JP6607493B2 - Mail distribution system, mail transmission terminal, mail reception terminal, mail transmission control program, and mail reception control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mail delivery system to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added. The present invention also relates to a mail transmission terminal, a mail reception terminal, a mail transmission control program, and a mail reception control program that constitute the mail distribution system.

  In general, advertisements are distributed using electronic mail (hereinafter simply referred to as mail), premium service information is provided, and predetermined notifications are made. A system for realizing this is generally configured in such a manner that a mail sender and a mail receiver each register as a member of a business provided with a mail server.

  That is, a provider of advertisements, service information, notifications, and the like makes a membership contract with a provider having a mail server as a mail transmission member. Further, a user who desires to provide this type of mail provides the service provider with the mail server and registers as a mail receiving member.

  In this case, the mail transmitting member always has a request to transmit information transmitted by mail to the mail receiver as effectively as possible. On the other hand, the mail receiving member is T.D. P. O. Depending on (Time, Place, Case), there is a request to receive only necessary mail and not to receive unnecessary mail.

  In order to satisfy the requirements of both the mail sending member and the mail receiving member as described above, this type of system conventionally collects necessary information from both the mail sending member and the mail receiving member, and collects the information. The information sent is used to narrow down the mail sent to the mail receiving member.

  For example, in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-91358), a mail server (information processing apparatus) collects recipient attributes such as age, sex, and occupation of a mail receiving member, and mail as a sender. It is disclosed that a transmission member receives a selection of a recipient attribute of a partner to whom an email is to be sent and controls the transmission of the email so that the two match.

JP-A-9-91358

  However, as described above, the above-described conventional e-mail filtering control allows the e-mail server to collect necessary information from e-mail transmission members and e-mail reception members as described above, and based on the collected information, e-mail from e-mail transmission members. This is executed in consideration of the filtering condition for the receiving member and the condition for restricting reception from the mail receiving member.

  Therefore, the configuration of the mail server becomes complicated, and the mail server has a problem that effective filtering cannot be performed without collecting information that is a condition for filtering mail from the mail sending member and the mail receiving member. there were.

  Recently, leakage of member information (personal information such as member age, gender, occupation) from the server has become a social problem. From such a point of view, there is a demand that the mail receiving member does not want to provide his / her personal information such as age, sex, occupation, etc. to the mail server as much as possible other than the mail address for receiving the mail.

  In view of the above, in the mail server, in the mail server, the mail received from the mail transmitting member can be simply configured to be transferred to the mail receiving member. An object of the present invention is to provide a mail delivery system that does not require provision of personal information other than a mail address to a mail server.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1
A transmission member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a transmission member of a reception condition mail to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added, and a reception member registration that stores registration information of the reception member of the reception condition mail A mail server comprising: an information storage unit; and a function of transferring the reception conditional mail received from the transmitting member to the receiving member;
A mail transmitting terminal possessed by the transmitting member and having a transmission control function unit for creating and transmitting the reception conditional mail;
Whether the receiving member possesses reception position information acquisition means for acquiring reception position information from which the terminal receives the reception conditional mail, and presents the received reception conditional mail to the user. A mail receiving terminal having a reception control function unit for controlling
An email delivery system consisting of
The transmission control function unit of the mail transmission terminal generates the reception condition-added mail to which at least a condition relating to the reception location of the reception-conditional mail is added as the reception condition, and the generated reception-conditional mail is Send it to the mail server,
The mail server transfers the reception conditional mail received from the mail transmission terminal to the receiving member using the registration information stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit,
The reception control function unit of the mail receiving terminal has at least the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition unit as the reception condition added to the received mail with the reception condition. Providing a mail delivery system characterized in that it is determined whether or not the reception condition of the reception conditional e-mail is met, and whether or not the reception conditional e-mail is presented to a user is determined. .

  In the mail delivery system according to the present invention, the transmission control function unit of the sending member's mail transmission terminal generates and generates a reception condition-added mail to which at least a condition regarding the reception location of the reception condition-added mail is added as a reception condition. Send an email with reception conditions to the mail server.

  In the mail server, registration information including the mail address of the receiving member is stored in advance in the receiving member registration information storage unit. When the mail server detects the reception of the e-mail with the receiving condition from the sending member, the received e-mail with the receiving condition is addressed to the receiving member using the e-mail address of the receiving member stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit. Forward.

  The reception control function unit of the mail receiving terminal extracts the condition of the reception place of the mail with the reception condition added to the mail with the reception condition, and is indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position acquisition means provided in the mail reception terminal. At least it is determined whether or not the position matches the condition of the reception location of the extracted reception condition mail, and it is determined whether or not the received reception condition mail is presented to the user.

  According to the invention of claim 1 having the above-described configuration, the mail server only needs to transfer the reception conditional mail sent from the mail transmission terminal of the transmitting member to the mail receiving terminal of the receiving member. There is no need to perform processing such as extracting and analyzing the reception conditions added to the mail. Therefore, the mail server has a simple configuration.

  The receiving member can receive the mail with the receiving condition only by registering the e-mail address, and there is no need to provide personal information other than the e-mail address of the receiving member to the mail server for registration.

  Furthermore, a condition regarding the reception location of the mail with the reception condition is added to the transmitted mail with the reception condition, and the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition unit is the condition regarding the reception location. The receiving conditional mail is presented only to the receiving member of the matching mail receiving terminal. Therefore, there is an effect that the sending member can present the reception conditional e-mail only to the receiving member whose reception location is the desired location, such as being in the desired location. In addition, for the receiving member, only the mail with reception condition related to the position (place) indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition means is presented, and unnecessary mail is narrowed down without being presented. It has the effect of being filtered (filtered).

  According to the mail delivery system of the present invention, the mail server can have a simple configuration in which the mail received from the mail transmitting member can be transferred to the mail receiving member, and the principle is applied to the mail receiving member. Specifically, it is possible to provide a mail delivery system that does not require provision of personal information other than a mail address to a mail server.

  In addition, there is an effect that the sending member can present the reception conditional mail only to the receiving member whose reception location is the desired location, such as being in the desired location. In addition, for the receiving member, only the mail with reception condition related to the position (place) indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition means is presented, and unnecessary mail is narrowed down without being presented. It has the effect of being filtered (filtered).

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the outline | summary of the 1st Embodiment of the mail delivery system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the mail server which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the transmission member terminal (mail transmission terminal) which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the receiving member terminal (mail receiving terminal) which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the member registration process in the mail server which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for member registration in the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the member registration information in the mail server which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows a part of member registration process in the mail server which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which shows an example of the production | generation of a mail with a reception condition in the mail transmission terminal which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment, and the flow of a transmission process. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the mail transfer process in the mail server which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a receiving process of the mail with a receiving condition in the mail receiving terminal which comprises the mail delivery system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the outline | summary of the 2nd Embodiment of the mail delivery system by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the mail delivery apparatus which comprises the mail delivery system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows a part of flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a transmission control process of the mail with a receiving condition in the mail delivery apparatus which comprises the mail delivery system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows a part of flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a transmission control process of the mail with a receiving condition in the mail delivery apparatus which comprises the mail delivery system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the outline | summary of the whole 3rd Embodiment of the mail delivery system by this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the transmission process of the mail only for a transmission member in the transmission member terminal which comprises the mail delivery system of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a reception process of the mail only for a transmission member from the transmission member terminal in the mail delivery apparatus which comprises the mail delivery system of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a transmission control process of the mail with a reception condition in the mail delivery apparatus which comprises the mail delivery system of 3rd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a mail delivery system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Overview of First Embodiment of Mail Distribution System]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of the entire mail delivery system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, in the mail distribution system of this embodiment, a transmission member terminal 2 having a mail transmission / reception function and a reception member terminal 3 having a mail transmission / reception function are connected to a mail server 1 through a communication network 4. It has a connected configuration. The communication network 4 includes the Internet, a mobile phone network, and a Wi-Fi (registered trademark) communication network. The connection between the communication network 4 and the mail server 1 and the connection between the communication network 4 and the transmitting member terminal 2 and the receiving member terminal 3 are wireless connections in the following example, but may of course be wired connections.

  The mail server 1 is provided by a service provider that provides a distribution service for mail with reception conditions according to this embodiment, and is provided on a Web site. The mail server 1 provides a home page for providing a mail service with a reception condition to a person who has accessed through the communication network 4, and registered as a sending member of a mail with a reception condition or as a receiving member of a mail with a reception condition. It is configured to accept registration.

  A member who wants to become a receiving member of a mail with a receiving condition accesses the mail server 1 (Web site) through the communication network 4 using an electronic device having a communication function including a mail transmission / reception function possessed by himself / herself. Then, by providing predetermined registration information to the mail server 1 through the reception condition-provided mail service provision guide homepage and performing membership registration, it is possible to become a transmitting member or a receiving member. The mail server 1 stores transmission member registration information in the transmission member registration information storage unit 11 and stores reception member registration information in the reception member registration information storage unit 12.

  In this specification, an electronic device possessing a communication function including a mail transmission / reception function possessed by a person who becomes a transmission member is referred to as a transmission member terminal, and a mail transmission / reception function possessed by a person who becomes a reception member. An electronic device having a communication function including a receiver member terminal is referred to as a receiving member terminal.

  The mail server 1 sends a transmission control application program (hereinafter abbreviated as a transmission control application) that constitutes a transmission control function unit for receiving conditional mail to the transmission member terminal 2 possessed by the person who becomes the transmission member. In this example, it is provided by being downloaded through the communication network 4. The transmission member terminal 2 can execute the transmission control application received from the mail server 1 by a control unit including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) included in the terminal in accordance with an activation instruction by the user. To install.

  In addition, the mail server 1 receives a reception control application program (hereinafter abbreviated as a reception control application) that constitutes a reception control function unit for receiving conditional mail with respect to the reception member terminal 3 possessed by the person who has become the reception member. ) Is provided by being downloaded through the communication network 4 in this example. The receiving member terminal 3 installs the reception control application received from the mail server 1 so that the control unit including the CPU included in the terminal can execute the reception control application according to the activation instruction by the user.

  The sending member terminal 2 constitutes a mail sending terminal. In this example, the sending member terminal 2 is constituted by a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. The transmitting member terminal 2 may be a stationary electronic device or a portable electronic device such as a high-function mobile phone terminal or tablet terminal called a smartphone. Further, it may be an electronic device that is mounted on a moving body such as an automobile, an airplane, or a ship and moves. Further, it may be a wearable terminal such as a wristwatch terminal, a spectacle wearing terminal, a chip terminal incorporated in a contact lens or the like.

  The receiving member terminal 3 constitutes a mail receiving terminal. In this example, the receiving member terminal 3 is constituted by a high-function mobile phone terminal called a smartphone which is a portable electronic device. The receiving member terminal 3 does not have to be a portable electronic device like the above-described transmitting member terminal 2, and may be a stationary electronic device.

  The transmitting member activates the transmission control application installed in the transmitting member terminal 2 to create the text content of the transmission mail, and inputs the condition regarding the reception location of the transmission mail with the reception condition as the reception condition. The input reception conditions include at least the conditions regarding the reception location of the mail with the reception condition to be transmitted. The attribute information of the transmission member such as the job type of the transmission member, the reception permission time zone and / or the reception unavailable time zone, and the transmission Other receiving conditions such as attribute information such as age, sex, occupation, etc. of the receiving member that the member desires as a forwarding destination of the mail with the receiving condition may be included.

  The transmission control application of the transmission member terminal 2 attaches the input reception condition as an attached file to the transmission mail in this embodiment, creates a mail with reception conditions, and transmits the mail server 1 as a destination. . The mail address of the mail server 1 is attached as data to the transmission control application. Using the mail address of the mail server 1, the transmission control application transmits a mail with a reception condition to the mail server 1 as a destination.

