JPH04212550A - Device and method for processing electronic medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily execute the work of adding a sign describing the occupation and contact destination or the like of a transmitting person by providing a sign adding device. CONSTITUTION:The electronic mail transmitting person activates a sign editor 11 and edits a main sentence 12 of an electronic mail. Next, a sign selector 19 is activated, a sign group 18 composed of the personal information of the transmitting person stored in a sign storage device 17 is read, and the electronic mail transmit selects a sign 20 corresponding to the destination of the electronic mail from the sign group 18. Further, a sign adding device 13 is activated to output a sign added electronic mail 14 added the selected sign 20 to the main sentence 12 of the electronic mail. Finally, an electronic mail transmitter 15 converts the sign added electronic mail 14 to a transmitting electronic mail 16 and transmits it to outside.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic media processing device and an electronic media processing method that are equipped with a device for selecting a signature to be added when transmitting electronic media.

0002

[Background Art] When transmitting electronic media, it is customary to add a signature indicating the sender's affiliation, contact information, etc. to the body of the electronic media.In recent years, it has become common practice to use multiple signatures for different recipients. has become the mainstream. For example:
Different signatures will be used for electronic media addressed within the organization to which the sender belongs and for electronic media addressed outside the organization, as well as for electronic media addressed domestically and electronic media addressed overseas. .

[0003] Conventionally, an electronic media processing device generally had a configuration as shown in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an e-mail editing device that sends out an e-mail body 2. 3 is a signature adding device that adds the signature 5 output from the single signature storage device 4 to the e-mail body 2; 6 is the e-mail with the signature added output from the signature adding device 3; and 7 is the e-mail 8 to be sent. This is an e-mail sending device that outputs.

[0004] The operation of a conventional electronic media processing device will now be explained. When the e-mail editing device 1 finishes editing the e-mail body 2, it outputs the e-mail body 2 to the signature adding device 3. The signature adding device 3 adds a signature 5 input from the single signature storage device 4 to the electronic medium body 2 input from the email editing device 1, and outputs the signed email 6 to the email transmitting device 7. do. The e-mail sending device 7 inputs the signed e-mail 6 from the signature adding device 3, converts it into a transmission e-mail 8, and sends it to the outside.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in such conventional electronic media processing devices, when attempting to use multiple signatures, it is necessary for the email sender to manually rewrite the stored contents of the single signature storage device 4. There were problems such as the occurrence of In addition, e-mail body 2 to overseas
There was a problem in that an error occurred in which a signature written in Japanese code was added to the body 2 of an e-mail addressed to a domestic address.

The electronic media processing device of the present invention solves the above problem, and provides an electronic media processing device that can select one signature from a plurality of signatures prepared in advance and add it to the main text of an electronic media. It is an object.

Another object of the electronic media processing apparatus of the present invention is to provide an electronic media processing apparatus that can add a correct signature to the text of an electronic medium.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The electronic media processing device of the present invention includes a signature storage device that stores and outputs a group of signatures consisting of personal information of a sender, and a signature that selects a specific signature from the group of signatures. The present invention includes a selection device, and a signature addition device that adds the signature selected by the signature selection device to the main body of the electronic medium and outputs the electronic medium with the signature added.

Further, the electronic medium processing device and the electronic medium processing method of the present invention include a destination detection device that receives an electronic medium text as input, detects destination information from the electronic medium body and outputs it, and a destination detection device that detects and outputs the destination information and the signature group. The apparatus includes an extended signature selection device that outputs a signature as an input.

0010

[Operation] Since the electronic media processing device of the present invention has the signature selection function with the above-described configuration, it selects one signature from a plurality of signatures prepared in advance and adds it to the electronic media body. It is something that can be done.

[0011] Furthermore, since the electronic media processing device of the present invention has the above-described configuration and has a destination detection function and an extended signature selection mechanism, it retains the past transmission history and can add the correct signature to the electronic media body. It is possible.

0012

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an e-mail processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[0013] In FIG. 1, 11 is the e-mail body 1
2 is an e-mail editing device which outputs the e-mail 14, and 13 is a signature adding device which outputs an e-mail 14 with a signature added thereto. 15
is an e-mail sending device that outputs outgoing e-mail 16. A sign storage device 17 outputs a sign group 18. 19 outputs the sign 20 selected by the sign selection device.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained in detail below with reference to FIG. 2 which shows a flowchart thereof.

