JPH10301926A - Mail device, its mail address managing method and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify registering operation for the mail address of an electronic mail (E-mail). SOLUTION: When the device receives an E-mail, a CPU 30 extracts a mail address from the E-mail and judges the existence of the same mail address by referring to an address book stored in a RAM 32. When the same mail address is not registered, the CPU 30 displays the unregistered mail address of the received E-mail on a liquid crystal display device 21 and registers the mail address of which registration is instructed by a user in the address book stored in the RAM 32.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail device having an e-mail transmission / reception function and a mail address management function, a mail address management method thereof, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic apparatus of this kind, for example, a personal computer or a word processor equipped with communication software for e-mail, an e-mail address can be registered in an address book together with name and address data. . However, conventional devices are configured such that when registering an e-mail address in an address book, a user manually inputs an e-mail address again, even for a partner who has sent and received e-mail several times. Was.

[0003]

However, it is troublesome to manually input the e-mail address of a partner who has sent and received e-mails several times, and the e-mail address is composed of symbols, so it is necessary to input it. It is easy to make a mistake. Further, there has been a problem in the related art that it takes a lot of trouble to search for an address from the received e-mail and input the e-mail address in the address book.

[0004] In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide:
An object of the present invention is to provide a mail device, a mail address management method thereof, and a recording medium that can simplify the operation of registering an electronic mail address.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a mail apparatus capable of transmitting / receiving an electronic mail to / from an external device and registering a mail address in a storage means. Character processing means for extracting a mail address from a received e-mail, determining means for determining whether or not the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the storage means, And control means for newly registering the e-mail address extracted by the character processing means in the storage means when is obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the mail apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising character input means for inputting the address book related information in the form of a character, and wherein the control means inputs the information from the character input means. The obtained address book related information is stored in association with the mail address.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the mail apparatus according to the second aspect, further comprising display means for displaying the mail address and address book related information registered and stored in the storage means. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a mail device capable of transmitting / receiving an electronic mail to / from an external device and registering the mail address in the first storage means, a character for extracting a mail address from the received electronic mail is provided. Processing means; determining means for determining whether or not the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the storage means; and, if a determination of no is obtained, the character information is extracted by the character processing means. A second storage unit for temporarily storing the mail address, a selection unit for selecting a mail address to be registered in the first storage unit among the mail addresses stored in the second storage unit, and the selected mail. Control means for newly registering an address in the first storage means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the mail apparatus according to the fourth aspect, there is further provided a character input means for inputting the address book related information in the form of characters, and the control means inputs the information from the character input means. Storing the obtained address book related information in the first storage means in association with the mail address.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the mail apparatus according to the fifth aspect, further comprising display means for displaying the mail address and address book related information registered and stored in the first storage means. And

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the mail device according to the sixth aspect, a counting means for counting the number of mails having the same mail address in the received mails,
Sorting means for rearranging the mail addresses stored in the first storage means in descending order of the counting result of the counting means, wherein the display means displays the mail addresses in descending order of the counting result. And

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the mail device according to the sixth aspect, the mail address comprises personal-related information and affiliation-related information, and the affiliation-related information of the mail address stored in the first storage means. Sorting means for rearranging the mail addresses of the first storage means with mail addresses having common information is further provided.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the mail apparatus according to the eighth aspect, among the mail addresses having the same department-related information, the leading mail address is assigned to the department-related information and the personal-related information. The first
It is characterized in that it is stored in a storage means, and for the remaining mail addresses, only personal-related information is stored in the first storage means.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail address management method for a mail device capable of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail to and from an external device and registering the mail address in a recording unit in the device. The e-mail address is extracted, and it is determined whether or not the same e-mail address as the extracted e-mail address is registered in the recording unit. If a determination of no is obtained, the extracted e-mail address is It is characterized in that it is newly registered in the recording unit.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the mail address management method for a mail device according to the tenth aspect, the address book-related information is entered in the form of characters, and the input address book-related information is entered into the mail address. It is characterized by being stored in association.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the mail address management method for a mail device according to the eleventh aspect, the mail address and the address book related information registered and stored in the storage unit can be displayed. I do.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the mail address management method for a mail device capable of transmitting / receiving an electronic mail to / from an external device and registering the mail address in the first storage unit, Extracting an address, determining whether or not the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the storage means, and if a determination of no is obtained, the extracted mail address is stored in the mail device. In the second storage unit, and selects an e-mail address to be registered in the first storage unit from among the e-mail addresses stored in the second storage unit, and stores the selected e-mail address in the second storage unit. 1 is newly registered in the storage unit.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the mail address management method for a mail device according to the thirteenth aspect, the mail device further comprises character input means for inputting address book related information in the form of characters. Storing the address book related information input from the input means in the first storage means in association with the mail address.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the mail address management method for a mail device according to the fourteenth aspect, it is possible to display the mail address and the address book related information registered and stored in the first storage unit. Features.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the mail address management method for a mail device according to the fifteenth aspect, the number of mails having the same mail address in the received mails is counted, and the count result is larger or smaller. The e-mail addresses stored in the first storage unit are rearranged in order, and the e-mail addresses are displayed in descending order of the counting result.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the mail address management method for a mail device according to the fifteenth aspect, the mail address is composed of personal-related information and department-related information, and is stored in the first storage unit. The mail addresses in the first storage unit are rearranged by mail addresses having common department-related information of the addresses.

