JPH11177613A - Electronic mail device and medium recording program for electronic mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically transmit mail at timing when it is recognized that a recipient is located near the terminal of electronic mail. SOLUTION: A CPU 1 prepares the mail corresponding to the operation of a keyboard 4 and a mouse 6 and stores that mail in a RAM 3. Besides, opening notice information showing the opening of prepared mail and received mail is transmitted and the mail stored in the RAM 3 is identified as transmitted mail and untransmitted mail. When opening notice mail corresponding to the transmitted mail is received from the same destination as that of the untransmitted mail, the untransmitted mail is automatically transmitted.

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 a medium recording an electronic mail program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional e-mail apparatus, every time an e-mail is received, the received e-mail is stored in a mailbox provided in the apparatus, and when the e-mail is opened, the e-mail is opened and the e-mail is opened. Is configured to be displayed. Thus, the advantage of e-mail is that necessary items can be sent even if the recipient is not near the e-mail terminal.

[0003]

However, it is also true that the recipient cannot be notified of the contents of the received mail unless the receiver is near the terminal and opens the received mail.
That is, the timing of opening and viewing the received mail is left to the recipient. Therefore, sending mail while the recipient is near the mail terminal may open the mail in a very short time. ,
The email will not be opened immediately, and will be the same as not sending it. As a countermeasure, some e-mail devices have an open notification function that sends an open notification to the destination after opening the mail, so that the sender can recognize that the mail has been opened. There is. With this function, the sender can recognize whether or not the transmitted mail has been opened. Therefore, when the next e-mail is transmitted to the destination when the open notice is received, there is a high possibility that the e-mail is immediately opened on the recipient side. However, it is not always the case that a mail can be transmitted when the sender receives the opening notification. That is, in the conventional e-mail device, the e-mail cannot be transmitted at a timing when the recipient can immediately open the e-mail. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to automatically send a mail at a timing when the receiver recognizes that the receiver is near an electronic mail terminal.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail apparatus, comprising: a mail creating means for creating a mail; a mail storing means for storing a mail created by the mail creating means; Emails,
And a mail transmitting unit that transmits opening notification information indicating that the received mail has been opened, and, among the mails stored in the mail storing unit, a transmitted mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit and a mail that has not been transmitted yet. A mail identifying unit for identifying an unsent mail, a mail receiving unit for receiving the mail and the opening notification information, and, when the mail receiving unit receives the opening notification information, the mail storing unit stores the opening notification information in the mail storage unit. When the mail identification unit identifies that there is an unsent mail having the same destination as the destination of the sent mail, there is provided a transmission instruction unit that causes the mail transmission unit to transmit the unsent mail.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medium wherein a procedure A for creating a mail, a procedure B for storing the mail created by the procedure A in the mail storage means, a mail created by the procedure A, and Step C of transmitting the opening notification information indicating that the mail has been opened, and, among the mails stored in the mail storage unit, the transmitted mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit and the untransmitted mail that has not been transmitted yet. The procedure D for identifying, the procedure E for receiving the mail and the opening notification information, and the case where the opening notification information is received by the procedure E, the same as the destination of the transmitted mail related to the opening notification information in the mail storage means. When it is identified by the procedure D that there is an unsent mail of the destination, the procedure C for transmitting the unsent mail to the procedure C and a program for executing the procedure F are recorded. There.

According to the first or fourth aspect of the present invention, the same address as the destination of the unsent mail waiting to be transmitted is used.
When the open notification information for the already transmitted sent mail is received, the unsent mail is automatically transmitted.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system of an electronic mail device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each of the plurality of terminals 100 of the e-mail device is connected to a dedicated line 2
00 is always connected to the server 300. Then, each terminal 100 accesses the server 300 in response to a timer interrupt generated at fixed time intervals, inquires whether an e-mail addressed to itself has arrived, and when the e-mail has arrived, receives the e-mail from the server 300.

In each terminal 100, the CPU 1 is connected to a dedicated line 200 via a system bus, and also connected to a ROM 2, a RAM 3, a keyboard 4, a display unit 5, and a mouse 6 inside the terminal. ROM2
Stores a program executed by the CPU 1 and initial data in the initialization processing. The RAM 3 stores the data of the transmitted e-mail input from the keyboard 4,
The e-mail data received from the server 300 is stored. Therefore, the RAM 3 is provided with a mail creation area 31, an address area 32, a reception mail area 33, a transmission mail area 34, and an open notification mail area 35, as shown in FIG.