1) The email sender activates the signature editing device 11,
Edit the email body 12.

2) Next, the signature selection device 19 is activated, reads the signature group 18 consisting of the sender's personal information stored in the signature storage device 17, and selects the e-mail sender from the signature group 1.
8, the signature 20 is selected according to the e-mail destination.

3) Furthermore, the signature adding device 13 is activated, and a signed e-mail 14 in which the selected signature 20 is added to the e-mail body 12 is output.

4) Finally, the e-mail sending device 15 converts the signed e-mail 14 into a transmission e-mail 16 and sends it to the outside.

As described above, according to the e-mail processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention, compared to the conventional e-mail processing device, the signature selection device 19 is adopted as a constituent process, so that the e-mail sender can receive the e-mail more easily. It becomes possible to add a signature to the e-mail body 12 according to the destination.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment, in which parts corresponding to the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals. The difference is that a destination detection device 21 is provided to detect the destination from the e-mail body 12, and an extended signature selection device 23 is controlled by the destination information 22 that is output from the device.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 1) The e-mail sender starts the signature editing device 11,
Edit the email body 12.

2) Next, the destination detection device 21 extracts the destination information 22 from the email body 12 and sends it to the extended signature selection device 23.
The destination information 22 is output to the destination. 3) Next, the extended signature selection device 23 refers to the past transmission history stored internally and selects whether to use the signature 20 used when sending the e-mail last time to the destination in the destination information 22, or to change the signature An e-mail sender selects one signature 20 from a group 18, and an internally stored past transmission history is updated based on the selected signature 20 and destination information 22.

4) Further, the signature adding device 18 is activated, and a signed e-mail 14 in which the selected signature 20 is added to the e-mail body 12 is output.

5) Finally, the e-mail sending device 15 converts the signed e-mail 14 into a transmission e-mail 16 and sends it to the outside.

Furthermore, according to the e-mail processing apparatus of the other embodiment described above, compared to the conventional e-mail processing apparatus, the e-mail Search the past sending history using the destination information 22 in the body 12 and find the signature 20 that is the same as the signature 20 added to the outgoing e-mail 16 sent to the same destination as the e-mail body 12 that you are currently trying to send. By presenting the signature 20, the e-mail sender can add the correct signature 20 to the e-mail body 12.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the e-mail processing device in the above embodiment, but based on the spirit of the present invention, it can be applied to various information processing such as an electronic news processing device and an electronic bulletin board processing device. Adaptation is possible.

[0027]

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention provides an electronic media processing device that can select one signature from a plurality of signatures prepared in advance and add it to the body of the electronic media. can. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic medium processing device that can add a correct signature to the text of an electronic medium using past transmission history.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an e-mail processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Flow diagram of email processing in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an e-mail processing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of email processing in another embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 5] Configuration diagram of a conventional email processing device

[Explanation of symbols]

11 E-mail editing device 13 Sign adding device 15 Sign adding device 16 Sign storage device 19 Sign selection device 21 Destination detection device 23. Extended sign selection device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A signature storage device that stores and outputs a group of signatures consisting of personal information of a sender, a signature selection device that selects a specific signature from the group of signatures, and a signature selected by the signature selection device. 1. An electronic media processing device comprising: a signature adding device that adds a signature to the electronic media body and outputs a signed electronic medium. 2. A signature storage step for storing and outputting a group of signatures comprising personal information of a sender; a signature selection step for selecting a specific signature from the group of signatures; and a signature selected in the signature selection step. An electronic medium processing method comprising: a signature adding step of adding a signature to the electronic medium body and outputting a signed electronic medium. 3. A destination detection device that receives an electronic medium text as input, detects and outputs destination information from the electronic medium text, and an extended signature selection device that receives the destination information and a group of signatures as input and outputs a signature. The electronic media processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: 4. A destination detection procedure that receives an electronic medium text as input, detects and outputs destination information from the electronic medium text, and an extended signature selection procedure that receives the destination information and a group of signatures as input and outputs a signature. The electronic medium processing method according to claim 2, characterized in that: