JP4970164B2 - Electronic device, conversion candidate display method when creating e-mail, and conversion candidate display program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device configured to be capable of creating an e-mail, a conversion candidate display method and a conversion candidate display program at the time of e-mail creation.

  By describing the body of the e-mail in HTML (Hyper Text Makeup Language) that is used for the layout of web pages, etc., it is not possible with normal e-mail, such as coloring, font size change, image embedding, etc. An HTML mail that can be expressed is known.

  In this HTML mail, for example, the content data is stored in accordance with a template (document template, etc.) that describes the layout and decoration of content data including text, audio, still images, moving images, etc. An arrangement screen for creating an arranged e-mail can be displayed on a display device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In addition to describing the template in HTML, when multiple electronic devices communicate using the same communication method, the template is defined by a message based on a predetermined communication protocol or a combination of these messages, and the electronic device is used. There is also a method for exchanging e-mails by using the “template” defined in this way.
The procedure for creating an HTML mail will be described below. The procedure for creating an e-mail using a message based on the communication protocol is the same as the following.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where the procedure for creating an HTML mail is carried out on a mobile terminal (such as a mobile phone or a PHS terminal) that is an electronic device.
First, when creating an e-mail (E e-mail), an e-mail menu screen M1 is displayed on the display unit by a key operation or the like, and a new e-mail created on this screen M1 is created “E “Create HTML mail” is selected from “Create e-mail” and “Create HTML mail” for creating a new HTML mail. Here, “E-mail creation” refers to a mode in which an email body is created only by text, and “HTML email creation” refers to a mode in which the body of an email is written in HTML.

  The same applies to the case where there is no “HTML email creation” in the email menu and the selection screen for “text email creation” or “HTML email creation” is selected after “E email creation” is selected.

  Then, when “Create HTML mail” is selected, a screen M1-2 for creating an HTML mail is displayed, “communication destination name (To)”, “communication source name (From)”, “subject name (Sub)”. , Input items such as “attached image designation (attachment)” and “text input (text)” are displayed. After the input of each item is completed, an HTML mail editing menu screen M1-3 is displayed.

  On the edit menu screen M1-3, “Load template”, “Range specification”, “Text color”, “Text size”, “Text blinking”, “Insert image”, “Telop”, “Swing”, “Text” Edit items such as “Position setting”, “Background color change”, “Insert line”, “Redo”, “Delete all” are displayed.

  When creating an HTML mail, first, it is common to use various templates preliminarily with typical texts and images and their decoration. When a template is used, a template selection screen is displayed (not shown) when the above-described “read template” is selected. For example, a list of words indicating the contents of the template or a list of template thumbnails is displayed.

  On this template selection screen, the user selects a template that the user wants to use. Then, an HTML mail document to be transmitted is created by editing the selected template such as a character being entered or further decorated.

When “Create E-Email” in the E-mail menu is selected, the “Create E-Email” screen M1-1 is displayed, and “Communication name (To)” and “Communication source name (From) are displayed. ) ”,“ Subject (Sub) ”,“ Attachment Image Specification (Attachment) ”,“ Text Input (Text) ”, and the like are displayed. After the input of each item is completed, it becomes possible to send a text e-mail using only characters.
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  However, in the conventional creation of HTML mail, the user decides in advance that the e-mail document to be transmitted is described in HTML, and then selects “Create HTML mail” on the e-mail menu, and the HTML mail. It is necessary to enter the creation work. For this reason, if the user wants to put decorations or images in the middle of creating a text e-mail, all the e-mails being created are discarded, the screen returns to the e-mail menu screen M1, and “Create HTML mail” is displayed. It is necessary to select and create an HTML mail.

  Alternatively, if you want to change to text e-mail using only characters during HTML mail creation (editing), discard all HTML mail being created and return to the e-mail menu screen M1, and select "Create E-mail". "" And you have to start the email creation from the beginning.

  In addition, if you want to change the template selected first during creation (editing) of HTML mail to another template, discard all the HTML mail being created, return to the template selection screen, and select another new template. It is necessary to select and re-create HTML mail from the beginning.

  In particular, in mobile terminals, there is a strong demand for easy and easy creation of e-mails. At present, it is necessary for users to consciously create e-mails that are HTML or text. At the same time, there is a problem that the HTML mail creation as described above is complicated, and as a result, the user avoids the HTML mail and decreases the frequency of use of the HTML mail.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-described problems, and an e-mail to be created uses an HTML description template, a message based on a communication protocol, or a template defined by a combination of the messages. Or an electronic device capable of easily creating an email without being conscious of whether the email is composed only of text, a conversion candidate display method when creating the email, and a program therefor The purpose is to obtain.

To achieve the above object, an electronic device according to the present invention is an electronic device configured to be able to create an e-mail, and a plurality of conversion candidates corresponding to the input of characters or character strings in the e-mail creation A conversion candidate display means for displaying a conversion candidate with a template and a template assigned to the character string of the conversion candidate when the conversion candidate with the template is selected on the selection screen for displaying the character string And e-mail creation control means for controlling the e-mail to be created using the template.
With the above configuration, a conversion candidate with a template is displayed as a conversion candidate for character conversion, and by selecting this, it is possible to display a template and create an e-mail using the template. It is possible to easily create an e-mail without the user being conscious of whether the e-mail uses a template or an e-mail composed only of text.

Also, the electronic device according to the present invention is characterized in that the template is a template described using HTML.
With the above configuration, it is possible to easily create an e-mail without the user being conscious of whether the e-mail to be created is described using HTML or an e-mail composed only of text. it can.

The electronic device according to the present invention further includes a communication unit that performs communication based on a predetermined communication protocol, and the template is defined by a message based on the communication protocol followed by the communication unit or a combination of the messages. It is a template.
With the above configuration, the user determines whether the e-mail to be created is a message based on a predetermined communication protocol or an e-mail using a template defined by a combination of the messages, or an e-mail composed only of text. E-mail creation can be done easily without being conscious.

The electronic device according to the present invention is characterized in that a display indicating that a template is accompanied is displayed on the conversion candidate accompanied by the template.
With the above configuration, since the conversion candidate with the template is displayed indicating that the template is included, it is possible to easily confirm the presence or absence of the template with respect to the conversion candidate.

The electronic device according to the present invention is characterized in that a display indicating that the template is accompanied displays a predetermined mark at a predetermined position. Further, the predetermined position is a position adjacent to the character string of the conversion candidate.
With the above configuration, the presence or absence of a template for a conversion candidate can be confirmed by visually recognizing a predetermined mark.

In the electronic device according to the present invention, the display indicating that the template is accompanied is displayed by displaying a thumbnail image of the template at a position adjacent to the character string of the conversion candidate, or by placing a cursor on the character string of the conversion candidate. A thumbnail image of the template is displayed in a pop-up when they are combined.
With the above configuration, the contents of the template can be confirmed before selecting and confirming the conversion candidate.

The electronic apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that a key for selecting whether to input a text or a template is provided for the conversion candidate with the template.
With the above configuration, it is possible to select whether to input text or a template for the same character string conversion candidate by selecting a key.

The electronic device according to the present invention displays a screen for selecting whether or not to use a template when a conversion candidate with the template is selected.
With the configuration described above, it is possible to select whether to input text or a template for conversion candidates of the same character string by making a selection on the screen for selecting whether to use the template.

The electronic device according to the present invention includes a template storage table in which templates corresponding to the conversion candidate character strings with the template are registered, and is configured to be able to newly register or edit conversion candidate character strings and templates. It is characterized by being.
With the above configuration, a new template can be added / registered, displayed as a conversion candidate accompanied by the new template, and the template can be called and used.

In the electronic device according to the present invention, the conversion candidate display means displays a character string of a predictive conversion candidate that indicates a word or character string that appears to follow the input character or character string as a conversion candidate.
With the above-described configuration, an e-mail can be created by increasing the input efficiency of a character string by selecting a predictive conversion candidate character string.

In addition, the conversion candidate display method at the time of creating an e-mail according to the present invention corresponds to the input of characters or character strings at the time of e-mail creation in the electronic device, on the selection screen that displays a plurality of conversion candidate character strings, A conversion candidate with a template is displayed.
By the above method, a conversion candidate with a template is displayed as a conversion candidate for character conversion, and by selecting this, display of the template and creation of an e-mail using the template can be performed. It is possible to easily create an e-mail without the user being conscious of whether the e-mail uses a template or an e-mail composed only of text.

Further, the conversion candidate display program at the time of creating an e-mail according to the present invention provides a plurality of conversions corresponding to the input of characters or character strings in e-mail creation for an electronic device configured to be able to create an e-mail. A function for displaying a conversion candidate with a template on a selection screen for displaying a candidate character string is realized.
By using the above program, conversion candidates with templates are displayed as conversion candidates for character conversion, and by selecting them, template display and e-mail creation using templates can be performed. The user can easily create an e-mail without being aware of whether the e-mail to be sent is an e-mail using a template or an e-mail composed only of text.