The invention according to claim 18 is the mail address management method for a mail device according to claim 17, wherein, among the mail addresses having the same department-related information, the first mail address is assigned to the department-related information. And the personal related information is stored in the first storage unit, and only the personal related information for the remaining mail addresses is stored in the first storage unit.
It is stored in a storage unit.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium mountable on a mail device having a computer, wherein the computer for transmitting / receiving an electronic mail to / from an external device and registering a mail address in a storage unit is provided. In a recording medium recording a program to be executed, the program includes:
Extract the email address from the received email,
A determination is made as to whether the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the storage unit. If a determination of no is obtained, the mail address extracted by the character processing unit is stored in the storage unit. The program is characterized in that the program is newly registered.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the nineteenth aspect, the program further accepts input of the address book-related information in the form of characters, and stores the input address book-related information in the mail address. And is stored in association with.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the twentieth aspect, the program displays the mail address and the address book-related information registered and stored in the storage unit.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium mountable on a mail apparatus having a computer, wherein the medium transmits / receives an e-mail to / from an external apparatus, and sets a first mail address.
In a recording medium storing a program to be executed by the computer for registration in a storage unit, the program extracts a mail address from a received e-mail, and stores the same mail address as the extracted mail address in the storage. It is determined whether or not it is registered in the department,
If the determination is negative, the extracted mail address is temporarily stored in the second storage unit, and the mail address to be registered in the first storage unit among the mail addresses stored in the second storage unit And a program for newly registering the selected mail address in the first storage unit.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the twenty-second aspect, the program accepts input of the address book-related information in the form of characters, and associates the input address book-related information with the mail address. In the first storage unit.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the twenty-third aspect, the program displays the mail address and the address book-related information registered and stored in the first storage unit.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the twenty-fourth aspect, the program counts the number of mails having the same mail address in the received mails, and sorts the result of the counting in the descending order. The mail addresses stored in the first storage unit are rearranged, and the mail addresses are displayed in descending order of the counting result.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the twenty-fourth aspect, the e-mail address comprises personal-related information and department-related information, and the program stores the e-mail address stored in the first storage unit. The mail addresses in the first storage unit are sorted by mail addresses having the same department-related information.

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the eighth aspect, among the mail addresses having the same affiliated department-related information, the program includes the affiliated department-related information and the leading email address. Personal related information is stored in the first storage unit, and only personal related information is stored in the first storage unit for the remaining mail addresses.

[0032]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows an appearance of an electronic mail apparatus according to a first embodiment. This e-mail device
It has an e-mail sending and receiving function and an address book registration function. Each function can be operated by mode switching.

In FIG. 1, an electronic mail device 20 includes a liquid crystal display 21 for displaying information, a keyboard 22,
And a connector 23 for connecting the electronic mail device 20 to a telephone line. The keyboard 22 has a “registration” key 2 for registering data input in the address book mode or the like.
4. When inputting an e-mail address in the address book mode, a "candidate" key 25 for listing the sender's e-mail address of the received mail as a candidate, a "cursor" key 26 for moving a cursor, and an application. "Menu" to shift processing to the mode to select
It has a key 27 and a key group for inputting various numbers and symbols. The user operates this key group 22 to input information such as e-mail and address book.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of the entire electronic circuit of the electronic mail device 20. The circuit of the electronic mail device 20 is as follows.
A CPU 30 for performing overall control and information processing, a ROM 33 for storing a control program, a RAM 32 for providing a work area and a memory area for storing data required when the CPU 30 executes various processes, It comprises a communication unit 31 for connecting to a host through a telephone line for transmission and reception, and the above-mentioned liquid crystal display 21 and keyboard 22.

