Patent ID: 8108861

Claim:
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.