KR20020080764A - System and Method to categorize e-mail automatically by specific directory - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and system for automatically classifying an E-mail is provided to manage an E-mail box by setting a directory classifying unit and a directory detecting unit in a mail server for making the client classify and store various kinds of E-mails being received to the main server automatically according to pre-set directories. CONSTITUTION: A directory creating unit(145) makes each client select and create wanted directories according to each menu and manages new directories and added IDs designated according to each client. A directory classifying unit(160) classifies E-mails being received to an E-mail ID of the client according to the added IDs created in the directory creating unit(145). A directory detecting unit(170) automatically transmits the classified E-mails to the client according to the directories created the directory creating unit(145). Thus, various kinds of E-mails being received in a web server are automatically classified according to directories pre-set in an E-mail box(190) of the client.

Description

System and Method to categorize e-mail automatically by specific directory

The present invention provides a method and system for automatically classifying emails for each directory, by automatically classifying and providing various emails received from an email service providing web server by a directory set in a client's email mailbox, thereby allowing the client to easily and effectively email. A method and system for enabling mailbox management.

In general, e-mail is a form of sending and receiving mail using a computer or other communication equipment (mobile phone, PDA, IMT-2000), mainly SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) or POP3 (Post Office Protocol v3). By using the protocol, you can send and receive e-mails through an e-mail-only browser such as Outlook Express, and access a web server equipped with a mail server. There is a web mail method.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is a standardized message sent and received between a server and a client to send email over the Internet. Post Office Protocol v3 (POP3) is the latest protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a client / server protocol used by Internet servers to receive and archive email for their clients. An alternative to POP3 is the Internet Messaging Access Protocol (IMAP), which is one of the Internet's standard protocols for clients to read mail on their mail servers.

Recently, many clients are provided with mailing services from various content providers (CPs) using the above-described email service, and dozens of emails are provided every day. In addition to the mailing service, the number of various advertisement mails is not counted, and from the viewpoint of a client provided with an email service, it is very difficult to organize the received emails one by one. Existing email service providing web servers classify the received emails using simple filtering techniques, but it is inconvenient to allow clients to specify domains to be filtered in advance.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to set the directory classifier and directory detector in the mail server to automatically classify and store various e-mails received by the mail server according to a directory set by the client. The present invention provides a method and a system for enabling easier and effective email mailbox management.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to refer to the contents of the e-mail directory service at the time of initial membership and to determine whether to receive the service, to know the character string or icon according to the directory of each field and to apply according to the field selected by the client The present invention provides a method and system for providing an e-mail client (recipient) to manage e-mail more conveniently and effectively by providing the right to use a stringed ID.

In addition, the object of the present invention is an internationally popular and widely used e-mail address (usually in the form of "yjm @ domain-name", "yjm" in front of the "@" indicates the user's ID ( ID) and @ after the @) is included in the general ID (ID) to include a specific string to automatically sort by directory, and when receiving the e-mail containing the specific string directory classification unit and directory detection unit in the mail server In this case, the client is automatically classified and stored in a predetermined directory.

1 is a main configuration diagram including the present invention.

2 is a flow chart for subscribing to a website including the present invention and selecting an email directory service.

3 is a diagram illustrating an email directory classification service menu.

Figure 4 is an embodiment showing the email management of the client receiving the service.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the mail D / B of the website.

6 is a flow chart of an email until it is received and sent to the email management box of the client.

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100: other websites 110: incoming mail processing unit

120: outgoing mail processing unit 130: central management server

140: mail D / B145: directory generator

150: mail storage server 160: directory classification unit

170: directory detection unit 180: outgoing mail server

190: client mailbox

The present invention relates to a method and a system for automatically classifying emails for each directory, by setting a directory classifying unit and a directory detecting unit in a mail server to automatically classify and store various emails received by a mail server for each directory preset by a client. A method and system that allows clients to more easily and effectively manage email mailboxes. An email address that is currently internationalized and widely used (usually in the form of "yjm @ domain-name", before the @ sign). "yjm" is a specific string ("yjm / specific string @ domain-name" to automatically sort by directory to the above-mentioned common ID among the ID of the person using this email and the @ after the @). "), And when receiving an email containing the specific string (or additional ID) It relates to using a mail server, the directory and sub-directory classification detector to a method and system that allows the client group is Priority stored in the configuration directory.

The present invention is to implement the automatic email classification storage service for each directory, the service providing web server asks whether or not to receive automatic email classification service for each directory when any client accesses and registers the service. Allow the client to select a directory-specific menu or to create a client-specific menu according to the client's taste, and provide the client with an additional ID consisting of a specific string according to the directory menu selected or created by the client. When the client provided with the additional ID uses an email address, the client presents a different additional ID for each of the pre-created directories, and then all the emails to which the additional ID is sent to the client are attached. The server is automatically classified and stored as a directory preset by the client using a directory classification unit and a directory detection unit in the server.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description, in order to explain the embodiments of the present invention, specific details such as specific elements are illustrated, which are provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection state until an e-mail sent from another web server 100 is received in an e-mail management box of a client.

The received mail processing unit 110 recognizes all emails received by the client using the web server providing the service, and transmits the received emails to the central management server 130 described below.

When the client using the web server providing the service wants to send an email, the transmission mail processing unit 120 recognizes the domain of the email to be sent and sends it to the mail server of the corresponding domain.

The central management server 130 serves as an interface that connects all the e-mails sent or received with the mail D / B 140, the mail storage server 150, the directory classification unit 160, the outgoing mail server 180, and the like. Provide comprehensive management and processing orders for email.

The mail D / B 140 includes all data related to transmission or reception of an email (client name D / B, ID D / B, reception D / B, transmission D / B, member company D / B, connection D / B). , Time D / B, etc.).

The directory generator 145 interworks with the mail D / B, supports the client to select or create a desired directory for each menu, and manages a newly designated directory and additional ID for each client.

The mail storage server 150 serves to extract and store emails that the client wants to store.

The directory classification unit 160 classifies each directory menu so that a client who applies for an email directory service can send emails sent through an additional ID used by another web server 100 to an email directory of the client.

The directory detector 170 detects emails classified by the directory classifier 160 and sends them to the directory of the client mailbox (management) 190.

The sending mail server 180 transmits the email contents to the central management server 130 when the client tries to send the email.

The client mailbox (D / B) 190 is provided by the service web server. After accessing the web server, the client can apply for the directory service by using the already-issued ID and password. The environment can be provided.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a sequence of steps for a first client joining a web server providing an automatic email classification service for each directory and selecting an email directory service.

After accessing a web server that provides an email directory service (200), and applying for membership (210), the service providing web server presents basic items necessary for creating a member D / B, and the client fills out the corresponding items. (220) Determine an ID to use as a member (230). When the ID selection is completed (240), it is determined whether or not to receive the email directory service (270). If the user wants to receive the service, the user selects or newly creates a directory-specific menu to create the email directory (280). You will receive an ID.

3 is a diagram illustrating a menu for each directory of an e-mail directory service selected in FIG. 2.

If the client with the id "yjm" selected uses / adv (advertisement),

If you selected items such as / eco (economy), / spo (sports), / fre (friend), / cul (culture), / com (computer), and so on, the client will display "yjm / adv "," yjm / eco "," yjm / spo "," yjm / fre "," yjm / cul ", and" yjm / com "are given additional IDs. In addition, the client may create a new menu in addition to the above-mentioned menu and receive an additional ID accordingly. That is, if there is a directory that the client wants to determine separately in addition to the directory requiring the selection, the client provides a new additional ID ("yjm / lov") along with the creation of a new folder (my girlfriend).

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an email directory that may be created in an email managing box of a client having an ID of “yjm” with reference to FIG. 3.

The client applying for the e-mail directory service may receive e-mail by field as shown in FIG. 4. If you use the ID of "yjm / eco @ ............." while joining an economic web server, you can receive e-mails in the / eco folder in the directory service folder as shown in Figure 4. . Meanwhile, "yjm / lov @ .............." is a directory created by the menu (/ lov) created by the client.

