JP2011198329A - Information processing apparatus, information processing system and method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus, information processing system and method, and a program, editing address information of an address book from information contained in signature.SOLUTION: The information processing apparatus 5 includes an extracting part 20 for extracting information on a transmitting source of a mail contained in signature of an electronic mail as a first inherent information having a plurality of items; an acquiring part 40 for retrieving a record containing a mail domain of the transmitting source mail address of the electronic mail from an address DB 100, and acquiring a second inherent information having a plurality of items from the record; a generating part 50 for adding the information contained in the first inherent information to edit candidate information, adding the information contained in the second inherent information to the edit candidate information, and generating the edit candidate information when there is information contained in the second inherent information, not contained in the first inherent information; and an edit part 90 for editing the record regarding the electronic mail, based on the edit candidate information.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program for editing address information based on information included in an e-mail.

  With the spread of web technology, the use of electronic mail communication between computers is expanding. When handling e-mail on a computer, it is common to use e-mail client software. However, in this e-mail client software, an address book function is used for managing address information of an e-mail partner. Yes. However, in order to use the address book, it is necessary to input a large amount of information, and if the user manually inputs the information, there is a possibility of erroneous input or information denormalization. There was a problem that it was difficult to keep. Techniques for solving such problems are disclosed in the following patent documents.

  The address information changing method described in Patent Document 1 below extracts personal information of the electronic mail included in the header and signature of the received electronic mail, and changes the address information of the address book. In the address information changing method, when the address book and the personal information included in the extracted signature are contents to be reflected in the address book, the information to be updated among the extracted personal information is held as difference information. The address information of the address book can be changed based on the difference information.

  The address information changing method described in Patent Document 2 below searches address information corresponding to a transmission source mail address of a received electronic mail from an existing address book. Then, when extracting personal information of the email included in the received email signature, the personal information is extracted by using the retrieved address information to determine whether the information is discarded and normalizing the information. And unextracted can be suppressed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-171827 JP 11-154157 A

  In the method described in Patent Document 2 described above, when extracting information included in the signature of the received mail, the information extracted from the signature and the same mail address as the transmission source of the received mail registered in the database By comparing the extracted address information with the address information having “”, erroneous extraction and non-extraction are prevented. However, this method does not include information in the signature of the received mail, and if the information having the same mail address as the sender of the received mail is not registered in the database, the address book is edited. There was a problem that could not.

  In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus that edit address information of an address book from information included in a signature even if there is no information having the same mail address in a database. To provide a program.

  An information processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that edits a database that stores address information of a destination of an electronic mail as a record having a plurality of items. , The extraction means for extracting the information related to the mail transmission source included in the signature of the email data as the first unique information having a plurality of items, and the transmission of the email data from the database The first unique information has an acquisition unit that retrieves a record including the mail domain of the original email address and acquires information included in the retrieved record as second unique information having a plurality of items. When there is information included in the item, the information included in the item included in the first unique information is changed to the editing candidate information of the item. In addition, there is no information included in the item included in the first specific information, but when there is information included in the item included in the second specific information, it is included in the item included in the second specific information. Information to be added to the editing candidate information of the item, generating means for generating the editing candidate information, and editing means for editing a record relating to the email data based on the editing candidate information. It is a feature.

  An information processing system according to a second aspect of the present invention receives an input of e-mail data and a database that stores address information of an e-mail partner as a record having a plurality of items. Extraction means for extracting information relating to the sender of the mail included in the signature as first unique information having a plurality of items, and the mail domain of the sender mail address of the electronic mail data from the database is included When there is an acquisition unit that searches for a record and acquires information included in the searched record as second specific information having a plurality of items, and information included in an item included in the first specific information, The information included in the item included in the first unique information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the first unique information is added. If there is no information included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second specific information, information included in the item included in the second specific information is displayed as the edit candidate of the item. In addition to information, it comprises generation means for generating the edit candidate information, and edit means for editing a record relating to the e-mail data based on the edit candidate information.

  An information processing method according to a third aspect of the present invention is an information processing method for editing a database in which address information of an electronic mail partner is stored as a record having a plurality of items. Receiving the input of the e-mail data, extracting information on the mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items, and (B) from the database, the electronic Searching for a record including a mail domain of a sender mail address included in mail data, and acquiring information included in the searched record as second unique information having a plurality of items; (C) When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is If there is no information included in the item included in the first unique information in addition to the eye edit candidate information, but there is information included in the item included in the second unique information, the second unique information Adding information included in the item included in the item to the editing candidate information of the item to generate the editing candidate information, and (D) editing a record related to the e-mail data based on the editing candidate information. And a step.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for editing a database in which address information of a destination of an email is stored as a record having a plurality of items. Extraction means for extracting information relating to the mail sender included in the signature of the electronic mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items, and mail of the sender mail address possessed by the electronic mail data from the database An acquisition means for searching for a record including a domain and acquiring information included in the searched record as second specific information having a plurality of items, and information included in the items included in the first specific information Information included in the item included in the first unique information is added to the edit candidate information of the item. There is no information included in the item included in the first unique information, but when there is information included in the item included in the second unique information, it is included in the item included in the second unique information. Adding information to the editing candidate information of the item, generating means for generating the editing candidate information, and editing means for editing a record relating to the e-mail data based on the editing candidate information. It is a feature.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to edit address information of an address book from information included in a signature even if there is no information having the same mail address in the database.

It is the block diagram which showed roughly the structure of the information processing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence of the address edit process which an information processing system performs. It is an example of the data format of a selection setting file. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence of the signature extraction process which an extraction part performs. It is an example which alert | reports the information of the signature by which the display part was extracted It is an example which a display part alert | reports the transmission origin mail address of electronic mail data. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence of the relevant information determination process which a determination part performs. It is the figure which represented typically the content of the record memorize | stored in address DB. It is an example which a display part alert | reports related record information. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence of the address information acquisition process which an acquisition part performs. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence of the edit information generation process which a production | generation part performs. It is an example of the selection information alert | reported in an edit information generation process. It is an example of the method of receiving selection of the information which a selection part should make into selection information. It is an example of the method of confirming the edit newly registered. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence of the batch change information collation process which an information processing system performs. It is an example which notifies the old and new address information which is going to edit. It is an example which notifies the old and new related record information displayed in a batch change information collation process. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence of the change edit process which an information processing system performs. It is the figure which showed roughly the structure of the information processing system in case an information processing apparatus is a computer. It is the block diagram which showed roughly the structure of the information processing system which concerns on the modification of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the element which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in different drawing shall show the same or corresponding element.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 1 includes an information processing device 5, an address DB (Data Base) 100, and a filter DB 110. The information processing apparatus 5 includes a selection unit 10, an extraction unit 20 that is an extraction unit, a determination unit 30 that is a determination unit, an acquisition unit 40 that is an acquisition unit, a generation unit 50 that is a generation unit, and a selection unit that is a selection unit. 60, a display unit 70 that is a notification unit such as a display, a confirmation unit 80 that is a notification unit and also a confirmation unit, an editing unit 90 that is an editing unit, and a collation unit 95 that is a collation unit. Although not shown, the information processing apparatus 5 includes an input device that performs operation input.

  Furthermore, the connection relationship of each component of the information processing system 1 will be described. An input to the information processing system 1 is input to the sorting unit 10. The output of the selection unit 10 is input to the extraction unit 20 and the filter DB 110. The output of the extraction unit 20 is input to the determination unit 30, the acquisition unit 40, the generation unit 50, and the display unit 70. The output of the determination unit 30 is input to the acquisition unit 40, the display unit 70, the collation unit 95, and the address DB 100. The output of the acquisition unit 40 is input to the generation unit 50. The output of the generation unit 50 is input to the selection unit 60, the display unit 70, the confirmation unit 80, and the collation unit 95. The output of the selection unit 60 is input to the generation unit 50 and the display unit 70. The output of the confirmation unit 80 is input to the generation unit 50, the display unit 70, and the editing unit 90. The output of the editing unit 90 is input to the address DB 100. The output of the verification unit 95 is input to the confirmation unit 80. The output of the address DB 100 is input to the determination unit 30 and the editing unit 90. The output of the filter DB 110 is input to the sorting unit 10.

