TW201723941A - Electronic mail control method and system identifying whether an electronic mail address of the sender matches an electronic mail address of the group list or not - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic mail control method, comprising the following steps: establishing a group list by an electronic mail service platform in response to an input of a user terminal; providing an operation interface by the electronic mail service platform, wherein the operation interface is configured to have a main menu and a plurality of secondary menus subordinate to the main menu; the main menu is configured to have a plurality of member options that indicate the member names respectively; and when each of the member options is selected, the secondary menu corresponding to this member option is opened and subjects of all the messages sent by this member are displayed; and when the electronic mail service platform receives an electronic mail from a sender, identifying whether an electronic mail address of the sender matches an electronic mail address of the group list or not, and if yes, classifying mails from the same sender into the corresponding secondary menu of this member option.

Description

Electronic letter management method and system

The invention relates to an electronic letter management method and system, in particular to an electronic letter management method and system capable of automatic classification processing.

Although e-mail software has become popular, there are still some inconveniences in operation. For example, each e-mail must be opened one by one and cannot be automatically classified. Because of the convenience of intuitive communication, Internet community software allows users who do not understand computer operations to use it, but must install an application (App), which can be browsed without using the Web site program. E-mail. Therefore, how to combine the advantages of e-mail software and online community software to achieve synergy, thereby activating the application level of e-mail and making it easier to operate is a problem to be solved.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic mail management method and system that addresses the deficiencies of the prior art.

In some implementations, the electronic mail management method of the present invention is applied to a user terminal and an electronic mail service platform, and the user terminal logs into the electronic mail service platform to browse electronic mail. The method includes the following steps: the electronic mail service platform A group list is created by inputting the user terminal. The group list has multiple members, and each member corresponds to an e-mail address.

The e-mail service platform provides an operation interface, the operation interface is configured to have a main menu and a plurality of secondary menus attached to the main menu, the main menu being grouped to have a plurality of respectively indicating each member The member option of the name, when one of the member options is selected, the secondary menu corresponding to the member option is turned on and shows all the message subjects sent by the member. When the e-mail service platform receives an e-mail sent by a sender, it identifies whether the e-mail address of the sender matches the e-mail address of the group list, and if it matches, the same sender The letter is sorted into the corresponding secondary menu of the member option.

In some implementations, each of the letters includes the subject matter of the letter and a text, and the operation interface provided by the e-mail service platform is further configured to have a plurality of sub-menus attached to the secondary menu, each of the sub-menus The menu is grouped into a plurality of key items respectively indicating the subject matter of each of the letters. When one of the subject options is selected by the user terminal, the sub-menu corresponding to the subject is expanded/collected and presented in the expanded sub-menu. Corresponding to the subject matter

In some implementations, the member option corresponding to each member is also configured to display a notification button, the secondary notification button and indicating the number of electronic messages corresponding to the member has not been read.

In some implementations, the group list also has multiple indications. A group option of the same classification attribute, the operation interface is also configured to have a home menu, the home menu is grouped to have a plurality of group options respectively indicating the attributes of the category, and each group option is assigned Corresponds to multiple members of the classification attribute.

In some implementations, each of the group options is also configured to display a primary notification button that indicates the number of electronic messages that have not been read for the group option.

The electronic mail management system of the present invention comprises a user terminal and an electronic mail service platform. The user terminal has a processing module, a communication module, a storage module and a display module.

The processing module carries a website program and executes the website program and logs into the email service platform to browse the electronic mail.

The storage module is electrically connected to the processing module, and stores a group list. The group list has multiple members, and each member corresponds to an e-mail address.

The display module is electrically connected to the processing module and is controlled by the processing module to display an operation interface. The operation interface is configured to have a main menu and a plurality of secondary menus attached to the main menu. The main menu is grouped with a plurality of member options respectively indicating the name of each member. When one of the member options is selected, the secondary menu corresponding to the member option is opened and all the letters sent by the member are displayed one by one. The main idea.

The communication module is electrically connected to the processing module and is controlled by the processing module Receiving an e-mail sent by a sender for the processing module to identify whether the e-mail address of the sender matches the e-mail address of the group list, and if the correspondence is met, the processing module will send the same The letter of the person is classified into the corresponding secondary menu of the member option.

In some implementations, the user terminal further has an input module electrically connected to the processing module, each of the letters includes the main body of the letter and a text, and the operation interface is further configured to have an attachment to the To select a plurality of sub-menus under the menu, each of the sub-menus is arranged to have a plurality of subject options respectively indicating the main purpose of each of the letters, and when one of the subject options is selected by the input module, the expansion/retraction corresponds to the subject matter. The sub-menu, and the expanded sub-menu presents the text corresponding to the subject.

The invention has at least the following effects: the electronic mail management system can automatically classify the sender, and combines the advantages of the electronic mail software and the network community software to achieve synergy, which can activate the application level of the electronic mail and make it easier to operate. .

