JPH0983564A - Electronic mail device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic mail device summing up a returned response result and notifying it. SOLUTION: The processing means 22 of a terminal machine 2 generates and processes question data 22A and a response data 22B and question data 22A and response data 22B, which are processed by the processing means 22, are supplied to a transmission/reception means 21 and are transmitted to the terminal machines 3-n through a network NW. The terminal machines 3-n receive mail data and make a response. A response result is returned to the terminal machine 2 as mail data through the network NW. Thus, the terminal machine 2 receives returned mail data by the transmission/reception means 21 and supplies it to a summing-up means 28. The summing-up means 253 generates a response result list and gives the notice of summed-up response data to a transmission-side.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail device, and more particularly, to an electronic mail device provided with a means for collecting answers such as questionnaire surveys.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional (not shown) electronic mail device is
When the response survey result from the other party is obtained, the sending side sends a document including a request for reply to the other party, causes the receiving side to check the document contents, causes the sending side to reply the reply document, and the sending side confirms it. We were able to obtain the survey results.

[0003]

In this conventional electronic mail apparatus, each receiving side needs to prepare a reply document to the sending side and send back when the answer survey result is obtained. There was a problem that I had to check and summarize the results myself.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic mail device which totals reply results returned from the receiving side and notifies the sending side of the totalized result.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic mail apparatus of the present invention comprises a host system for controlling transmission / reception of mail data via a network,
Under the control of this host system, a question text data consisting of a question text and a processing means for processing answer column data as a list of answer data for this question text as the mail data, and a mail processed by this processing means Transmitting / receiving data to a plurality of other parties via the network, and receiving and transmitting the reply result of the mail data transmitted to the plurality of other parties as the response data, and response data of the plurality of other parties received by the transmitting / receiving means. And a plurality of terminals equipped with a counting means for counting

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an electronic mail apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic mail device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the electronic mail apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a mail data creation screen (A) on the sending side, a reply screen (B) on the receiving side, and a notification screen (C) on the sending side of the electronic mail device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a transmission format diagram (A), a response result transmission format diagram (B), and a response result list diagram (C) of the electronic mail apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic mail device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a host system 1 for controlling transmission / reception of mail data via a network NW, and under the control of the host system 1, The processing unit 22 that processes the question text data 22A including the question text and the answer column data 22B that lists the answer data for this question text as mail data, and the mail data processed by this processing unit 22 via the network NW. And a sending / receiving means 21 for sending the reply result of the mail data sent to the plural parties as reply data.
A plurality of terminals 2, each of which is provided with an aggregating means 23 for aggregating the reply data of a plurality of parties received by the transmitting / receiving means 21.
3, to, and n.

Next, the operation of the electronic mail apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The operation of the electronic mail device according to the embodiment of the present invention is as shown in FIG.
2, the question sentence data 22A and the answer column data 22B are generated and processed, and displayed as shown in FIG. 3A. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the processing means 22 acquires the mail ID (step S1). ) And input the destination (step S2)
After that, the question sentence is input (step S3) and the selection item is input (step S4).

Then, when the processing means 22 inputs the question of whether or not to allow a plurality of answers or the selection limit number (step S5) to add a question, the same procedure is continuously repeated from step S3. The procedure is ended (step S6), the question sentence data 22A and the answer column data 22B processed by the processing means 22 are supplied to the transmitting / receiving means 21 and converted into the format as shown in FIG. A plurality of terminals 3,-, via NW
The mail data is sent to n.

The plurality of terminals 3, ..., N receive the mail data and transmit the question text data 22A and the answer column data 2
2B is combined and displayed as shown in FIG. 3B. If the receiving side answers the displayed question and the number of answers is limited, the selection within that range becomes effective and the receiving side performs the answer process. Upon completion, the reply result is generated and converted into the format as shown in FIG. 4B, and then the mail data is returned to the terminal device 2 via the network NW.

Therefore, in the sending terminal 2, the sending / receiving means 21 receives the returned mail data and the counting means 23
In order to identify whether or not the totalizing means 23 is the mail data of the same survey result, a reply result list as shown in FIG. 4C is created for each mail ID, and from the reply result list The answer data is extracted and totaled, and the result is notified to the transmitting side in a display as shown in FIG.

Further, using a specific example, for example, when conducting a survey such as a conference participation and a meal order by mail data, the sending side uses the mail data as shown in FIG. It is created and transmitted to each destination via the transmitting / receiving means 21.

On the other hand, the receiving side receives the mail data as shown in FIG. 3B, each receiving side answers each question, and the mail data of the answer result is automatically created, and the answer result is sent to the sending side. Is returned and received by the transmitting / receiving means 21 on the transmitting side, passed to the summing means 23 to create a reply result list of the same mail ID ((C) in FIG. 4), and the reply information is extracted and summed from the list. Then, the totalization result as shown in FIG. 3C is displayed on the transmitting side.

The operation of the electronic mail apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is transmitted from the terminal 2 to the terminal 3,
.., n, the terminals 3, ..., N have the same configuration as the terminal 2, and mutual transmission / reception operates in the same manner as described above.

[0020]

As described above, according to the electronic mail apparatus of the present invention, when making an answer or a survey, the answer and reply processing can be performed at once by selecting the answer at the receiving side of the mail data. , Which has the effect of improving the operability, and because the sending side aggregates the mail data of the reply results and notifies the result, it can be applied to questionnaire surveys, voting, elections, etc. using mail data. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of an electronic mail device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an electronic mail device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a mail data creation screen (A) on the sending side, a reply screen (B) on the receiving side, and a notification screen (C) on the sending side of the electronic mail device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a transmission format diagram (A), a response result transmission format diagram (B), and a response result list diagram (C) of the electronic mail device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Host system 2, 3, ..., N Terminal 21 Transmitting / receiving means 22 Processing means 23 Aggregating means NW network

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A host system for controlling transmission / reception of mail data via a network, and under the control of this host system, a question column data consisting of a question sentence and an answer column listing answer data for this question sentence. The processing means for processing the data as the mail data, the mail data processed by the processing means is transmitted to a plurality of partners via the network, and the reply result of the mail data transmitted to the plurality of partners is the above-mentioned reply. An electronic mail apparatus comprising: a plurality of terminals including a transmission / reception means for receiving as data and a totalization means for totaling reply data of a plurality of partners received by the transmission / reception means.