  Next, the operation of the information processing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. When the input signal S1 including e-mail data is input, the information processing system 1 acquires information included in a signature included in the e-mail, and the information included in the signature and existing address information include a plurality of items. The address information is edited using the address information of the address DB 100 stored as a record having the record. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the address editing process performed by the information processing system 1. The address editing process performed by the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in step SP100, the information processing system 1 selects whether or not the e-mail data included in the input signal S1 is an e-mail to be subjected to address editing processing. The e-mail data included in the input signal S1 may be data used in e-mail client software that handles e-mail in a general computer or the like. The screening unit 10 acquires a transmission source mail address included in the header of the electronic mail, and further reads a screening setting file stored in the filter DB 110. The sorting setting file includes information on the mail address that is the target of the address editing process performed by the information processing system 1.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the data format of the selection setting file. In the selection setting file shown in FIG. 3, a part of the mail address that is the target of the address editing process performed by the information processing system 1 is stored. The sorting unit 10 adds the sorting setting file to the sender email address of the input email data (may be the email address described in the “From” section included in the email header of the email data). Is included, and it is determined whether or not the e-mail data included in the input signal S1 is subject to address editing processing.

  Here, when a part of the mail address stored in the selection setting file is included in the transmission source mail address of the e-mail data included in the input signal S1 (that is, the determination in step SP100 is “YES”). ), The selection unit 10 outputs the email data S3 to the extraction unit 20, and the information processing system 1 performs an operation of step SP110 described later. On the other hand, when a part of the mail address stored in the selection setting file is not included in the sender mail address of the email data included in the input signal S1 (that is, the determination in step SP100 is “NO”). ), The information processing system 1 ends the address editing process on the assumption that the electronic mail is not the target of address editing. As described above, the selecting unit 10 selects whether or not the input e-mail data is an object to be subjected to the address editing process based on the input e-mail data and the information stored in the filter DB 110.

  Note that, when selecting whether or not the address editing process is performed by the selecting unit 10, a case where a part of the mail address that is the target of the address editing process is stored in the selection setting file is illustrated. In addition, a part of the mail address that is not subject to address editing may be stored in the selection setting file. At this time, if a part of the email address stored in the sorting setting file is included in the email address of the email data, the email address of the email data is not subject to address editing processing. If a part of the e-mail address stored in the sorting setting file is not included, the address editing process is performed. Furthermore, the selection process for determining whether or not the address editing process is performed by the selection unit 10 is not limited to the method disclosed by the present embodiment, and may be a general mail filtering process.

  Next, in step SP110, the extraction unit 20 performs a signature extraction process for extracting personal information from the signature of the input email data S3. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of signature extraction processing performed by the extraction unit 20. Hereinafter, the signature extraction process will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step SP200, the extraction unit 20 determines whether or not the information corresponding to the signature is included in the e-mail data S3. Here, when the information corresponding to the signature is included in the e-mail data S3 (that is, when the determination in step SP200 is “YES”), the extraction unit 20 performs the operation of step SP210 described later. Conversely, if the e-mail data S3 does not contain information corresponding to the signature (that is, if the determination in step SP200 is “NO”), the extraction unit 20 performs the operation of step SP230 described later.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP200, in step SP210, the extraction unit 20 extracts personal information that is first unique information from the signature of the e-mail data S3. Here, the personal information extracted by the extraction unit 20 is “Email” which is the email address of the e-mail sender, “Sei” which is the surname, “Mei” which is the first name, “Company” which is the company name, and the department name. It is assumed that the information includes eight items of “Division”, telephone number “Tel”, facsimile dedicated telephone number (hereinafter referred to as “Fax number”), and address “Address”. The extraction unit 20 extracts a character string corresponding to each item from a portion corresponding to the signature of the email data S3. The extraction of personal information performed by the extraction unit 20 may be, for example, an extraction process for extracting personal information from a signature used in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2. In addition, although there is a signature in the email data S3, if there is no description of information corresponding to each item, the item may be left empty.

  Next, in step SP220, the extraction unit 20 outputs the signature information of the email data S3 from which the personal information is extracted in step SP210 to the display unit 70 as a signal S4. The display unit 70 displays signature information based on the input signal S4, and notifies the user of the extracted signature information. FIG. 5 is an example in which the display unit 70 notifies the extracted signature information. In FIG. 5, “Taro Yamada”, “t-yamada@abc.xyz.jp”, “Tel: 03-111-1111”, and “Fax: 03-” included in the e-mail signature. 211-1112 "is displayed.

  Next, in step SP230, the extraction unit 20 outputs the personal information included in the signature of the email data S3 extracted in step SP210 as editing candidate information S5. The edit candidate information S5 includes eight items of “Email candidate”, “Sei candidate”, “Mei candidate”, “Company candidate”, “Division candidate”, “Tel candidate”, “Fax candidate”, and “Address candidate”. have. Then, based on each item of personal information extracted in step SP210, information included in “Email” is set as “Email candidate”, information included in “Sei” is set as “Sei candidate”, and “Mei” is set. The information included is “Mei candidate”, the information included in “Company” is “Company candidate”, the information included in “Division” is “Division candidate”, and the information included in “Tel” is “Tel candidate”. The information included in “Fax” is referred to as “Fax candidate”, and the information included in “Address” is referred to as “Address candidate”. If there is no description corresponding to each signature, each item of the edit candidate information S5 remains empty.

  Next, in step SP240, the extraction unit 20 outputs the mail address information of the transmission source of the e-mail data S3 to the display unit 70 as a signal S4. And the display part 70 displays the mail address information of the transmission origin of the input electronic mail data, and alert | reports to a user. FIG. 6 is an example in which the display unit 70 notifies the sender mail address of the email data. In FIG. 6, not only the mail address information but also personal information extracted from the signature is output in the column “registration candidate” in the signal S <b> 4 and is notified by the display unit 70.

  Note that if the sender's email address is extracted from the signature in step SP210, the sender email address to be notified at this time is information that is the “Email candidate” that is the sender's email address extracted from the signature. If the sender's email address is not included in the signature, the email address described in the “From” section included in the email header of the email data S3 is defined as “Email candidate”. Notification may be performed. As described above, the information processing system 1 performs the signature extraction process by performing the operations from step SP200 to step SP240. After completing the signature extraction process, the information processing system 1 performs the operation of step SP120.

  Next, in step SP120, the determination unit 30 transmits, based on the information “Email candidate” included in the editing candidate information S5, each record stored in the address DB 100 included in the e-mail data S3. Related information determination processing is performed to determine whether the record has information related to the original mail address and to what extent the record has related information. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of related information determination processing performed by the determination unit 30. Hereinafter, the related information determination process will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step SP300, the determination unit 30 reads all the records stored in the address DB 100. FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the contents of a record stored in the address DB 100. The record 101 stored in the address DB 100 stores the same items as those extracted from the signature for each mail destination, and the address DB 100 stores address information by storing a plurality of records 101. Functioning as a database.

  Next, in step SP310, the determination unit 30 determines the degree of relevance for determining how much the record information is related to the input editing candidate information S5, which is performed in steps SP330 to SP380, which will be described later, in step SP300. It is determined whether or not all records read in are performed. When the relevance level is determined for all records (that is, when the determination in step SP310 is “YES”), the determination unit 30 performs the operation of step SP390 described later. Conversely, if the relevance level has not yet been determined for all records (that is, if the determination in step SP310 is “NO”), the determination unit 30 performs the operation of step SP320 described later.

