Patent ID: 8239470

Claim:
A schedule adjustment assisting program executed in an information processing apparatus including a processor and storage means, the information processing apparatus being capable of accessing a plurality of reply mails either directly or indirectly replied to a schedule inquiry mail, the schedule adjustment assisting program causing the information processing apparatus to execute the steps of: the processor accessing the plurality of reply mails in response to a request from a user of the information processing apparatus; the processor determining that a changed portion in each of the reply mails is a part where information is newly added, on condition that a body of the reply mail includes a quotation from a past mail and that the newly-added information is in the quotation, and otherwise, determining that the changed portion is an original reply part in the body of the current mail; for each of the reply mails, the processor extracting schedule information on a schedule from the changed portion, and storing the schedule information in the storage means and a sender identifier of the reply mail in association with each other; and the processor reading a combination of the schedule information and the corresponding sender identifier from the storage means, and creating summary information including a schedule of each person replied to the schedule inquiry mail.