JP2007293640A - E-mail address registration method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily register an address in a server in a handwritten mail transmission system. <P>SOLUTION: In an electronic mail address registration method in a handwritten mail transmission system, a transmitter (A) preliminarily requests a receiver (B) to send empty mail to a server where the address book of the transmitter (A) is present, and after the receiver B transmits the empty mail, the sender address(the address of B) of the empty mail sent by the receiver B is associated with a registration number transmitted by the transmitter A to the server afterwards, and registered in the address book of the server. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for registering an e-mail address, and more particularly to a method for registering a mail address of the other party to be specified in a mail server when a handwritten document is transmitted to the other party by e-mail of a mobile phone. is there.

  Sending and receiving e-mails using mobile phones is greatly used mainly by young people because of their ease of use. When sending an e-mail, in addition to creating a text by inputting text using the numeric keypad of the phone, you can also call the e-mail address (hereinafter referred to as “address”) of the other party registered in the mobile phone body to send the e-mail. The work specified in is required.

  However, in the case of elderly people who are unfamiliar with the operation of a mobile phone, not only text creation by text input using a numeric keypad, but also registration of the other party's address (to the phone itself) and designation of calling will not remain, mobile phone The actual situation is that the use of e-mail is not progressing.

  In view of such circumstances, a handwritten information transmission system that can create and send a handwritten mail has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

First, the entire configuration of the handwritten information transmission system 1 will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a specific configuration of the system 1.
This system includes a digital pen (hereinafter abbreviated as “pen”) 11, a paper 12 corresponding to the pen 11, a mobile phone 13, a mobile phone 14, and a network system 15. In the network system 15, a mobile phone communication system 150 connected to the mobile phone 13, an ASH (Application Service Handler) server 153, a PLS (Paper Look-up Service) server 154, and an Internet 156 in which the mobile phone communication system 155 is a communication network. Are connected to each other. The PLS server is a server that associates the digital pen dedicated paper 12 with the application and authenticates the pen ID. That is, the coordinate data of the paper sent from the pen is analyzed, and the application assigned to the paper 12 is specified from the absolute address. ASH is an application for analyzing pen stroke data, and converts acquired data into text using an image or OCR engine. The server where this application is stored is the ASH server. The cellular phone communication system 150 includes a cellular phone base station 151 and an ISP (Internet Service Provider) server 152 that are connected to each other. The pen 11 is input means for the user to input by handwriting. Further, the pen 11 has photographing means such as a micro camera for inputting by hand on the paper 12. The pen 11 has a communication function for performing wireless communication (for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication) with the mobile phone 13. The pen 11 stores various information such as a unique pen ID for the system 1 to perform mail transfer in a storage unit. For example, a pen using the technique described in Patent Document 2 is commercially available. Note that the pen 11 and the mobile phone 13 may communicate by wired communication (USB or the like).

  The paper 12 can be an electronic paper adopting the digitizing method of the Anoto method (note: the digitizing method developed by ANOTO, a Swedish company). Specifically, a point is printed on a sheet with a slight shift from the intersection of a 0.3 mm grid, and this point is photographed by a micro camera provided on the pen 11. The Anoto method is a digitizing method in which absolute coordinates are calculated based on how 6 points × 6 points, that is, 36 points deviate from the lattice (see Patent Document 2). Next, an operation process of the system 1 will be described. Here, description will be given with reference to FIG.

  The user uses the pen 11 in which various types of information are set, and handwrites various items such as messages and destination address information on the transmission sheet 30 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, notations representing various functions are printed on the paper 30. The user checks the “Send” mark in the send area 306 after filling in this form 30. When the user checks the “send” mark, the pen 11 and the first mobile phone 13 communicate with each other. Specifically, the pen 11 is paired with the first mobile phone 13 and can communicate wirelessly (or by wire). In this state, the pen 11 starts communication with the first mobile phone 13. The pen 11 sends a modem command to the first mobile phone 13, and the phone number information stored in the pen for the first mobile phone 13 (Note: For data communication service provided by the mobile phone company) Phone number). The first mobile phone 13 receives this telephone number information and sends it to the telephone number specified by the telephone number information.

