Chronology providing method, chronology providing apparatus, and recording medium containing chronology providing program

A chronology providing apparatus to provide chronologic information that is generated by placing one or more pieces of related information according to information about elapsed time, the chronology providing apparatus comprising:

• basic information obtaining means for obtaining basic information associating the one or more pieces of the related information with the information about elapsed time indicating positions on the chronologic information;
• display form obtaining means for obtaining information indicating a display form of the chronologic information;
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• control means for performing control to provide the chronologic information to a user by displaying the chronologic information in predetermined display means based on the information indicating the display form obtained by the display form obtaining means by using the basic information obtained by the basic information obtaining means.

A recording medium containing a chronology providing program allowing a computer of a chronology providing apparatus that includes basic information obtaining means, display form obtaining means, and control means and that provides chronologic information generated by placing one or more pieces of related information according to information about elapsed time to execute the steps of:

• obtaining, by the basic information obtaining means, basic information associating pieces of the one or more pieces of related information with the information about elapsed time indicating positions on the chronologic information;
• obtaining, by the display form obtaining means, information indicating a display form of the chronologic information;
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• performing control, by the control means, to provide the chronologic information to a user by displaying the chronologic information in predetermined display means based on the information indicating the display form obtained in the display form obtaining step by using the basic information obtained in the basic information obtaining step.

A chronology providing apparatus to provide chronologic information that is generated by placing one or more pieces of related information according to information about elapsed time, the chronology providing apparatus comprising:

• a basic information obtaining unit configured to obtain basic information associating pieces of the one or more pieces of related information with the information about elapsed time indicating positions on the chronologic information;
• a display form obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating a display form of the chronologic information;
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• a control unit configured to perform control to provide the chronologic information to a user by displaying the chronologic information in a predetermined display unit based on the information indicating the display form obtained by the display form obtaining unit by using the basic information obtained by the basic information obtaining unit.