  When it is determined as “NO” in the determination in step SP310, the determination unit 30 selects one of the records that have not been determined for relevance from the records read in step SP300 in step SP320. call. At this time, the counter included in the determination unit 30 is initialized to “0”. Hereinafter, in the determination of the relevance level performed from step SP330 to step SP380, the number of items in which the information of each item of the record and the information of each item of the edit candidate information S5 are related is determined using this counter. Judgment.

  In step SP330, the determination unit 30 determines whether the mail address included in the item “Email” of the editing candidate information S5 is included in the mail address included in the item “Email” of the called record. Determine whether or not. When the email address included in the item “Email” includes the email domain of the email address included in the item “Email candidate” of the edit candidate information S5 (that is, when the determination in step SP330 is “YES”) ), The determination unit 30 performs an operation of step SP335 described later. Conversely, when the mail address included in the item “Email” does not include the mail domain of the mail address included in the item “Email candidate” of the edit candidate information S5 (that is, the determination in step SP330 is performed). In the case of “NO”), the determination unit 30 performs an operation of Step SP340 described later.

  When it is determined “YES” in the determination at step SP330, the determination unit 30 increases the counter value by one at step SP335. And the determination part 30 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP340.

  In step SP340, the determination unit 30 determines whether the information included in the “Company” item of the called record matches the information included in the “Company candidate” of the editing candidate information S5. . When the company name included in the “Company candidate” item of the editing candidate information S5 matches the company name included in “Company” of the record (that is, when the determination in step SP340 is “YES”), The determination unit 30 performs an operation of step SP345 described later. Conversely, if the company name included in the item “Company candidate” in the editing candidate information S5 does not match the company name included in “Company” of the record (that is, the determination in step SP340 is “ In the case of “NO”), the determination unit 30 performs an operation of step SP350 described later.

  When it is determined “YES” in the determination at step SP340, the determination unit 30 increments the counter value by one at step SP345. And the determination part 30 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP350.

  In step SP350, the determination unit 30 determines whether the information included in the “Tel” item of the called record matches the information included in the “Tel candidate” of the editing candidate information S5. . When the telephone number included in the “Tel candidate” item of the editing candidate information S5 matches the telephone number included in “Tel” of the record (that is, when the determination in step SP350 is “YES”), The determination unit 30 performs an operation of step SP355 described later. Conversely, when the telephone number included in the “Tel candidate” item of the editing candidate information S5 does not match the telephone number included in “Tel” of the record (that is, the determination in step SP350 is “ In the case of “NO”), the determination unit 30 performs an operation of Step SP360 described later.

  When it is determined as “YES” in the determination in step SP350, the determination unit 30 increases the value of the counter by one in step SP355. And the determination part 30 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP360.

  In step SP360, the determination unit 30 determines whether the information included in the “Fax” item of the called record matches the information included in the “Fax candidate” of the editing candidate information S5. . When the Fax number included in the “Fax candidate” item of the editing candidate information S5 matches the Fax number included in “Fax” of the record (that is, when the determination in step SP360 is “YES”), The determination unit 30 performs an operation of step SP365 described later. Conversely, when the Fax number included in the “Fax candidate” item of the edit candidate information S5 does not match the Fax number included in “Fax” of the record (that is, the determination in Step SP360 is “ In the case of “NO”), the determination unit 30 performs an operation of Step SP370 described later.

  When it is determined “YES” in the determination at step SP360, the determination unit 30 increases the counter value by one at step SP365. And the determination part 30 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP370.

  In step SP370, the determination unit 30 determines whether or not the information included in the “Address” item of the called record matches the information included in the “Address candidate” of the editing candidate information S5. . When the address included in the “Address candidate” item of the edit candidate information S5 matches the address included in “Address” of the record (that is, when the determination in step SP370 is “YES”), the determination unit 30 performs the operation of step SP375 described later. Conversely, if the address included in the “Address candidate” item of the editing candidate information S5 does not match the address included in “Address” of the record (that is, the determination in step SP370 is “NO”). ), The determination unit 30 performs an operation of step SP380 described later.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP370, the determination unit 30 increments the counter value by one in step SP375. And the determination part 30 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP380.

  In step SP380, the determination unit 30 adds counter value information to the record information (hereinafter, a record having a counter value of 1 or more is referred to as a related record). Then, the determination unit 30 returns to the operation of step SP310.

  Here, the operation of the determination unit 30 from step SP320 to step SP380 is described using the editing candidate information S5 broadcasted in the “registration candidate” in FIG. 6 and the record shown in FIG. 8 as an example. The determination procedure will be specifically described. If edit candidate information S5 of information described in “registration candidate” in FIG. 6 is input to the determination unit 30, and the record shown in FIG. 8 is called in step SP320, the determination in step SP330 is performed. The information included in “Email candidate” is “t-yamada@abc.xyz.jp”, and the information included in “Email” of the record is “h-suzuki@abc.xyz.jp”. It is. Accordingly, since “xyz.jp”, which is the mail domain of the mail address included in the “Email candidate” item, is also included in “Email” of the record, the process proceeds to step SP335. In step SP335, the value of the counter becomes “1”, and the process proceeds to step SP340. In the determination of step SP340, no information is included in the “Company candidate”, and the information included in the “Company candidate” does not match the information included in the “Company” of the record. Proceed to SP350. In the determination at step SP350, the information included in “Tel candidate” is “03-111-1111”, which matches the information included in “Tel” of the record. Therefore, the process proceeds to step SP355, and the value of the counter is “2”. In the determination at step SP360, the information included in the “Fax candidate” is “03-211-1112”, which matches the information included in “Fax” of the record. Therefore, the process proceeds to step SP365, and the value of the counter is “3”. In the determination of step SP370, no information is included in the “Address candidate”, and the information included in the “Address candidate” does not match the information included in the “Address” of the record. Proceed to SP380. In step SP380, information indicating that the value of the counter is “3” is added to the record information. The value of this counter value is the relevance level of the record, and the relevance level of the called record is determined by the operation from step SP320 to step SP380.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP310, in step SP390, the determination unit 30 sets the information of the record determined to be a related record as related record information S7, the acquisition unit 40, the display unit 70, And output to the matching unit 95. The display unit 70 to which the related record information is input by the related record information S7 displays the related record information and notifies the user. When the display unit 70 displays the information, the information is displayed in the order of records having the highest relevance (counter value). FIG. 9 is an example in which the display unit 70 notifies related record information. In the example of FIG. 9, as a result of determining the relevance level for all the records in the address DB 100, there are 5 relevance levels, and 5 related records are notified in descending order of relevance level from the top. Yes.

  As described above, the determination unit 30 performs the related information determination process by performing the operations from step SP300 to step SP390. After completing the related information determination process, the information processing system 1 performs an operation of step SP130 described later. In addition, although the example in which the counter included in the determination unit 30 counts up from the initial value “0” by “1” has been shown, the operation of the counter included in the determination unit 30 is not limited thereto, and the predetermined value from the predetermined initial value is predetermined. It is also possible to count up or count down with the value of, and determine the degree of association with the amount of change from a predetermined initial value.

