unit at the same time with the information and establishing said retention period in response to one or more entries made in relation to any one of said different units of retention period data, and wherein said CPU comprises means for adding a date of a present time to the information and for storing the information with the date of the present time from said timer and said retention period in said memory means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for managing information, comprising:
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memory means for successively storing entered information; a CPU having a program for managing the information stored by said memory means; a display unit for displaying the information managed by said CPU; a timer; input means for making an entry of retention period data relative to the information displayed by said display unit; said input means having setting means for establishing a retention period with respect to the displayed information from displayed retention period data; said CPU having means for adding the retention period to the information and controlling the display unit to display the retention period data with the information, for storing the information with the retention period added thereto in said memory means and for deleting the information with the added retention period which has expired, as detected by comparison with a present time in said timer at a given period of time, wherein said setting means comprises means for independently displaying different units of retention period data on said display unit at the same time with the information and establishing said retention period in response to one or more entries made in relation to any one of said different units of retention period data, and wherein said display unit comprises means for displaying a remaining period of said retention period in relation to said information and for displaying said remaining period in as many graphic patterns related respectively to said different units of retention period data as said different units of retention period data in the vicinity of said information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A method of managing information, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a retention period with respect to information which is entered from an external source by displaying units of retention period data along with the information, selecting one of the units of displayed retention period data as the retention period, and displaying the selected unit of retention period data at the same time with the information; adding the established retention period to the information; storing the information with the retention period added thereto; deleting the stored information with the retention period which has expired as detected by comparison of the retention period with a timer at a given period of time; and establishing said retention period by accumulating and displaying as many units of retention period data as the number of times that entries are made in relation to a selected one of said different units of retention period data.
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10. A method of managing information comprising the steps of:
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establishing a retention period with respect to information which is entered from an external source by displaying units of retention period data along with the information, selecting one of the units of displayed retention period data as the retention period, and displaying the selected unit of retention period data at the same time with the information; adding the established retention period to the information; storing the information with the retention period added thereto; displaying a remaining period of said retention period in relation to said information; independently displaying different units of time on a display unit; establishing said retention period in response to an entry made in relation to any one of said different units of time; and displaying said remaining period in as many graphic patterns related respectively to said different units of time as said different units of time in the vicinity of said information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of managing information comprising the steps of:
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establishing a retention period with respect to information which is entered from an external source; adding the established retention period to the information; storing the information with the retention period added thereto; displaying a remaining period of said retention period in relation to said information; independently displaying different units of time on a display unit; establishing said retention period in response to an entry made in relation to any one of said different units of time; and displaying said remaining period in as many graphic patterns related respectively to said different units of time as said different units of time in the vicinity of said information, wherein said graphic patterns are varied in shape depending on said remaining period.
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15. A method of managing information comprising the steps of:
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establishing a retention period with respect to information which is entered from an external source; adding the established retention period to the information; storing the information with the retention period added thereto; displaying a remaining period of said retention period in relation to said information; independently displaying different units of time on a display unit; establishing said retention period in response to an entry made in relation to any one of said different units of time; and displaying said remaining period in as many graphic patterns related respectively to said different units of time as said different units of time in the vicinity of said information, wherein said graphic patterns are progressively reduced in size depending on said remaining period.
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