The mail creation area 31 includes a destination Nam.
e, destination mail address, sender's name, sender's mail address, subject, and body data. The address area 32 includes addresses (1) to (L)
L mail addresses can be stored. FIG.
As shown in (1), N received mails of mail (1) to mail (N) can be stored in the received mail 33. Each received mail is composed of data of a destination name, a destination mail address, a transmission source Name, a transmission source mail address, a subject, a text, a reception date and time, and an open flag. Also, the outgoing mail area 34 includes mails (1) to
M outgoing mails of the mail (M) can be stored. Each outgoing mail is composed of data of a destination Name, a destination mail address, a source Name, a source mail address, a subject, a text, a transmission date and time, an opening flag, and a transmission waiting flag. The opening flag is a flag that is set to 0 when not opened and set to 1 when opened. The transmission standby flag is a flag that is set to 1 during transmission standby and set to 0 when transmitted.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart executed by the CPU 1 and a screen displayed on the display unit 5. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the main routine of the CPU 1. In this flow, it is determined whether or not the mail mode flag MMF indicating the processing of the received mail is 1 (mail processing) (step S1). If the flag is 1, the received mail list is displayed (step S2), and if the flag is 0, other processing other than the mail processing is performed (step S3).

After the processing in step S2 or S3, the keyboard 4 is scanned to determine whether or not the switch has been turned on (step S4). If it is turned on, it is determined whether or not the turned on switch is a mail switch for instructing mail processing (step S5). When the mail switch is turned on, MMF is set to 1 (step S6). After the MMF is set, or if none of the switches are turned on in step S4, or if the switch turned on in step S5 is not a mail switch, the process proceeds to step S1, and the above-described processing is repeatedly executed.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the flow of the received mail list display processing in step S2 of FIG. 4, and FIG. 7 shows the received mail list screen. In FIG. 5, the display is cleared (step S10), and a frame screen of the received mail is displayed (step S11). Next, 1 is set to a pointer n designating the number of the mail () in the received mail area 33 of the RAM 3 (step S12), and the following loop processing is executed while incrementing n. That is,
The mail (n) designated by n is displayed (step S1).
3), the open flag KAIFUF (n) of the mail is 0
Is determined (step S14). If this flag is 0, the received mail is unopened, and an unopened mark ◎ is displayed in the left-hand column of the name of the received mail list in FIG. 6 (step S15). Step S14
In the case where KAIFUF (n) is 1, since the received mail has already been opened, the unopened mark is not displayed.

Next, n is incremented (step S16), and it is determined whether or not n is equal to or less than the maximum number (step S17). If n is equal to or less than the maximum number, it is determined whether or not the mail (n) is empty (step S1).
8). If not empty, the process proceeds to step S13,
The mail (n) is displayed on the screen. And mail (n)
The loop from step S13 to step S18 is repeated until is empty, and the received mail is displayed in order.

If the pointer n is larger than the maximum number in step S17, or if the mail (n) specified by n is empty in step S18, 1 is set in the register A for specifying the received mail to be highlighted. Is set (step S19), and the mail (A) is highlighted on the screen of FIG. 7 (step S20). Therefore, first, the first received mail in the received mail list is highlighted.

Next, a cursor is displayed on the screen (step S21), and the movement of the mouse 6 is determined (step S2).
2). When the mouse 6 is moved, the cursor display position is moved according to the movement (step S23). Then, it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been clicked (step S24). If not clicked, step S2
The process proceeds to step 2 to determine the movement of the mouse 6. When the mouse 6 is clicked, it is determined whether or not the cursor position at that time is the position of the received mail list on the screen (step S25). If it is the position of any received mail, the mail number at the cursor position is set in the pointer A (step S26). Then, the mail (A) is highlighted (step S27). The other highlighted mail lists are displayed normally (step S28). Thereafter, the process shifts to step S22 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

In step S25, if the cursor position is not on the screen of the mail list, the flow shifts to the flow of FIG. 6, and the cursor position is the open switch and the mail of the icon switches at the top of the screen of FIG. It is determined whether or not the switch is at any one of a creation switch, a transmission mail list switch, an address input switch, a deletion switch, and a cancel switch.

That is, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the opening switch (step S29). If the cursor position is at this position, the opening process is executed (step S3).
0). Thereafter, the process shifts to step S11 in FIG. 5 to display a frame screen of the received mail. If the cursor position is not at the position of the opening switch, it is determined whether the cursor position is at the position of the mail creation switch (step S3).
1) If it is located at this position, a mail creation process is executed (step S32). Thereafter, step S11 in FIG.
To display the frame screen of the received mail. If the cursor position is not at the position of the mail creation switch, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the transmission mail list switch (step S33). Execute (Step S
34). Thereafter, the process shifts to step S11 in FIG. 5 to display a frame screen of the received mail.

If the cursor position is not at the position of the outgoing mail list switch, it is determined whether the cursor position is at the position of the address input switch (step S3).
5) If it is located at this position, an address input process is executed (step S36). Thereafter, step S1 in FIG.
The process proceeds to 1 to display a frame screen of the received mail. If the cursor position is not at the position of the address input switch, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the delete switch (step S37).
The mail (A) is deleted from AM3 (step S38),
The opening flag KAIFUF (A) is reset to 0 (step S39). Further, the received mails are sorted in chronological order (step S40). Thereafter, step S1 in FIG.
In step 1, the received mail frame screen is displayed to display all the received mails except the deleted received mail.