  Next, in step SP130, the acquisition unit 40 performs an address information acquisition process for acquiring address information, which is second unique information used for address editing, based on the input related record information S7 and edit candidate information S5. Do. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of address information acquisition processing performed by the acquisition unit 40. First, in step SP400, the acquisition unit 40 determines whether or not the input related record information has been determined to be added to the edit candidate information shown in steps SP410 to SP445 described later. When all the related record information has already been determined to be added to the editing candidate information (that is, when the determination in step SP400 is “YES”), the acquisition unit 40 has been added by the address information acquisition process. The editing candidate information is output to the generation unit 50 as the signal S8, and the address information acquisition process is terminated. Then, the information processing system 1 performs an operation of step SP140 described later. On the other hand, if all the related record information has not yet been determined to be added to the editing information (that is, if the determination in step SP400 is “NO”), the acquisition unit 40 operates in step SP410 described later. I do.

  If “NO” is determined in the determination in step SP400, in step SP410, the acquisition unit 40 selects related records that have not yet been determined to be added to the editing candidate information in the input related record information S7. Call one.

  Next, in step SP420, the acquisition unit 40 adds the email address included in the “Email candidate” item of the input editing candidate information S5 to the email address included in the “Email” item of the called related record. Determine whether the mail domain is included. If the mail address included in the item “Email” includes the mail domain of the mail address included in the item “Email candidate” of the input editing candidate information S5 (that is, the determination in step SP420 is “YES” ”), The acquisition unit 40 performs an operation of step SP425 described later. Conversely, when the mail address included in the item “Email” does not include the mail domain of the mail address included in the item “Email candidate” of the input editing candidate information S5 (that is, step SP420). When the determination in step NO is “NO”), the acquisition unit 40 performs an operation of step SP430 described later.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP420, the acquisition unit 40 determines that the company name included in the “Company” item of the related record is “Company candidate” in the editing candidate information in step SP425. If it is not included, it is added to “Company candidate”. And the acquisition part 40 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP430.

  In step SP430, the acquisition unit 40 determines whether the information included in the “Tel” item of the called related record matches the information included in the “Tel candidate” of the input editing candidate information S5. Determine whether. When the telephone number included in the “Tel candidate” item of the input editing candidate information S5 matches the telephone number included in “Tel” of the related record (that is, when the determination in step SP430 is “YES”) ) The acquisition unit 40 performs an operation of step SP435 described later. Conversely, when the telephone number included in the “Tel candidate” item of the input editing candidate information S5 does not match the telephone number included in “Tel” of the related record (that is, the determination in step SP430). Is “NO”), the acquisition unit 40 performs an operation of step SP440 described later.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP430, the acquisition unit 40 determines that the company name included in the “Company” item of the related record is “Company candidate” in the editing candidate information in step SP435. If it is not included, it is added to “Company candidate”. If the department name included in the “Division” item of the related record is not included in the “Division candidate” of the editing candidate information, it is added to the “Division candidate”. If the Fax number included in the “Fax” item of the related record is not included in the “Fax candidate” of the editing candidate information, it is added to the “Fax candidate”. If the address included in the “Address” item of the related record is not included in the “Address candidate” of the editing candidate information, the address is added to the “Address candidate”. And the acquisition part 40 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP440.

  In step SP440, the acquisition unit 40 determines whether the information included in the “Fax” item of the called related record matches the information included in the “Fax candidate” of the input editing candidate information S5. Determine whether. When the Fax number included in the “Fax candidate” item of the input editing candidate information S5 matches the Fax number included in “Fax” of the related record (that is, when the determination in step SP440 is “YES”) ), The acquisition unit 40 performs an operation of step SP445 described later. Conversely, when the Fax number included in the “Fax candidate” item of the input editing candidate information S5 does not match the Fax number included in “Fax” of the related record (that is, the determination in step SP440). Is “NO”), the acquisition unit 40 returns to the operation of step SP400.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP440, the acquisition unit 40 determines that the company name included in the “Company” item of the related record is “Company candidate” in the editing candidate information in step SP445. If it is not included, it is added to “Company candidate”. If the department name included in the “Division” item of the related record is not included in the “Division candidate” of the editing candidate information, it is added to the “Division candidate”. If the telephone number included in the “Tel” item of the related record is not included in the “Tel candidate” of the editing candidate information, it is added to the “Tel candidate”. If the address included in the “Address” item of the related record is not included in the “Address candidate” of the editing candidate information, the address is added to the “Address candidate”. And the acquisition part 40 returns to operation | movement of step SP400.

  As described above, the acquisition unit 40 performs the address information acquisition process by repeating the operations from step SP410 to step SP445 until all related records are performed. Here, the operation of the acquisition unit 40 from step SP400 to step SP445 is described with reference to the input editing candidate information S5 notified in “registration candidate” in FIG. 9 and the related record notified in “related information”. The example illustrated by using FIG. When the edit candidate information S5 of “Taro Yamada” described in “Registration candidate” in FIG. 9 is input to the acquisition unit 40, the related record of “Hanako Suzuki” shown in FIG. 9 is called in step SP410. If so, since “xyz.jp” is included in each other's mail address, “Company A” is added to “Company candidate” in step SP425. Since both telephone numbers match with “03-111-1111”, “Company candidate” is already included in “Company candidate” in step SP425, so it is not added, and “Division candidate” “Sales Department” is added. Since “03-211-1112” is already included in the “Fax candidate”, it is not added, and “1-2, Chiyoda-ku ○ × machi, Tokyo” is added to the “Address candidate”. Although the Fax number is consistent with “03-211-1112”, since the information included in the related record is already included in the editing candidate information, no address information is added. Next, when processing is performed on the related record of “Yamada”, although “xyz.jp” is included in the email address, “Company A” has already been added to “Company candidate”, so the address No information is added. Although the telephone number is “03-111-1111”, which matches the editing candidate information, the information included in the related record is already included in the editing candidate information, so no address information is added. Next, when processing is performed on the record of “Jiro Tanaka”, although “xyz.jp” is included in the email address, “Company A” has already been added to “Company candidate”, so the address No information is added. Since the telephone number is “03-111-1111” and matches the editing candidate information, “Company candidate” is already included in “Company candidate” in step SP425, so it is not added, and “Division candidate” "Human Resources Department" is added to "", and "Fax Candidate" in the record of "Jiro Tanaka" contains no information, so nothing is added to the editing candidate information. Since “Address candidate” already includes “Chiyoda-ku ○ × machi 1-2, Tokyo”, it is not added. Regarding the related records of “Saburo Sato” and “Haruko Kobayashi”, the acquisition unit 40 performs the operation from step SP410 to step SP445. In these two records, although “xyz.jp” is included in the mail address. Since “Company A” has already been added to “Company candidate” and the telephone number and the fax number do not match, address information is not added. Therefore, when the address information acquisition process is performed using the edit candidate information S5 broadcasted by the “registration candidate” in FIG. 9 and the related record broadcasted by the “related information”, the edit candidate information “ “Company Candidate” is “Company A”, “Division Candidate” is “Sales Department” and “Human Resources Department”, “Fax Candidate” is “03-111-1112”, and “Address Candidate” is Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Town 1-2 "will be added.

  Next, in step SP140, the generation unit 50 performs an edit information generation process based on the input edit candidate information S8. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of editing information generation processing performed by the generation unit 50. First, in step SP500, the generation unit 50 outputs the current selection information S9 to the display unit 70, and the display unit 70 displays the current selection information and notifies the user. Here, the current selection information is information selected from the editing candidate information in step SP510 described later. In addition, when “YES” is determined in the determination of step SP520 to be described later and the operation returns to the operation of step SP500, when the step SP500 is performed for the first time, the record having the highest degree of relevance in the editing candidate information S8. Or information acquired from a related record including a mail address that matches the email address of the e-mail in the related record may be used as the current selection information. FIG. 12 is an example of selection information notified in the editing information generation process.

