JP2002099507A - Message conversion processing system using e-mail, message conversion processing method and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit accepting a processing request from a request source system at need by easily transmitting/receiving an UN/EDIFACT message using e-mail to process the message, thus shortening the processing time until a processing result is received. SOLUTION: This message conversion processing system includes a message extraction processing part 12 that extracts the UN/EDIFACT message from the e-mail received from a request source system 30, an UN/EDIFACT message conversion processing part 13 that converts the UN/EDIFACT message into a business message, a response message conversion processing part 16 that converts a response message of processing result into the UN/EDIFACT message, a message storage processing part 17 that integrates the converted UN/ EDIFACT message into e-mail and stores the e-mail in an e-mail box 19, and an e-mail extraction processing part 18 that transmits the e-mail stored in the e-mail box 19 to the request source system 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an international standard of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) using UN / EDIFACT (EDI For Administration) using electronic mail.
Commerce and Transport) message conversion processing system for sending and receiving messages, message conversion method,
And recording media, especially UN / EDIFACT
The present invention relates to a technique for receiving a message in a format and returning a processing result in a short time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In EDI, in which data and messages generated during a transaction between companies are converted into slips and exchanged by electronic means, conventionally, messages sent from a requesting system are transferred as files by batch processing.
This was sent to the host computer that accepted it.

That is, the requesting system transfers a file to the host computer at a predetermined time, and the host computer takes a sufficient time for the requesting system to complete the transfer. After confirming that the conversion has been performed, message conversion and business processing of the converted message are performed by batch processing.

[0004] Regarding the transfer of the processing result to the requesting source, the host computer stores it at a predetermined time as a transfer file in a location accessible from the requesting source, and the requesting source decides it. I was picking it up by file transfer at the time.

[0005]

As described above, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems. The first problem is
This is because the conventional UN / EDIFACT message conversion was performed as a batch processing, and it took a long time from request to response. The reason is UN
This is because the transfer of the / EDIFACT message was a file transfer, and the conversion process could only be performed in batches on a transfer basis.

A second problem is that the time period during which the request source can be taken out is predetermined and cannot be taken out at other time periods. The reason is that the batch processing time in the host computer is determined, and it is necessary to convert the response messages in a batch, and then take out the converted messages from the request source by file transfer.

An object of the present invention is to easily transmit and receive an UN / EDIFACT message using electronic mail, and process the message as a pseudo terminal of a host computer.
UN / E that can accept the processing request from the requesting system at any time and shorten the processing time until returning the processing result
It is an object of the present invention to provide a DIFACT message conversion processing system, method, and recording medium.

[0008]

A first message conversion processing system according to the present invention comprises a U.S.M.
Means for converting a message in N / EDIFACT format into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitting the message to the host computer; converting the processing result of the host computer into a message in UN / EDIFACT format to the requesting system Means for sending back the message in UN / EDIFACT format into an electronic mail and transmitting / receiving the message to / from the requesting system by electronic mail.

A second message conversion processing system according to the present invention includes a UN / EDIFAC received from a request source system.
Means for converting the T-format message into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitting the format to the host computer;
Means for converting the message into a DIFACT format message and returning the message to the requesting system;
It is characterized in that a message in the CT format is incorporated in an e-mail, transmitted / received to / from the request source system by e-mail, and transmission / reception to / from the host computer is executed as a pseudo terminal of the host computer.

[0010] A third message conversion processing system according to the present invention comprises a UN / EDIFA transmitted from a request source system.
An e-mail reception processing unit that receives an e-mail including a message in a CT format; a message extraction processing unit that extracts the UN / EDIFACT format message from the received e-mail; and the extracted UN / EDIF
UN / EDIFA that converts an ACT message into a business message that can be processed by a host computer
A CT message conversion processing unit, a message transmission processing unit that transmits the business message to the host computer, and a message reception processing unit that receives a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer, which is a processing result of the host computer. A response message conversion processing unit for converting the received response message into a message in the UN / EDIFACT format;
A message storage processing unit for generating an e-mail incorporating a message in EDIFACT format and storing the e-mail in the e-mail box, and retrieving the e-mail stored in the e-mail box upon receiving an e-mail retrieval request from the requesting system An e-mail transmission processing unit for transmitting the e-mail to the request source system.

A fourth message conversion processing system according to the present invention provides an UN / EDIFA transmitted from a request source system.
An e-mail reception processing unit that receives an e-mail including a message in a CT format; a message extraction processing unit that extracts the UN / EDIFACT format message from the received e-mail; and the extracted UN / EDIF
UN / EDIFA that converts an ACT message into a business message that can be processed by a host computer
A CT message conversion processing unit, a message transmission processing unit that transmits the business message to the host computer, and a message reception processing unit that receives a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer, which is a processing result of the host computer. A response message conversion processing unit for converting the received response message into a message in the UN / EDIFACT format;
It has an e-mail generation processing unit that generates an e-mail incorporating an EDIFACT message, and an e-mail transmission processing unit that transmits the generated e-mail to the requesting system.

A fifth message conversion processing system according to the present invention is characterized in that in any one of the first to fourth message conversion processing systems, the UN / EDIFACT format message is incorporated as an attached file into an electronic mail. And

A first message conversion processing method according to the present invention is a method for UN / EDIFACT received from a request source system.
Converting the message into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitting the message to the host computer;
Converting the message into an IFACT format message and returning the message to the requesting system.
It is characterized in that a message in T format is incorporated in an electronic mail and transmitted and received between the requesting system and the electronic mail.

According to a second message conversion processing method of the present invention, an UN / EDIFACT received from a request source system is used.
Converting the message into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitting the message to the host computer;
Converting the message into an IFACT format message and returning the message to the requesting system.
It is characterized in that a message in T format is incorporated in an e-mail, transmitted and received by the e-mail with the requesting system, and transmission and reception with the host computer are executed as a pseudo terminal of the host computer.

[0015] A third message conversion processing method according to the present invention relates to a UN / EDIFAC transmitted from a request source system.
When you receive an email containing a T-format message,
UN / EDIFACT from the received e-mail
Procedure for retrieving a message in the format
A procedure for converting a message in N / EDIFACT format into a business message in a format that can be processed by a host computer, a procedure for transmitting the business message to the host computer, and a response in a format that can be processed by the host computer from the host computer When a message is received, the received response message is sent to the UN / EDIF
A step of converting the message into an ACT format message, a step of generating an e-mail incorporating the converted UN / EDIFACT format message and storing the e-mail in an e-mail box, and a step of receiving an e-mail retrieval request from the request source system Extracting the electronic mail stored in the electronic mailbox and transmitting the electronic mail to the requesting system.

A fourth message conversion processing method according to the present invention provides an UN / EDIFAC transmitted from a request source system.
When you receive an email containing a T-format message,
UN / EDIFACT from the received e-mail
Procedure for retrieving a message in the format
A procedure for converting a message in N / EDIFACT format into a business message in a format that can be processed by a host computer, a procedure for transmitting the business message to the host computer, and a response in a format that can be processed by the host computer from the host computer When a message is received, the received response message is sent to the UN / EDIF
The method includes a step of converting the message into an ACT message, a step of generating an e-mail incorporating the converted UN / EDIFACT message, and a step of transmitting the generated e-mail to the request source system.