According to the present invention, during the creation of an e-mail, a conversion candidate with a template defined by an HTML description template, a message based on a communication protocol, or a combination of the messages is displayed as a conversion candidate for character conversion, and this is selected. By doing so, it is possible to create an e-mail using a template without making the user aware of it.
In addition, if you delete a template once while creating an email, you can continue creating the email as a text email, or if you select a conversion candidate with a new template, the email you are creating The body template is automatically replaced with a new template, and e-mail creation can continue.
That is, it is possible to easily create an e-mail without the user being conscious of whether the e-mail to be created is an e-mail using a template or an e-mail composed only of text.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic device according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a procedure for creating an HTML mail according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating an HTML mail. FIG. 4 is a table showing templates corresponding to input characters.

1 will be described with reference to an example in which the electronic device according to the present embodiment is a mobile terminal (such as a mobile phone or a PHS terminal).
In FIG. 1, the portable terminal 1 includes a control unit 11 that controls communication, character input / output, and the like. An operation unit 12, a display unit 13, a memory unit 14, and a communication unit 15 are connected to the control unit 11, respectively.

  Among these, the control part 11 performs control with respect to the various functions of the portable terminal 1, and a calculation. In the present embodiment, the control unit 11 and the e-mail creation control unit 11-1 and a conversion candidate display unit that displays a conversion candidate with a template on a selection screen that displays a plurality of conversion candidate characters in response to input of a character string. 11-2.

  The operation unit 12 includes various keys such as a dial key (numeric key), a power key, a call key, a hold key, and a direction instruction key. In this embodiment, for example, this direction instruction key is used as a selection key for entering the electronic mail mode. Since the number of keys that can be arranged in the mobile terminal 1 is limited, the keys (character input means) for inputting alphabetic characters (alphabet), kana characters, symbols, etc. are dial keys (numeric characters) for inputting numbers such as telephone numbers. Key). The input characters are confirmed using any one of the keys.

  The display unit 13 is a display such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays a telephone number, a communication history, and an image in addition to an e-mail message. When the user inputs a character, the input character string conversion candidate Or the prediction conversion candidate word or the first character of the word.

  The memory unit 14 includes a conversion candidate table 14-1, a template storage table 14-2, and a program storage unit 14-3.

  The conversion candidate table 14-1 is used to convert an input character string into another character string. The conversion candidate table 14-1 exists as a partial function of dictionary conversion software (a system including word / phrase search and conversion algorithms) provided in advance in the electronic apparatus.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the template storage table 14-2. This template storage table 14-2 is a template (temp1, temp2,...) That decorates an e-mail message including this input character string for each specific input character string that is frequently used for greetings, for example. Is prepared. For example, a template temp1 corresponds to a character string “thank you”, and a template temp2 corresponds to a character string “Arigato”. This template is created using an HTML structured language widely distributed as an e-mail format.

  Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of an e-mail creation procedure according to this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an e-mail creation procedure according to this embodiment.

First, the e-mail key of the operation unit 12 in the mobile terminal 1 is operated. By this key operation, the e-mail menu is displayed (step S1). For example, an e-mail menu M2 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.
The e-mail menu M2 includes “1. E-mail list”, “2. E-mail creation”, “3. E-mail list”, “4. E-mail reception”, “5. E-mail transmission / reception” "," 6. E-mail transmission "," 7. Setting ", etc. are displayed, and the number input by the user or the function of the number selected by moving the cursor is executed.
The above-mentioned e-mail menu M2 does not display “Create HTML mail” as in the conventional example, and in the mobile terminal of the present embodiment, the user can determine whether the e-mail attribute is text e-mail or HTML e-mail. Can be created without being aware of the distinction.

Then, the e-mail creation control unit 11-1 detects that any one of the functions shown in the e-mail menu M2 has been selected, and determines whether or not E-mail creation has been performed (step S2).
When a function other than “2. Create E-mail” is selected (step S2: No), the selected function is processed (step S3).
On the other hand, when selection of “2. Create E-mail” is detected (step S2: Yes), an input selection screen M3 for each item for creating E-mail is displayed (step S4). The input selection screen M3 includes “communication source name (From)”, “communication destination name (To)”, “subject (Sub)”, “attached image designation (attachment)”, “text input (text)”, etc. The input items are displayed.

  The user selects each of the above input items, inputs the contents of each input item by operating various keys installed on the operation unit 12 on each input screen (not shown), and sends an e-mail. create.