  Next, in step SP510, the generation unit 50 outputs editing candidate information to the selection unit 60 using the signal S10. The selection unit 60 accepts a selection from the user to determine whether to edit the address information of the sender of the e-mail using the currently displayed selection information. In FIG. 12, “Register” and “Cancel” buttons are provided as means for accepting a selection to determine whether or not to edit the address information of the sender of the e-mail. When the user performs an operation to “register” using the input device, the selection unit 60 sets the current selection information as editing information.

  In step SP510, the selection unit 60 further receives from the user an input for selecting information to be selected information from the editing candidate information included in the signal S10. When the user selects information using the input device, a signal S10 indicating that the selected information is new selection information is output to the generation unit 50. The generation unit 50 to which the signal is input sets the selected information as new selection information. FIG. 13 is an example of a method in which the selection unit 60 accepts selection of information to be selected information. In the example of FIG. 13, in the case of an item having a plurality of editing candidate information, selection of information to be selected information is accepted from the pull-down menu. The selection input method accepted by the selection unit 60 is not limited to the pull-down menu, and any method can be used as long as information can be selected.

  Next, in step SP520, the generation unit 50 determines whether or not new selection information has been input from the selection unit 60 and the selection information has been changed. When the selection information is changed (that is, when the determination in step SP520 is “YES”), the generation unit 50 returns to the operation of step SP500. Conversely, when the selection information has not been changed (that is, when there is an input to edit the address information from the user in step SP510, and the determination in step SP520 is “NO”), The generation unit 50 performs the operation of step SP530.

  If “NO” is determined in the determination in step SP520, in step SP530, the generation unit 50 determines whether there is information to be edited in the selection information. When the e-mail data S1 input to the information processing system 1 does not include a signature and there is no record in the address DB 100 that includes a mail address including the mail domain of the e-mail transmission source mail address, the selection information includes There is no information to be edited. Therefore, when there is no information to be edited in the selection information (that is, when the determination in step SP530 is “NO”), the information processing system 1 ends the address editing process. Conversely, when there is information to be edited in the selection information (that is, when the determination in step SP530 is “YES”), the generation unit 50 performs the operation of step SP540 described later.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP530, in step SP540, the generation unit 50 generates edit information for performing address editing based on the current selection information, and confirms the edit information as S12 and S15. Output to the unit 80 and the collation unit 95, respectively. As described above, the information processing system 1 performs the editing information generation process by the operations from step SP500 to step SP540. The information processing system 1 that has finished the editing information generation process performs an operation of step SP150 described later.

  Next, in step SP150, the collation unit 95 searches the record including the mail address to be subjected to address editing from the related record information based on the input related record information S7 and the edit information S12. It is determined whether or not there is an existing registration of the address to be performed (that is, whether or not the mail address as a predetermined item matches). When there is no existing registration of the address (that is, when the determination at step SP150 is “NO”), the collation unit 95 outputs a signal indicating that there is no existing registration to the confirmation unit 80 as a signal S16, and the information processing system 1 Then, the operation of step SP160 described later is performed. Conversely, when there is an existing registration of an address (that is, when the determination in step SP150 is “YES”), the information processing system 1 performs an operation of step SP170 described later.

  If “NO” is determined in the determination in step SP150, in step SP160, the confirmation unit 80 outputs the input editing information S12 to the display unit 70, and the display unit 70 displays the editing information. And informs the user. Furthermore, the confirmation unit 80 confirms whether or not to perform editing for newly registering the currently displayed editing information in the address DB 100 as a record. FIG. 14 shows an example of a method for confirming editing to be newly registered. When the user confirms that new registration is to be performed by the input device, for example, by pressing a “new registration” button as shown in FIG. 14, the confirmation unit 80 directs the editing information to the editing unit 90 as the signal S14. Output. Then, the editing unit 90 to which the editing information is input performs editing for registering a new record in the address DB 100 based on the editing information (information displayed as a registration candidate in FIG. 14).

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP150, in step SP170, the information processing system 1 searches for a record including the same information as the address information to be edited. The batch change information matching process for matching is performed. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of batch change information matching processing performed by the information processing system 1. First, in step SP600, the confirmation unit 80 outputs information on the new data and the old data of the address information to be edited to the display unit 70 by a signal S13 based on the editing information S12. The display unit 70 to which the signal is input displays the new data and the old data of the address information about to be edited and notifies the user. FIG. 16 shows an example of notifying the new and old address information about to be edited.

  Next, in step SP610, the collation unit 95 compares the new data of the address information to be edited with the old data based on the related record information S7 and the editing information S15, and compares the data of both data ( It is determined whether or not a predetermined item “Division” item has been changed. If the new data and the old data have the same department name and are not changed (that is, if the determination in step SP610 is “NO”), the collation unit 95 performs the operation of step SP620 described later. Conversely, if the departments of the new data and the old data have been changed differently (that is, if the determination in step SP610 is “YES”), the collation unit 95 ends the batch change information collation process, and the information processing system 1 Performs the operation of step SP180 described later.

  If “NO” is determined in the determination in step SP610, in step SP620, the collation unit 95 compares the new data of the address information to be edited with the old data based on the editing information S15. It is determined whether or not the telephone numbers ("Tel" items) of both data have been changed. When the telephone numbers of the new data and the old data match and have not been changed (that is, when the determination in step SP620 is “NO”), the collation unit 95 performs the operation of step SP650 described later. Conversely, when the phone numbers of the new data and the old data are different and changed (that is, when the determination in step SP620 is “YES”), the collation unit 95 performs the operation of step SP630 described later.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP620, in step SP630, the collation unit 95 searches for records including the telephone number of the old data from the related records included in the related record information S7. Then, the collation unit 95 includes information on the old telephone number related record that is a related record including the telephone number of the old data, and a new telephone number related record that is a related record obtained by replacing the telephone number of the old data with the telephone number of the new data. Is output to the confirmation unit 80 using the signal S16.

  Next, in step SP640, the confirmation unit 80 sets the information of the new telephone number related record as batch change information that is information for editing a related record having the same information as the information edited by the editing information. And the confirmation part 80 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP650.

  In step SP650, the collation unit 95 compares the new data of the address information to be edited with the old data based on the editing information S15, and the fax numbers (items “Fax”) of both data are changed. It is determined whether or not. When the fax numbers of the new data and the old data match and are not changed (that is, when the determination in step SP650 is “NO”), the collation unit 95 performs the operation of step SP680 described later. Conversely, if the fax numbers of the new data and the old data are different and changed (that is, if the determination in step SP650 is “YES”), the collation unit 95 performs the operation of step SP660 described later.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP650, in step SP660, the collation unit 95 searches for records including the fax number of the old data from the related records included in the related record information S7. Then, the collation unit 95 includes information on the old fax number related record that is a related record including the fax number of the old data, and a new fax number related record that is a related record obtained by replacing the fax number of the old data with the fax number of the new data. Is output to the confirmation unit 80 using the signal S16.

  Next, in step SP670, the confirmation unit 80 sets the information of the new fax number related record as batch change information that is information for editing the related record having the same information as the information edited by the editing information. And the confirmation part 80 performs operation | movement of below-mentioned step SP680.

  In step SP680, the confirmation unit 80 acquires information on old and new related records that are changed by the batch change information (new phone number related record, old phone number related record, new fax number related record, and old fax number related record information). Is output toward the display unit 70 using the signal S13. Then, the display unit 70 displays the new and old related record information and notifies the user. Then, the information processing system 1 ends the batch change information matching process. As described above, the information processing system 1 performs the batch change information matching process by performing the operations from step SP600 to step SP680. The information processing system 1 that has finished the batch change information matching process performs an operation of step SP180 described later.

  FIG. 17 is an example of notifying the old and new related record information displayed in the batch change information matching process. In FIG. 17, the Fax number is changed from “03-111-1112” to “03-211-1112” in the address information of “Taro Yamada” who is going to edit the address. Since the fax number of “Haruko Kobayashi” included in the related record information was “03-111-1112”, the change information of the fax number of “Haruko Kobayashi” is generated as the batch change information. The display unit 70 displays new data and old data in which the fax number of “Haruko Kobayashi” is changed to “03-211-1112”.