According to a fifth message conversion processing method of the present invention, in any one of the sixth to ninth message conversion processing methods, the UN / EDIFACT format message is incorporated as an attached file into an electronic mail. And

The first recording medium of the present invention, upon receiving an e-mail including a message in UN / EDIFACT format transmitted from the requesting system, extracts the message in UN / EDIFACT format from the received e-mail. Procedure and the extracted UN / EDIFAC
Converting a T-format message into a business message in a format that can be processed by a host computer; transmitting the business message to the host computer; and transmitting a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer from the host computer. A step of converting the received response message into a message in the UN / EDIFACT format upon receipt;
A step of generating an e-mail incorporating an ACT-format message and storing it in an e-mail box; and receiving an e-mail retrieval request from the requesting system, retrieving the e-mail stored in the e-mail box and performing the request. A program for causing a computer to execute the procedure for transmitting to the original system is recorded.

The second recording medium of the present invention, upon receiving an e-mail including a message in UN / EDIFACT format transmitted from the requesting system, extracts the message in UN / EDIFACT format from the received e-mail. Procedure and the extracted UN / EDIFAC
Converting a T-format message into a business message in a format that can be processed by a host computer; transmitting the business message to the host computer; and transmitting a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer from the host computer. A step of converting the received response message into a message in the UN / EDIFACT format upon receipt;
A program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for generating an e-mail incorporating an ACT message and a procedure for transmitting the generated e-mail to the requesting system are recorded.

[0020]

Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a logical configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. The message conversion processing system 10 includes a host computer 20
Between the requesting system 30 and the host computer 20, which are generally located at a remote location and which process data of a format different from the data format handled by the host computer 20. Intermediate data and messages (hereinafter referred to as messages including data)
Exchange.

The message conversion processing system 10 is usually realized by an information processing device independent of the host computer 20. The message conversion processing system 10 and the request source system 30, and the message conversion processing system 10 and the host computer 20 Are connected by communication means. In FIG. 1, these connections are logically shown by two lines, respectively, but in practice, only one line may be used as long as bidirectional communication can be performed. For example, the message conversion processing system 10 and the host computer 20 are physically connected by a dedicated interface or a LAN (Local
Area Network) or the like, and between the message conversion processing system 10 and the request source system 30
The connection may be made using a dedicated interface or a network such as the Internet, and is not particularly limited.

The request source system 30 is the request source system 3
A message in a format that can be processed with 0
The function includes a function of converting the message into an N / EDIFACT message, incorporating the message into an e-mail, and transmitting the message to the host computer 20, and a function of retrieving the e-mail including the processing result message. For the message conversion, the message conversion processing system 10 may be used, or means corresponding thereto may be provided.

The message conversion processing system 10 receives the UN / EDIFACT message from the request source system 30, converts it into a business message in a format that can be processed by the host computer 20, and sends it to the host computer 20. After that, a response message of the processing result transmitted from the host computer 20 is received, and the
Convert to FACT message and incorporate into e-mail.

The host computer 20 receives the business message from the message conversion processing system 10, processes it, and transmits the processing result to the message conversion processing system 10 as a response message. The response message is also in a format that can be processed by the host computer 20 like the business message.

The message conversion processing system 10 includes an electronic mail reception processing unit 11, a message extraction processing unit 12,
N / EDIFACT message conversion processing unit 13, message transmission processing unit 14, message reception processing unit 15, response message conversion processing unit 16, message storage processing unit 1
7, an e-mail extraction processing unit 18 and an e-mail box 19 are included.

These are realized by a program operating on the message conversion processing system 10 except for the electronic mail box 19. Although not shown, the message conversion processing system 10 includes a CPU that executes those programs, a storage unit that stores programs and data, and a unit that executes communication with the request source system 30 and the host computer 20. The e-mail box 19 is an area secured in the storage means. The storage means includes a main memory generally composed of a semiconductor memory and an auxiliary memory composed of a magnetic disk device or the like.

The e-mail reception processing unit 11 receives an e-mail incorporating the UN / EDIFACT message from the request source system 30 and sends it to the message extraction processing unit 12. The message extraction processing unit 12 extracts an UN / EDIFACT message from the received electronic mail.

The UN / EDIFACT message conversion processor 13 converts the extracted UN / EDIFACT message into a business message in a format handled by the host computer 20. The message transmission processing unit 14 serves as a pseudo terminal of the host computer 20.
And sends the converted business message to the host computer 20.