5 is a diagram of a mail D / B 140 connected to the central management server 130 and providing various data. The mail D / B 140 includes a name D / B 500, an ID D / B 510, a receiving D / B 520, a sending D / B 530, an affiliated web server D / B 540, Connection D / B 550, time D / B 560, and so on.

The name D / B 500 manages and stores data of basic clients, such as name and gender, age, place of residence, and contact information, which were received at the time of initial registration.

The ID D / B 510 stores data regarding the IDs of the clients, and stores additional IDs for the applied-for directory menus if the client receives an email directory service.

The receiving D / B 520 serves to store information necessary for the client to receive the email (whether it is an email through an additional ID).

The sending D / B 530 has the information needed when the client sends an email.

The member company D / B 540 has data about a company in a strategic or friendly partnership with the web server.

The connection D / B 550 contains data relating to the frequency of connection of the client, the initial screen at the time of connection, and the like.

The time D / B 560 adopts Korean Standard Time and checks the connection start time and the connection end time by checking the time at the time of e-mail transmission or reception.

6 is a flow diagram illustrating a series of processes from when an email is received and sent to the client's email management box 190.

When the first e-mail is received (600), the e-mail is transmitted to the central management server 130 through the received mail processing unit 110 (610).

The central management server 130 refers to the mail D / B 140 to obtain basic information about the client's name or ID (620).

Based on this information contained in the received email, after determining whether the client (recipient) is provided with the email directory service (640), if the client is provided with the service, it is sent to the directory classifier (650). If the service is not provided or if the client does not apply for the email directory service menu, the client is immediately sent to the general mailbox of the email management box 190 (660).

The information including the receiver data is classified through the directory classifier 160 to the directory detection unit 170 by classifying the menu corresponding to the e-mail received from each directory menu (650).

The directory detector 170 detects the received e-mail classified into the menu and transmits the received e-mail to the corresponding folder in the client e-mail management box (670).

According to the present invention, many Internet clients provided with an email service use additional IDs provided through the Mel directory service to send emails from other web servers to which they have subscribed, so that they can be managed visually and practically. Because it can be classified, it can be expected to have a better effect than the general email mailbox management provided by the existing email service web server.

In addition, from the standpoint of the web server that provides the above service, it is possible to secure a large number of members through a high quality service, and to provide differentiated services to each client by analyzing and D / B type of emails received by the clients. Can be.

From the client's point of view, by using the additional ID, the received e-mail can be divided into directories and stored in a practical manner, with the convenience of using a hard disk of a general computer.

Claims (4)

In the directory automatic email classification method comprising a web server for providing an email service on the Internet and one or more clients using the web server, Providing a classification target directory and an additional ID according to the directory to the client; Classifying the email by the additional ID included in the email ID for an email received by the email ID of the client; And And automatically transmitting email classified according to the additional ID for each directory provided to the client. And automatically classifying and providing various emails received through the web server by each directory preset in an email mailbox of the client. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the classification target directory and an additional ID corresponding to the directory comprises: A method in which the client selects a directory from a directory menu preset by the web server and is provided; Automatic classification method for each directory, characterized in that the client is divided into a method for providing a new directory directly. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional ID provided to the client, Located in front of or behind the client's basic ID (ID), automatic email classification method for each directory, characterized in that it comprises a general character, numbers, and specific characters. In the directory-based automatic email classification system comprising a web server for providing an email service on the Internet and one or more clients using the web server, A directory generation unit which supports the client to select or create a desired directory for each menu, and manages a newly designated directory and an additional ID for each client; A directory classification unit classifying the email by the additional ID generated by the directory generator for an email received by the email ID of the client; And And a directory detection unit for automatically transmitting email classified according to the additional ID in the directory classification unit to each of the directories generated by the directory generation unit. The automatic email classification system for each directory, characterized in that the various types of emails received by the web server through the configuration unit automatically classified and provided for each directory set in the email mailbox of the client.