FIG. 3 shows a memory configuration of the RAM 32. Hereinafter, the role of each area will be described. 3, a RAM 32 has a display data area 40 for storing data to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 21, and a flag (X indicating whether the operation mode of the electronic device 20 is an e-mail transmission / reception or address book mode.
f), a mode flag area 41 for storing address book data (name, address, e-mail address, etc.), an address book data area (first storage unit of the present invention) 42, and an e-mail address in the address book. When the "candidate" key 24 is pressed when inputting, a mail address buffer area (Xbuf, the present invention) for storing data for displaying an e-mail address automatically extracted from the received e-mail address as a candidate. (A second storage unit) 43. This e-mail buffer (Xbuf) 43 does not store the same data as the e-mail address stored in the e-mail address in the address book. The detailed operation will be described later. The RAM 32 further stores an e-mail storage area 44 in which e-mail data received in the communication mode is stored, and a head address of each stored e-mail in an area 44a in the e-mail storage area 44. It has a counter 1 (X1) area 45 for storing a value indicating the total number of received e-mails, and an Xad area 47 used as a buffer for temporarily storing e-mails extracted from the received e-mails. In addition to the above areas, the RAM 32 is provided with an area 48 used for storing data necessary for executing other functions.

Next, the processing operation of the electronic device 20 will be described with reference to FIGS.
4 and 5 show the processing procedure of the CPU 30 by the control program stored in the ROM 33, which will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the mail transmission / reception processing, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the address book mode processing. In addition to the processing shown in FIGS.
After performing various initialization processes such as an initialization process of writing a predetermined value to the RAM 32, the communication control unit 31 performs selection display of an application such as communication, an address book, and writing an e-mail by menu display, and the like. The processing of each application is executed by the selection of the user.

Referring to FIG. 4, a description will be given of a process of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail. First, in step S501, a command is sent from the CPU 30 to the communication control unit 31 to establish a connection with the communication partner host through the telephone line connected to the connector 23 of the electronic mail device 20, and the communication control unit 31 Similar connection processing is performed, and the process proceeds to step S501. In step S502, if there is an e-mail to be transmitted, an e-mail transmission process is performed according to a procedure determined for each host. In step S503, if there is an e-mail to be received, reception processing of the e-mail sent from the host is performed.
4 is stored in the e-mail storage area 44 one by one.
In addition, several types of mail transmission / reception processes are known, and a method of transmitting / receiving a command according to a predetermined procedure, a method of accessing a mail server prepared in a host, or the like may be used. Next, in step S505,
Counter 1 (X1) 45 indicates the number of received e-mails
To be stored. Next, the communication is disconnected in step S506, and if there is no e-mail received in step S507, the process is terminated. If there is an e-mail received, the process proceeds to step S508.

FIG. 6 shows a display of the received e-mail.
The received mail is stored in the e-mail storage area 44 of the RAM 32.
Are stored in the form of character codes as shown in FIG. The data of the e-mail is stored for each line separated by a line feed code, and when displayed, it is as shown in FIG. In the start address area 44a, the first memory address of the area where each e-mail is stored is stored in the order of reception. In step S508,
Line feed codes are detected sequentially from the e-mails in the memory address stored in the e-mail storage area 44a that are earlier than the last by the value stored in the counter 1 (X1) 45 from the end. At this time, if it is not a line feed code, step S508 is repeated until a line feed code is detected, and when a line feed code is detected, the processing shifts to step S509.

In step S509, the character string "F"
rom: ", and if not,
It is determined that the line does not include the e-mail address, and the processing from step S508 is repeated.
m: ”is detected. In step S509, the mail address following "From:" is extracted and stored in the Xad 47, and the process proceeds to step S511.