In step S37 of FIG. 6, if the cursor position is not at the position of the delete switch, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the cancel switch (step S41). Clears the display of the received mail list screen (step S42),
The flag MMF is reset to 0 (step S43).
Then, the received mail list display processing ends. If it is determined in step S41 that the cursor position is not at the position of the cancel switch, the process proceeds to step S22 in FIG. 5 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

FIGS. 8 to 10 are flow charts of the transmission mail list display processing in step S34 of FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a transmission mail list screen. In FIG. 8, the display is cleared (step S44), and a frame screen of the outgoing mail is displayed (step S45). Next, 1 is set to a pointer n designating the number of the mail () in the transmission mail area 32 of the RAM 3 (step S46), and the following loop processing is executed while incrementing n.

First, the destination of the mail (n) specified by n,
The name, the subject, and the transmission date and time are displayed on the screen of FIG. 11 (step S47). Next, it is determined whether or not the opening flag of the mail (n) is 0 (step S48). When this flag is 0, the unopened mark ◎ is displayed (step S49), and when this flag is 1, the unopened mark 消 灯 is turned off (step S50). Next, it is determined whether or not the transmission waiting flag of the mail (n) is 1 (step S51). When this flag is 0, the transmission standby mark △ is displayed (step S52), and when this flag is 1, the transmission standby mark 消 灯 is turned off (step S53).

Next, n is incremented (step S54), and it is determined whether or not n is equal to or less than the maximum number (step S55). If n is equal to or less than the maximum number, it is determined whether the mail (n) is empty (step S5).
6). If not empty, the process proceeds to step S47,
The mail (n) is displayed on the screen. And mail (n)
The loop from step S47 to step S56 is repeated until is empty, and the outgoing mails are sequentially displayed.

If the pointer n is larger than the maximum number in step S55, or if the mail (n) specified by n is empty in step S56, 1 is set in the register A for specifying the outgoing mail to be highlighted. Is set (step S57). Then, in the flow of FIG. 9, the mail (A) is highlighted on the screen of FIG. 11 (step S58). Therefore, first, the first received mail in the transmitted mail list is highlighted. Next, FIG.
Is displayed (step S59), and the movement of the mouse 6 is determined (step S60). Mouse 6
Is moved, the cursor display position is moved in accordance with the movement (step S61). Then, it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been clicked (step S62).
If the mouse is not clicked, the flow shifts to step S60 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

When the mouse 6 is clicked, it is determined whether or not the cursor position at that time is a position on the screen of the outgoing mail list (step S63). If any of the outgoing mail positions, the mail number at the cursor position is set in the pointer A (step S64).
Then, only the mail (A) is highlighted (Step S)
65). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S60 and the mouse 6
Is determined. In step S63, if the cursor position is not on the mail list screen, among the icon switches at the top of the screen in FIG. 11, the detailed switch, the received mail list switch, the postscript mail creation switch, the delete switch, It is determined whether the switch is at the position of any of the cancel switches.

That is, in the flow of FIG. 10, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the received mail list switch (step S66). If it is, the received mail list display process is executed (step S66). Step S
67). Then, the process shifts to step S45 in FIG. 8 to display a frame screen of the transmitted mail. If the cursor position is not at the position of the received mail list switch, it is determined whether the cursor position is at the position of the detail switch (step S68). If it is at this position, a detailed display process is executed (step S69). Then, the process shifts to step S45 in FIG. 8 to display a frame screen of the transmitted mail.

If the cursor position is not at the position of the detail switch, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the delete switch (step S70). Delete (Step S
71). Therefore, both the opening flag and the transmission waiting flag are set to 0. Next, the mails in the outgoing mail area are sorted (step S72), and the display on the screen of FIG. 11 is cleared (step S73). And FIG.
In step S45, a frame screen of the transmitted mail is displayed to display all the transmitted mails except the deleted transmitted mail.

In step S70 of FIG. 10, if the cursor position is not at the position of the delete switch, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the cancel switch (step S74). Clear the display of the outgoing mail list screen in FIG. 11 (step S
75), the transmission mail list display processing ends. If it is determined in step S74 that the cursor position is not at the position of the cancel switch, the process proceeds to step S60 in FIG. 9 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 show step S3 of FIG.
FIG. 1 is a flowchart of the received mail opening process in FIG.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a received mail opening display screen. In FIG. 12, first, an e-mail display frame screen is displayed (step S
76). Then, in the display frame, the destination, the source, the subject, and the text of the highlighted mail (A) are displayed (step S77). Further, in response to the opening instruction, the opening flag KAIFUF (A) is set to 1 (step S78).