  The mail server 1 refers to the receiving member's registration information and the receiving member's registration information for the receiving member terminal that the receiving member possesses by referring to the registration information of the transmitting member and the receiving member's registration information for the e-mail with the receiving conditions sent from the transmitting member terminal 2 3 is provided with a mail transfer processing function unit 13 that transfers (distributes) the data to 3.

  That is, the mail transfer processing function unit 13 of the mail server 1 receives the mail with reception conditions sent from the transmission member terminal 2, in this example, the transmission member registration information stored in the transmission member registration information storage unit 11. By referring to it, it is confirmed that it is a mail with a reception condition from the sending member. Then, the mail transfer processing function unit 13 of the mail server 1 refers to the receiving member registration information storage unit 12 to grasp all the receiving members registered as members (understand the receiving member's mail address). In the example, e-mails with reception conditions from the transmitting members are forwarded (distributed) to the receiving member terminals 3 of all the receiving members.

  It should be noted that mail may be forwarded to some receiving members instead of being forwarded to all receiving members.

  When the reception control application confirms reception of the mail with reception conditions, the reception control application extracts information about the reception conditions from the attached file of the mail with reception conditions. Then, the reception control application acquires the reception position information from the reception position information acquisition means included in the reception member terminal 3, and the position indicated by the acquired reception position information is added with the reception condition of the extracted reception conditions. At least determine whether the conditions regarding the place to receive the email are met.

  When the reception control application determines that the position indicated by the acquired reception position information matches the extracted condition, the reception control application also checks other reception conditions. When the reception control application matches all the reception conditions, the received reception condition is received. The attached mail is stored in the receiving holder, and processing similar to that of normal received mail is performed, such as notifying the user of the receiving member terminal 3 of incoming mail. The user can know the contents by selecting and opening the received mail based on the incoming mail notification.

  Further, in this example, when the reception control application determines that the position indicated by the acquired reception position information does not match the extracted condition, the received reception condition mail is not stored in the reception holder. Discarded and presented to the user of the receiving member terminal 3, in this example, no incoming mail is notified. In addition, the user will not be presented with notifications of incoming emails with reception conditions, etc., but a storage area for “Receiving reception conditional emails” will be provided and temporarily stored. In response to the opening operation of “conditional mail”, it may be possible to open the mail.

[Hardware configuration example of each part of mail delivery system]
<Example of hardware configuration of mail server 1>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the mail server 1 constituting the mail delivery system of this embodiment. The mail server 1 in this example is configured by a computer, and as shown in FIG. 2, via the system bus 10, a control unit 14, a communication unit 15, a mail transfer buffer 16, and the transmission member described above. A registration information storage unit 11 and a receiving member registration information storage unit 12 are connected.

  The control unit 14 is for controlling the entire mail server 1 and executes various functions according to programs stored in a built-in memory (not shown). In this example, the member registration processing function unit 17, the mail transmission / reception function unit 18, and the mail transfer processing function unit 13 described above are included as software function units that execute the function processing according to the program.

  The communication unit 15 communicates with the transmitting member terminal 2, the receiving member terminal 3, and other communication terminals through the communication network 4. The mail transfer buffer 16 is a buffer memory for storing and holding received mail with reception conditions for transfer.

  The member registration processing function unit 17 is a process for responding to a transmission member registration request by a user who has accessed the mail server 1, or a process in response to a reception member registration request, and a request for changing transmission member registration information or a request for changing reception member registration information. The process for is executed.

  The mail transmission / reception function unit 18 has a function of receiving a mail sent to the mail server 1 as a destination, and transmitting a transmission mail from the mail server 1 to a designated destination. The mail transmission / reception function unit 18 has a function for determining whether or not the received mail is a mail with a reception condition from a transmission member, and determines that the received mail is a mail with a reception condition from a transmission member. In some cases, the mail with reception condition is temporarily stored in the mail transfer buffer 16, and the subsequent processing is transferred to the mail transfer processing function unit 13.

  The mail transfer processing function unit 13 sends the reception condition-added mail stored in the mail transfer buffer 16 to all of the receiving members stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit 12 in a predetermined transfer mode. To be forwarded. In this embodiment, a plurality of types of transfer conditions for the mail with reception conditions in the mail server 1 are prepared, and the person who intends to become a transmission member at the time of transmission member registration is notified of the plurality of types of transfer modes. The received member registration information is stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit 12 as part of the transmission member registration information.

<Hardware configuration example of sending member terminal>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the transmitting member terminal 2 constituting the mail delivery system of this embodiment. The sending member terminal 2 constitutes a mail sending terminal, and the sending member terminal 2 in this example is constituted by, for example, a personal computer or a workstation. As shown in FIG. A communication unit 22, a display unit 23, an operation input unit 24, a transmission mail generation buffer 25, and a current position detection unit 26 are connected via the system bus 20.

  The control unit 21 is for controlling the entire transmission member terminal 2 and executes various functions according to programs stored in a built-in memory (not shown). In this example, the mail transmission / reception function unit 211 and the transmission control function unit 212 including the transmission control application described above are included as software function units that execute functions according to a program.

  The communication unit 22 is for communicating with the mail server 1 and the like through the communication network 4. The display unit 23 includes, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The control unit 21 includes a transmission control application when displaying an image of the home page sent from the mail server 1 on the display screen of the display unit 23 using a browser function or transmitting a mail with a reception condition. Based on the transmission control function unit 212, a screen for transmission mail for inputting necessary information such as a mail text and reception conditions is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 23.

  The operation input unit 24 includes a pointing device such as a keyboard, a numeric keypad, a touch pad, and a mouse. The operation input unit 24 may be arranged such that a touch panel that constitutes a part of the operation input unit 24 is superimposed on the display screen of the display unit 23, and is external to the transmission member terminal 2 main body. Also good. The operation input unit may be a voice input. The control unit 21 performs processing according to the user's operation input through the operation input unit 24, and displays the display screen of the display unit 23 according to the operation input as necessary.

  The transmission mail generation buffer 25 is a buffer memory for temporarily storing a transmission mail such as a mail with a reception condition to be transmitted, including an attached file, when the transmission mail is generated.

  The current position detection unit 26 has a GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning function, for example, and has a function of detecting position information (latitude, longitude, altitude) of the current position of the transmitting member terminal 2. However, it is not necessary to detect the altitude of this position information. As will be described later, the current position detection unit 26 is used when designating information related to a reception location as a reception condition, particularly when setting an area region centered on the current position.

  Even if the current position detection unit 26 does not have a GPS positioning function, the wireless LAN access point around the transmission member terminal 2 is identified using Wi-Fi (registered trademark) and the transmission member terminal 2 is identified. This can also be realized by inferring from the recorded location information of the access point.

  The mail transmission / reception function unit 211 of the control unit 21 receives a mail sent to the transmission member terminal 2 and generates a transmission mail to be transmitted from the transmission member terminal 2 and transmits it to the designated destination. It has a function to do.

  The transmission control function unit 212 is activated when a user sends a mail with a reception condition. Then, the transmission control function unit 212 generates a transmission mail and accepts an input of reception conditions according to the operation input through the operation input unit 24 of the user. Then, as will be described later, the transmission control function unit 212 automatically adds the received reception condition to the generated transmission mail, in this example, attaches it as an attached file to generate a reception condition-added mail, The generated mail with reception condition is transmitted to the mail server 1 as a destination in response to a transmission instruction from the user. Details of the processing of the transmission control function unit 212 will be described later.

<Hardware configuration example of receiving member terminal>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the receiving member terminal 3 constituting the mail delivery system of this embodiment. The receiving member terminal 3 constitutes a mail receiving terminal, and the receiving member terminal 3 in this example is composed of a high-function mobile phone terminal called a so-called smart phone, and as shown in FIG. On the other hand, via the system bus 30, the communication unit 32, the display unit 33, the operation input unit 34, the mobile phone circuit unit 35, the received mail buffer 36, the reception position information acquisition unit 37, and the clock unit 38. And are connected.

  The control unit 31 controls the entire receiving member terminal 3, and executes various functions according to programs stored in a built-in memory (not shown). In this example, a mail function unit 311 and a reception control function unit 312 including the above-described reception control application are included as software function units that execute functions according to a program.

  The communication unit 32 is for performing mobile phone communication through the communication network 4 and communicating with the mail server 1 and the like. The display unit 33 includes, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The control unit 31 displays the screen for the mobile phone function on the display screen of the display unit 33, or displays the image of the home page sent from the mail server 1 on the display screen of the display unit 33 using the browser function. When the reception conditional mail is received, the content of the received mail text is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 33 based on the reception control function unit 312 including the reception control application.

  In this example, the operation input unit 34 is configured such that a touch panel is superimposed on the display screen of the display unit 33. The control unit 31 performs a process according to the user's operation input through the operation input unit 34, and displays a display corresponding to the operation input on the display screen of the display unit 33 as necessary.

  The cellular phone circuit unit 35 includes a transmitter including a microphone, a receiver including a speaker, a call circuit including a voice codec circuit, and the like.

  The received mail buffer 36 is a buffer memory for temporarily storing a mail with reception conditions to be transmitted.

  The reception position information acquisition unit 37 has a GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning function, for example, and detects a current position detection function unit (latitude, longitude, altitude) of the current position of the receiving member terminal 3 (not shown) ). However, it is not necessary to detect the altitude of this position information. Since the receiving member terminal 3 in this example is a high-function mobile phone terminal, the current position detection function unit of the reception position information acquisition unit 37 uses the position information of the mobile phone base station, or Wi-Fi (registered trademark). The current position detected by the GPS positioning function is corrected by using the location information of the access point or using a movement sensor such as a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, or a direction sensor, and GPS radio waves do not reach Even in the room, a detailed current position can be detected. Of course, even if the GPS positioning function is not provided, the current position can be detected from the position information of the mobile phone base station or the position information of the access point of Wi-Fi (registered trademark).

  In this case, the reception position information acquisition unit 37 acquires the position information of the current position detected by the current position detection function unit as reception position information, and the position indicated by the reception position information is the position of the detected current position. Can be recognized directly from information.

  The reception position information acquisition unit 37 has a reception position input reception function unit (not shown), and for the current position as an example of the reception position, an address, “Shinjuku Station”, “Haneda Airport”, “ The location name, facility name, building name, etc. such as “Sky Tree” and “XX Department Store Shibuya” can be accepted. In this example, the reception position information acquisition unit 37 accesses a predetermined site such as the Internet map information site included in the communication network 4 through the communication unit 32, and receives the received address, place name, facility name, building name. Etc., and a search request for corresponding position information (latitude, longitude, altitude) as a search keyword, and the position information is acquired from a predetermined site.

  This function is particularly useful when a receiving member enters the area and wants to actively limit the reception of reception conditional mail. For example, by entering “Sky Tree”, it is possible to ensure that a mail with a reception condition can be obtained at the location of “Sky Tree”.

  In this case, the reception position information acquisition unit 37 acquires the input place name, facility name, building name, etc. as reception position information, and transmits the position information of the position indicated by the acquired reception position information via the Internet. get.

  When the receiving member terminal 3 has a map database and can acquire position information (latitude, longitude) corresponding to the input place name, facility name, building name, etc., the communication network as described above Needless to say, access to a predetermined site on the Internet included in 4 is unnecessary. In addition, the receiving member sends the position information of the current position detected by the current position detection function unit of the receiving member terminal 3 to a map information site on the Internet included in the communication network 4 and the name of the place and facility corresponding to the current position. Alternatively, a building name or the like may be acquired and designated as a reception position (reception location).