  Next, in step SP180, the information processing system 1 performs a change editing process for editing the address DB 100 based on the editing information. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the change editing process performed by the information processing system 1. First, in step SP700, the confirmation unit 80 confirms that new registration for registering the currently displayed editing information as a new record in the address DB 100 and registration information update for updating information of an existing record are performed. This confirmation may be confirmed by the user pressing the “new registration” button and the “registration information update” button as shown in FIG.

  Next, in step SP710, the confirmation unit 80 determines whether the user has confirmed that new registration is to be performed. When confirmation of new registration is made by pressing a “new registration” button as shown in FIG. 17 (that is, when the determination in step SP710 is “YES”), the confirmation unit 80 Then, the operation of step SP720 described later is performed. On the other hand, when the confirmation of new registration is not made (that is, when the determination in step SP710 is “NO”), the confirmation unit 80 performs an operation of step SP730 described later.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP710, in step SP720, the confirmation unit 80 outputs the editing information to the editing unit 90 as the signal S14. Then, the editing unit 90 to which the editing information is input performs editing for registering a new record in the address DB 100 based on the editing information (in FIG. 17, information displayed as new data of registration information).

  If “NO” is determined in the determination in step SP 710, in step SP 730, the confirmation unit 80 determines whether the user has confirmed that the registration information is to be updated. Confirmation is made that the registration information update is performed by pressing the “registration information update” button as shown in FIG. 17 (that is, the determination in step SP730 is “YES”). The unit 80 performs an operation of step SP740 described later. On the other hand, when the confirmation to update the registered information is not made (that is, when the determination in step SP730 is “NO”), the information processing system 1 ends the address information editing process.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP730, the confirmation unit 80 outputs the editing information as the signal S14 toward the editing unit 90 in step SP740. Then, the editing unit 90 to which the editing information is input overwrites the editing information (in FIG. 17, the information displayed as new data of registration information) with the information of the corresponding record stored in the address DB 100. Edit.

  In step SP750, the confirmation unit 80 determines whether the user has confirmed that relevant information is to be updated. Confirmation is made to update related information by pressing the “update related information” button as shown in FIG. 17 (that is, the determination in step SP750 is “YES”). The unit 80 performs an operation of step SP760 described later. On the other hand, if the confirmation to update the related information is not made (that is, if the determination in step SP750 is “NO”), the confirmation unit 80 ends the address information editing process.

  If “YES” is determined in the determination in step SP750, the confirmation unit 80 outputs the batch change information to the editing unit 90 as the signal S14 in step SP760. Then, the editing unit 90 to which the batch change information is input converts the batch change information (information displayed as new data of related information in FIG. 17) into the information of the corresponding record stored in the address DB 100. Perform overwriting edits.

  As described above, by performing the operations from step SP700 to step SP760, the information processing system 1 performs the change editing process. The information processing system 1 that has finished the change editing process ends the address editing process. Note that when receiving an input from the user, if there is an input to stop the address editing process, such as pressing a “Cancel” button, the information processing system 1 may stop the address editing process. In addition, when receiving an input from the user, when an input for ending the address editing process is made, such as pressing an “end” button, the information processing system 1 ends the address editing process at that time. Also good.

  As described above, when the information processing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is used, when the user receives an e-mail, the extraction unit 20 performs an address editing process based on the data of the e-mail. The information included in the e-mail signature is extracted, and the determination unit 30 further has a mail address including the mail domain of the e-mail transmission source mail address from the address information stored in the address DB 100. Search for related records. Then, the acquisition unit 40 can acquire editing information from the related records searched, and the editing unit 90 can perform address editing using the editing information. Therefore, even if there is no information of the same email address as the sender of the email data input to the address DB 100, registered information (address information having a mail address including the email domain of the sender of the input email data) ) Can be used to edit the address information of the address book from the information included in the signature.

  Since the address information having the mail address including the mail domain of the input source of the email data uses the same mail server as the source of the email data, the source of the mail having the same mail domain Can be assumed to belong to the same company. Therefore, by acquiring address information having a mail address including the mail domain of the sender of the email data from the address DB 100 and using it for editing, the sender of the received mail is different from the original company. You can prevent mistakes such as misidentifying you as a company.

  Furthermore, since the acquisition unit 40 can acquire information not included in the signature from the information of the related record as a candidate for editing information for performing address editing, the input e-mail is transmitted to the user. It is possible to acquire editing candidate information that is highly relevant to the original. Therefore, the user can obtain information that is highly likely to be used for address editing.

  In addition, since the display unit 70 notifies the user of the editing information and the confirmation unit 80 confirms whether or not to edit, it is possible to prevent erroneous editing when the address information is edited. be able to. Furthermore, since the selecting unit 60 selects the address information to be edited from the editing candidate information, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of manually inputting each information and to prevent erroneous input. Also, when editing the address information, the user is notified of the new data and the old data to be edited, so that if the address information changes, the user can easily know that there has been a change. Can know.

  In addition, the collation unit 95 collates whether or not there is a related record having the same “part name” as the address information to be edited but different “phone number” and “Fax number”. When the “phone number” and “Fax number” are changed in the address information to be edited, it is possible that the telephone number and the Fax number of the department of the “Department name” may have been changed. be able to. Then, the editing unit 90 edits these related records, whereby the “phone number” and “Fax number” of the address information of the same department can be collectively changed.

  Furthermore, when editing address information, even when an existing address is registered in the address DB 100, new address information can be registered, so that a plurality of address information can be stored for the same mail address. It can be stored in the address DB 100. Therefore, it is possible to perform address editing even when a plurality of types of signatures are used for the destination of the same mail address.

  In the present invention, the information processing apparatus may be a general-purpose computer. FIG. 19 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of the information processing system 2 when the information processing apparatus is a computer. The information processing apparatus 6 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 200 and a memory 250, and the CPU 200 reads the program 251 stored in the memory 250 and performs processing, whereby the information processing apparatus 5 illustrated in FIG. A similar function is realized. Further, at this time, notification or notification in the address editing process may be performed by an output device such as a display included in the information processing device 6 that is a computer. It may be performed by the input device of the device 6.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the items of the address information include “Email”, “Sei”, “Mei”, “Company”, “Division”, “Tel”, “Fax”, and “Address”. Although the case of items is illustrated, the address information handled in the present invention is not limited to these eight items.

<Modification>
FIG. 20 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the information processing system 3 according to a modification of the present invention. The information processing system 3 includes terminals 7A to 7C, an address DB 100, a filter DB 110, a local network 300, and a core network 350. The terminals 7A to 7C have information processing devices 5A to 5C, respectively, and the information processing devices 5A to 5C are the same as the information processing device 5 shown in the embodiment of the present invention.

  The terminals 7 </ b> A to 7 </ b> C are terminals that send and receive general electronic mail via the local network 300 and the core network 350, respectively. When an electronic mail is received at each terminal 7, electronic mail data is input to the information processing apparatus 5 included in each terminal 7 with respect to the electronic mail. The information processing apparatus 5 edits the address information registered in the address DB 100 using information stored in the filter DB 110 and the address DB 100 connected via the local network 300. Note that the filter DB 110 and the address DB 100 are shared by the terminals 7A to C, and the terminals 7A to C perform address management of e-mails using the shared address information stored in the address DB 100. In the address DB 100, information resource management for sharing such as file locking and serialization is performed.