Next, it is determined whether or not the mail (A) is an opening notification mail for notifying that the mail has been opened (step S79). If it is not an open notification email,
The destination of the opening notification mail in the opening notification mail area 35 of the RAM 3 is set as the source address of the mail (A) (step S80). Then, the subject of the mail (A) and the current date and time are entered in the body of the opening notification mail (step S8).
1), and sending this opening notice mail (step S8)
2). Next, a cursor is displayed on the screen of FIG. 14 (step S83), and it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been moved (step S84). If the cursor has been moved, the cursor is moved according to the movement (step S85). Then, it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been clicked (step S8).
6). If the mouse is not clicked, the flow shifts to step S84 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

If it is clicked, it is determined in the flow of FIG. 13 whether or not the cursor position is the position of the cancel switch (step S87). If it is, the received mail opening screen of FIG. Is cleared (step S88), and the unsealing process ends. If the cursor position is not the position of the cancel switch, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is the position of the delete switch (step S89). If it is at this position, the mail (A) in the received mail area is deleted (step S90), and the inside of the received mail area is sorted (step S91). Then, the display on the screen in FIG. 14 is cleared (step S92), and the unsealing process is completed. If the cursor position is not the position of the delete switch in step S89, the process proceeds to step S84 in FIG. 12 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the detailed processing in step S69 of FIG. In this process, a mail display frame screen is displayed (step S93), and the destination Na of the mail (A) highlighted in step S65 in FIG. 9 is displayed.
The message, the name of the sender, the subject, and the body are displayed (step S94). The detailed display screen in this case is the same as the opening display screen of FIG. A cursor is displayed on the screen (step S95), and it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been moved (step S96). When they are moved,
The cursor display position is moved according to the movement (step S97). Next, it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been clicked (step S98), and if so, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the cancel switch (step S99). If it is at this position, the display on the screen is cleared (step S100), and the detailed display process ends.

If the cursor position is not the position of the cancel switch in step S99, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is at the position of the delete switch (step S101). If it is located at this position, the mail (A) is deleted (step S102), and the outgoing mail area is sorted (step S103). Then, the detailed display process ends.

FIGS. 16 to 21 show the flow of the mail creation processing in step S32 in FIG. 6, and FIG. 22 shows the mail creation screen. In FIG. 16, the mail creation area 31 of the RAM 3 is cleared (step S104), and a mail creation frame screen is displayed (step S105). next,
The source address of the mail creation area is set as the own address (step S106). Then, a mail creation screen shown in FIG. 22 is displayed based on the contents of the mail creation area (step S107). Further, a character cursor is displayed in the destination input area of the screen (Step S108), and a cursor is displayed on the screen (Step S109).

Then, it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been moved (step S110). When the mouse 6 has been moved, the cursor display position is moved according to the movement (step S1).
11). Next, it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been clicked (step S112).
In the flow of 7, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is in the input area (step S113). In this case, the character cursor is moved according to the cursor position. That is, when the cursor position is the position of the destination input area, the character cursor is moved to the destination input area (step S115). If the cursor position is in the subject input area, the character cursor is moved to the subject input area (step S116). If the cursor position is in the text input area, the character cursor is moved to the text input area (step S117). After moving the character cursor, the flow shifts to step S110 in FIG. 16 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

If it is determined in step S113 that the cursor position is not in the input area, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is the position of the address list switch (step S118). If the cursor position is in this position, address display processing is performed. (Step S119). Then, the process shifts to step S107 in FIG. 16 to display a mail creation screen. If the cursor position is not the position of the address list switch in step S118 of FIG. 17, it is determined whether the cursor position is at the position of the cancel switch (step S120). If it is at this position, the mail creation area is cleared (step S121), the display is cleared (step S122), and the mail creation processing ends.

If the cursor position is not the position of the cancel switch, it is determined in the flow of FIG. 18 whether the cursor position is the position of the transmission switch (step S123). If it is at this position, the contents of the mail creation area are transmitted (step S124). Next, 1 is set to the pointer n for specifying the mail number of the transmission mail area.
Is set (step S125), and it is determined whether or not the area of the mail (n) in the transmission mail area is empty while incrementing n (step S126).

If the area of the mail (n) is not empty, n is incremented (step S127), and n is incremented.
Is greater than the maximum number (step S12).
8). If n is equal to or less than the maximum number, step S12
Then, the process goes to 6 to determine whether the mail (n) area is empty. Then, steps S126 to S1
Step 28 is repeated to search for a free area in the transmission mail area. If n exceeds the maximum number in step S128, the number of the mail with the oldest transmission date and time in the transmission mail area is set to n (step S129).

If the area of the mail (n) is empty in step S126, or if the number of the mail is set to n in step S129, the mail (n)
Store the data of the mail creation area in
130). Next, the transmission date and time of the mail (n) is changed to the current date and time (step S131). Next, the opening flag KAIFUF (n) of the mail (n) is set to 0 (step S132), and the transmission waiting flag TAIK of the mail (n) is set.
IF (n) is set to 0 (step S133). Then, this mail creation processing ends.