In step S511, the mail address stored in the Xad 47 is compared with each mail address stored in the address book data area 42 for a match. If there is no match, no mail address is found in step S512. The data in Xad is added to Xbuf43. At this time, the same data as the data of Xad47 is Xbuf
If it is stored in step S <b> 43, the process proceeds to step S <b> 513 as it is so as not to duplicately store. Step S
If there is a matching e-mail address in 511, it means that it has already been registered in the address book, so step S
At 515, Xad47 is cleared, and the routine goes to Step S513.

In step S513, the counter 1 (X
In step S514, “1” is subtracted from 1), and in order to determine whether or not the processing of extracting the mail address has been performed for all the received e-mails, it is compared with “X1 = 0” to determine whether “X1 = 0”. If not, the processing from step S508 is repeated because there are still unprocessed ones. If they are equal, it is determined that all processing has been completed, and the communication processing is completed.

As described above, according to the processing procedure shown in FIG. 5, the sender's e-mail address of the received e-mail can be extracted, and an e-mail address which does not overlap with the e-mail address already registered in the address book is obtained. It can be stored in the e-mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43.

Next, the processing of the address book will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the application of the address book is selected, in step S701, the RAM 3
The address data stored in the address book data area 42 in 2 is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 21 via the display data area 40. FIG. 8 shows a display example of the address book. Step S702
Then, the process is repeated until a key is input. When a key is input, the type of the key is determined in step S703.
If the input key is the "candidate" key 25, step S7
04, and if it is the “Registration” key 24, step S70
9, the input data is stored in the address book data area 4
Save to 2. If it is any other key, the determined processing is performed in step S710. That is,
When the "cursor" key 26 is input, the cursor is moved between the respective item fields in FIG. 8, and when the "numerals and symbols" key is pressed, the "numerals, Sign ”.

When the "candidate" key 25 is depressed in step S702, in step S704 the mail address stored in the mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43, that is, the received mail address The e-mail address not registered in the address book is displayed as a pop-up as indicated by reference numeral 11 in FIG. 9, and the flow shifts to step S705 to be in a key input waiting state. Here, when the "cursor" key 26 is input, the e-mail address with an underscore among the e-mail addresses displayed in the pop-up display 11, that is, the selected e-mail address is changed. (The e-mail address to be registered in the address book) can be selected. If the "registration" key 24 is pressed in step S705, the flow advances to step S708 to input the currently selected mail address into the mail address field of the address book, and the process proceeds to step S.
The processing returns to 701, and the above processing is repeated until the “menu” key 27 is pressed and execution of another application is instructed.

As described above, according to the processing procedures shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, in the case of a partner who has already received an e-mail, the user does not need to re-enter the e-mail address in the address book, and can easily do so. You can enter your email address without any mistakes. Also, the mail addresses already registered in the address book are not stored in the mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43, so that the memory can be used efficiently.

(Second Embodiment) In the first embodiment, the sender's e-mail addresses of received e-mails are stored in the e-mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43 in the order in which they were received, and are displayed as candidates when inputting e-mails. Was configured to do so.

On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the number of receptions is stored as supplementary information in the e-mail address stored in the mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43, the number of receptions is sorted, and the input of the address book is performed. When displaying candidates, the most frequently received messages are displayed first. As a result, the mail address of the partner who frequently exchanges e-mails with the user is preferentially displayed as a candidate.

The appearance and the like of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, but the configuration in the mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43 of the first embodiment is changed as shown in FIG. The mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43 is configured to store the number of times an electronic mail has been received after each stored mail address. The space after the e-mail address is for distinguishing the reception count data from the e-mail address. The boundary with the next mail address is distinguished by a line feed code.

FIG. 11 shows the processing order of the second embodiment different from that of the first embodiment. This processing procedure is different from step S512 in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment, and new processing for realizing the present embodiment is added. The processing of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First
As in the embodiment, Xad47 is used in step S511 in FIG.
Is compared with the mail address of the sender of the received e-mail stored in the address book and the mail address already registered in the address book.
Move to 1. In step S801, the data stored in the Xbuf 43 is compared with the data stored in the Xad 47, and if there is the same data, 1 is added to the reception counter of the corresponding mail address in step S802, and the process proceeds to step S803.

If the same mail address does not exist in step S801, the mail address stored in Xad is newly added in step S804, and 1 is stored in the corresponding reception counter. In step S803, sorting is performed so that the e-mail addresses stored in the mail address buffer 43 are arranged in descending order according to the value of the corresponding reception counter, and the process proceeds to step S513.

The processing from step S513 is the same as in the first embodiment. As described above, the e-mail addresses are stored in the mail address buffer in the descending order of the number of receptions by the processing procedure shown in FIG. Therefore, in the processing for the address book shown in FIG. 5, if the data of Xbuf 43 is displayed as a candidate for the e-mail address in step S704, the data with the highest number of e-mail receptions is always displayed.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the mail address of the user who frequently exchanges e-mails is preferentially displayed, so that the data desired by the user is a high-ranking candidate, which makes the user more user-friendly. In addition, when new address book data is input, there is a merit that it is possible to prevent forgetting to input an address book of a partner who frequently exchanges e-mails.

(Third Embodiment) In the first and second embodiments, the e-mail address is stored in the mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43 as it is.

On the other hand, in the third embodiment, in order to save the capacity of the mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43, the common character strings below the "@" of the e-mail address are omitted. This is an example of how to save. Usually, in the e-mail address, the character string preceding the character "@" represents personal related information such as a user name,
Subsequent to "@", the subdomain name and domain name (for example, "c
anon. co. jp "), etc., and has department-related information separated by periods. Therefore, the e-mail addresses of persons belonging to the same department of the same company are common, and if the user can consider the range of persons with whom e-mails are exchanged, it is considered that the parts below "＠" are common in many cases. Therefore, the effect of memory saving can be obtained by omitting common parts.

Hereinafter, a third embodiment will be described. The appearance and the like in this embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the differences will be described. FIG. 12 shows a data storage form of the mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43 in the RAM 32.
In FIG. 12, the character string under "@" is first stored in the Xbuf 43, and the user name having the common e-mail address with the character string under "@" is stored in the subsequent memory area.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the present embodiment, and corresponds to step S in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment.
512 is changed to implement the present embodiment, and a new process is added. In FIG. 4, the mail address of the sender of the received e-mail and the address book data area 4 stored in the Xad 47 in step S511 as in the first embodiment.
The mail addresses already registered in No. 2 are compared with each other.
Then, the data in the Xbuf 43 is searched for a character string equal to the character string after “@” of the mail address stored in the Xad 47. If there is a matching character string, the character string matched in step S1102 is searched. Xad in the area following
Save the user name portion of the 47 data.

If there is no matching character string in step S1101, in step S1103 the subsequent character string including "@" in the data of Xad 47 is newly stored in Xbuf 47, and in step S1104, Xa
Save the user name of d47 data and step S513
Transfer processing to From step S513, the same processing as in the first embodiment is performed. By the above process, the mail address buffer (Xbuf) 43 does not store an address whose character string is duplicated after the electronic mail address "@", so that the memory can be saved. Also, in the display processing of the e-mail address candidates in the address book in step S704 in FIG. 5, the data stored in the Xbuf 43 is simply displayed in a pop-up order as it is, and the display shown in FIG. It is more organized and easier for users to see and use than it is displayed.

The following embodiment can be carried out in addition to the above-described embodiment.

1) In the first embodiment, when an e-mail address that is not registered in the address book is received, the e-mail address can be displayed and a mail address to be registered in the address book is selected. However, after detecting a mail address not registered in the address book, the CPU 30 may automatically register the mail address in the address book (address book data area 42) unconditionally. In this case, unnecessary mail addresses are deleted from the address book after registering the address book. The first embodiment is more suitable when there are many e-mail addresses sent from unspecified senders.
When receiving a mail from a specific sender, for example, a person belonging to the same company, it is preferable for the user to automatically register an unregistered mail address.

2) In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, among the mail addresses having the same department-related information, only the first mail address is stored while leaving the department-related information.

When there is no purpose of saving memory, it is not necessary to omit and store the department-related information, and the department-related information may be simply rearranged and stored by common mail addresses. In this mode, when the section-related information is composed of a plurality of hierarchies (when the section-related information is composed of department information or company name information separated by periods), a common e-mail address is collected for each layer There is a merit that can be.

3) In the above embodiment, an example of a single mail device has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to a case where a personal computer or a word processor is provided with a mail communication function. Can be regarded as a mail device.