The message receiving processor 15 serves as a pseudo terminal of the host computer 20.
And receives a response message as a processing result of the business message transmitted from the host computer 20. The response message conversion processing unit 16 converts the response message received by the message reception processing unit 15 into UN / ED
Convert to IFACT message.

The message storage processing unit 17 stores the converted U
The N / EDIFACT message is incorporated into the e-mail to create an e-mail, which is then sent to the e-mail box 19.
To be stored. When receiving the retrieval request from the request source system 30, the electronic mail retrieval processing unit 18 retrieves the electronic mail from the electronic mail box 19 and sends it to the request source system 30.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 shows that the request source system 30 sends the UN / E
9 is a flowchart showing an operation of the message conversion processing system 10 when receiving an electronic mail in which a DIFACT message is embedded as an attached file.

First, the e-mail reception processing section 11 sends an e-mail (A0) in which the UN / EDIFACT message from the request source system 30 is incorporated as an attached file.
Is received (S41). The message extraction processing unit 12
The e-mail (A) received by the e-mail reception processing unit 11
0), the UN / EDIFACT message (A1) of the attached file is extracted (S42).

The UN / EDIFACT message conversion processing unit 13 outputs the UN / EDIFACT message
/ EDIFACT message (A1) is converted into a business message (A2) in a format that can be processed by the host computer 20 (S43). The message transmission processing unit 14
The business message (A2) converted by the N / EDIFACT message conversion processing unit 13 is transmitted to the host computer 20 as a pseudo terminal for conversational processing (S44).

For this reason, the host computer 20 receives and processes the business message (A 2) transmitted in the same manner as a normal terminal connected to the host computer 20 and performing business, and processes the result in a message conversion processing system. 10
Come back to Therefore, the host computer 20 can process the message of the request source system 30 without being aware of the data format.

Next, the operation when the processing result of the host computer 20 is received will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The message reception processing unit 15 receives the response message (B0) from the host computer 20 as a pseudo terminal (S45).

Next, the response message conversion processing unit 16
The response message (B0) received by the message reception processing unit 15 is converted into an UN / EDIFACT message (B1) (S46). The message storage processing unit 17 stores the UN / EDI converted by the response message conversion processing unit 16.
Creates an e-mail addressed to the requesting system 30 with the FACT message (B1) attached to the e-mail,
It is stored in the e-mail box 19 (S47).

As described above, the processing result for the electronic mail (A0) transmitted from the request source system 30 is stored in the electronic mail box 19. After that, the requesting system 30 sends a request to retrieve the electronic mail addressed to the requesting system 30 to the message conversion processing system 10 in order to retrieve the result. The timing of this request is not limited.
No electronic mail is stored in 9 and a request for retrieval is made again.

The operation after the electronic mail retrieval request is transmitted from the request source system 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When receiving the e-mail retrieval request (B3) from the request source system 30 (S48), the e-mail retrieval processing unit 18 retrieves the e-mail (B2) stored in the e-mail box 19 and retrieves the e-mail (B2). (S49). The request source system 30 can extract the message from the attached file of the received e-mail (B2) and obtain the processing result of the host computer 20.

As described above, in the first embodiment, since the message transmission processing unit 14 and the message reception processing unit 15 operate as pseudo terminals of the host computer 20,
The request source system 30 can obtain the processing result in an extremely short time as compared with the case where batch processing such as batch processing is performed.

Further, UN / ED with the request source system 30
Since the transmission and reception of the IFACT message is performed by e-mail, the request source system 30 can transmit and receive the message using general-purpose mail software, so that a dedicated program for transmitting and receiving the message is not required, and is widely applied to various systems. can do.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a logical configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. The message conversion processing system 50 is different from the message conversion processing system 10 of the first embodiment in that the message storage processing unit 17, the e-mail retrieval processing unit 18, and the e-mail box 19 The difference is that a mail transmission processing unit 58 is provided. The request source system 60 is a mail server 61 that manages electronic mail.
It is necessary to provide.

