Information display apparatus, information display method, and recording medium

A method for displaying various types of information, the method comprising:

• monitoring, by a context information extracting part, a state of a computer having a display apparatus for displaying the information and extracting context information indicative of the state;
• saving, by a note information saving part, note information associated with the context information at a time of registration of the note information for display, in a storage device;
• determining, by a context information similarity evaluating part, for each piece of the note information, similarity between the context information extracted by the context information extracting part at a certain point in time and context information which is associated with the note information saved in the storage device;
• and
• displaying, by a note information display part, the note information saved in the storage device in a display mode in accordance with the determined similarity of the note information, on the display apparatus.

A computer readable storage medium storing a program for displaying various types of information, the program causing a computer to function as:

• monitoring a state of the computer and extracting context information indicative of the state;
• saving note information associated with the context information extracted at a time of registration of the note information for display, in a storage part of the computer;
• determining, for each piece of the note information, similarity between the extracted context information at a certain point in time and context information which is associated with the note information saved in the storage part;
• and
• displaying the note information saved in the storage part in a display mode in accordance with the determined similarity of the note information, on a display apparatus of the computer.