[0064]

As described above, as described above, claims 1 and 1
According to the inventions 0 and 19, of the e-mail addresses described in the received e-mail, an e-mail address not registered in the storage means is detected and automatically registered in the storage means.

Claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 1
In the inventions of 4, 15, 20, 21, 23, and 24, not only the mail address is simply stored but also information related to the address book such as the sender's name of the e-mail is stored and displayed. The user can easily know the necessary e-mail address.

According to the fourth, thirteenth, and twenty-second aspects of the present invention, a mail address not registered in the storage means is detected from among the mail addresses described in the received e-mail, and the user in the unregistered mail address is detected. The mail address selected by is newly registered.

According to the inventions of claims 7, 16 and 25, when an unregistered mail address is detected in the address book, the display is displayed in the order of the mail address with the largest number of receptions, thereby giving the user the importance of the mail address. You can tell the size of the.

According to the eighth, ninth, seventeenth, eighteenth, twenty-six, and twenty-seventh aspects of the present invention, the e-mail addresses can be arranged and stored for each department, so that the visual search of the e-mail addresses during transmission becomes easy. Furthermore, for the common part, the department-related information is not stored for the second and subsequent e-mail addresses, so that the memory capacity can be saved and the device can be downsized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a memory configuration according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an electronic mail.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a character code notation of an e-mail.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing memory contents of a second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing contents stored in a memory according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 mail device 21 (liquid crystal) display 22 keyboard 30 CPU 31 communication control unit 32 RAM

Claims (27)