  If the information processing system 3 according to the present modification is used, the amount of address information used by a plurality of terminals 7 is larger than the amount of address information used by a single terminal, and is stored in the address DB 100. Address information also increases. Accordingly, since the information processing apparatus 5 receives the input of the e-mail data and the information that can be acquired when the address information is edited increases, it is possible to improve the accuracy of information replenishment performed in the address information editing process. Become. In addition, since the multiple terminals 7 receive the email more frequently than the single terminal receives the email, the intervals at which the address information is edited in the information processing apparatus 5 are more closely spaced. Become. Therefore, the update interval of the address information is shortened, and the user can obtain more accurate address information.

  In the present modification, the case where the number of terminals 7 included in the information processing system 3 is three is illustrated, but in the present invention, the number of terminals 7 is not limited thereto.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description but by the claims, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the claims.

  Although a part or all of the above embodiments can be described as the following supplementary notes, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following supplementary notes.

<Appendix 1>
An information processing apparatus that edits a database that stores address information of an email partner as a record having a plurality of items,
Extracting means for receiving input of e-mail data and extracting information on a mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items;
Obtaining from the database a record that includes a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, and acquiring information included in the retrieved record as second unique information having a plurality of items Means,
When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the information included in the first specific information When there is no information included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second specific information, the information included in the item included in the second specific information is used as the edit candidate information of the item. In addition, generating means for generating the editing candidate information;
Editing means for editing a record relating to the email data based on the editing candidate information;
An information processing apparatus comprising:

<Appendix 2>
When the information included in the predetermined item included in the first specific information matches the information included in the predetermined item included in the second specific information, the generation unit determines that the second specific information is The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein information included in each item is added to the editing candidate information of each item to generate the editing candidate information.

<Appendix 3>
Informing means for informing the user of the editing content when the editing means edits the record related to the e-mail data;
Confirmation means for confirming to the user whether or not the editing means edits;
Further comprising
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the editing unit edits a record related to the electronic mail data when the confirmation unit confirms that the editing is performed.

<Appendix 4>
When a plurality of records including the mail domain are stored in the database, for each of the plurality of records, information included in each item included in the record is information included in each item included in the first specific information The information processing apparatus according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 3, further comprising: a determination unit that determines whether or not they match each other.

<Appendix 5>
A selection unit that allows the user to select information to be edited by the editing unit from the second specific information including a plurality of pieces of information acquired from a plurality of records;
When the acquisition unit searches the database for a record including a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, if the database stores a plurality of records including the mail domain, the acquisition The information processing apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, wherein the means acquires a plurality of pieces of information included in a plurality of records as the second specific information.

<Appendix 6>
A record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information is searched from the database, and the information included in each item included in the record and the first unique information are included. Any one of appendices 1 to 5, further comprising notifying means for checking whether or not the information included in each item is different and notifying the user that the information is different if the information is different The information processing apparatus according to one.

<Appendix 7>
Information included in a predetermined item included in the first specific information matches information included in a predetermined item included in the second specific information, and other than the predetermined item included in the first specific information. A collation unit for collating whether information included in the item is different from information included in the item included in the second unique information;
Based on the result of collation by the collating unit, the editing unit edits the item including the different information into the information included in the predetermined item included in the first unique information from the database. A record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information is searched, and the item to be edited in the searched record is included in the item included in the first specific information. The information processing apparatus according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 6, wherein the information is edited into information to be processed.

<Appendix 8>
A database that stores the address information of the destination of the email as a record having a plurality of items;
Extracting means for receiving input of e-mail data and extracting information on a mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items;
Obtaining from the database a record that includes a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, and acquiring information included in the retrieved record as second unique information having a plurality of items Means,
When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the information included in the first specific information When there is no information included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second specific information, the information included in the item included in the second specific information is used as the edit candidate information of the item. In addition, generating means for generating the editing candidate information;
Editing means for editing a record relating to the email data based on the editing candidate information;
An information processing system comprising:

<Appendix 9>
When the information included in the predetermined item included in the first specific information matches the information included in the predetermined item included in the second specific information, the generation unit determines that the second specific information is The information processing system according to appendix 8, wherein information included in each item is added to the editing candidate information of each item to generate the editing candidate information.

<Appendix 10>
Informing means for informing the user of the editing content when the editing means edits the record related to the e-mail data;
Confirmation means for confirming to the user whether or not the editing means edits;
Further comprising
The information processing system according to appendix 8 or 9, wherein the editing unit edits a record related to the electronic mail data when the confirmation unit confirms that the editing is performed.

<Appendix 11>
When a plurality of records including the mail domain are stored in the database, for each of the plurality of records, information included in each item included in the record is information included in each item included in the first specific information The information processing system according to any one of appendices 8 to 10, further comprising determination means for determining whether or not they match each other.

<Appendix 12>
A selection unit that allows the user to select information to be edited by the editing unit from the second specific information including a plurality of pieces of information acquired from a plurality of records;
When the acquisition unit searches the database for a record including a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, if the database stores a plurality of records including the mail domain, the acquisition The information processing system according to any one of appendices 8 to 11, wherein the means acquires a plurality of pieces of information included in a plurality of records as the second specific information.

<Appendix 13>
A record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information is searched from the database, and the information included in each item included in the record and the first unique information are included. Any one of appendices 8 to 12, further comprising notification means for checking whether or not the information included in each item is different, and notifying the user that the information is different if the information is different The information processing system according to one.

<Appendix 14>
Information included in a predetermined item included in the first specific information matches information included in a predetermined item included in the second specific information, and other than the predetermined item included in the first specific information. A collation unit for collating whether information included in the item is different from information included in the item included in the second unique information;
Based on the result of collation by the collating unit, the editing unit edits the item including the different information into the information included in the predetermined item included in the first unique information from the database. A record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information is searched, and the item to be edited in the searched record is included in the item included in the first specific information. 14. The information processing system according to any one of appendices 8 to 13, wherein the information is edited into information to be processed.

<Appendix 15>
An information processing method for editing a database that stores address information of a destination of an e-mail as a record having a plurality of items,
(A) receiving input of e-mail data, extracting information on a mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items;
(B) Search the database for a record including a mail domain of a sender mail address included in the e-mail data, and use the information included in the searched record as second unique information having a plurality of items. A step to obtain,
(C) When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the first specific information is included. If there is no information included in the item included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second unique information, the information included in the item included in the second unique information is changed to the edit of the item. Generating the editing candidate information in addition to the candidate information;
(D) editing a record related to the e-mail data based on the editing candidate information;
An information processing method comprising:

<Appendix 16>
In the step (C), when the information included in the predetermined item included in the first specific information matches the information included in the predetermined item included in the second specific information, 16. The information processing method according to supplementary note 15, wherein information included in each item included in the unique information is added to the editing candidate information of each item to generate the editing candidate information.

<Appendix 17>
(E) In the step (D), when editing the record relating to the e-mail data, notifying the user of the editing content;
(F) confirming with the user whether or not to execute editing in step (D);
Further comprising
The information processing method according to appendix 15 or 16, wherein the step (D) is performed when it is confirmed that the editing is performed by the confirmation in the step (F).

<Appendix 18>
(G) When a plurality of records including the mail domain are stored in the database, information included in each item included in the record is included in each item included in the first specific information. 18. The information processing method according to any one of supplementary notes 15 to 17, further comprising a step of determining whether or not the information matches each other.

<Appendix 19>
(H) further comprising a step of causing a user to select information to be edited in the step (D) from the second specific information including a plurality of pieces of information acquired from a plurality of records,
In the step (B), when searching for a record including a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data from the database, a plurality of records including the mail domain are stored in the database, The information processing method according to any one of appendices 15 to 18, wherein a plurality of pieces of information included in a plurality of records are acquired as the second specific information, respectively.

