Information processing apparatus, information to be browsed registration method, and recording medium

An information to be browsed registration method in an information processing apparatus communicating with a server that allows browsing for information to be browsed, the information to be browsed being transmitted from each external device of one or more third parties, and comprising a snooze button and an alarm stop button, the method comprising:

• performing an alarm process including:
• outputting an alarm at alarm time that is set as scheduled get-up time;
• performing, when manipulating the snooze button while the alarm is being sounded, a snooze operation in which the alarm is resumed after suspending the alarm for a predetermined time period;
• stopping the alarm when manipulating the alarm stop button while the alarm is being sounded;
• and
• stopping the resumption of the alarm after suspending the alarm when manipulating the alarm stop button during the suspension of the alarm;
• calculating, when stopping the alarm or stopping resumption of the alarm, a get-up index that expresses a degree that indicates an amount of time that it takes a user to get up based on a number of times that the snooze button is manipulated from a point in time when the alarm is started at the alarm time to a point in time when the alarm stop button is manipulated;
• and
• registering both a comment about getting up and the get-up index as the information to be browsed in the server.

An information processing apparatus communicating with a server that allows browsing for information, the apparatus comprising:

• a snooze button;
• an alarm stop button;
• an alarm processing unit which:
• outputs an alarm at an alarm time at which a user is scheduled to get-up;
• performs, when manipulating the snooze button while the alarm is being sounded, a snooze operation in which the alarm is resumed after suspending the alarm for a predetermined time period;
• stops the alarm when manipulating the alarm stop button while the alarm is being sounded;
• and
• stops a resumption of the alarm after suspending the alarm when manipulating the alarm stop button during the suspension of the alarm;
• a computing unit which calculates a get-up index upon an occurrence of one of stopping the alarm and stopping the resumption of the alarm;
• and
• a registration unit which registers, as said information, in the server, both a comment about getting up and the get-up index.