The e-mail reception processing unit 51, message extraction processing unit 52, UN / EDIFACT message conversion processing unit 53, message transmission processing unit 54, message reception processing unit 55, and response message conversion processing unit 56 are shown in FIG.
It has the same function as that of the same name, and the description is omitted.

The e-mail generation processing section 57 receives the UN / EDIFACT message obtained by converting the response message as the processing result from the response message conversion processing section 56,
An e-mail addressed to the request source system 60 with the UN / EDIFACT message as an attached file is generated. The e-mail transmission processing unit 58 transmits the e-mail generated by the e-mail generation processing unit 57 to the request source system 60.

The request source system 60 includes a mail server 61
Receives the e-mail transmitted from the e-mail transmission processing unit 58 and stores it in the mail server 61.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. UN / EDIF from request source system 60
After the e-mail including the ACT message is received by the e-mail reception processing unit 51, the message transmission processing unit 54
Sends a business message to the host computer 20,
The operation up to the transmission of the response message of the processing result from the host computer 20 is the same as that of the first embodiment of the present invention, and the description thereof will be omitted, and the subsequent operation will be described.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation after a response message is received from the host computer 20 in the second embodiment of the present invention. Response message (C0) transmitted from host computer 20
Is received by the message reception processing unit 55 (S71), and the response message conversion processing unit 56 receives the standard UN / EDIF
It is converted into an ACT message (C1) (S72).

The e-mail generation processing unit 57 includes an UN / ED
An e-mail (C2) addressed to the request source system 60 in which the IFACT message (C1) is embedded as an attached file is generated (S73), and the e-mail transmission processing unit 58 sends the e-mail (C2) to the e-mail in the request source system 60. The message is transmitted to the server 61 (S74).

Thus, the operation of the message conversion processing system 50 is completed, and the e-mail (C2) transmitted from the e-mail transmission processing section 58 is received and stored by the mail server 61 in the request source system 60.

As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the request source system 60 does not have to go to the message conversion processing system 50 to retrieve the processing result.
In particular, it is possible to avoid a load on the communication means that cannot be avoided in the first embodiment, and that is to be taken out again because there is no e-mail as a processing result.

Although such features are provided in the second embodiment, it is necessary to provide the request source system 60 with the mail server 61. Therefore, which mode is selected depends on the system configuration and the operation mode. I just need.

In the above description of the first and second embodiments, the method of incorporating a message into an electronic mail as an attached file has been described as an example.
As another method of transmitting and receiving an EDIFACT message, there is a method of describing an UN / EDIFACT message in a mail body. Depending on the type of e-mail software, there are restrictions on the delimiters and the number of characters per line.
Although the method of attaching the file as an attached file has been described as an example, it is apparent that the present invention can be applied to a method of describing an UN / EDIFACT message in a mail body.

Next, the recording medium will be described. Figure 1,
Although not shown in FIG. 4, the message conversion processing system 1
0 and the message conversion processing system 50 each include a medium access device, and the recording medium 81 and the recording medium 82 are accessed by the medium access device.

The recording medium 81 records programs for executing the procedures of steps S41 to S49 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and these programs are read into storage means in the message conversion processing system 10 or installed. Then, it is executed by the message conversion processing system 10.

The recording medium 82 stores programs for executing the procedures of steps S41 to S44 and S71 to S74 shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, and these programs are stored in the storage means in the message conversion processing system 50. The message conversion processing system 50 reads the program or installs it.

[0055]

The first effect is that the requesting system is always
Send a request by UN / EDIFACT message,
That the processing result can be obtained in a short time. The reason is that the message conversion processing system according to the present invention operates as a pseudo terminal of the host computer 20 to process requests as interactive processing.

