Application activating method

Abstract

An information processing apparatus for managing a schedule of at least one event includes a storage unit which stores the schedule of the event, an activation-date-and-time registering unit which registers, in a form associated with the event, an activation date and time at which an application is to be activated, an activation-date-and-time monitoring unit which monitors the registered activation date and time and determines whether the present time matches the activation date and time, an application-activation determining unit which, when the activation-date-and-time monitoring unit determines that the present time matches the activation date and time, determines whether the application is to be activated, and an application activating unit which activates the application when the application-activation determining unit determines that the application is to be activated.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C are conceptual diagrams of event schedule registration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing task registration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing task activation according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an illustration of an event management table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an illustration of an event information table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an illustration of a registered task identifier table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an illustration of an activation-awaiting-task management table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an illustration of an event-management table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is an illustration of an event information table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is an illustration of a registered task identifier table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is an illustration of a registered task identifier table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is an illustration of an activation-awaiting task management table according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing task activation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus for managing a schedule of at least one event, the information processing apparatus according to a process comprising: storing a plurality of applications in a storage unit;registering an activation date and time as to when to activate the application, the application being associated with the event;notifying request of activating the application at the activation date and time;displaying an application menu screen for being selectable the application from the plurality of stored applications; andactivating the application selected from the plurality of stored applications through the application menu screen to activate at the activation date and time.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores an activation-date-and-time table including the schedule of the event and an activation date and time when an application is to be activated.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the schedule of the event, an event information table in which at least one application corresponding to the event is associated with the event, and an activation-date-and-time table including at least one activation date and time at which the application is to be activated.

4. An application activating method, for managing a schedule of at least one event, the application activating method comprising: storing a plurality of applications;registering an activation date and time as to when to activate the application, the application being associated with the event;notifying request of activating the application at the activation date and time;displaying an application menu screen for being selectable the application from the plurality of stored applications; andactivating the application selected from the plurality of stored applications through the application menu screen to activate at the activation date and time.

5. A computer-readable recording medium that stores a computer program for managing a schedule of at least one event by controlling an information processing apparatus according to a process comprising: storing a plurality of applications in a storage unit;registering an activation date and time as to when to activate the application, the application being associated with the event;notifying-request of activating the application at the activation date and time;displaying an application menu screen for being selectable the application from the plurality of stored applications; andactivating the application selected from the plurality of stored applications through the application menu screen to activate at the activation date and time.