JPS61230544A - Electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain quick handling to an urgent mail by applying notice informing the arrival of an urgent mail to an urgent mail destination mail terminal equipment based on the designation of urgent mail destination. CONSTITUTION:In sending an urgent mail from a mail terminal equipment 4-1 to a mail terminal equipment 4-n, the designation display representing it is performed to an urgency designation section of a destination terminal ID of a mail format and informed. The terminal equipment 4-n detecting the notice starts a program 24 and starts a mail transmission program 9 of a host 1 via a modulator-demodulator 2-n', a communication line 3-n, and a modulator- demodulator 2-n. The program 9 receives a command of a main extraction processing, reads a mail from a mail box file equipment 7 and sends it to the terminal equipment 4-n. The processing program 24 receives a mail, releases the drive of an informing equipment 23 via an interface 22' to an information controller 22 to complete the operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 0) Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to an electronic mail system, and particularly to an emergency mail transmission/reception system.

(B) Conventional Technology Conventionally, in this type of e-mail system, e-mail is sent from a host computer to an e-mail terminal.

After registering e-mail in the service, when the destination terminal performs a connection operation (o-gain) with the host computer, an e-mail reception notification is displayed on the destination terminal, and after the operator confirms the display, the operator receives the e-mail. A common method was to retrieve mail by receiving the mail.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, since the mail reception display is performed only after the Rogain operation is performed from the mail destination terminal, there is a secondary drawback. That is, even if the email is highly urgent, there may be cases where the email is not notified of its arrival until the login operation is performed, resulting in a delay in retrieving the email. For this reason, the high speed of e-mail cannot be taken advantage of, and it cannot be used as an e-mail in an emergency.

B) Means for Solving the Problems The e-mail system according to the present invention allows e-mails to be sent from an e-mail terminal device to a host computer.

means for registering an e-mail containing emergency mail designation information in the mailbox, and means for transmitting a notification code to an emergency destination e-mail terminal device designated by the emergency mail designation information of the mail registered in the mailbox. and a means for receiving the notification code and generating a notification. According to this configuration, e-mail from the host computer is sent from the e-mail terminal device. When registering an e-mail in the mailbox, specify that the e-mail is an emergency e-mail using the emergency e-mail specification information, and immediately notify the destination e-mail terminal device specified by the emergency e-mail specification information after registering the mailbox. A code is sent to issue a notification that an emergency email has been received, and the operator of the destination email terminal is notified of the receipt of an emergency email. Can provide email method.

EMBODIMENTS The following two embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the present invention, the overall configuration of the e-mail system according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
and a plurality of mail terminal devices 4-1 to 4-n, each of which has modem devices 2-1 to 2-n and 2-1' to 4-n, respectively.
2-n' and communication lines 3-1 to 3-ntt.

The host computer 1 includes a memory device 5 and a host computer main body 6. and mail are configured in the file device 7. The memory device 5 stores a mail receiving program 1.
0. A mail sending program 9 and an emergency call processing program 8 are stored.

The mail terminal device 4-1 includes a terminal body 11. Terminal memory 1
29 Display device 13. Key is - code 142 notification control device 15
The terminal body 11 and the notification control device 15 are connected to a notification control interface 15'. A mail processing program 17 is stored in the terminal memory 12.
is stored.

The mail terminal device 4-n also has the same configuration as the terminal main body 18. Terminal memory 19° Display device 20.
The terminal body 18 and the notification control device 22 are connected to a notification control interface 22'. Terminal memory 19
A mail processing program 24 is stored in .

In an e-mail system with such a configuration.

Regarding the operation when sending an emergency email from the email terminal device 4-1 to the email terminal 4-n.

This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Prior to sending the emergency mail, the operator on the mail terminal device 4-1 side starts the mail processing program 17'11 (Step 25), and creates a mail text using the keypad 14 and the display device 13 (Stella F26). . The mail format is shown in FIG. 2. Destination terminal identification number (hereinafter abbreviated as ID) in the mail format in Figure 2
The details of the section are shown in Fig. 3. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the destination terminal ID has a destination terminal ID section and an emergency designation section, and by displaying the emergency designation in the emergency designation section, emergency mail can be designated for each destination terminal.