If the cursor position is not the position of the transmission switch in step S123, it is determined in the flow of FIG. 19 whether the cursor position is the position of the transmission standby switch (step S134). If it is not at this position, the process proceeds to step S110 in FIG.
The movement of the mouse 6 is determined. If the cursor position is the position of the transmission standby switch, the pointer n designating the number of the transmission mail area is set to 1 (step S13).
5) Search for the destination of the transmission mail area while incrementing n. Then, it is determined whether or not the destination of the mail (n) in the transmission mail area is the same as the destination of the mail creation area (step S136). If the destinations are not the same, n is incremented (step S13).
7) It is determined whether or not n has exceeded the maximum number (step S138). If n is equal to or less than the maximum number, the process shifts to step S136 to search for a destination of the mail (n).

If the destination of the mail (n) is the same as the destination of the mail creation area, it is determined whether or not the opening flag of the mail (n) is 0 (step S13).
9). If this flag is 1, that is, if the sent mail (n) has already been opened on the receiving side,
n is incremented (step S137), and it is determined whether or not n exceeds the maximum number (step S138).
If n is equal to or less than the maximum number, the process shifts to step S136 to search for a destination of the mail (n).

In step S136, the mail (n)
Is the same as the address in the mail composition area, and
If the opening flag of the mail (n) is 0 in step S139, that is, if the mail (n) has not been opened yet, the pointer k designating the number of the transmission mail area is set to 1 (step S140), and k is set. While searching for a free space in the outgoing mail area.

That is, it is determined whether or not the mail (k) in the transmission mail area is empty (step S14).
1) If not empty, k is incremented (step S142), and it is determined whether or not k exceeds the maximum number (step S143). If k is equal to or less than the maximum number, the process shifts to step S141 to determine whether the mail (k) is empty. If k exceeds the maximum number in step S143, the number of the mail with the oldest transmission date and time among the opened mails is set to k (step S144).

If the mail (k) is empty in step S141, or if the mail number is set to k in step S144, the contents of the mail creation area are stored in the mail (k) area (step S14).
5). Then, the opening flag KAIFUF of the mail (k)
(K) is set to 0 (step S146), and the transmission standby flag TAIKIF (k) of the mail (k) is set to 1 (transmission standby) (step S147). Next, the display is cleared (step S148), the mail creation area is cleared (step S149), and the mail creation processing ends.

If n exceeds the maximum number in step S138, that is, there is no mail having the same destination as the destination of the mail creation area in the transmission mail area, or all the mails having the same destination have already been opened. In this case, the process proceeds to step S150 in the flow of FIG.
Send the data in the mail creation area. Then, the pointer k is set to 1 (step S151), and while the k is incremented, a search is made for an empty mail area for storing the transmitted mail.

That is, it is determined whether or not the mail (k) in the transmission mail area is empty (step S15).
2) If not empty, k is incremented (step S153), and it is determined whether or not k exceeds the maximum number (step S154). If k is equal to or less than the maximum number, the process shifts to step S151 to determine whether the mail (k) is empty. When k exceeds the maximum number in step S154, the number of the mail with the oldest transmission date and time among the opened mails is set to k (step S155).

If the mail (k) is empty in step S152, or if the mail number is set to k in step S155, the contents of the mail creation area are stored in the mail (k) area (step S15).
6). Then, the opening flag KAIFUF of the mail (k)
(K) is set to 0 (step S157), the transmission waiting flag TAIKIF (k) of the mail (k) is set to 0 (step S158), and the transmission date and time of the mail (k) is set as the current date and time (step S157). S159). Next, the display is cleared (step S160), the mail creation area is cleared (step S161), and the mail creation processing ends.

If the mouse 6 is not clicked in step S112 of FIG. 16, it is determined in the flow of FIG. 21 whether there is data input from the keyboard 4 (step S162). If there is no data entry,
The flow shifts to step S110 in FIG. 16 to determine the movement of the mouse 6. If data has been input, it is determined whether or not the character cursor position is in the address input area (step S163). If it is at this position, the input data is displayed in the address input area (step S1).
64) The input data is stored in the address area of the mail creation area of the RAM 3 (step S165). Then, the character cursor is moved to the next character input position (step S166).

If it is determined in step S163 that the character cursor position is not in the address input area, it is determined whether or not the character cursor position is in the subject input area (step S167). If it is at this position, the input data is displayed in the subject input area (step S
168), the input data is stored in the subject area of the mail creation area of the RAM 3 (step S169). Then, the character cursor is moved to the next character input position (step S170).