  As will be described later, the reception position information acquisition unit 37 is acquired by the reception position information acquisition unit 37 of the reception member terminal 3 in accordance with a reception condition consisting of information regarding the reception location attached to the mail with reception conditions. This is used to determine whether the reception position matches.

  The clock unit 38 generates year, month, and day calendar information and current time information of hours, minutes, and seconds. As will be described later, this watch unit 38 is set by the receiving member as a part of the receiving conditions such as the year, month, day, and time zone within the day that the received mail can be received or not. Sometimes it is used to monitor the year, month, day or time zone. Note that the year, month, and day for which reception is permitted may be set for a plurality of consecutive years, a plurality of months, and a plurality of days.

  The mail transmission / reception function unit 311 receives mail sent to the receiving member terminal 3 and stores it in the received mail buffer 36. Further, the mail transmission / reception function unit 311 has a function of generating a transmission mail to be transmitted from the receiving member terminal 3 and transmitting it to a designated destination.

  In this embodiment, the reception control function unit (reception control application) 312 is installed in the receiving member terminal 3, and when a mail is received in a state where the receiving member terminal 3 is turned on, Configured to start automatically. The reception control function unit (reception control application) 312 checks the mail received in preference to the mail transmission / reception function unit 311, determines whether the mail has a reception condition from the mail server 1, and receives the mail with the reception condition. When it is determined that there is, the reception control function unit 312 performs subsequent reception processing. When it is determined that the received mail is not a mail with a reception condition, the reception control function unit 312 shifts the subsequent reception processing to be performed by the mail transmission / reception function unit 311. Details of the processing of the reception control function unit 312 will be described later.

  The user (reception member) is activated only when the user wants to use the reception control function unit (reception control application) 312 so that the reception control function unit can be turned on / off. Good.

[Example of processing operation in mail delivery system]
<Member registration process>
An example of the flow of member registration processing by the member registration processing function unit 17 of the control unit 14 of the mail server 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the processing of the member registration processing function unit 17 is performed by the control unit 14 in accordance with a program constituting the member registration processing function unit 17, and therefore, in the following description, the processing of each step in the flowchart of FIG. 14 will be described.

  First, the control unit 14 determines whether or not an access to a homepage (Web site of the mail server 1) via the communication network 4 has been received (step S101), and if the access has not been received, repeats the step S101. . When it is determined in step S101 that access to the homepage via the communication network 4 has been received, the control unit 14 provides the homepage via the communication network 4 to the communication terminal of the person who has accessed (step S102).

  Next, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the accessing person has made a member registration request (step S103). When a request other than the member registration request is designated, the control unit 14 performs a process according to the designated request (step S103). S113).

  When it is determined in step S103 that the accessing person (accessing person) has made a member registration request, the control unit 14 determines whether the member registration request is a transmission member registration request or a reception member registration request (step S104). ).

  When it is determined in step S104 that the request is a transmission member registration request, the control unit 14 provides a transmission member registration page as shown in FIG. It is made to display on the display screen of the display part of a person's communication terminal (step S105). As shown in FIG. 6A, the transmission member registration page presents input fields 221 to 226 for information on a plurality of items to be registered by a person who intends to become a transmission member. The user is prompted to enter registration information in the input fields 221 to 226.

  In the example of FIG. 6A, since all the input items in the input fields 221 to 226 are mandatory input items, the accessor who is going to become a transmitting member can register the transmitting member in FIG. 6A. In this example, when all the input fields 221 to 226 are input and the completion button (icon button) 227 is clicked on the screen of the page for access, the input registration information is sent from the accessor's communication terminal to the mail server 1. Sent to. When the cancel button (icon button) 228 is clicked by the accessor, the transmission member registration process is canceled and the processing routine is terminated.

  Then, the mail server 1 accepts, as transmission member registration information, information that the accessor who is going to become a transmission member inputs and transmits in all of the input fields 221 to 226 (step S106), and the accepted transmission The member registration information is stored and stored in the transmission member registration information storage unit 11 (step S107).

  After this step S107, the mail server 1 provides the communication terminal of the accessor who is going to be a transmission member by downloading a transmission control application (program) through the communication network 4, After receiving the transmission completion notification of the transmission control application from the communication terminal, the transmission member registration completion is notified (step S108). Then, the mail server 1 disconnects the communication path with the accessor and ends this processing routine.

  At this time, when the communication terminal of the accessor who is going to become a transmission member receives a notification of completion of transmission member registration from the mail server 1, the installation instruction of the transmission control application downloaded from the mail server 1 is sent to the user. Against. Therefore, the user issues an instruction to install the transmission control application on the communication terminal, and in response to this, the communication terminal executes installation processing of the transmission control application. As a result, the communication terminal of the accessor trying to become a transmission member becomes a transmission member terminal, and the user (accessor) becomes a transmission member.

  As described above, the transmission control application transmits a mail with a reception condition from the transmission member terminal to the mail server 1, and the mail address of the mail server 1 as the destination is the transmission control application. Is included in the downloaded transmission control application. Further, in this example, the transmission member's registration information, the transmission member's attribute information, and in this example, “job type (genre)” information to be described later is automatically included as part of the reception condition. The data accompanying the control application is included in the transmission control application to be downloaded.

  FIG. 7A shows an example of transmission member registration information, which is stored in the transmission member registration information storage unit 11 in this example. That is, in this example, the registration items in the input fields 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, and 226 of the transmission member registration page in step S105 are “name”, as shown in FIG. “Membership ID (Identification: identification information)”, “Password”, “Mail address”, “Job title” of the accessor who is going to become a sending member, and “Transfer mode” of the mail with reception condition.

  The essential information as registration information of the transmitting member in this invention is information that the mail server 1 uniquely identifies the transmitting member, and “name”, “member ID”, “password”, “mail address” Or any combination thereof. However, in this embodiment, all of these items and other attributes of the transmitting member, in this example, the “job type” and the registration item of “transfer mode” selected by the transmitting member are also requested by the user as essential items. When the user inputs and registers them, various service modes as described later can be enjoyed.

  Here, the “job type” is a job type to which a person who intends to become a transmitting member belongs. In this example, when the mail server 1 clicks the “▽” mark 225a in the input field 225 on the transmission member registration page shown in FIG. 6A, a restaurant, department store, drug store is displayed as a pull-down menu. Presents a list of multiple types of occupations prepared in advance, such as supermarkets, convenience stores (convenience stores), bookstores, etc., and accepts registration by allowing those who want to become sending members to select from among them To do. Considering that there is no corresponding job type, “Other” is displayed as a list of job types.

  In this embodiment, the registered “job type” information is attached to the transmission control application downloaded to the communication terminal that is to become the transmission member as job type data of the transmission member.

  Further, the “transfer mode” is a type of transfer mode executed by the mail server 1 for mail with reception conditions from a transmitting member. In this example, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, a plurality of types of transfer modes are prepared in advance on the mail server 1 side in accordance with the number of times of transfer of the mail with reception condition, the transfer period, the transfer frequency, and the like.

  Then, when the mail server 1 clicks the “▽” mark 226a in the input field 226 on the transmission member registration page shown in FIG. 6A, a table such as that shown in FIG. The list of transfer modes of the plurality of types is presented, and registration is accepted by having an accessor who wants to become a transmission member select from the list.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the service provider who owns and manages the mail server 1 charges the transmitting member for a charge according to the selected transfer mode. The accessor who is going to become a sending member selects and registers the type of transfer mode in consideration of the fee. When an accessor who wants to become a sending member selects one of the transfer modes, the mail server 1 provides a page of a charging processing method such as credit payment or transfer payment, and also selects the charging processing method. Accept as registration information. In the transmission member registration information in the example of FIG. 7A, the item of the billing processing method is omitted. Moreover, about a charge, it is an example and may be higher than this and may be cheap. Furthermore, it may be free.

  In this embodiment, the transmitting member changes his / her transmitting member registration information by accessing the mail server 1 and changing the registration information included in the “other processing” in step S113 described above. can do. Therefore, the transmission member can transmit the mail with the reception condition in the desired transfer mode at any time by changing the type of the transfer mode in the transmission member registration information before the transmission of the mail with the reception condition. When the mail server 1 receives the request for changing the registration information, the mail server 1 authenticates the transmitting member with the registered member ID and password, and only when the authentication is OK, the registration information is changed by the transmitting member. Accept.

  Here, “transfer count / day” of the transfer mode item in the example shown in FIG. 8 indicates whether the transfer count on the date (the date of transmission) on which the mail with the reception condition is transmitted is one time or multiple times. Yes. Further, the “transfer period” indicates a period during which transfer is performed based on the date on which the reception condition-added mail is transmitted. Furthermore, “forwarding frequency” indicates the forwarding frequency of the mail with reception condition when the number of times of forwarding is plural. In this example, “fee / time” is a charge per transfer (one mail) of mail with reception conditions.

  Note that the example of the transfer mode shown in FIG. 8 is an example, and it is needless to say that the transfer mode is not limited thereto. For example, although the transfer period is set to one day, it may be set to half a day, or it may be set to a low price at night as daytime and nighttime. Further, only weekdays, only Saturdays, only Sundays, only holidays may be provided as transfer periods.

  Next, when it is determined in step S104 that the accessor's member registration request is a receiving member registration request, the control unit 14 displays a receiving member registration page as shown in FIG. Provided through the communication network 4 and displayed on the display screen of the display unit of the accessor's communication terminal (step S109). In this receiving member registration page, as shown in FIG. 6 (B), information entry fields 321, 322, 323, and 334 for a plurality of items to be registered by an accessor who is going to become a receiving member are presented. The user is prompted to input registration information in the input fields 321 to 324.

  In the example of FIG. 6B, since the input fields 322 to 324 of the input fields 321 to 324 are required input items, an access person who is going to be a receiving member can view this FIG. 6B. In the receiving member registration page, when the user inputs to at least all of these input fields 322 to 324 and clicks the completion button (icon button) 325, the registration information input from the accessor's communication terminal is displayed. It is transmitted to the mail server 1. When the cancel button (icon button) 326 is clicked by the accessor, the process of receiving member registration is stopped and this processing routine is ended.

  Then, the mail server 1 accepts information transmitted from the communication terminal of the accessor trying to become a receiving member as receiving member registration information (step S110), and receives the received receiving member registration information as a receiving member registration. The information is stored in the information storage unit 12 (step S111).

  Then, following this step S111, the mail server 1 provides the access terminal that is going to be a receiving member by downloading a reception control application (program) through the communication network 4, After receiving the reception completion notification of the reception control application from the communication terminal, the reception member registration completion is notified (step S112). Then, the mail server 1 disconnects the communication path with the accessor and ends this processing routine.

  At this time, in the communication terminal of the accessor who is trying to become a receiving member, when receiving the notification of receiving member registration completion from the mail server 1, the installation instruction of the reception control application downloaded from the mail server 1 is sent to the user. Against. Therefore, the user issues an instruction to install the reception control application on the communication terminal, and in response to this, the communication terminal executes installation processing of the reception control application. As a result, the communication terminal of the accessor trying to become a receiving member becomes a receiving member terminal, and the user (accessor) becomes a receiving member.

  FIG. 7B shows an example of the received member registration information that is stored in the received member registration information storage unit 12 in this example. That is, in this example, the registration items in the input fields 321, 322, 323, and 324 of the receiving member registration page in step S 109 are “name” and “member ID” as shown in FIG. , “Password” and “email address”.

  In addition, the essential information as the registered information of the receiving member in the present invention may be only the “mail address” of the receiving member as the transfer destination of the mail with the receiving condition by the mail server 1. The “name” of the receiving member is not an essential item but an arbitrary input item. Further, the “member ID” and “password” of the receiving member are necessary information when requesting a change of registration information to the mail server, and are indispensable items in this example. However, these “member ID” and “password” can also be set as optional input items if the change of registered information of the receiving member is not taken into consideration.