The second effect is that a business can be performed without requiring dedicated software for transmission and reception in the request source system. The reason is that messages are transmitted and received using electronic mail.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a logical configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation up to transmission to a host computer 20 according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation after reception from the host computer 20 according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a logical configuration according to a second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation after reception from a host computer 20 according to the second embodiment of this invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Message conversion processing system 11 E-mail reception processing part 12 Message extraction processing part 13 UN / EDIFACT message conversion processing part 14 Message transmission processing part 15 Message reception processing part 16 Response message conversion processing part 17 Message storage processing part 18 E-mail extraction processing Unit 19 e-mail box 20 host computer 30 requesting system 50 message conversion processing system 51 e-mail reception processing unit 52 message extraction processing unit 53 UN / EDIFACT message conversion processing unit 54 message transmission processing unit 55 message reception processing unit 56 response message conversion Processing unit 57 E-mail generation processing unit 58 E-mail transmission processing unit 60 Requester system 61 Mail server 81 Recording medium 82 Recording medium

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. UN / ED received from a requesting system
IFACT format message is converted into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitted to the host computer, and the processing result of the host computer is UN / E
In a message conversion processing system for converting a message into a DIFACT format and returning the message to the requesting system, it is preferable that the message in the UN / EDIFACT format be incorporated in an electronic mail and transmitted and received between the requesting system and the electronic mail. Characterized message conversion processing system. 2. UN / ED received from requesting system
IFACT format message is converted into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitted to the host computer, and the processing result of the host computer is UN / E
In a message conversion processing system for converting a message into a DIFACT format and returning it to the requesting system, the message in the UN / EDIFACT format is incorporated in an electronic mail and transmitted and received between the requesting system and the electronic mail. A message conversion processing system wherein transmission / reception to / from a host computer is executed as a pseudo terminal of the host computer. 3. UN / ED received from the requesting system
IFACT format message is converted into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitted to the host computer, and the processing result of the host computer is UN / E
In a message conversion processing system for converting a message into a DIFACT format message and returning it to the requesting system, a UN / EDIF transmitted from the requesting system is provided.
An e-mail reception processing unit that receives an e-mail including an ACT-format message, a message extraction processing unit that extracts the UN / EDIFACT-format message from the received e-mail, and the extracted UN / EDI
UN / ED for converting a message in FACT format into a business message in a format that can be processed by the host computer
An IFACT message conversion processing unit, a message transmission processing unit that transmits the business message to the host computer, and a message reception processing unit that receives a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer, which is a processing result of the host computer. A response message conversion processing unit for converting the received response message into a message in the UN / EDIFACT format, and a message storing process for generating an e-mail incorporating the converted message in the UN / EDIFACT format and storing it in an e-mail box A message conversion processing system, comprising: an electronic mail extraction processing unit for receiving an electronic mail extraction request from the request source system and extracting the electronic mail stored in the electronic mailbox and transmitting the electronic mail to the request source system. 4. UN / ED received from the requesting system
IFACT format message is converted into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitted to the host computer, and the processing result of the host computer is UN / E
In a message conversion processing system for converting a message into a DIFACT format message and returning it to the requesting system, a UN / EDIF transmitted from the requesting system is provided.
An e-mail reception processing unit that receives an e-mail including an ACT-format message, a message extraction processing unit that extracts the UN / EDIFACT-format message from the received e-mail, and the extracted UN / EDI
UN / ED for converting a message in FACT format into a business message in a format that can be processed by the host computer
An IFACT message conversion processing unit, a message transmission processing unit that transmits the business message to the host computer, and a message reception processing unit that receives a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer, which is a processing result of the host computer. A response message conversion processing unit for converting the received response message into a message in the UN / EDIFACT format, an email generation processing unit for generating an email incorporating the converted message in the UN / EDIFACT format, A message conversion processing system comprising: an e-mail transmission processing unit that transmits an e-mail to the request source system. 5. The message conversion processing system according to claim 1, wherein the message in the UN / EDIFACT format is incorporated into an electronic mail as an attached file. 6. An UN / ED received from a requesting system