<Appendix 20>
(I) Search the database for a record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first specific information, and information included in each item included in the record and the first specific information Additional information 15 to 19 further comprising a step of checking whether or not the information included in each item of the information is different from each other and notifying the user that the information is different if the information is different The information processing method as described in any one.

<Appendix 21>
(J) The information included in the predetermined item included in the first specific information matches the information included in the predetermined item included in the second specific information, and the predetermined information included in the first specific information A step of collating whether information included in an item other than the item is different from information included in the item included in the second unique information;
Based on the result collated in the previous step (J), the item including the different information is edited into the information included in the predetermined item included in the first unique information in the step (D). At this time, a record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information is searched from the database, and the item to be edited in the searched record is searched for the first unique information. The information processing method according to any one of supplementary notes 15 to 20, wherein the information is edited into information included in the item.

<Appendix 22>
A computer that performs editing processing of a database that stores address information of an email destination as a record having a plurality of items,
Extracting means for receiving input of e-mail data and extracting information on a mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items;
Obtaining from the database a record that includes a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, and acquiring information included in the retrieved record as second unique information having a plurality of items Means,
When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the information included in the first specific information When there is no information included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second specific information, the information included in the item included in the second specific information is used as the edit candidate information of the item. In addition, generating means for generating the editing candidate information;
Editing means for editing a record relating to the email data based on the editing candidate information;
Program to function as

<Appendix 23>
When the information included in the predetermined item included in the first specific information matches the information included in the predetermined item included in the second specific information, the generation unit determines that the second specific information is The program according to attachment 22, wherein information included in each item is added to the editing candidate information of each item to generate the editing candidate information.

<Appendix 24>
The computer,
Informing means for informing the user of the editing content when the editing means edits the record related to the e-mail data;
Confirmation means for confirming to the user whether or not the editing means edits;
Further function as
24. The program according to appendix 22 or 23, wherein when the confirmation means confirms that editing is to be performed, the editing means edits a record relating to the electronic mail data.

<Appendix 25>
In the case where a plurality of records including the mail domain are stored in the database, information included in each item included in the record is included in each item included in the first specific information. 25. The program according to any one of appendices 22 to 24, further causing the information to be included to function as a determination unit that determines whether or not they match each other.

<Appendix 26>
The computer further functions as a selection unit that allows a user to select information to be edited by the editing unit from the second specific information including a plurality of pieces of information acquired from a plurality of records,
When the acquisition unit searches the database for a record including a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, if the database stores a plurality of records including the mail domain, the acquisition The program according to any one of appendices 22 to 25, wherein the means acquires a plurality of pieces of information included in a plurality of records as the second specific information.

<Appendix 27>
The computer searches the database for a record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information, and includes information included in each item included in the record and the first The information included in each item included in the unique information is checked to see if it is different from each other. If the information is different, the information further functions as a notification means for notifying the user that the information is different. 27. The program according to any one of 1 to 26.

<Appendix 28>
The information included in the predetermined item included in the first specific information and the information included in the predetermined item included in the second specific information match the computer, and the predetermined information included in the first specific information And further function as a collating means for collating whether information included in an item other than the item is different from information included in the item included in the second unique information,
Based on the result of collation by the collating unit, the editing unit edits the item including the different information into the information included in the predetermined item included in the first unique information from the database. A record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information is searched, and the item to be edited in the searched record is included in the item included in the first specific information. The program according to any one of appendices 22 to 27, which is edited into information to be processed.

1, 2, 3 Information processing system 5, 6 Information processing device 7 Terminal 10 Selection unit 20 Extraction unit 30 Determination unit 40 Acquisition unit 50 Generation unit 60 Selection unit 70 Display unit 80 Confirmation unit 90 Editing unit 95 Verification unit 100 Address DB
110 Filter DB
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250 memory 251 program 300 local network 350 core network

Claims (10)

An information processing apparatus that edits a database that stores address information of an email partner as a record having a plurality of items,
Extracting means for receiving input of e-mail data and extracting information on a mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items;
Obtaining from the database a record that includes a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, and acquiring information included in the retrieved record as second unique information having a plurality of items Means,
When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the information included in the first specific information When there is no information included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second specific information, the information included in the item included in the second specific information is used as the edit candidate information of the item. In addition, generating means for generating the editing candidate information;
Editing means for editing a record relating to the email data based on the editing candidate information;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   When the information included in the predetermined item included in the first specific information matches the information included in the predetermined item included in the second specific information, the generation unit determines that the second specific information is The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information included in each item is added to the editing candidate information of each item to generate the editing candidate information. Informing means for informing the user of the editing content when the editing means edits the record related to the e-mail data;
Confirmation means for confirming to the user whether or not the editing means edits;
Further comprising
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit edits a record relating to the electronic mail data when the confirmation unit confirms that the editing is performed.   When a plurality of records including the mail domain are stored in the database, for each of the plurality of records, information included in each item included in the record is information included in each item included in the first specific information The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a determination unit that determines whether or not they match each other. A selection unit that allows the user to select information to be edited by the editing unit from the second specific information including a plurality of pieces of information acquired from a plurality of records;
When the acquisition unit searches the database for a record including a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, if the database stores a plurality of records including the mail domain, the acquisition The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the unit acquires a plurality of pieces of information included in a plurality of records as the second specific information.   A record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information is searched from the database, and the information included in each item included in the record and the first unique information are included. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising notification means for checking whether the information included in each item is different from each other and notifying the user that the information is different if the information is different. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. Information included in a predetermined item included in the first specific information matches information included in a predetermined item included in the second specific information, and other than the predetermined item included in the first specific information. A collation unit for collating whether information included in the item is different from information included in the item included in the second unique information;
Based on the result of collation by the collating unit, the editing unit edits the item including the different information into the information included in the predetermined item included in the first unique information from the database. A record including information that matches information included in a predetermined item included in the first unique information is searched, and the item to be edited in the searched record is included in the item included in the first specific information. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the information is edited into information to be processed. A database that stores the address information of the destination of the email as a record having a plurality of items;
Extracting means for receiving input of e-mail data and extracting information on a mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items;
Obtaining from the database a record that includes a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, and acquiring information included in the retrieved record as second unique information having a plurality of items Means,
When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the information included in the first specific information When there is no information included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second specific information, the information included in the item included in the second specific information is used as the edit candidate information of the item. In addition, generating means for generating the editing candidate information;
Editing means for editing a record relating to the email data based on the editing candidate information;
An information processing system comprising: An information processing method for editing a database that stores address information of a destination of an e-mail as a record having a plurality of items,
(A) receiving input of e-mail data, extracting information on a mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items;
(B) Search the database for a record including a mail domain of a sender mail address included in the e-mail data, and use the information included in the searched record as second unique information having a plurality of items. A step to obtain,
(C) When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the first specific information is included. If there is no information included in the item included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second unique information, the information included in the item included in the second unique information is changed to the edit of the item. Generating the editing candidate information in addition to the candidate information;
(D) editing a record related to the e-mail data based on the editing candidate information;
An information processing method comprising: A computer that performs editing processing of a database that stores address information of an email destination as a record having a plurality of items,
Extracting means for receiving input of e-mail data and extracting information on a mail transmission source included in the signature of the e-mail data as first unique information having a plurality of items;
Obtaining from the database a record that includes a mail domain of a source mail address included in the e-mail data, and acquiring information included in the retrieved record as second unique information having a plurality of items Means,
When there is information included in the item included in the first specific information, the information included in the item included in the first specific information is added to the edit candidate information of the item, and the information included in the first specific information When there is no information included in the item, but there is information included in the item included in the second specific information, the information included in the item included in the second specific information is used as the edit candidate information of the item. In addition, generating means for generating the editing candidate information;
Editing means for editing a record relating to the email data based on the editing candidate information;
Program to function as

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