<Processing when sending e-mail with reception condition (processing example of transmission control application)>
Next, an example of the flow of generation and transmission processing of a mail with reception conditions in the transmission member terminal 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 9 is performed by the control unit 21 of the transmission member terminal 2 according to the transmission control application (transmission control function unit 212). In the following description, the processing of each step of FIG. It demonstrates as what the control part 21 performs.

  The control unit 21 starts the processing routine of FIG. 9 when the transmission control application is activated by the user (transmission member).

  That is, when the transmission control application is activated, the control unit 21 displays the initial screen of the reception condition creation mail creation screen on the display screen of the display unit 23 (step S201). This initial screen shows the start of processing for creating and sending an email with reception conditions, and a subject that can identify that the subject of the email is an email with reception conditions. The mail subject is automatically set, and the destination is displayed to be automatically set in the mail server 1. In this example, it is displayed on the display screen that the input of the subject and destination of the mail is not necessary, and the input of the subject and destination of the mail is prohibited, so that the transmitting member is notified. Note that the sending member may be able to input the mail subject and address.

  Next, the control unit 21 displays a reception condition reception screen with a message for prompting input of reception conditions for the mail to be transmitted on the display screen of the display unit 23 so as to receive the reception conditions (step S202). As described above, as this reception condition, in this embodiment, information on a condition regarding the reception location of the mail with reception condition is received. In this example, the condition information relating to the reception location of the mail with the reception condition is accepted as information on the area range permitted to be received. For example, a circular area having a specified radius centered at a specified position is received as information on the area that is permitted to be received, and the reception condition reception screen of the display screen of the display unit 23 includes An input column for the center position of the circular area range and an input column for the radius are displayed.

  In this case, the user of the transmitting member terminal (transmitting member), as the center position of the circular area range, in addition to “current position”, a predetermined address, “Shinjuku Station”, “Haneda Airport”, “Sky It can be specified by inputting a place name such as “Tree”, “XX Department Store Shibuya Store”, a facility name, a building name, and the like. The current position is initially displayed as a default value in the center position input field. If the sending member wants a center position other than “current position” as the center position of the circular area, the current position of the default value can be deleted and the center position to be specified can be specified. Enter the building name.

  When “current position” is designated as the center position of the circular area range, the control unit 21 uses the position information (latitude and longitude) of the current position detected by the current position detection section 26 as the center of the circular area range. Stored in the buffer memory for the attached file as position information of the position. When an address other than the current position, a place name, a facility name, a building name, or the like is designated as the center position of the circular area range, the control unit 21 accesses the map information site through the communication network 4, and designates the designated address, By requesting acquisition of location information (latitude, longitude) such as place name, facility name, building name, etc., the location information (latitude, longitude) is acquired and used as location information for the center position of the circular area range. Store in the buffer memory for attached files.

  The radius of the circular area range is transmitted from, for example, “100 meters”, “500 meters”, “1 kilometer”, “2 kilometers”, etc. prepared as a pull-down menu in the input field for the radius. It is specified by the member's selection specification. Of course, instead of such a selection specification, the transmitting member may be able to specify and specify the value of the radius directly. The control unit 21 stores the value of the radius of the circular area range specified as described above in the buffer memory for the attached file as information on the radius of the circular area range.

  Note that the information on the area range that is permitted to be received as the information on the condition regarding the reception location of the mail with the reception condition is not limited to the information including the center position and the radius that specify the circular area range. For example, it may be a polygon that is specified by specifying a plurality of points, or an area of an arbitrary shape that is formed by connecting two adjacent points with a straight line. For example, when a transmitting member designates a triangular area range, information on three points at the apex of the designated triangle (location information (latitude, longitude), address, place name, facility name, building) Name may be entered), and it is input as condition information relating to the reception location of the mail with reception condition. Based on the inputted information on the three points, the control unit 21 acquires the position information (latitude and longitude) of these three points via the communication network 4 as necessary in the same manner as described above. . Then, the control unit 21 stores the position information (latitude and longitude) of the three points in the buffer memory for the attached file as information on the area range that is permitted to be received as information on the conditions regarding the reception location. .

  It should be noted that a map information site that can be connected through the communication network 4 can be used for designating an area range that is permitted to be received as condition information regarding the reception location of the mail with reception conditions. That is, in this case, the control unit 21 first accesses the map information site through the communication network 4 to acquire information on a map (for example, a map of Japan) and displays the map on the display screen of the display unit 23. . Prior to the acquisition of this map information, for example, “current location”, “predetermined address”, “Shinjuku Station”, “Haneda Airport”, “Sky Tree”, “XX Department Store Shibuya”, etc. The designation of the center position of the map range to be displayed is accepted from the transmitting member by the building name, etc., and the map information centered on the designated position is acquired from the map information site and displayed on the display screen.

  Then, on the map, if the information regarding the reception location is information on the circular area range, the control unit 21 designates the center position (latitude, longitude) of the circular area range by the transmitting member. Then, the designation of the radius is received, and it is stored in the buffer memory for the attached file as a condition relating to the receiving location designated by the transmitting member. In this way, the transmitting member can designate a region range that is a condition related to the receiving location on the map, which is convenient. Then, on the map displayed on the display screen of the display unit 23, the specified circular area range is surrounded by the circular frame line, and the circular area range can be distinguished from other parts. Thus, if the transmitting member is notified by, for example, displaying in a predetermined transparent color, it is convenient for the transmitting member to confirm the area range designated by the transmitting member.

  Further, if the map displayed on the display screen of the display unit 23 is used, not only a circular area range but also a polygonal area range or an arbitrary shape formed by connecting two adjacent points with a straight line. The area range can be specified easily. That is, on the map, the transmitting member sequentially designates the position of each vertex of the polygonal area range or the arbitrarily shaped area range, for example, clockwise. Also in this case, the outline of the polygonal area range is surrounded by a border, and the polygonal area range is displayed in a predetermined transparent color so that it can be distinguished from other parts. Can notify members.

  Note that the transmission member may store it in the buffer memory for the attached file as a condition regarding the reception location in which the location name, facility name, building name, etc. are directly specified. In this case, only the receiving member at the designated place, facility, building, etc. can be notified. However, in this case, the reception position information acquisition unit 37 of the receiving member terminal 3 detects the designated place, facility, building, etc. as position information of the current position as an example of the reception position information. It is necessary to have a means for specifying, or to receive input of a corresponding place name, facility name, building name, etc. from the receiving member as reception position information.

  After step S202, the control unit 21 determines whether or not reception of reception conditions has been completed, and waits for completion of reception (step S203). When it is confirmed in step S203 that reception conditions have been received, the control unit 21 generates the received reception conditions as an attached file (step S204). In this example, in addition to the above-mentioned condition information regarding the receiving location, the “job type” of the registration information of the transmitting member, which is data accompanying the transmission control application, is included, and an attached file is generated as information on the receiving condition Is done.

  Next, the control unit 21 displays a message for prompting the creation of an email text on the display screen of the display unit 23, and prompts the sending member to create an email text (step S205). And the control part 21 receives preparation of the mail text by a transmission member (step S206). In this case, the mail text is assumed to be content that is expected to be beneficial to the receiving member whose receiving position is the receiving location specified as the receiving condition, such as the receiving member being at the receiving location specified as the receiving condition. For example, when a store located in the vicinity of Shinjuku Station is a transmitting member, a mail informing service information is sent to a receiving member located within 1 km from Shinjuku Station.

  Next, the control unit 21 monitors the transmission execution instruction by the transmission member (step S207), and when determining that the transmission execution instruction has not been made, determines whether or not the transmission member has performed a cancel operation (step S209). If it is determined that the cancel operation has not been performed, the process returns to step S206, and the processes after step S206 are repeated. When it is determined in step S209 that the cancel operation has been performed, the control unit 21 stops the process (step S210) and ends the process routine.

  If it is determined in step S207 that a transmission execution instruction has been issued, the control unit 21 sends a mail with a reception condition in which the attachment file of the reception condition is added to the mail body accepted in step S206 to the mail server 1. The transmission process is executed (step S208), and then this processing routine is terminated.

<Transfer processing on the mail server>
Next, an example of the flow of the forwarding process of the mail with reception condition sent from the sending member terminal in the mail server 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 10 is performed by the control unit 14 of the mail server 1 in accordance with the mail transfer processing function unit 13, and therefore, in the following description, the processing of each step of FIG. 10 is performed by the control unit 14. It will be explained as a thing.

  The control unit 14 determines whether or not a mail with reception conditions has been received (step S121). In step S121, in this example, the control unit 14 determines a mail with a reception condition from the subject of the received mail and the mail address of the sender. That is, in this example, it is determined whether or not the subject of the received mail is [Receiving Conditional Mail], and if the received mail subject is not [Receiving Conditional Mail], it is determined that it is not a reception conditional mail. . When it is determined that the subject of the received mail is [mail with reception condition], the mail that matches the sender's mail address among the transmission members stored in the transmission member registration information storage unit 11 It is determined whether or not an address exists, and if a matching mail address exists, it is determined that the received mail is a mail with a reception condition.

  Note that the determination process of whether or not it is a mail with reception condition in step S121 may be only the determination process of whether or not the subject of the received mail is [mail with reception condition], or registration as a sending member. Only the determination process of whether or not there is a mail address that matches the mail address of the sender among the transmission members stored in the information storage unit 11 may be performed. However, as in this example, it is possible to determine with high accuracy whether or not the mail is a reception condition mail by the two-stage discrimination process.

  Further, in this embodiment, since the transfer mode is registered corresponding to each individual transmission member as the transmission member registration information, the mail server 1 needs to specify the transmission member from the sender's mail address. . Note that when the mail server 1 has only one type of transfer condition of the mail with reception conditions, the transmission member registration information does not include the transfer mode, so there is no need to specify the transmission member of the mail with reception conditions. If it is possible to determine only that the mail has a reception condition, the mail server 1 can perform the transfer process.

  When it is determined in step S121 that the e-mail with reception conditions has not been received, the control unit 14 performs other processes such as a member registration process, a member registration information correction (update) process, and a normal mail receiving process. Is performed (step S122).

  When it is determined in step S121 that a mail with reception conditions has been received, the control unit 14 temporarily stores the received mail with reception conditions in the mail transfer buffer 16 (step S123).

  Next, the control unit 14 refers to the transmission member registration information storage unit 11 and registers an e-mail address that matches the e-mail address of the sender of the received reception condition e-mail detected in step S121. The transfer mode registered corresponding to the transmitting member is grasped (step S124).

  Next, the control unit 14 temporarily stores in the mail transfer buffer 16 in step S123 to the mail addresses of all receiving members stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit 12 in the transfer mode grasped in step S124. The receiving condition-added mail is transferred (step S125).

  Then, the control unit 14 determines whether or not the transfer processing of the mail with reception conditions in the transfer mode grasped in step S124 is completed for all receiving members (step S126). Then, the process returns to step S125, and the transfer process in the transfer mode grasped in step S124 is continued.

  When it is determined in step S126 that the transfer process of the mail with reception condition in the transfer mode grasped in step S124 is completed for all the receiving members, the control unit 14 stops the transfer process of the mail with reception condition ( In step S127), the mail with reception condition temporarily stored in the mail transfer buffer 16 is deleted (step S128), and this processing routine is terminated.

  Note that the processing routine of FIG. 10 has been described as a process for one mail with a reception condition. However, in practice, every time the mail server 1 receives a mail with reception conditions, the mail server 1 stores it in the mail transfer buffer 16 in step S123. Then, steps S124 to S128 of FIG. 10 are executed in parallel for each of the mails with reception conditions stored in the mail transfer buffer 16.

