Patent ID: 8595730

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: a file memory that stores an electronic file; a schedule information memory that stores schedule information for each user; a reminder information memory that stores reminder information including identification information of a user who takes on a task of registering a first electronic file into the file memory, a registration deadline of the first electronic file, and a reminder submission time at which the user who takes on the task is reminded to accomplish the task in connection with information indicating a registration location of the first electronic file in the file memory; a confirmation unit that confirms, upon arrival of the reminder submission time, whether or not identification information of a creator of the first electronic file registered in the registration location is the identification information of the user; a setting unit that specifies, upon arrival of the reminder submission time, and when the confirmation unit cannot confirm that the identification information of the creator of the first electronic file registered in the registration location is the identification information of the user, a schedule item for reminding the user of the task in schedule information of the user stored in the schedule information memory as an item scheduled for the registration deadline or scheduled for a day prior to the registration deadline; and a display data outputting unit that outputs, upon receipt of a request for displaying the schedule information stored in the schedule information memory, schedule information display data in which display information corresponding to the schedule item specified by the setting unit is associated with information on a link to the registration location; and wherein when the confirmation unit confirms that the identification information of the creator of the first electronic file registered in the registration location is the identification information of the user after the setting unit has set the schedule item for reminding the user of the task in the schedule information, the setting unit deletes or modifies the schedule item for reminding the user of the task in the schedule information of the user.