  The first mobile phone 13 is connected to the ISP server 152, and the pen 11 and the ISP server 152 exchange information according to a predetermined procedure. As a result, the first mobile phone 13 is connected to the Internet 156 via the mobile phone base station 151 of the first mobile phone communication system 150 used by the first mobile phone 13. The pen 11 transmits the address information assigned to the paper 30 to the PLS server 154 via the first mobile phone 13, the mobile phone base station 151, the ISP server 152, and the Internet 156. The PLS server 154 acquires the pen ID of the pen 11 from the pen 11 and confirms that it is registered in the PLS server 154. Thereafter, the PLS server 154 refers to the “address information” of the paper 30 sent from the pen 11. The PLS server 154 returns the URL of the ASH server 153 defined by this address to the pen 11. The pen 11 transmits the data taken into the pen 11, that is, the data stored in the memory 118 of the pen 11, to the URL sent from the PLS server 154. This data is transmitted from the pen 11 to the ASH server 153 via the first mobile phone 13, the first mobile phone communication system 150, and the Internet 156. The ASH server 153 analyzes the data sent from the pen 11. The ASH server 153 that has analyzed the data generates address information for specifying a message destination and handwritten message information (writing information).

  After creating the text mail, the ASH server 153 attaches the message information to the text mail and transmits it to the second mobile phone system 155. The second mobile phone communication system 155 receives the mail from the ASH server 153 and delivers the mail to the second mobile phone 14 having the designated address. When receiving the mail from the ASH server 153, the second mobile phone 14 selects and displays the attached image information. As a result, the handwritten image written on the paper 30 with the pen 11 is sent to the designated second mobile phone 14 and displayed.

  The handwritten mail is transmitted to the other party as described above. The ASH server 153 can specify the address of the other party only by checking the number in the transmission address designation area 302 on the paper 30. This is because the registration number is derived from the information checked in the transmission address designation area 302, and the address registered according to the pen ID is set as the transmission address.

Therefore, it is necessary to register the address of the other party in advance in the ASH server 153. The registration method in the conventional system will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the address registration form 32 includes a “start” area 321, an “address registration / deletion” area 322, a “registration number” area 323, an “address input” area 324, and a “transmission” area 325. The user checks the start area 321 using the pen 11 and starts address registration. At the same time, the user checks the registration mark 326 in the address registration / deletion area 322 using the pen 11, and checks the number of the address to be registered in the registration number area 323. Furthermore, the user checks the character input area 329 in the address input area 324 one character at a time for registration. The user can also check the shortcut area 330 for inputting a domain name or a frequently used character string, and omit the input. The user checks the transmission mark 325 with the pen 11 in order to transmit the address registration information. The pen 11 reads the pen ID and the user's personal information 210 (name 211, e-mail address 212, feedback language 214) stored in the memory 118 of the pen 11, and sends it to the ASH server 153 via the first mobile phone 13. Send. At the same time, data checked from the start mark 321 to the transmission mark 325 is also sent to the ASH server 153.

  The application program of the ASH server 153 acquires the data from the pen 11 and sets the personal information 210 included in the data from the pen 11 in the personal information 252 according to the pen ID. Thereafter, the application program calculates the area checked by the pen 11 based on the coordinate value of each stroke data (handwritten information) and the coordinate value of the area defined on the paper, and the registration number area 323 is checked. A registration number designated by the user is derived from the stroke data.

