Information management apparatus and method, recording medium, as well as program for scheduling a recording of an event

• US 8,108,861 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2005
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ino, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Puente, Emerson
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Adam
• Application Number:
  US11/214,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20060048152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,346 Days
• Field of Search: 718/100, 345/440, 709/201, 702/1, 710/1
• US Class Current: 718/102
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• 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 5/222 Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

An information management apparatus presents an unexpected event to all users.

This apparatus displays time ranges of scheduled events from the start time to the end time along a time axis based on an operation performed to schedule the start time and end time of the events. Further, this apparatus displays a time range of an unexpected event along the same time axis on the same screen based on an operation corresponding to a start of the unexpected event such that the time of the operation is set as a starting point and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until an operation corresponding to an end of that unexpected event is performed.

Claims

1. An information management apparatus including a computer for scheduling recording events of materials that include video content, comprising:

display means for displaying data;

first operation means for scheduling the start time and end time of an event;

second operation means for performing an operation corresponding to the start time and end time of an unexpected event; and

display control means for controlling the display means, displaying a time range of the event scheduled by said first operation means along a time axis on a screen of the display means, and for displaying a time range of the unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display means,

wherein the time of the operation performed by said second operation means corresponding to the start of the unexpected event is set as the start point of the time range of the unexpected event, and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until said second operation means perform the operation corresponding to the end time of the unexpected event,

wherein the display control means displays the data representing the start time, the end time, and a duration of the unexpected event in a display area on the screen corresponding to the displayed time range of the unexpected event and updates the data representing the start time, the end time, and the duration of the unexpected event every predetermined period before the end time of the unexpected event,

wherein the display control means displays the time range of the unexpected event along said time axis until present time and judges, in every minimum unit of the displayed time range, whether the operation is ended.

2. An information management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said first operation means and said second operation means each select a system to perform an operation from a plurality of systems, and said display control means arrange in parallel display columns with respect to said plurality of systems along said time axis and display said time ranges in said display columns with respect to the systems selected by said first operation means and said second operation means.

3. An information management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said event is a recording of the video content supplied from an outside apparatus.

4. An information management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said display control means display said extension of the elapse of time along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time.

5. An information management apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein said event is a recording of the video content supplied from an outside apparatus.

6. An information management apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein said display control means display said extension of the elapse of time along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time.

7. An information management apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein said display control means display said extension of the elapse of time along said time axis on said screen by using the line cursor that shows the present time.

8. An information management method of an information processing apparatus including a computer for scheduling recording events of materials that include video content, comprising:

a first step of displaying a time range of a scheduled event from the start time to end time along a time axis on a screen of display means based on an operation performed to schedule said start time and end time of the event; and

a second step of displaying a time range of an unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display means based on an operation performed corresponding to the start time of the unexpected event,

wherein the time of the operation performed is set as a starting point of the time range of the unexpected event and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until an operation corresponding to an end time of the unexpected event is performed,

wherein the second step displays the data representing the start time, the end time, and a duration of the unexpected event in a display area on the screen corresponding to the displayed time range of the unexpected event and updates the data representing the start time, the end time, and the duration of the unexpected event every predetermined period before the end of the unexpected event,

wherein the second step displays the time range of the unexpected event along said time axis until present time and judges, in every minimum unit of the displayed time range, whether the operation is ended.

9. An information management method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of:

arranging display columns with respect to a plurality of systems in parallel along said time axis,

wherein in said first step and said second step said time ranges are each displayed in said display columns with respect to the systems selected by the respective operations.

10. An information management method according to claim 8,

wherein said event is a recording of the video content supplied from an outside apparatus.

11. An information management method according to claim 8,

wherein said extension of the elapse of time is displayed along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time.

12. An information management method according to claim 9,

wherein said event is a recording of the video content supplied from an outside apparatus.

13. An information management method according to claim 9,

wherein said extension of the elapse of time is displayed along said time axis on said screen by using the line cursor that shows the present time.

14. An information management method according to claim 12,

wherein said extension of the elapse of time is displayed along said time axis on said screen by using the line cursor that shows the present time.

15. A non-transitory recording medium read by a computer for scheduling recording events of materials that include video content, comprising a program recorded to make a computer execute:

a first step of displaying a time range of a scheduled event from the start time to the end time along a time axis on a screen of display means based on an operation performed to schedule said start time and end time of the event; and

a second step of displaying a time range of an unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display means based on an operation performed corresponding to the start time of the unexpected event,

wherein the time of the operation is set as a starting point of the time range of the unexpected event and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until an operation corresponding to the end of the unexpected event is performed,

wherein the second step displays the data representing the start time, the end time, and a duration of the unexpected event in a display area on a screen corresponding to the displayed time range of the unexpected event and updates the data representing the start time, the end time, and the duration of the unexpected event every predetermined period before the end of the unexpected event,

wherein the second step displays the time range of the unexpected event along said time axis until present time and judges, in every minimum unit of the displayed time range, whether the operation is ended.

16. A recording medium read by a computer according to claim 15, comprising a program recorded to make a computer further execute a step of:

arranging display columns with respect to a plurality of systems in parallel along said time axis,

wherein in said first step and said second step said time ranges are each displayed in said display columns with respect to the systems selected by the respective operations.

17. A recording medium read by a computer according to claim 15,

wherein said event is a recording of a program in which the video content supplied from an outside apparatus is recorded.

18. A recording medium read by a computer according to claim 15,

wherein a program, to make said extension of the elapse of time displayed along said time axis on said screen by using a line cursor that shows the present time is recorded.

19. An information management apparatus including a computer for scheduling recording events of materials that include video content, comprising:

a display unit for displaying data;

a first operation unit for scheduling the start time and end time of an event;

a second operation unit for performing an operation corresponding to the start time and end time of an unexpected event; and

a display control unit for controlling the display unit, displaying a time range from said start time to said end time of the event scheduled by said first operation unit along a time axis on a screen of the display unit, and for displaying a time range of the unexpected event along said time axis on said screen of said display unit,

wherein the time of the operation performed by said second operation unit corresponding to the start time of the unexpected event is set as a start point of the time range of the unexpected event and the time range of the unexpected event is extended as time elapses until said second operation unit performs the operation corresponding to the end of the unexpected event,

wherein the display control unit displays the data representing the start time, the end time, and a duration of the unexpected event in a display area on the screen corresponding to the displayed time range of the unexpected event and updates the data representing the start time, the end time, and the duration of the unexpected event every predetermined period before the end of the unexpected event,

wherein the display control unit displays the time range of the unexpected event along said time axis until present time and judges, in every minimum unit of the displayed time range, whether the operation is ended.