<Processing when receiving email with reception conditions (processing example of reception control application)>
Next, an example of the flow of processing when the receiving member terminal 3 receives a mail with reception conditions will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing of the example of FIG. 11 is performed by the control unit 31 of the receiving member terminal 3 according to the reception control application (reception control function unit 312). Therefore, in the following description, the processing of each step of FIG. It demonstrates as what the control part 31 performs.

  First, the control unit 31 determines whether or not there is a setting input request regarding reception conditions (step S301). When it is determined in step S301 that there is a setting input request regarding the reception condition, the control unit 31 displays a setting input screen regarding the reception condition on the display screen of the display unit 33 so as to accept the setting. (Step S302).

  In this example, the receiving member terminal 3 can additionally set the job type of the sender (sending member) and the reception permission time zone of the mail with reception conditions as reception conditions by the reception control application. For this reason, the setting input screen regarding the reception conditions displayed on the display screen of the display unit 33 displays the same list of job types of the transmission member as the list of job types presented to the person who intends to become the transmission member. In addition, a check box is displayed as to whether or not to select corresponding to each job type in the list. In addition, the setting input screen also displays an input field for a time period during which reception of the mail with reception conditions is permitted. The list data of the job type of the transmitting member is data accompanying the reception control application downloaded from the mail server 1.

  On this setting input screen, the receiving member can input and set the job type of the transmitting member who is permitted to receive e-mails with receiving conditions and the time zone during which reception is permitted. The job type of the sending member that is allowed to receive e-mails with reception conditions may be one job type, multiple job types, or all job types. May be. As for the time zone in which reception is permitted, the time zone from a specific time to another specific time may be specified for all time zones. Furthermore, the usage may be specified and specified such as a lunch time zone (for example, 11:00 to 14:00), a dinner time zone (for example, 17:00 to 21:00), and the like. Further, a specific time may be designated.

  In step S302, after accepting the additional setting of the reception condition as described above, or when it is determined in step S301 that there is no setting input request regarding the reception condition, the control unit 31 determines whether or not the mail is received. (Step S303). When it is determined in step S303 that no mail has been received, the control unit 31 returns the process to step S301, and repeats the processes after step S301.

  If it is determined in step S303 that a mail has been received, the control unit 31 determines whether the received mail is a mail with a reception condition (step S304). In this example, whether or not it is a mail with reception condition in step S304 is determined based on the subject of the received mail and the mail address of the forwarder of the mail.

  That is, in this example, it is determined whether or not the subject of the received mail is [Receiving Conditional Mail], and if the received mail subject is not [Receiving Conditional Mail], it is determined that it is not a reception conditional mail. . When it is determined that the subject of the received mail is [Mail with reception condition], the mail address of the forwarder is checked to determine whether or not it matches the mail address of the mail server 1 and matches. When it is determined, the received mail is determined to be a mail with reception conditions.

  Note that the determination process of whether or not it is a mail with reception condition in step S304 may be only the determination process of whether or not the subject of the received mail is [mail with reception condition]. Only the determination process of whether or not the mail address matches the mail address of the mail server 1 may be used. However, as in this example, it is possible to determine with high accuracy whether or not the mail is a reception condition mail by the two-stage discrimination process.

  When it is determined in step S304 that the received mail is not a mail with reception conditions, the control unit 31 shifts the processing to the mail transmission / reception function unit 311 to perform normal mail reception processing (step S305). .

  When it is determined in step S304 that the received mail is a mail with reception conditions, the control unit 31 opens the attached file of the received mail and acquires the reception conditions from the attached file (step S306). .

  Next, the control unit 31 acquires the reception position information by the reception position information acquisition unit 37, and collates the reception position indicated by the reception position information with the condition information related to the reception location among the reception conditions (step S307). ). That is, in this example, the information on the condition regarding the reception location of the reception condition is information on the area range where reception is permitted, and the control unit 31 includes the reception member terminal 3 within the area range where reception is permitted. It is determined whether or not the reception position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition unit 37 is included.

  In step S307, the control unit 31 checks whether or not there is a setting input related to the reception condition received in step S302. If there is a setting input reception condition, the control unit 31 also determines the setting input reception condition. to decide. That is, when the setting input includes the job type of the transmitting member, it is determined whether or not the job type permitted to receive matches the job type of the transmitting member included in the reception condition extracted from the attached file. . Furthermore, when the setting input includes a time zone in which reception is permitted, information on the current time (reception time) is acquired from the clock unit 38, and the current time is set in a time zone in which reception is permitted. It is determined whether the time is within.

  And the control part 31 discriminate | determines whether all of the receiving position in the receiving member terminal 3 and the additional conditions set by the receiving member are in agreement with the receiving condition as a result of the judgment about the receiving condition in step S307 ( Step S308). When it is determined in step S308 that the reception condition is satisfied, the control unit 31 stores the received mail with reception condition in the reception mail buffer 36, and shifts the subsequent processing to the mail transmission / reception function unit 311. Then, normal processing of the received mail is performed, such as notification of incoming mail (step S309). Then, this processing routine ends.

  When it is determined in step S308 that the reception condition is not met, the control unit 31 rejects reception of the received reception condition mail and discards the reception condition mail (step S310). Then, this processing routine ends.

  In the processing example of the receiving member terminal 3 described above, the receiving position information is acquired by the receiving position information acquisition unit 37, and the specific position indicated by the receiving position information is received by the receiving member terminal 2 set by the transmitting member terminal 2. Judgment is made as to whether or not it matches the information on the conditions regarding the place. However, as described above, if it is assumed that the conditions regarding the receiving location as the receiving condition added by the transmitting member terminal 2 may be a place name, a facility name, a building name, etc., the receiving member terminal 3 The reception position information may be received such that an area in a range centered on a specific position is the reception position. In that case, the receiving member terminal 3 sets the location name, the facility name, the building name, etc. as conditions regarding the receiving location added to the mail with the receiving condition as the receiving position by the receiving member of the receiving member terminal 3. It is determined whether or not it is within the permitted reception range.

  For example, the receiving member terminal 3 can set and input a radius in order to specify a circular area range, using the current position of the receiving member terminal 3 as the center position of the circle as information on the area range permitted to receive. Further, the receiving member terminal 3 accesses the map information site on the Internet included in the communication network 4 so that the place name, facility name, building name, etc. near the current position are displayed on the setting input means. Among them, a necessary place name, facility name, building name, etc. can be set and used as reception position information. In that case, in the receiving member terminal 3, the place name, the facility name, the building name, etc. as the receiving condition added to the mail with the receiving condition is set to any one of the set place name, facility name, building name, etc. It is determined whether or not they match.

[Effect of the first embodiment]
As described above, in the mail delivery system according to the first embodiment, the sending member is provided with a condition for receiving mail such as service information only for the receiving member where the receiving member terminal 3 is located in the desired area. It can be sent and received as an email.

  For example, if the sending member is a store selling products at the store, the receiving member is in a local area near the place where the store is located, or a region where there are many residents of the purchase class of the products sold Only the receiving members who live in the area can send advertisements and service information transmission mail as reception conditional mail, which is convenient.

  In this case, the mail server 1 has a very simple configuration because it is only necessary to transfer the mail with reception condition from the transmitting member terminal 2 to the receiving member as it is. Further, the receiving member only has to register only the mail address of the receiving member terminal 3 in the mail server 1, and it is not necessary to register personal information other than the mail address at all. Therefore, there is an advantage that confidentiality of the personal information can be ensured. is there.

  Receiving members are presented only with conditional mail related to the location (position) that would be useful in the current location, and unnecessary emails not related to the current location are narrowed down without being presented. There is an effect that.

  In other words, the receiving member wants to receive advertisements and service information of stores and restaurants in the place where they are currently located, but advertisements and service information of stores and restaurants that are too far away from the current location. Can satisfy the request not to receive if possible.

  Further, according to the above-described embodiment, the receiving member can further narrow down (filtering) the reception of the mail by additionally specifying not only the receiving condition regarding the place but also the job type of the transmitting member as the receiving condition. For this reason, there is an effect that it is possible to eliminate the reception of the mail with the reception condition from the transmission member of the occupation that is unnecessary for the reception member.

  Furthermore, according to the above-described embodiment, the receiving member additionally designates the time zone in which the reception of the mail with the reception condition is permitted as the reception condition, so that the reception member wants to receive the mail with the reception condition, for example, daytime. In addition, since it is possible to receive e-mails with reception conditions only during time periods such as dinner, there is also an effect that it is very convenient.

[Modification of First Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, it is determined whether or not it is a mail with reception conditions in step S121 of the mail server transfer process, and whether or not it is a mail with reception conditions at the receiving member terminal. Therefore, the subject of the e-mail with reception condition from the sending member terminal is set as [e-mail with reception condition]. However, the determination material for determining whether or not the mail is conditional on reception is not limited to the subject of the mail.

  For example, in addition to the attachment file with the above reception condition, another attachment file including information indicating that the mail is a reception condition from the transmission member is attached to the reception condition mail from the transmission member terminal. May be. In that case, the mail server 1 or the receiving member terminal can open the other attached file and reliably determine whether or not the mail has a reception condition. The other attached file may be added not by the sending member terminal but by the mail server 1 and transferred to the receiving member terminal.

  In the first embodiment described above, the attribute information of the transmitting member to be added in addition to the condition related to the reception location of the mail with the receiving condition is used as the receiving condition. It is not limited to. For example, it is possible to use attribute information of the transmitting member to which the nationality of the transmitting member, whether it is a corporation or an individual, and the like are added as receiving conditions. In addition, if the sending member is a business that sells products or a business that provides paid services, the price range of the product or service to be sold, the presence or absence of coupons, etc. are added as receiving conditions. It can also be attribute information of the sending member.

  In the above description, the transmission member attribute information is used as the reception condition. However, the reception member attribute information is not limited to the transmission member attribute information. That is, attribute information such as age, gender, occupation, etc. of the receiving member that the transmitting member desires as a forwarding destination of the mail with receiving conditions can be used as the receiving condition. In this case, the receiving member can narrow down (filter) the mail with the receiving condition by adding his / her attribute information (personal information) to the receiving condition.

[Overview of Overall of Second Embodiment of Mail Distribution System]
In the first embodiment described above, the mail server provides the transmission control application to each of the plurality of transmission member terminals, and forwards the mail with reception conditions from the plurality of transmission member terminals to the reception member terminal. Configured. However, for example, the present invention can also be applied to a case where a single business operator recruits a plurality of receiving members and transmits a mail with reception conditions to each of the receiving member terminals of the plurality of receiving members. The mail delivery system of the second embodiment is a configuration example that assumes such a case.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an overview of the entire mail delivery system according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, the mail delivery system of the second embodiment is configured by connecting a mail delivery device 100 and a receiving member terminal 300 through a communication network 4.

  In this second embodiment, the receiving member terminal 300 is a communication terminal provided to a receiving member who has registered as a receiving member by accessing the mail distribution apparatus 100 via the communication network 4 and distributes mail after receiving member registration. A reception control application downloaded from the apparatus 100 (similar to the reception control application downloaded from the mail server 1 in the first embodiment) is installed. Accordingly, the receiving member terminal 300 has substantially the same configuration as that of the receiving member terminal 3 in the case of the first embodiment (see FIG. 4), and therefore the detailed configuration thereof is omitted here. .

  In the second embodiment, the mail delivery device 100 has a configuration that has the functions of both the transmitting member terminal 2 and the mail server 1 in the first embodiment, and stores the receiving member registration information in the first embodiment. A receiving member registration information storage unit 101 similar to the unit 12 is provided, and a transmission control function unit 102 is provided.

  In the receiving member registration information storage unit 101, as in the case shown in FIG. 7B, registration information of the receiving member who has accessed the mail delivery apparatus 100 and registered as a receiving member is stored.

  The transmission control function unit 102 receives the input information about the transmission mail text and the reception condition based on the operation input by the user (operator) of the mail delivery apparatus 100 and generates a reception conditional mail, and the generated reception condition A function of transmitting an attached mail to the receiving member terminal 300 is provided. That is, the transmission control function unit 102 has the same function as the transmission control application installed in the transmission member terminal 2 of the first embodiment. The user of the mail delivery apparatus 100 receives the input setting of the reception condition and the creation input of the outgoing mail body, and creates the mail with the reception condition. Then, the transmission control function unit 102 transmits the created e-mail with reception condition to the receiving member stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit 101.

  In this example, the data associated with the transmission control function unit 102 is the same as the transmission control application in the case of the first embodiment described above. The user's attribute information (similar to the transmitting member attribute information described above) is set and input and stored. Further, the transmission control function unit 102 of this example stores transmission modes consisting of a plurality of types similar to the transfer mode described above as accompanying data, and when sending a mail with reception conditions, The list is presented to the user of the mail delivery apparatus 100, and is configured to accept selection of a transmission mode from the list by the user.

  FIG. 13 shows a block diagram of a hardware configuration example of the mail delivery apparatus 100 of this example. The mail delivery apparatus 100 of this example is configured by, for example, a personal computer or a workstation, and as shown in FIG. 13, via a system bus 112, a control unit 103, a communication unit 104, a display unit 105, An operation input unit 106, a transmission mail generation buffer 107, a current position detection unit 108, a transmission mail body storage unit 109, a reception condition storage unit 110, and a reception member registration information storage unit 101 are connected to each other. Yes.

  The control unit 103 is for controlling the entire mail delivery apparatus 100 and executes various functions according to programs stored in a built-in memory (not shown). In this example, the member registration processing function unit 111 and the transmission control function unit 102 described above are included as software function units that execute function processing according to a program.

  The communication unit 104 communicates with the receiving member terminal 3 and other communication terminals through the communication network 4.

  The display unit 105, the operation input unit 106, the transmission mail generation buffer 107, and the current position detection unit 108 are the display unit 23, the operation input unit 24, and the transmission member terminal 2 of the first embodiment. Since it corresponds to the outgoing mail generation buffer 25 and the current position detection unit 26 and has the same configuration, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The outgoing mail body storage unit 109 is a storage unit that stores a previously created outgoing mail body, and can store a plurality of outgoing mail bodies with file names for identification. The reception condition storage unit 110 is a storage unit that stores information on reception conditions created in advance, and can store information on a plurality of reception conditions with file names for identification.

[Processing Flow of Transmission Control Function Unit 102 of Mail Distribution Device 100]
Next, an example of the flow of processing in the transmission control function unit 102 of the mail delivery apparatus 100 of this example will be described with reference to FIG. 14 and the flowchart of FIG. 14 and 15 is performed by the control unit 103 of the mail delivery apparatus 100 in accordance with the transmission control function unit 102 (transmission control application). Therefore, in the following description, the processing illustrated in FIGS. The processing of each step will be described as being performed by the control unit 103.

  That is, when the transmission control function unit 102 is activated, the control unit 103 displays the initial screen of the reception condition creation mail creation screen on the display screen of the display unit 105 (step S401). This initial screen shows the start of processing for creating and sending an email with reception conditions, and a subject that can identify that the subject of the email is an email with reception conditions. It is displayed that the subject is automatically set to [Mail]. In this example, it is displayed on the display screen that it is not necessary to input the subject and destination of the mail, and the input of the subject and destination of the mail is prohibited. Informed. Note that the sending member may be able to input the mail subject and address.

  Next, the control unit 103 displays a reception condition reception screen with a message for prompting input of reception conditions for the mail to be transmitted on the display screen of the display unit 105 so as to receive the reception conditions (step S402). The reception condition reception process in step S402 can be performed in the same manner as described in step S202 in the processing operation of the transmission control application in the transmission member terminal 2 of the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, the reception condition input and setting processing operation in step S202 described above is performed in advance, and the reception condition information created in advance is stored in the reception condition storage unit 110. I can leave. Therefore, in step S402, the user of the mail delivery apparatus 100 is inquired whether the reception condition is newly created or used in advance, and the reception condition is stored in the case where the reception condition is used in advance. The one selected from the one or a plurality of reception conditions stored in the unit 110 is selected by the user of the mail delivery apparatus 100.

  After step S402, the control unit 103 determines whether or not reception of reception conditions has been completed, and waits for completion of reception (step S403). When it is confirmed in step S403 that reception conditions have been received, the control unit 103 generates the received reception conditions as an attached file (step S404). In this example, in addition to information on conditions regarding the reception location, the operator of the mail distribution apparatus 100 or the user of the mail distribution apparatus 100 stored in advance as data accompanying the transmission control function unit 102 (transmission control application). The attribute information described above such as job type is included, and an attached file is generated as information on the reception condition.

  Next, the control unit 103 displays a message prompting the creation of the mail text on the display screen of the display unit 105, prompts the user of the mail delivery apparatus 100 to create the mail text, and accepts an operation for creating the mail text. (Step S405).

  Next, the control unit 103 monitors the transmission execution instruction by the user of the mail delivery apparatus 100 (step S406), and when it is determined that the transmission execution instruction has not been issued, the user of the mail distribution apparatus 100 cancels the operation. It is determined whether or not it has been done (step S407), and if it is determined that no cancel operation has been performed, the process returns to step S405, and the processes after step S405 are repeated. If it is determined in step S407 that the cancel operation has been performed, the control unit 103 cancels the process (step S408) and ends the process routine.

  When it is determined in step S406 that a transmission execution instruction has been issued, the control unit 103 presents a list of transmission modes on the display screen of the display unit 105, and a transmission mode by the user of the mail delivery apparatus 100 from the list. Is selected (step S411 in FIG. 15). Then, the control unit 103 adds the reception condition-attached mail in which the attachment file of the reception condition is added to the mail body received in step S405, to the reception member terminal 300 of the reception member stored in the reception member registration information storage unit 101. Processing to send to the mail address is executed (step S412). In this case, in this example, the e-mail with reception condition is transmitted to all of the receiving members stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit 101, but the receiving member that transmits the e-mail with reception condition is stored in the receiving member registration information storage. By selecting from among the receiving members stored in the unit 101, it is possible to send a mail with a reception condition only to some of the selected receiving members.

  Next, the control unit 103 determines whether or not the mail transmission of the transmission mode selected in step S411 is completed (step S413), and when determining that the mail transmission of the selected transmission mode is not completed, Waiting for the next transmission timing (step S414), and if it is determined that the next transmission timing has arrived, the process returns to step S412 to execute transmission of the reception conditional mail addressed to the receiving member terminal 300 of the receiving member. . When the control unit 103 determines in step S413 that the mail transmission in the selected transmission mode has been completed, the control routine ends.

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
Also in the mail delivery system according to the second embodiment, as with the mail delivery system according to the first embodiment, the receiving member sends the received mail according to the receiving position in a state where the personal information other than the mail address is concealed. Thus, an effect of narrowing down (filtering) can be obtained.

  In the mail delivery system according to the second embodiment, the mail delivery apparatus 100 can select a desired transmission mode at the start of transmission of the mail with the reception condition. Thus, there is an effect that the transmission mode can be selected each time.

[Overview of Third Embodiment of Mail Distribution System]
In the second embodiment described above, the mail delivery device 100 includes a transmission mail body storage unit 109 and a reception condition storage unit 110 that can create and store a transmission mail body and reception conditions in advance. In addition, a communication unit 104 is provided. Therefore, the transmission mail text and reception conditions created in advance are sent from the outside of the mail distribution apparatus 100 to the mail distribution apparatus 100 via the communication network 4 and stored in the transmission mail text storage unit 109 and the reception condition storage unit 110. It can be configured to keep.

  If attention is paid to this, it is not necessary to limit the users (users) of the mail delivery apparatus 100 to a single business operator or individual, and it is possible to make a plurality of persons connectable via the communication network 4. Become. Then, by registering the plurality of persons as transmission members in the mail distribution apparatus 100 in advance, the mail distribution apparatus 100 allows the mail distribution apparatus 100 to receive a mail with a reception condition using the transmission mail text and reception conditions created by the plurality of transmission members. It can also be created and distributed to receiving members.

  The mail delivery system according to the third embodiment takes the above into consideration and is a modification of the above-described second mail delivery system. FIG. 16 shows an outline of an overall configuration example of the mail delivery system according to the third embodiment.

  That is, in the mail delivery system of the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16, not only the receiving member terminal 300 but also the transmitting member terminal 200 is connected to the mail delivery device 120 through the communication network 4. It is said.

  In this third embodiment, a person who wants to become a sending member becomes a sending member by accessing the mail delivery apparatus 120 through the communication network 4 and registering sending member registration information. In this example, the person from the mail delivery apparatus 120 Receive the transmission member-dedicated e-mail application on your own communication terminal. Then, by installing the transmission member-dedicated mail application received from the mail distribution device 120 in the communication terminal, the communication terminal becomes the transmission member terminal 200. The transmission member-dedicated mail application is stored in a memory built in the control unit 221 of the transmission member terminal 200 and executed by the control unit 221.

  Here, the transmission member-dedicated e-mail application transmits the transmission e-mail body for the e-mail with reception condition and the information on the reception condition as an attachment file from the transmission member terminal 200 to the e-mail delivery device 120, respectively. Is an application program for creation and transmission control.

  The information about the transmitting member registered in the mail delivery device 120 can be the same as that shown in FIG. 7A in the first embodiment. However, in the case of the third embodiment, as in the second embodiment, the transmission mode is registered instead of the transfer mode of the mail with reception condition in the first embodiment. This transmission mode can be the same mode as the transfer mode described above, and the charging for the transmission member is based on this transmission mode.

  The hardware configuration of the transmitting member terminal 200 can be the same as that shown in FIG. 3 in the first embodiment. However, in this example, as a program stored in the control unit 221 of the transmission member terminal, a transmission member-dedicated mail application is installed instead of the transmission control application in the first embodiment.

  The mail delivery device 120 according to the third embodiment includes a reception member registration information storage unit 121 similar to the reception member registration information storage unit 101 of the mail delivery device 100 according to the second embodiment, and a transmission control function unit 122. In addition, a transmission member registration information storage unit 123 and a transmission member dedicated mail reception processing function unit 124 are provided. The transmission control function unit 122 and the transmission member dedicated mail reception processing function unit 124 can be software programs stored in a memory built in the control unit 125.

  That is, the mail delivery device 120 in the third embodiment is the same as the control unit 103 (corresponding to the control unit 125 in FIG. 16) in the hardware configuration of the mail delivery device 100 in the second embodiment shown in FIG. In addition, a transmission member dedicated mail reception function unit 124 may be added, and a transmission member registration information storage unit 123 may be connected to the system bus 112 and added. In the mail delivery device 120 in the third embodiment, the display unit 105, the operation input unit 106, and the current position detection unit 108 of the mail delivery device 100 in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 13 are not provided. Also good. In addition, in the mail delivery device 120 of FIG. 16, a transmission mail body storage unit 126 and a reception condition storage unit 127 corresponding to the transmission mail body storage unit 109 and the reception condition storage unit 110 are shown.

  The transmission member registration information storage unit 123 stores transmission member registration information as shown in FIG. 7A in the same manner as described in the first embodiment.

[Example of processing flow of main part in mail delivery system of third embodiment]
<Example of processing operation of the e-mail application exclusively for sending members>
Next, an example of the processing flow of the transmission member dedicated mail application of the transmission member terminal 200 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In addition, since the control part 221 of the transmission member terminal 200 performs the process of each step of this flowchart of FIG. 17 according to a transmission member exclusive application, in the following description, the process of each step of FIG. Will be described.

  That is, when the transmission member-dedicated mail application is activated, the control unit 221 displays the initial screen of the information creation screen for reception condition-added mail on the display screen of the display unit (step S501). This initial screen supports the creation of the receiving condition information and the outgoing mail body for the creation of an email with receiving conditions, and the created receiving condition information and the outgoing mail body information are sent as attachments. And that the subject of the mail can be identified as the subject that can be identified as the transmission of the information for the mail with the reception condition, in this example, the subject that is “subject member mail” is automatically set. In this example, it is displayed on the display screen that it is not necessary to input the subject and destination of the mail and the input of the subject and destination of the mail is prohibited, and the transmission as the user of the transmission member terminal 200 is performed. Informed to members.

  Next, the control unit 221 displays a reception condition reception screen with a message prompting the input of reception conditions for the mail with reception conditions on the display screen of the display unit of the transmission member terminal 200 so as to receive the reception conditions. (Step S502). The reception condition reception process in step S502 can be performed in the same manner as described in step S202 in the processing operation of the transmission control application in the transmission member terminal 2 of the first embodiment.

  In the third embodiment, the transmission member performs the reception condition input and setting processing operation in step S202 described above in advance, and the reception condition information created in advance is received by the transmission member terminal 200. It can be stored in a condition storage unit (not shown). In step S502, the reception condition is inquired to the transmission member who is the user of the transmission member terminal 200 whether to use a new one or a previously created one. The transmission condition selected by the transmitting member can be received from one or a plurality of reception conditions stored in the reception condition storage unit.

  After step S502, the control unit 221 determines whether or not reception of reception conditions has been completed, and waits for completion of reception (step S503). When it is confirmed in step S503 that reception conditions have been received, the control unit 221 generates the received reception conditions as an attached file (step S504). In this example, in addition to the condition information regarding the receiving location, the attribute information described above such as the job type of the transmitting member registered in the mail delivery device 120, which is stored in advance as data associated with the e-mail application dedicated to the transmitting member, is included. As a result, an attached file is generated as reception condition information.

  The sending member attribute information other than the conditions related to the receiving location is created in the mail delivery device 120 from the attachment file of the receiving condition and the attached file of the mail text acquired from the sending member terminal 200 as will be described later. At this time, it is also possible to obtain the information from the transmission member registration information storage unit 123 and add it to the attachment file of the reception condition. In that case, the reception condition attached to the transmission member-dedicated e-mail of the transmission member terminal 200 may be only the condition regarding the reception location.

  Next, the control unit 221 displays a message prompting the creation of an email text on the display screen of the display unit of the transmission member terminal 200, and prompts the sending member to create an email text and accepts an operation for creating the email text ( Step S505).

  After step S505, the control unit 221 determines whether or not the reception of the mail text has been completed, and waits for the completion of the reception (step S506). When it is confirmed in step S506 that the reception of the mail text has been completed, the control unit 221 generates the received mail text as an attached file (step S507).

  Next, the control unit 221 monitors the transmission execution instruction for the transmission member-dedicated mail by the transmission member (step S508), and when determining that the transmission execution instruction has not been issued, determines whether or not a canceling operation has been performed by the transmission member. If it is determined that the cancel operation has not been performed (step S509), the process returns to step S508, and the processes after step S508 are repeated. When it is determined in step S509 that the cancel operation has been performed, the control unit 221 stops the process (step S510) and ends the process routine.

  If it is determined in step S508 that a transmission execution instruction for the transmission member-dedicated mail has been issued, the control unit 221 displays a predetermined mail message for the transmission member-dedicated mail prepared in advance on the display unit of the transmission member terminal 200. In addition to presenting it on the screen, the attachment file of the reception condition created in step S504 and the attachment file of the mail body of the reception condition mail created in step S507 are added to the member-dedicated e-mail of the default e-mail message. The destination is transmitted as the mail delivery device 120 (step S511). Then, this processing routine ends. Note that the mail address of the destination mail delivery device 120 is the accompanying data of the sending member-dedicated mail application.

<Receiving processing example of a member-only email in the mail delivery device 120>
Next, an example of a reception process in the mail delivery device 120 for the transmission member-dedicated mail transmitted from the transmission member terminal 200 as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing of each step in the flowchart of FIG. 18 is performed by the transmission member-dedicated mail reception processing function unit 124 of the mail delivery device 120. In the following description, the processing of each step of FIG. A description will be given assuming that the control unit 125 of the mail delivery apparatus 120 including the dedicated mail reception processing function unit 124 performs.

  The control unit 125 determines whether or not a transmission member-dedicated e-mail has been received (step S521), and monitors the arrival of the transmission member-dedicated e-mail. Whether or not the received mail is a transmission member exclusive mail can be determined by whether or not the subject of the mail is [transmission member exclusive mail].

  When it is determined in step S521 that the transmission member-dedicated e-mail has been received, the control unit 125 refers to the transmission member registration information storage unit 123 by using the e-mail address of the sender of the received transmission member-dedicated e-mail. The transmitting member who transmitted the member-dedicated mail is recognized (step S522). Note that information that can identify the transmitting member, such as the transmitting member name and the transmitting member ID, may be attached to the e-mail dedicated to the transmitting member.

  Next, the control unit 125 identifies the transmission member text attached to the received transmission member-dedicated email in the transmission message body storage unit 126, the reception condition information in the reception condition storage unit 127, and the transmission member identification information. For example, the transmission member name and the transmission member ID are stored in association with each other (step S523).

  Next, the control unit 125 activates the transmission control function unit (transmission control application) 122 and transmits the transmission member name and the transmission member ID, which are examples of identification information of the transmission member that is the sender, to the transmission control function unit. (Step S524). Then, the transmission member dedicated mail reception processing routine is terminated, and the processing of the transmission control function unit 122 is started.

<Processing Example of Transmission Control Function Unit in Mail Distribution Device 120>
Next, a processing example of the transmission control function unit 122 in the mail delivery apparatus 120 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing of each step in the flowchart of FIG. 19 is performed by the transmission control function unit 122 of the mail delivery apparatus 120. In the following description, the processing of each step of FIG. A description will be given assuming that the control unit 125 of the mail delivery apparatus 120 provided is performed.

  The control unit 125 determines whether or not the transmission control function unit 122 has been activated and waits for activation (step S531). When it is determined that the transmission control function unit 122 has been activated, The transmission member ID is recognized (step S532).

  Next, the control unit 125 reads out the transmission mail text stored in the transmission mail text storage unit 126 in association with the transmission member ID recognized in step S532 and recognizes it in the reception condition storage unit 127 in step S532. The reception condition stored in association with the transmitted member ID is read. Then, the control unit 125 attaches the read reception condition as an attached file to the read transmission mail body, and creates a reception condition-attached mail (step S533). In addition, when adding the attribute information of the transmitting member other than the condition regarding the receiving location as the receiving condition by the mail delivery device 120, refer to the transmitting member registration information storage unit 123 and acquire it based on the transmitting member ID. Can be added.

  Next, the control unit 125 recognizes the transmission mode stored in the transmission member registration information storage unit 123 in association with the transmission member ID recognized in step S532 (step S534). Next, the control unit 125 executes processing for transmitting the e-mail with reception conditions created in step S533 to the e-mail address of the receiving member terminal 300 of the receiving member stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit 121. (Step S535). In this case, in this example, a mail with a reception condition is transmitted to all of the receiving members stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit 121. However, when the transmitting member selects the receiving member that transmits the e-mail with the receiving condition from the receiving members stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit 121, the selected part of the receiving member is received. It is also possible to send e-mails with reception conditions only to members.

  Next, the control unit 125 determines whether or not the mail transmission in the transmission mode recognized in step S534 is completed (step S536), and when determining that the mail transmission in the recognized transmission mode is not completed, The next transmission timing is waited (step S537), and when it is determined that the next transmission timing has arrived, the process returns to step S535 to execute transmission of the reception conditional mail addressed to the receiving member terminal 300 of the receiving member. . When the control unit 125 determines in step S536 that mail transmission in the recognized transmission mode has been completed, the control routine ends.

  In the third embodiment, when the transmission of the e-mail with the receiving condition to the receiving member is completed, the e-mail text that has been transmitted and stored in the transmitted mail body storage unit 126 and the reception condition storage unit 127 and The reception condition is deleted from the outgoing mail body storage unit 126 and the reception condition storage unit 127.

[Effect of the third embodiment]
Also in the mail delivery system according to the third embodiment, as with the mail delivery system according to the first embodiment, the receiving member sends the received mail according to the receiving position in a state where the personal information other than the mail address is concealed. Thus, an effect of narrowing down (filtering) can be obtained.

  In the mail delivery system of the third embodiment, the same hardware configuration as that of the second embodiment is used, so that a plurality of sending members can use the delivery of mail with reception conditions. is there.

[Modification of Third Embodiment]
In the third embodiment described above, when the mail delivery device 120 receives a transmission member-dedicated mail from a transmission member, it immediately creates a reception conditional mail and transmits it to the reception member. However, it is not essential to immediately create an email with a receiving condition and send it to the receiving member when receiving the sending member-only email from the sending member, at the time of delay from receiving the sending member-only email, A mail with reception conditions may be created and sent to the receiving member. In addition, the sending member-dedicated e-mail from the sending member includes the transmission start time of the e-mail with the reception condition, and the mail distribution device 120 monitors the transmission start time of the e-mail with the reception condition and starts the transmission. When the time comes, the transmission control function unit 122 may be activated to transmit a mail with a reception condition to the receiving member.

  In the third embodiment described above, the mail text and the reception condition information are sent from the sending member terminal to the mail distribution device as an email attachment file. The method of providing to the apparatus is not limited to this. For example, a storage medium such as a memory card or a USB memory is used to provide a mail distribution apparatus with information on the mail text and reception conditions, and the operator of the mail distribution apparatus can specify the mail text and reception conditions of the storage medium. The information may be stored in each storage unit in association with the transmission member ID.

[Other Embodiments or Modifications]
Also in the second and third embodiments described above, various aspects and various modifications similar to those in the first embodiment can be applied.

  In the first to third embodiments described above, the reception condition is included in the attached file of the mail. However, in the mail communication protocol, the reception condition is different from the communication timing of the mail text including the attached file. If there is a field that can be used by the user in predetermined data to be exchanged, a reception condition may be included in the field. If there is enough data in the field, the same effect can be expected even if there is no attached file.