Further, the application program of the ASH server 153 determines the area of the stroke data checked in the address input area 324, and derives a character string from the area string checked for the strokes arranged in time series. Then, the derived character string is registered as an address in the designated registration number. The user repeats such a series of operations and registers a necessary address.
JP 2006-31357 A JP-T-2003-511762

  However, such an address registration method places a heavy burden on elderly people who do not remain able to operate the mobile phone. Although alphanumeric characters and domain names are entered with a digital pen on a dedicated registration form, they are substantially the same as those entered using the numeric keypad of a mobile phone. In other words, when you hear an address from the other party, or when you get a memo, etc. It is not suitable for people who feel the input error caused by this, or who feel resistance to such registration work in the first place.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the prior art, and aims to facilitate the registration of addresses to a server in a handwritten mail transmission system.

The present invention includes a digital pen, a paper for handwritten mail corresponding to the digital pen, a mobile phone of a sender (hereinafter referred to as “A”) communicably connected to the digital pen, and the mobile phone. And a server that is connected to the server in a communicable manner, and a handwritten message written on the paper is registered in advance in the server by using the e-mail transmission function of the mobile phone via the digital pen. (Hereinafter referred to as “B”) to an e-mail address, and relates to a method for registering an e-mail address in a handwritten e-mail transmission system.
The server receives a blank mail sent by the second party sent to the dedicated address book of the first party assigned to the server at the request of the first party; The registration number and registration request information specified in the form using the e-mail are transmitted to the server by the e-mail transmission function of the mobile phone, and the server enters the sender field of the received empty mail. This is achieved by including the step of associating the second party's e-mail address included with the received registration number and registering it in the dedicated address book of the first party.

  According to the e-mail address registration method of the present invention, an address input error at the time of registration does not occur, and the registration side only needs to transmit the registration number and registration request information of the other party. It is very easy.

The e-mail address registration method according to the present invention differs only in the e-mail address registration method in a conventional handwritten e-mail transmission system (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and the basic configuration is the same as that shown in FIG. .
In the configuration of FIG. 1, an e-mail address registration method according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the flowchart of FIG.

  First, Party A, the sender of the mail, requests Part B, the recipient, to send an empty mail to the Address Book of Party A in the ASH server 153 (step S1). The request is made to the mobile phone 14 of the second party using the mobile phone 13 of the former, but other methods may be used. In short, it only has to convey the intention of the former. At this time, it is necessary for Party A to tell the address of the ASH server where the address book is located. The address book address is, for example, the pen ID of the digital pen 11 (for example, yfb07967) and the domain name of the ASH server (for example, @ (yfb07967@ashserver.ne.jp) may be specified by a combination with ashserver.ne.jp).

The second party who receives the request by telephone or the like transmits a blank e-mail to the address in the former address book (yfb07967@ashserver.ne.jp) (step S2). The ASH server that has received the blank mail temporarily holds the mail address (Oh) listed in the blank mail sender column in the former address book (step S3). After confirming that B has sent a blank e-mail, Party A makes a registration request to the address book using the dedicated address registration form 34 (see FIG. 5) and the digital pen 11. The registration paper 34 is preferably, for example, an Anoto paper. The confirmation that you have sent a blank e-mail can be made in advance within a few minutes, or you can ask that you make a confirmation phone call after sending.
That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the address registration form 34 includes a “start” area 321, a “registration number” area 323, a “transmission” area 325, a “registration” area 326, a “deletion” area 327, and a name input area 340. Have The former checks the start area 321 using the pen 11 and starts address registration. At the same time, A uses the pen 11 to check the registration mark in the address registration area 326, and checks the number (“1”) of the address to be registered in the registration number area 323. Furthermore, the user inputs the name of the second person (for example, “Taro Yamada”) by hand using the pen 11 in the name input area 340. The former checks the transmission mark 325 with the pen 11 in order to transmit the address registration information. The pen 11 reads the pen ID and personal information (name, mobile email address of the former) stored in the memory 118 of the pen 11 and transmits them to the ASH server 153 via the first mobile phone 13. At the same time, the data checked from the start mark 321 to the transmission mark 325 is also sent to the ASH server 153 (step S4). The name of B entered in the name input area will not be sent. This is because it is merely a memorandum that records that the registration number “1” is assigned to “Taro Yamada”.

