[1. Field of the Invention]
The present invention relates to an information processing program, an information processing device and an information processing method which execute a predetermined action corresponding to a seal displayed on a card screen displayed on a display.
[2. Description of the Related Art]
Various functions such as a schedule control and a transmission/receipt of an electronic mail which are offered through a personal computer, a portable telephone, a PDA or the like are implemented by an application program which is compatible with each of the functions, for example, a scheduler, a mailer or the like. A large number of processes are executed in accordance with the application program through a predetermined input operation carried out by a user. However, there are also offered some processes to be automatically executed in accordance with the application program when a predetermined event is generated by causing the user to previously set some event as a trigger.
For example, there is disclosed an invention related to the technique for setting, as a trigger, an event in relation to distance information or position information which is detected by a device, traffic information or weather information which is received by the device, or the like. Then automatically displaying information corresponding to each event in a generation of the set event in addition to a function for setting, as a trigger, an event of an arrival of a predetermined date and time, thereby automatically giving a notice of a schedule when the date and time is reached in an application program (a scheduler) for a schedule control (for instance, see Patent Document 1: Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2003-162512).
In another example of the application program, there is disclosed an invention related to the technique for setting, as a trigger, an event of an incoming mail from a predetermined transmitter and reproducing a ring tone set for every transmitter when the incoming mail arrives in an application program (a mailer) for receiving a mail such as a chat mail (for instance, see Patent Document 2: Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2006-060431).
In the examples described in the Patent Documents 1 and 2, the event designated by a user (a condition related to a date and time, a position, traffic, weather or the like, an incoming mail from a predetermined transmitter, or the like) is set as a trigger for executing a predetermined action (a display of a notice or information, a reproduction of a ring tone or the like) in each of the application programs. However, it can be supposed that the methods are limited in the following respects.
First of all, the event set as the trigger for executing the predetermined action cannot be visually grasped by the user. For example, in the case in which a computer is not utilized but a notebook is used to control a schedule, a seal capable of distinguishing each event is put on a corresponding date and time portion of a calendar with respect to a date and time that a meeting or an appointment is planned, a memorial day or the like in such a manner that it is possible to visually recognize a date and time that the event is planned and the type of event. In the examples described in the Patent Documents 1 and 2, however, importance is attached to an object for giving a notice of an event or the like and there is no consideration for using an attainment of an object to visually grasp an event of which notice is set to be given, or the like.
Secondly, both an action which can be executed and an event which can be set to execute the action depend on the respective application programs. For this reason, it is impossible to flexibly set their combination. For example, an original sound effect is prepared for the action which can be executed. It is necessary to carry out setting for adding, as an action capable of being executed, a reproduction of the sound effect to an application program for a schedule control if the reproduction is to be utilized for a notice given when a predetermined date and time arrives and to an application program for a mail transmission/receipt if the same reproduction is to be utilized for giving a notice of an incoming mail from a predetermined transmitter, respectively.
In other words, there are restrictions that a user can only use a combination of an event and an action which are offered by each of the application programs, while there is attached a condition that a provider of the application program should offer, as a set, both a program for controlling an event and a program for executing an action.