If the character cursor position is not the position of the subject input area in step S167, it is determined whether the character cursor position is the position of the text input area (step S171). In this position,
The input data is displayed in the text input area (step S17)
2) The input data is stored in the body area of the mail creation area of the RAM 3 (step S173). Then, the character cursor is moved to the next character input position (step S174). Step S166, Step S17
0 or after moving the character cursor in step S174, the process proceeds to step S110 in FIG. 16 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the address list display processing in step S119 of FIG.
Is an address list display screen. In FIG.
First, a frame screen of the address list is displayed (step S
175). Next, 1 is set to the pointer m indicating the address number (step S176), and the data of the address (m) designated by m is displayed (step S177). Next, m is incremented (step S178), and it is determined whether m has exceeded the maximum number (step S17).
9). If m is equal to or less than the maximum number, step S17
The program proceeds to step 7 where the data at the address (m) is displayed. Then, while incrementing m, the loop of steps S177, 178, and 179 is repeated until m exceeds the maximum number.

In step S179, when m exceeds the maximum number, 1 is set in the register A (step S179).
180A), the first address (A) in the address list is highlighted (step S180B). next,
A cursor is displayed on the screen (step S180C), and it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been moved (step S18).
1). When the cursor has been moved, the cursor position is moved according to the movement (step S182). Next, mouse 6
It is determined whether or not is clicked (step S18)
3) If not clicked, the flow shifts to step S181 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

When the mouse 6 is clicked, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is on the address list on the screen shown in FIG. 24 (step S184). If so, the address number at the cursor position is set to A (step S185). Then, the address (A) is highlighted (step S186), and the other addresses are displayed normally (step S187). And step S
The process proceeds to 181 where the movement of the mouse 6 is determined. If the cursor position is not the address list position in step S184, it is determined whether the cursor position is the position of the new input switch on the screen (step S18).
8). If it is at this position, an address input process is executed (step S189). After the end of the address input process, the process shifts to step S175 to display an address list screen.

If the cursor position is not the position of the new input switch in step S188, it is determined whether the cursor position is the position of the cancel switch on the screen (step S190). If it is at this position, the display of the address list screen of FIG. 24 is cleared (step S191), and this address list display processing ends. If the cursor position is not the position of the cancel switch in step S190, it is determined whether the cursor position is the position of the delete switch on the screen (step S192). If it is at this position, the address (A) is deleted from the address area of the RAM 3 (step S193), and the address data is sorted in order (step S194). Then, the process shifts to step S181 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

If it is determined in step S192 that the cursor position is not the position of the delete switch, it is determined whether the cursor position is the position of the OK switch on the screen (step S195). If it is at this position, the data of the address (A) is stored in the mail creation area (step S196), and the display of the address list screen is cleared (step S197). Then, the address list display processing ends.

FIGS. 25 and 26 show steps S3 of FIG.
6 and the flow of an address input process in step S189 of FIG. 23, and FIG. 27 is an address input screen. In FIG. 25, 1 is set to a pointer m indicating an address number (step S198), and it is determined whether or not the area of the address (m) is free (step S19).
9). If this area is not empty, m is incremented (step S200), and it is determined whether m exceeds the maximum number (step S201). If m is equal to or less than the maximum number, the process shifts to step S199 to determine whether or not the area of the address (m) is empty. Then, while incrementing m, step S199,
The loop of 200 and 201 is repeated to search for an empty area. If m exceeds the maximum number in step S201, there is no empty area, so a warning is displayed for a certain period of time (step S202), and this address input processing is terminated.

If there is an address (m) of a free area in step S199, an address input screen shown in FIG. 27 is displayed (step S203). In addition, a cursor is displayed on this screen (step S20).
4) A character cursor is displayed in the Name input area (step S205). Next, it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been moved (step S206). When the mouse 6 has been moved, the cursor is moved according to the movement (step S20).
7). Next, it is determined whether or not the mouse 6 has been clicked (step S208), and if so, it is determined whether or not the cursor position is the position of the OK switch on the screen of FIG. 24 (step S209). If it is at this position, the display on the address input screen is cleared (step S
210), the address input process ends. In step S209, if the clicked position is not the position of the OK switch, it is determined whether the cursor position is the position of the cancel switch on the screen (step S21).
1). If it is at this position, the contents of the address (m) are cleared (step S212), the display of the address input screen is cleared (step S210), and the address input processing is terminated.

After the OK switch or the cancel switch is clicked and the address input processing is completed, the state returns to the state when the address input switch was clicked. That is, when the address input switch is clicked in the received mail list display process, the process returns to the received mail list display process, and when the address input switch is pressed in the address list display process, the process returns to the address list display process.