[Claims] 1. A mail device which transmits / receives an e-mail to / from an external device and which can register a mail address in a storage means, a character processing means for extracting a mail address from a received e-mail, Determining means for determining whether or not the same mail address as the mail address is registered in the storage means; and if the determination is negative, the storage means stores the mail address extracted by the character processing means in the storage means. And a control means for newly registering the mail. 2. The mail device according to claim 1, wherein
It further comprises character input means for inputting the address book related information in the form of characters, wherein the control means stores the address book related information input from the character input means in association with the mail address. Mail device. 3. The mail device according to claim 2, wherein
A mail device further comprising a display unit for displaying the mail address and the address book related information registered and stored in the storage unit. 4. A character processing means for transmitting / receiving an electronic mail to / from an external device and registering the mail address in the first storage means, wherein the character processing means extracts a mail address from the received electronic mail. Determining means for determining whether or not the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the storage means; and if the determination is negative, temporarily storing the mail address extracted by the character processing means. A second storage unit for storing, a selection unit for selecting an e-mail address to be registered in the first storage unit from the e-mail addresses stored in the second storage unit, and a storage unit for storing the selected e-mail address in the first e-mail address. A mail device comprising: a control unit for newly registering in a storage unit. 5. The mail device according to claim 4, wherein
The apparatus further includes character input means for inputting the address book related information in the form of characters, wherein the control means stores the address book related information input from the character input means in the first storage means in association with the mail address. A mail device characterized by storing what to do. 6. The mail device according to claim 5, wherein
A mail device further comprising a display unit for displaying the mail address and the address book related information registered and stored in the first storage unit. 7. The mail device according to claim 6, wherein
Counting means for counting the number of mails having the same mail address in the received mail, and sorting means for rearranging the mail addresses stored in the first storage means in descending order of the counting result of the counting means. Have more,
The mail device, wherein the display means displays mail addresses in descending order of the count result. 8. The mail device according to claim 6, wherein
The e-mail address is composed of personal-related information and affiliated department-related information, and is used for sorting the email addresses of the first storage means among email addresses having the same department-related information of the email address stored in the first storage means. A mail device further comprising means. 9. The mail device according to claim 8, wherein
Among the e-mail addresses having the same department-related information, the first department stores the department-related information and the individual-related information for the first mail address, and only the personal-related information for the remaining mail addresses. Is stored in the first storage means. 10. A mail address management method for a mail device capable of transmitting / receiving an e-mail to / from an external device and registering the e-mail address in a recording unit in the device, extracting a mail address from the received e-mail. A determination is made as to whether the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the recording unit, and if a determination of no is obtained, the extracted mail address is newly stored in the recording unit. A mail address management method for a mail device, characterized by registering. 11. The mail address management method for a mail device according to claim 10, wherein the address book related information is input in the form of characters, and the input address book related information is stored in association with the mail address. A mail address management method for a mail device. 12. The mail address management method for a mail device according to claim 11, wherein the mail address and the address book-related information registered and stored in the storage unit can be displayed. Address management method. 13. A mail address management method for a mail device capable of transmitting / receiving an e-mail to / from an external device and registering the e-mail address in the first storage unit, extracting the e-mail address from the received e-mail, It is determined whether or not the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the storage means. If a determination of no is obtained, the extracted mail address is stored in the second mail device in the mail device. The e-mail address to be temporarily stored in the storage unit and the e-mail address to be registered in the first storage unit among the e-mail addresses stored in the second storage unit is selected, and the selected e-mail address is newly stored in the first storage unit. A mail address management method for a mail device, characterized by registering in a mail address. 14. The mail address management method for a mail device according to claim 13, further comprising character input means for inputting the address book related information in the form of characters, wherein said control means is inputted from the character input means. And storing the address book related information in the first storage unit in association with the mail address. 15. The mail address management method for a mail device according to claim 14, wherein the mail address and address book related information registered and stored in the first storage unit can be displayed. E-mail address management method. 16. The mail address management method for a mail device according to claim 15, wherein the number of mails having the same mail address in the received mails is counted,
A mail address management method for a mail device, comprising rearranging mail addresses stored in the first storage unit in the descending order of the counting result, and displaying the mail addresses in the descending order of the counting result. 17. The mail address management method for a mail device according to claim 15, wherein the mail address comprises personal-related information and department-related information, and
A mail address management method for a mail device, wherein mail addresses in the first storage unit are rearranged among mail addresses having the same department-related information of the mail addresses stored in the storage unit. 18. The mail address management method for a mail device according to claim 17, wherein, among the mail addresses having the same department-related information, a leading mail address is assigned to the department-related information and the personal-related information. Is stored in the first storage unit, and for the remaining mail addresses, only personal-related information is stored in the first storage unit. 19. A recording medium mountable on a mail device having a computer, which records a program executed by the computer for transmitting / receiving an e-mail to / from an external device and registering a mail address in a storage unit. In the recorded recording medium, the program extracts a mail address from the received e-mail, and determines whether the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the storage unit. A recording medium characterized by being a program for newly registering the mail address extracted by the character processing means in the storage unit when the judgment is obtained. 20. The recording medium according to claim 19, wherein the program further receives an input of the address book related information in a character form, and stores the input address book related information in association with the mail address. A recording medium characterized by the above-mentioned. 21. A recording medium according to claim 20, wherein said program displays a mail address and address book related information registered and stored in said storage unit. 22. A recording medium mountable on a mail device having a computer, the program being executed by the computer for transmitting / receiving an electronic mail to / from an external device and registering a mail address in a first storage unit. In the recording medium on which is recorded, the program extracts a mail address from the received e-mail, and determines whether the same mail address as the extracted mail address is registered in the storage unit, If a determination of no is obtained, the extracted e-mail address is temporarily stored in the second storage unit, and the first one of the e-mail addresses stored in the second storage unit is stored.
A recording medium which is a program for selecting an e-mail address to be registered in a storage unit and newly registering the selected e-mail address in the first storage unit. 23. The recording medium according to claim 22, wherein the program receives an input of the address book related information in a character form, and associates the input address book related information with the mail address in the first storage. A recording medium characterized by being stored in a unit. 24. The recording medium according to claim 23, wherein the program displays the mail address and the address book related information registered and stored in the first storage unit. 25. The recording medium according to claim 24, wherein the program counts the number of mails having the same mail address in the received mails, and the first storage unit counts the result of the counting in descending order. Wherein the mail addresses stored in the storage medium are rearranged, and the mail addresses are displayed in descending order of the counting result. 26. The recording medium according to claim 24, wherein the mail address is composed of personal-related information and department-related information, and the program is configured to store the department-related information of the mail address stored in the first storage unit. A recording medium, wherein the mail addresses in the first storage unit are rearranged for common mail addresses. 27. The recording medium according to claim 26, wherein the program stores the department-related information and the personal-related information for a head mail address among the email addresses having the same department-related information. A recording medium storing in a first storage unit, and storing only personal-related information in the first storage unit for the remaining mail addresses.