  In the first to third embodiments described above, the transmitting member and the receiving member are registered as members. However, the transmitting member and the receiving member need only be registered as a sender or a receiver, and do not become members. Of course, the same effect can be expected.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mail server, 2 ... Transmission member terminal, 3 ... Reception member terminal, 4 ... Communication network, 11 ... Transmission member registration information storage part, 12 ... Reception member registration information storage part, 13 ... Mail transfer process functional part, 37 ... Reception position information acquisition unit, 212 ... transmission control function unit (transmission control application), 312 ... reception control function unit (reception control application)

Claims (27)

A transmission member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a transmission member of a reception condition mail to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added, and a reception member registration that stores registration information of the reception member of the reception condition mail A mail server comprising: an information storage unit; and a function of transferring the reception conditional mail received from the transmitting member to the receiving member;
A mail transmitting terminal possessed by the transmitting member and having a transmission control function unit for creating and transmitting the reception conditional mail;
Whether the receiving member possesses reception position information acquisition means for acquiring reception position information for receiving the reception conditional mail received by the own terminal, and whether or not the received reception conditional mail is presented to the user A mail receiving terminal having a reception control function unit for controlling
An email delivery system consisting of
The transmission control function unit of the mail transmission terminal generates the reception condition-added mail to which at least a condition relating to the reception location of the reception-conditional mail is added as the reception condition, and the generated reception-conditional mail is Send it to the mail server,
The mail server transfers the reception conditional mail received from the mail transmission terminal to the receiving member using the registration information stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit,
The reception control function unit of the mail receiving terminal has at least the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition unit as the reception condition added to the received mail with the reception condition. A mail delivery system characterized by determining whether or not the reception condition of the reception conditional mail is met, and determining whether or not to present the reception conditional mail to a user. The transmission control function unit is provided as a software program from the mail server to the mail transmission terminal based on registration as the transmission member, and is installed in the mail transmission terminal. The mail delivery system described in. The reception control function unit is provided as a software program from the mail server to the mail transmission terminal and installed in the mail reception terminal based on registration as the reception member. Or the mail delivery system of Claim 2. The said transmission control function part is provided with the function to receive the conditions regarding the receiving location designated by the user of the said mail transmission terminal as the said reception conditions added to the said mail with a reception condition. Item 4. The mail delivery system according to any one of items 3 to 4. The mail delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the transmission control function unit adds the reception condition as an attached file to the mail with the reception condition. When the mail server receives the mail with reception condition from the mail transmission terminal, the mail server repeatedly transfers the mail with reception condition to the mail reception terminal a predetermined number of times. The mail delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. When the mail server receives the reception conditional mail from the mail transmission terminal, the mail server repeatedly transfers the reception conditional mail a plurality of times at predetermined time intervals to the mail reception terminal. The mail delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The transmission member registration information storage unit stores a transfer mode of the reception conditional mail to the mail receiving terminal in association with each of the transmission members, and the mail server stores the transmission member registration. The mail delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a transfer mode to the receiving member terminal is determined with reference to the registration information in an information storage unit. The mail server determines whether or not the received mail is the reception conditional mail from the mail transmission terminal with reference to the registration information of the transmission member registration information storage unit. The mail delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The transmission control function unit, as the reception condition, in addition to the conditions regarding the reception location, adds the attribute information of the transmission member possessing the mail transmission terminal, and transmits the reception conditional mail,
Whether the reception control function unit presents the mail with the reception condition to the user also with the attribute information of the transmission member selected by the user of the mail receiving terminal from the list of attribute information of the transmission member. The mail delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising a function of accepting the reception condition for determining whether or not. The transmission control function unit adds the attribute information of the user that the transmitting member desires as a transfer destination of the reception conditional mail to the reception conditional mail in addition to the condition regarding the reception location as the reception condition. Send
The reception control function unit also judges whether or not the attribute information of the user of the mail receiving terminal and the attribute information of the user match the reception condition, and presents the reception conditional mail to the user The mail delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising a function of accepting the reception condition for determining whether or not to perform the reception. The mail distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the reception position information acquisition unit includes a current position detection unit for detecting a current position of the terminal itself. The mail delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the reception position information acquisition unit includes an input reception unit that receives an input of a reception position by the receiving member. A transmission member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a transmission member of a reception condition mail to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added, and a reception member registration that stores registration information of the reception member of the reception condition mail A mail server having an information storage unit and a function of forwarding the reception conditional mail received from the transmitting member to the receiving member receives the reception conditional mail from the mail transmission terminal possessed by the transmitting member. Forward to the mail receiving terminal of the receiving member,
The reception location of the mail with the reception condition as the reception condition in which at least the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition means is added to the received mail with the reception condition. The mail sending terminal in the mail delivery system for determining whether or not the condition is satisfied and determining whether or not to present the reception conditional mail to a user,
Accepting means for accepting information on a condition relating to a reception place of the reception conditional mail;
Means for generating the reception conditional mail by adding a condition regarding the reception location of the reception conditional mail received by the reception means to the created mail;
Means for sending the generated e-mail with reception condition to the mail server;
A mail transmission terminal comprising: a transmission control function unit comprising: The said transmission control function part is provided with the function to receive the conditions regarding the receiving place designated by the user of the said mail transmission terminal as the said reception conditions added to the said mail with a reception condition. Mail sending terminal. The mail transmission terminal according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the transmission control function unit adds the reception condition as an attached file to the mail with the reception condition. The mail transmission terminal according to any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein the transmission control function unit adds information on another condition as the reception condition in addition to the condition on the reception location. A transmission member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a transmission member of a reception condition mail to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added, and a reception member registration that stores registration information of the reception member of the reception condition mail A mail server comprising an information storage unit and a function of forwarding the reception conditional e-mail received from the transmission member to the reception member is at least as the reception condition from the mail transmission terminal possessed by the transmission member, The mail receiving terminal in the mail distribution system that receives the mail with the receiving condition to which the condition regarding the receiving place of the mail with the receiving condition is added and forwards the mail to the mail receiving terminal possessed by the receiving member. And
A reception control function for controlling whether or not the received terminal conditionally received mail is presented to the user, with a reception position information acquiring unit for acquiring reception position information for receiving the reception conditionally received mail. Part
The reception control function unit includes at least the reception condition attached as the reception condition in which the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition unit is added to the received mail with reception condition. A mail receiving terminal, wherein it is determined whether or not a mail receiving location condition is met, and whether or not the mail with a receiving condition is presented to a user is determined. The reception condition is attached to the email with reception condition as an attached file,
The reception control function unit acquires the reception condition from the received attachment file of the reception conditional mail, and uses the acquired reception condition to determine whether or not to present the reception conditional mail to a user. The mail receiving terminal according to claim 18, wherein the mail receiving terminal is determined. In addition to the conditions regarding the reception location, the mail transmission terminal adds the attribute information of the transmission member possessing the mail transmission terminal as the reception condition, and transmits the reception conditional mail.
Whether the reception control function unit presents the mail with the reception condition to the user also with the attribute information of the transmission member selected by the user of the mail receiving terminal from the list of attribute information of the transmission member. The mail receiving terminal according to claim 18 or 19, further comprising a function of accepting as the reception condition for determining whether or not. The mail transmitting terminal adds the attribute information of a user that the transmitting member desires as a transfer destination of the reception conditional mail to the reception conditional mail as the reception condition in addition to the condition regarding the reception location. Is to send,
The reception control function unit also judges whether or not the attribute information of the user of the mail receiving terminal and the attribute information of the user match the reception condition, and presents the reception conditional mail to the user The mail receiving terminal according to any one of claims 18 to 20, further comprising a function of accepting as the reception condition for determining whether or not to perform. A transmission member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a transmission member of a reception condition mail to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added, and a reception member registration that stores registration information of the reception member of the reception condition mail A mail server having an information storage unit and a function of forwarding the reception conditional mail received from the transmitting member to the receiving member receives the reception conditional mail from the mail transmission terminal possessed by the transmitting member. Forward to the mail receiving terminal of the receiving member,
The reception location of the mail with the reception condition as the reception condition in which at least the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition means is added to the received mail with the reception condition. A computer provided in the mail transmission terminal in the mail distribution system for determining whether or not the condition is satisfied and determining whether or not to present the reception conditional mail to a user,
Accepting means for accepting information on conditions relating to the receiving location of the reception conditional mail;
Means for generating the reception conditional mail by adding a condition regarding the reception location of the reception conditional mail received by the reception means to the created mail;
Means for sending the generated e-mail with reception condition to the mail server;
Mail transmission control program to make it run as. A transmission member registration unit that stores registration information of a transmission member of a mail with reception condition to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added, and a reception member registration unit that stores registration information of the reception member of the mail with reception condition A mail server having a function of forwarding the reception conditional e-mail received from the sending member to the receiving member from the mail sending terminal possessed by the sending member registered in the sending member registration unit, A mail receiving terminal possessed by the receiving member registered in the receiving member registration unit that receives the receiving conditional mail to which at least a condition related to the receiving location of the receiving conditional mail is added as a receiving condition A computer provided in the mail receiving terminal in the mail delivery system to be transferred to
Receiving position information acquisition means for acquiring the receiving position information from which the own terminal receives the reception conditional e-mail;
Means for extracting a condition relating to a receiving location of the reception conditional mail added to the reception conditional mail from the received conditional mail;
Determining whether or not the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition means matches the condition of the reception location of the extracted reception condition-added mail; A means of deciding whether to present an email to the user,
Mail reception control program to be executed as A reception member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a reception member of a reception condition mail to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added; and the reception condition mail with the reception condition created A mail delivery device comprising: a transmission control function unit for sending mail to the receiving member;
Whether the receiving member possesses reception position information acquisition means for acquiring reception position information for receiving the reception conditional mail received by the own terminal, and whether or not the received reception conditional mail is presented to the user A mail receiving terminal having a reception control function unit for controlling
An email delivery system consisting of
The transmission control function unit of the mail delivery device generates the reception condition-added mail to which at least a condition related to a reception location of the reception-conditional mail is added as the reception condition, and the generated reception-conditional mail is Send to the receiving member using the registration information stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit,
The reception control function unit of the mail receiving terminal has at least the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition unit as the reception condition added to the received mail with the reception condition. A mail delivery system characterized by determining whether or not the reception condition of the reception conditional mail is met, and determining whether or not to present the reception conditional mail to a user. The mail delivery apparatus includes a transmission member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a transmission member who desires to transmit the reception conditional mail, a mail text of the reception conditional mail created by the transmission member, and the reception condition. And storing means for storing in association with the identification information of the transmitting member,
The transmission control function unit of the mail distribution apparatus creates the reception conditional mail using the mail text and the reception condition of the reception conditional mail created by the transmission member stored in the storage unit. The mail delivery system according to claim 24. A reception member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a reception member of a reception condition mail to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added; and the reception condition mail with the reception condition created The transmission control function unit of the mail distribution device comprising: a transmission control function unit that transmits a mail to the receiving member; the reception condition in which at least a condition regarding a reception location of the mail with the reception condition is added as the reception condition A mail delivery system for generating an attached mail and transmitting the generated mail with a reception condition to the mail receiving terminal possessed by the receiving member using the registration information stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit The mail receiving terminal in
A reception control function for controlling whether or not the received terminal conditionally received mail is presented to the user, with a reception position information acquiring unit for acquiring reception position information for receiving the reception conditionally received mail. Part
The reception control function unit includes at least the reception condition attached as the reception condition in which the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition unit is added to the received mail with reception condition. A mail receiving terminal, wherein it is determined whether or not a mail receiving location condition is met, and whether or not the mail with a receiving condition is presented to a user is determined. A reception member registration information storage unit that stores registration information of a reception member of a reception condition mail to which a reception condition for restricting reception is added; and the reception condition mail with the reception condition created The transmission control function unit of the mail distribution device comprising: a transmission control function unit that transmits a mail to the receiving member; the reception condition in which at least a condition regarding a reception location of the mail with the reception condition is added as the reception condition A mail delivery system for generating an attached mail and transmitting the generated mail with a reception condition to the mail receiving terminal possessed by the receiving member using the registration information stored in the receiving member registration information storage unit A computer provided in the mail receiving terminal in
Receiving position information acquisition detecting means for acquiring receiving position information from which the terminal receives the reception conditional mail,
Means for extracting a condition relating to a receiving location of the reception conditional mail added to the reception conditional mail from the received conditional mail;
Determining whether or not the position indicated by the reception position information acquired by the reception position information acquisition and detection means matches the condition of the reception location of the extracted reception condition-added mail; Means for deciding whether or not to present the attached email to the user;
Mail reception control program to be executed as

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