IFACT format message is converted into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitted to the host computer, and the processing result of the host computer is UN / E
In a message conversion processing method of converting a message into a DIFACT format and returning the message to the requesting system, it is preferable that the message in the UN / EDIFACT format is incorporated in an electronic mail and transmitted and received between the requesting system and the electronic mail. Characteristic message conversion processing method. 7. UN / ED received from requesting system
IFACT format message is converted into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitted to the host computer, and the processing result of the host computer is UN / E
In the message conversion processing method of converting a message into a DIFACT format and returning the message to the requesting system, the message in the UN / EDIFACT format is incorporated in an electronic mail and transmitted and received between the requesting system and the electronic mail. A message conversion processing method, wherein transmission / reception to / from a host computer is executed as a pseudo terminal of the host computer. 8. UN / ED received from the requesting system
IFACT format message is converted into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitted to the host computer, and the processing result of the host computer is UN / E
In a message conversion processing method of converting a message into a DIFACT format and returning the message to the requesting system, a UN / EDIFACT transmitted from the requesting system is provided.
When receiving an e-mail including a message in the format, the message in the UN / EDIFACT format is extracted from the received e-mail, and the
Converting the message in the IFACT format into a business message in a format that can be processed by the host computer, transmitting the business message to the host computer, and receiving a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer from the host computer. Converting the received response message into a message in UN / EDIFACT format, generating an e-mail incorporating the converted message in UN / EDIFACT format, storing the e-mail in an e-mail box, and transmitting the e-mail from the request source system. A message conversion processing method, comprising: receiving an extraction request, extracting an electronic mail stored in the electronic mailbox, and transmitting the electronic mail to the request source system. 9. An UN / ED received from a requesting system
IFACT format message is converted into a format that can be processed by the host computer and transmitted to the host computer, and the processing result of the host computer is UN / E
In a message conversion processing method of converting a message into a DIFACT format and returning the message to the requesting system, a UN / EDIFACT transmitted from the requesting system is provided.
When receiving an e-mail including a message in the format, the message in the UN / EDIFACT format is extracted from the received e-mail, and the
Converting the message in the IFACT format into a business message in a format that can be processed by the host computer, transmitting the business message to the host computer, and receiving a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer from the host computer. Converting the received response message into a message in the UN / EDIFACT format, generating an e-mail incorporating the converted message in the UN / EDIFACT format, and transmitting the generated e-mail to the requesting system. A message conversion processing method, characterized in that: 10. The message conversion processing method according to claim 6, wherein the message in the UN / EDIFACT format is incorporated into an electronic mail as an attached file. 11. UN / Sent from the requesting system
When an e-mail containing a message in EDIFACT format is received, the UN / E is sent from the received e-mail.
Extracting the message in the DIFACT format, converting the extracted UN / EDIFACT message into a business message in a format that can be processed by a host computer, transmitting the business message to the host computer, When a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer is received from the computer, the received response message
A step of converting the message into an N / EDIFACT format message, a step of generating an e-mail incorporating the converted message in the UN / EDIFACT format, and storing the e-mail in an e-mail box; Receiving the e-mail stored in the e-mail box and transmitting the e-mail to the requesting system when received. 12. An UN / Sent from a requesting system.
When an e-mail containing a message in EDIFACT format is received, the UN / E is sent from the received e-mail.
Extracting the message in the DIFACT format, converting the extracted UN / EDIFACT message into a business message in a format that can be processed by a host computer, transmitting the business message to the host computer, When a response message in a format that can be processed by the host computer is received from the computer, the received response message
A computer for converting the message into an N / EDIFACT format message, generating an email incorporating the converted UN / EDIFACT message, and transmitting the generated email to the requesting system; Recording medium on which a program to be executed is recorded.