The e-mail creation control unit 11-1 detects selection of an input item on the input selection screen M3 displayed in step S4, and determines whether or not the input is a text (step S5).
When an input item other than “text input (text)” is selected (step S5: No), an input screen for the selected input item is displayed (step S6).
On the other hand, when “text input (text)” is selected (step S5: Yes), a text input screen M4 is displayed. When a character or character string is input to the text input screen M4 (step S7), conversion candidates (or predicted conversion candidates) corresponding to the input character or character string are displayed below the text input screen M4. (Step S8).

  The predictive conversion candidate indicates a word or character string that appears to follow a character or character string input by the user as a conversion candidate.

  Some conversion candidates (or predictive conversion candidates) include conversion candidates with templates for decorating e-mail texts. For a conversion candidate with a template, a mark K indicating that the template is present is displayed at a position adjacent to the conversion candidate (such as immediately before the character string of the conversion candidate). For example, in the text input screen M4, since “Arigato” and “Thank you” are conversion candidates with templates, a mark K is added immediately before the character string of the conversion candidate. Alternatively, instead of the mark K, a template thumbnail image may be displayed.

  In addition, in order to distinguish a conversion candidate with a template from other conversion candidates without adding the mark K or the like, when the cursor is placed on the character string of the conversion candidate, You may make it display pop-up characters, such as "with a template." Alternatively, the conversion candidate with the template may be highlighted, the color may be changed, or the frame surrounding the character may be lit or blinked.

  Next, for example, when “Arigato” is selected, the e-mail creation control unit 11-1 refers to the template storage table 14-2 shown in FIG. 2 and the template temp2 corresponding to “Arigato” is read and displayed. Displayed in the section 13.

If you want to input the same character string as a conversion candidate with a template as text, a key for selecting whether to input text or a template is provided for the conversion candidate with a template in HTML description. May be.
For example, as shown in the screen M9, it is indicated by a mark at a predetermined position that there is a conversion candidate with a template among the conversion candidates, and “Arigato” is selected, and the “template” at the bottom of the screen M9 is selected. When the key is selected, the template “temp 2” “Arigato” is read, but when the “character” key at the bottom of the screen M9 is selected, only the character (text) “Arigato” is input.

  Alternatively, as shown in the screen M10, after the conversion candidate “Arigato” with the HTML description template is selected, the screen 11 for selecting whether or not to use the template is displayed, and when “Yes” is selected, “Arigato” The template temp2 may be read and displayed, and if “No” is selected, only the character (text) “Arigato” may be input.

  Next, by selecting one conversion candidate from a plurality of displayed conversion candidates (or prediction conversion candidates) words and character strings (step S9), the confirmed word or character string is changed to the text input screen M4. Is displayed.

Then, the e-mail creation control unit 11-1 detects whether the selected conversion candidate is a conversion candidate with a template or a conversion candidate for only (normal) text (step S10).
If the selected conversion candidate is a conversion candidate with a template (step S10: YES), the template is displayed on the display unit 13 (step S11). On the other hand, when the selected conversion candidate is a text-only conversion candidate (step S10: NO), the converted text is displayed on the display unit 13 (step S12).

  Then, the e-mail creation control unit 11-1 detects an instruction to end the text input such as operation of the enter key (step S13). When the end of the text input is detected (step S13: YES), the display unit 13 returns to the input selection screen M3 with the text entered. At this time, if items necessary for transmission such as “communication destination name (To)”, “communication source name (From)”, “subject name (Sub)” have already been input, the process returns to the e-mail menu M2, and “5 E-mail transmission is executed by selecting a function of “.E-mail transmission / reception” or “6. E-mail transmission” (step S14). If the end of the text input is not detected (step S13: NO), the process returns to step S7 and the character input is continued.

  For example, when the conversion candidate “Arigato” with a template is selected on the text input screen M4, the template shown on the screen M5 is displayed on the display unit 13. In this template, a character string can be input at a predetermined location. For example, as shown in a screen M6, a character string such as “Let's play again” can be input.

  Further, if all the decorations such as the image data of the template are deleted, only the text remains as shown in the screen M7, and if the body input is terminated at this point, the created e-mail is automatically converted to the text e-mail. It becomes.

  Further, for example, “Good night” is input from the stage of the screen M7, and the conversion candidate “Good night” (Temp 6 in FIG. 3) with the template is selected (selection screen is not shown), the previously input text “Arigato” Also, “Play Now” is not deleted, but a new template is read and displayed as in the screen M8. Furthermore, text input can be continued using this template.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, arbitrary meaning parts “Thank you”, “Arigato”, “Hello”, “Good morning”, “Congratulations”, “Good night”, etc. Is displayed as a character input conversion candidate, and by selecting this, a desired template can be read and an HTML mail can be created.