  Upon receiving the address registration request information from Party A, the ASH server application program associates the registration number sent from Party A (“1”) with the email address of Party B that has been temporarily held, and registers it in Party A's address book. (Step S5).

  Finally, it is more preferable to set the application program of the ASH server so that a mail indicating that the registration is completed is automatically transmitted from the ASH server to the former mobile phone (step S6).

  Although the e-mail address registration is performed by the ASH server, the present invention is not limited to this, and a server dedicated to e-mail address registration may be provided.

  Next, a description will be given of a procedure in the case where Kou transmits handwritten mail to the partner B who has registered the e-mail address in this way. First, in the address book (see Fig. 5; also serves as an address registration form), it is confirmed that the registration number of Otsu (Taro Yamada) is "1", and the handwritten mail creation / transmission form 30 (see figure) In 2), check “Start” and start creating mail. Next, the registration number “1” to which the transmission address of the second party is assigned is checked, the message is handwritten with the pen 11 in the message entry field 303, the background color 304 and the pen color 305 are set as necessary, and the transmission mark is set. When 306 is checked, a handwritten mail is transmitted to the network system 15 via the first mobile phone 13. When the ASH server 153 receives a pen ID, personal information, and handwritten information from the pen 11, the ASH server 153 creates a transmission mail. Specifically, the ASH server calculates the registration number (“1”) from the information checked in the transmission address designation area 302, and the mail transmission destination is registered in the registration number “1” of the former address book. Set to your e-mail address.

The ASH server 153 sets an e-mail address set in the personal information of E in the sender address (source), converts the handwritten data described in the message entry field 303 into image data, and attaches the e-mail attachment file. And e-mail is transmitted to the second mobile phone 14 which is the mobile phone of the second party. The user B who is the user of the second mobile phone 14 that has received the mail can view the message by displaying the attached image file on the liquid crystal screen.
In this example, the second terminal is the mobile phone 14, but the terminal is not necessarily a mobile phone, and may be a personal computer (desktop type or notebook type), for example. If you use a computer when you send a blank email, the sender's address will be the email address for your computer, so if you register that address, your email will of course be received by your computer. Because it will be.

It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the specific structure of a handwritten mail transmission system. It is a figure which shows an example of the exclusive paper for handwritten mail transmission. It is a figure which shows the prior art example of an address registration form. It is a figure which shows an example of the flowchart which shows the procedure of the electronic mail address registration method which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the registration form suitable for the electronic mail address registration method which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Digital pen 12 Paper corresponding to pen 13 1st mobile phone 14 2nd mobile phone 15 Net system 30 Handwritten mail preparation / transmission paper 32 Address registration form (conventional example)
34 Address registration form (present invention)
150 First mobile phone communication system 151 Mobile phone base station 152 ISP server 153 ASH server 154 PLS server 155 Second mobile phone communication system 156 Internet

Claims (2)

A digital pen, a paper for handwritten mail corresponding to the digital pen, a mobile phone of a sender (hereinafter referred to as “A”) communicably connected to the digital pen, and a communication with the mobile phone And a server (hereinafter referred to as “recipient”) registered in the server in advance by using the e-mail transmission function of the mobile phone via the digital pen. E-mail address registration method in a handwritten e-mail transmission system,
The server receives a blank mail sent by the second party sent to the private address book assigned to the server at the request of the second party, and then,
A step in which the registration number and registration request information specified by the former on the paper using the digital pen are transmitted to the server by the e-mail transmission function of the mobile phone;
The server comprises the step of associating the e-mail address of the second party included in the sender field of the received blank mail with the received registration number and registering it in the dedicated address book of the former, E-mail address registration method.   The e-mail address registration method according to claim 1, wherein communication between the digital pen and the mobile phone is performed wirelessly by a Bluetooth (registered trademark) system.

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