Content generating apparatus and method

A state management program executed on a computer terminal which manages the states of a plurality of objects, the state management program causing the computer terminal to function as:

• a state storing unit that associates the objects with state information for the objects and stores the same;
• an updating unit that receives an update request for state information for any object and updates the state information for that object based on the update request;
• a condition storing unit that stores a composite notification condition based on a plurality of state information;
• and
• a determining unit that determines whether a composite notification condition based on the updated state information is satisfied or not in response to the update of the state information by the updating unit.

A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a state management program that manages the states of a plurality of objects, the state management program causing a computer to execute the steps of:

• associating the objects with state information for the objects and storing the same;
• receiving an update request for state information for any object and updating the state information for that object based on the update request;
• storing a composite notification condition based on a plurality of state information;
• and
• determining whether a composite notification condition based on the updated state information is satisfied or not in response to the update of the state information at the receiving step.

A state management method for managing states of a plurality of objects, comprising the steps of:

• associating the objects with state information for the objects and storing the same;
• receiving an update request for state information for any object and updating the state information of that object based on the update request;
• storing a composite notification condition based on a plurality of state information;
• and
• determining whether a composite notification condition based on the updated state information is satisfied or not in response to the update of the state information at the receiving step.