If the cursor position is not the position of the cancel switch in step S211, it is determined in FIG. 26 whether the cursor position is the position of Name (step S213). In this position,
The character cursor is moved to the Name input area (step S214). If the cursor position is not the Name position in step S213, it is determined whether the cursor position is an address input position (step S213).
215). If so, the character cursor is moved to the address input area (step S216). If the cursor position is not the address input position, or after moving the character cursor in step S214 or step S216, the process proceeds to step S206 in FIG. 25 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

If the mouse 6 is not clicked in step S208 of FIG. 25, it is determined whether or not data is input from the keyboard 4 in the flow of FIG. 26 (step S217). In the case of data input, whether the character cursor position is the position of the Name input area,
Alternatively, it is determined whether or not the position is in the address input area (step S218). If the position is Name, use Na
The input data is displayed in the "me" input area (step S219), and the input data is stored in the "Name" input area of the address (A) of the RAM 3 (step S2).
20).

If it is determined in step S218 that the character cursor position is the address input position, the input data is displayed in the address input area (step S22).
1) Store the input data in the address area of the address (A) of the RAM 3 (step S222). After storing the data in step S220 or step S222, the character cursor position is moved (step S223). After moving the character cursor or in step S217, if it is not data input,
The process proceeds to step S206 in FIG. 25 to determine the movement of the mouse 6.

FIGS. 28 and 29 show the flow of the interrupt processing. When a timer interrupt is received at regular intervals, the CPU 1 connects to the server 300 in FIG. 28 (step S224), and determines whether a new mail has been received (step S225). When a new mail is received, a pointer n indicating the number of the received mail area is set to 1 (step S226), and a search is made for a free space in the received mail area while incrementing n.

That is, it is determined whether or not mail (n) in the received mail area is free (step S227). If not, n is incremented (step S228), and whether or not n exceeds the maximum number is determined. Is determined (step S229). If n is equal to or less than the maximum number, the process shifts to step S227 to determine whether the received mail area is empty. If the mail (n) is free, the received mail is stored in the mail (n) (step S23).
0). Further, the opening flag of the mail (n) is set to 0 (step S231).

In step S229, if n exceeds the maximum number, that is, if there is no free space in the received mail area, a warning is displayed for a certain period of time (step S2).
32), the server 300 is disconnected (step S23).
3). After the warning display for a certain period of time, a selection screen for deleting the oldest received mail and other specified received mails may be displayed. Step S225
If there is no new mail received, the process immediately proceeds to step S233 to disconnect the server 300.

In step S231, the open flag is set to 0.
After setting to, it is determined whether or not the newly received mail (n) is an opening notification mail in the flow of FIG. 29 (step S234). FIG. 30 shows an example of the opening notification mail. If the mail is an open notification mail, the pointer k designating the number of the transmission mail area is set to 1 (step S235), and while incrementing k,
Search for the destination of the mail (k).

That is, it is determined whether or not the destination of the mail (k) in the transmission mail area is the same as the source of the received mail (n) (step S236). If the destination and the source are different, k is incremented (step S237), and it is determined whether or not k exceeds the maximum number (step S238). If k is equal to or less than the maximum number, the flow shifts to step S236 to search for an empty mail area. Then, the destination of the mail (k) and the mail (n)
If the sender of the mail is the same, it is further determined whether or not the subject of the mail (k) is the same as the subject of the mail (n) (step S239). That is, it is determined whether or not the mail (n) is an opening notification mail for the mail (k).

If both mails have the same subject, it is determined whether or not the open flag KAIFUF (k) of the mail (k) is 0 (step S240). If the flag is 0, the flag is set to 1 (step S241). Then, the flow shifts to step S237, where k is incremented, and the next mail (k) is designated. Also, in step S240, even when the opening flag KAIFUF (k) of the mail (k) is 1, the flow shifts to step S237 to increment k and designate the next mail (k).

If the destination of the mail (k) is the same as the source of the mail (n) in step S236 and the subject of the mail (k) and the mail (n) are different in step S239, that is, if the mail (n) is If it is not a read notification email for email (k), email (k)
It is determined whether or not the transmission standby flag TAIKIF (k) is 1 (step S242). If this flag is 1, that is, if the mail (k) is a mail waiting for transmission, the mail (k) is transmitted (step S).
243). Then, the transmission date and time of the mail (k) is set to the current date and time (step S244). And TAIKIF
(K) is set to 0 (step S245), and the flow shifts to step S237 to increment k. In step S242, even when TAIKIF (k) is 0, that is, when the mail (k) is not the mail waiting for transmission, the process shifts to step S237 to increment k.

If the received mail (n) is not an opening notification mail but a normal mail in step S234, or if k exceeds the maximum number in step S238, the flow shifts to step S225 in FIG. It is determined whether or not there is a newly received mail.