In the above embodiment, the templates stored in the template storage table 14-2 may be other than those prepared in advance. For example, a template acquired by downloading or the like, or an HTML document created by the user may be registered and saved as a template in association with an arbitrary character string.
For example, if you select "Register Template" from the predetermined setting menu, the template name entry screen will appear, so you can enter any template name here and save the e-mail data being expanded as a template. Good. Then, the template name is registered in the user dictionary and added in association with the template (image or the like).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the electronic device 1 is an electronic device configured to be able to create an e-mail, and a plurality of conversions corresponding to the input of characters or character strings in the e-mail creation When the conversion candidate display means 11-2 for displaying the conversion candidate with the HTML description template and the conversion candidate with the HTML description template are selected on the selection screen for displaying the candidate character string, the conversion candidate And an e-mail creation control unit 11-1 for displaying an HTML description template assigned to the character string and controlling the e-mail creation using the template.
As a result, when an electronic mail is created using the electronic device 1, a conversion candidate accompanied by a template of HTML description is displayed as a conversion candidate for character conversion, and by selecting this, the user is made aware of the creation of an HTML mail. Can be done without.
In addition, if you delete a template once while creating an email, you can continue creating the email as a text email, or if you select a conversion candidate with a new template, the email you are creating The body template is automatically replaced with a new template, and e-mail creation can continue.
That is, it is possible to easily create an e-mail without the user being conscious of whether the e-mail to be created is HTML or text.

The communication unit 15 of the electronic device 1 may further perform communication based on a predetermined communication protocol. In the above-described embodiment, the case where the template is a template described using HTML has been described. However, the template is a message based on a communication protocol followed by the communication unit 15 that performs communication based on this communication protocol or the message. It may be a template defined by a combination.
Thus, the user can determine whether the e-mail to be created is a message based on a predetermined communication protocol or an e-mail using a template defined by a combination of the messages, or an e-mail composed only of text. E-mail creation can be easily done without being conscious.

It is a block diagram which shows the portable terminal (electronic device) which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a template preservation | save table figure which shows the template corresponding to the input character by the portable terminal (electronic device) which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of the preparation procedure of the email by the portable terminal (electronic device) which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the preparation procedure of the email by the portable terminal (electronic device) which concerns on this Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of the preparation procedure of the conventional HTML mail.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile terminal (electronic equipment)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control part 11-1 E-mail preparation control means 11-2 Template availability display means 12 Operation part 13 Display part 14 Memory part 14-1 Conversion candidate table 14-2 Template classification table 15 Communication part

Claims (13)

An electronic device configured to be able to create an email,
To have your e-mail creation, the selection screen of the conversion candidates for displaying a plurality of character strings as conversion candidates of the input character or string, and the conversion candidate display means for displaying the conversion candidate with a template,
When the conversion candidate with the templates is selected, displays the template assigned to the character string of the conversion candidate, and e-mail creation control unit that makes the e-mail operation using a description of the attribute which the template is based And an electronic device. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the template is a template in which a layout or decoration of content data including text, audio, a still image, a moving image, and the like is described. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the template is a template described using HTML.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a display indicating that a template is accompanied is displayed on the conversion candidate accompanied by the template.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display indicating that the template is accompanied displays a predetermined mark at a predetermined position.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined position is a position adjacent to the character string of the conversion candidate.   The display indicating that the template is accompanied displays a thumbnail image of the template at a position adjacent to the character string of the conversion candidate, or pops up a thumbnail image of the template when the cursor is placed on the character string of the conversion candidate. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic device is displayed.   8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a key for selecting whether to input a text or a template for the conversion candidate with the template.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a screen for selecting whether to use a template is displayed when a conversion candidate with the template is selected. A template storage table in which templates corresponding to character strings of conversion candidates with the template are registered;
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the conversion candidate character string and the template can be newly registered or edited.   The said conversion candidate display means displays the character string of the prediction conversion candidate which shows the word and character string which are considered to follow the input character or character string as a conversion candidate, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. The electronic device described. Creating an electronic mail creation in an electronic device, the selection screen displaying a plurality of character strings as conversion candidates for the input character or character string, have accompanied the template, the e-mail using the description of the attribute which the template is based A conversion candidate display method at the time of e-mail creation, characterized by displaying conversion candidates to be displayed. For the e-mail creation is configured to be capable of electronic equipment, to have your e-mail creation, the selection screen for displaying a plurality of character strings as conversion candidates of the input character or string, have accompanied the template, A conversion candidate display program at the time of e-mail creation, which realizes a function of displaying a conversion candidate for creating an e-mail using an attribute of a description based on the template .

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