After creating an email on the email terminal 4-1, the operator sends the email (step 27) using the email processing program 17.
When instructed to do so, the mail processing program 17 starts the mail receiving program of the host computer 1 via the modem 2-1' and the communication line 3-1 and the modem 2-1 and executes the mail sending process ( Step 28). The mail receiving program 10 receives the mail text and registers the mail in the file device 7 (step 29).

Furthermore, the mail receiving program 10
The presence or absence of emergency designation of D is checked (step 3o).

If there is an emergency designation, the emergency call processing program 8 is activated (Stella f31). The emergency call processing program 8 is
Set a notification code for the destination terminal ID with emergency designation (Step 32), the destination terminal ID
For the mail terminal device 4-n, the modem device 2
-n2 The notification code is transmitted via the communication line 3-n and the modem 2-n'7 (step 33).

The notification control device 22 of the mail terminal device 4-n is.

Upon receiving the i-report code (step 34), the informer 23f
2I: Activate and report receipt of emergency mail (step 35)
).

Next, regarding the emergency mail retrieval process after the second report.

This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The operator on the mail terminal device 4-n side who sensed the report,
Using the keypad 21 and display device 2'&, the mail processing program 24ft is started and commanded to receive mail (Stella f36). The mail processing program 24 is connected to the modem 2 ”-n' p communication line 3-n, the modem 2
-n, the mail sending program 9 of the host computer 1 is started, and mail retrieval processing is instructed (step 37). After receiving the email transmission (step 38), the email sending program 9 sends the email to the mail index file device 7.
Stella 7'39) reads out the mail and sends the mail to mail terminal 4-n (step 40).

The mail processing program 24 of the mail terminal device 4-n is
When the e-mail is received, a notification device reset command is issued to the notification control device 22 via the notification control interface 22'. Step 41) 2. The operation of the notification device is canceled. Steps 42 and 43) complete the operation. .

The above is an explanation of the operation when sending an emergency email from the email terminal 4-1 to the email terminal 4-n. Transmission and reception of emergency mail between terminal devices is performed in exactly the same manner.

Furthermore, although the above explanations have been made on the assumption that each mail terminal device is powered on and ready for operation, mail terminal devices equipped with a remote power control mechanism may be powered off when an emergency email is received. If there is one, the remote power control mechanism will turn on the power after initial settings have been made.

It is assumed that the above-mentioned emergency mail receiving operation is performed.

Margins below (G) Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention enables prompt handling of emergency mail by notifying the emergency mail destination mail terminal of the arrival of the emergency mail based on the emergency mail destination designation. It has the effect of being able to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an e-mail system showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a mail format handled on the e-mail system shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the format of the destination terminal ID which is part of the mail format shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 shows the operational flow of the emergency mail sending process, and FIG. 5 shows the operational flow of the emergency mail receiving process. 1... Host computer, 2-1 to 2-n... Modulation/demodulation device, 2-1' to 2-n'... Modulation/demodulation device, 3
-1 to 3-n... Communication line, 4-1 to 4-n... Mail terminal device, 5... Memory device, 6... Host computer main body, 7... Mailbox file device, 8... Emergency call processing program, 9... Email sending program, 10... Email receiving program, 11
...Terminal body, 12...Terminal memory, 13...
Display device, 14... Keyboard, 15... Notification control device, 15'... Notification control interface, 16.
・・Notification device, 17・・Mail processing program, 18・
...Terminal body, 19...Terminal memory, 20...Display device, 21...Key is one key. 22...Notification control device, 23...Notification device, 24...
- Mail processing program. Figure 3 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. means for registering e-mail containing emergency mail designation information in a mailbox in a host computer from an e-mail terminal device; and an emergency destination e-mail specified by the emergency mail designation information of the mail registered in the mailbox. An e-mail system comprising means for transmitting a report code to a terminal device for use with a computer, and means for receiving the report code and generating a report.