As described above, according to the above embodiment, the CP
U1 constitutes a mail creating means for creating a mail, and R1
AM3 constitutes a mail storage means for storing the mail created by CPU1. The CPU 1 also sends the created mail and the opening notification information indicating that the received mail has been opened. The mail transmitted from the mail stored in the RAM 3 and the transmitted mail that has not been transmitted. Mail identification means for identifying unsent mail which has not been sent, mail receiving means for receiving mail and opening notification information, and when receiving opening notification information, the same as the destination of the transmitted mail relating to the opening notification information in the RAM 3 When it is identified that there is an unsent mail of the destination, a sending instruction means for sending the unsent mail is configured. And
When receiving the open notification information for the already transmitted transmitted mail from the same destination as the destination of the untransmitted mail waiting to be transmitted, the untransmitted mail is automatically transmitted.

In the above-described embodiment, the opening notification information is the opening notification information indicating that the mail received by the opening notification mail has been opened. However, any notification signal other than the mail may be used as the opening notification information.

In each of the above embodiments, R
A dedicated e-mail device in which a program for sending and receiving e-mail is stored in the OM 2 has been described. However, a program for sending and receiving e-mail is recorded on a medium such as a floppy disk or a magneto-optical disk, and the program is stored in a general-purpose personal computer or It may be configured to be executed by a device such as a word processor.

That is, a procedure A for creating a mail, a procedure B for storing the mail created in the procedure A in the mail storage means, a mail created in the procedure A, and a message indicating that the received mail has been opened. A procedure C for transmitting the opening notification information, a procedure D for identifying a sent mail transmitted by the mail transmitting means and an untransmitted mail which has not been transmitted among the mails stored in the mail storage means, Procedure E for receiving mail and opening notification information
In the case where the opening notification information is received by the procedure E, it is identified by the above D that there is an unsent mail having the same destination as the destination of the transmitted mail related to the opening notification information in the mail storage means. At this time, a program for executing the procedure F for transmitting the unsent mail in the procedure C is recorded on a medium, and the medium is driven by a general-purpose personal computer, a word processor, or the like. It can be operated as an e-mail device.

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According to the present invention, when the open notification information for the already transmitted sent mail is received from the same destination as the unsent mail waiting for transmission, the unsent mail is automatically transmitted. Send to

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map of a data configuration of a RAM in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a received mail area and a transmitted mail area in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a main routine of the CPU of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a received mail list display process in step S2 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a received mail list display process following FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a received mail list display screen.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a transmission mail list display process in step S34 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a transmission mail list display process following FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a transmission mail list display process following FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a transmission mail list screen.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the unsealing process in step S30 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the unsealing process following FIG.

FIG. 14 is a view showing an opening screen of a received mail.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a detailed display process in step S69 of FIG. 10;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a mail creation process in step S32 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the mail creation process following FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the mail creation process following FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the mail creation process following FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the mail creation process following FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the mail creation process following FIG. 16;

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a mail creation screen.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of an address list display process in step S119 in FIG. 17;

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an address list display screen.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of an address input process in FIGS. 6 and 23;

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of the address input process following FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an address input screen.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart of a timer interrupt process.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart of the timer interrupt process following FIG. 28;

FIG. 30 is a view showing a screen of an opening notification mail.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Keyboard 5 Display 6 Mouse

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A mail creating means for creating a mail, a mail storing means for storing a mail created by the mail creating means, a mail created by the mail creating means, and a notice that a received mail has been opened. A mail transmitting unit that transmits the opening notification information of the mail, among the mails stored in the mail storage unit, a transmitted mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit,
Mail identifying means for identifying an unsent mail which has not been transmitted yet; mail receiving means for receiving mail and the opening notification information; and mail storing means when the mail receiving means receives the opening notification information. When the mail identification unit identifies that there is an unsent mail of the same address as the destination of the sent mail related to the open notification information, a transmission instruction for causing the mail transmission unit to transmit the unsent mail Means, and an e-mail device comprising: 2. The transmission instructing means, when the mail receiving means receives the open notification information for all transmitted mails having the same destination as the unsent mail stored in the mail storage means, 2. The electronic mail device according to claim 1, wherein an unsent mail is transmitted. 3. The electronic mail apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the opening notification information is a fixed opening notification mail. 4. A procedure A for creating a mail, a procedure B for storing the mail created by the procedure A in the mail storage means, and a message indicating that the mail created by the procedure A and the received mail have been opened. A procedure C for transmitting the opening notification information of the above, and among the mails stored in the mail storage means, a transmitted mail transmitted by the mail transmission means,
Procedure D for identifying unsent mail that has not been sent yet
And a step E of receiving the mail and the opening notification information; and when the opening notification information is received by the procedure E, the same as the destination of the transmitted mail related to the opening notification information in the mail storage unit. A medium for recording a program for executing a procedure F, which causes the procedure C to transmit the unsent email when the procedure D identifies that there is an unsent email of the destination of the destination. 5. The procedure F is performed when the procedure E receives the open notification information for all transmitted mails having the same destination as the destination of the untransmitted mail stored in the mail storage means. A medium on which the program according to claim 4 is transmitted by sending an e-mail. 6. The medium according to claim 4, wherein the opening notification information is a fixed opening notification mail.