1‧‧‧User terminal

10‧‧‧Processing module

100‧‧‧Electronic letter control system

11‧‧‧ Storage Module

12‧‧‧Communication Module

13‧‧‧Display module

14‧‧‧Input module

2‧‧‧Communication network

3‧‧‧E-mail service platform

31‧‧‧ Receiving Server

32‧‧‧Checking the server

4‧‧‧Control server

5‧‧‧ Instant messaging platform

51‧‧‧ instant messaging server

6‧‧‧Database

60‧‧‧Operator interface

600‧‧‧ main menu

601‧‧‧Main notification button

601a‧‧‧ secondary notification button

602‧‧‧Member options

602a‧‧‧Secondary menu

603‧‧‧ Subject option

61‧‧‧Group list

611‧‧‧Group options

62‧‧‧Add group interface

63‧‧‧ Letter preview interface

630‧‧‧Select field

631‧‧‧ Letter message button

7‧‧‧Remote Server

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S111~S114‧‧‧Steps

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of an embodiment of the electronic mail management system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an embodiment of the present embodiment. Flowchart for inventing an electronic mail management method; FIG. 3A to FIG. 3B are diagrams showing a part of the method for performing the electronic mail control of the present invention FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another part of the method for performing the electronic mail management method of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the operation interface of the newly added group of the embodiment; FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the letter preview interface of the embodiment. 7 is a schematic diagram of an operation interface of the group list of the embodiment; FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an operation interface of the main menu of the embodiment; FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an operation interface of one of the menus of the embodiment; 10 is a schematic illustration of the operational interface of another secondary menu of this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , in an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic mail management system 100 includes a user terminal 1 and an electronic mail service platform 3 , and the user terminal 1 and the electronic mail service platform 3 pass through a communication network 2 and an instant messaging platform 5 . And a remote server 7 for data transmission and communication with each other, the operation flow of the electronic mail service platform 3 for the user terminal 1 is as follows.

Referring to FIG. 2, after the user terminal 1 logs in to the electronic mail service platform 3 (step S101), the inbox is opened (step S102), and then the mail is viewed (step S103). Then, the email service platform 3 can provide a selective letter message (step S104). If the letter message function is selected, the email service platform 3 will check if the group has been established. The group (step S105), if it is established, is available for the user terminal 1 to enable the group function (step S106), and if not, the user terminal 1 establishes the group list (step S107).

On the basis that the group list has been established, the e-mail service platform 3 is available to view the group list (step S111), and the e-mail service platform 3 can provide an instant messaging platform letter notification function (step S112), and if confirmed, The electronic mail service platform 3 checks the instant messaging platform account number (step S113), and if the connection is normal, the notification function is enabled (step S114).

The detailed flow of the electronic mail management method will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B and FIG.

<let message function>

Referring to FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, the e-mail service platform 3 has a control server 4 and a database 6. The user terminal 1 logs into the e-mail service platform 3 by using a browser. The function options provided by the e-mail service platform 3 include: The group list 61 to the database 6, the view letter, and the group list 61 for viewing the data, each function corresponds to the connection process of the node I, the node II and the node III.

Referring to FIG. 5, the e-mail service platform 3 provides a new group interface 62. The user terminal 1 can create a group list by using the newly added group interface 62 to create a group name, and add members to different classification attributes. In the group list.

Referring to FIG. 6, the e-mail service platform 3 provides a letter preview interface 63. When the user terminal 1 views the mail in the letter preview interface 63, the letter preview interface 63 also There are a plurality of selection fields 630 corresponding to different members and a letter message button 631. When the selection field 630 is selected and the message message button 631 is pressed, the member name and e-mail address of the selected sender member will be selected. Added to group list 61.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the e-mail service platform 3 judges whether the data already exists in the database according to the input member data. If not, the member is associated with the group and stored in the database, and if so, the database is updated. data.

Referring to FIG. 1, the user terminal 1 has a processing module 10, a communication module 12, a storage module 11, and a display module 13. The functions of the components are as follows.

The processing module 10 carries a website program (such as a browser) and executes a website program to log into the email service platform 3 to browse the electronic mail.

The storage module 11 is electrically connected to the processing module 10, and stores a group list 61. The group list 61 has a plurality of members, and each member corresponds to an e-mail address.

The communication module 12 is electrically connected to the processing module 10, and is controlled by the processing module 10 to receive a plurality of electronic letters, and the processing module 10 identifies the e-mail address and group list of the senders of each electronic letter. Whether the e-mail addresses of the members match, and if they match, the letters belonging to the same member in the e-mail are filtered out.

Referring to FIG. 7, the display module 13 is electrically connected to the processing module 10, and is controlled by the processing module 10 to display an operation interface 60. The operation interface 60 has a group list 61, and the group list 61 is grouped into one. There are different category attributes such as credit card, department store offer group option 611, and the group option 611 is assigned a corresponding score. Multiple members of a class attribute. The corresponding "credit card" group option 611 is also configured to display a main notification button 601, the main notification button 601 and the number of e-mails whose group options 611 have not been read.

Referring to FIG. 8, the main menu 600 is configured to have a plurality of member options 602 respectively indicating each member, and each member option 602 is also configured to display a notification button 601a, 601b, a secondary notification button 601a, 601b, and respectively Indicates the number of e-mails that have not been read by the corresponding members, such as: Citi, a total of 3 new letters, and 2 new letters from Cathay. In addition, the number in the main notification button 601 in Figure 7 is the secondary notification button. 601a, 601b indicate the sum of the numbers, therefore, the number in the main notification button 601 will be marked as 5 new letters.

Referring to Figures 9 and 10, the operator interface 60 also has a plurality of secondary menus 602a, 602b attached to the primary menu 600, each of the secondary menus 602a, 602b being configured to be labeled as one of the member options 602 as shown in FIG. When selected, it can be expanded, and all the letter items sent by the member can be displayed one by one in the expanded secondary menu 602a. For example, the member option 602 labeled "Cathay" can be expanded as shown in Figure 10. The layout of the layout is from the top to the bottom of the member name "Guotai", followed by a dialog box similar to the bubble shape, the bubble-shaped outer frame is All the letters sent by "Guotai" are displayed one by one in the expanded secondary menu 602a.

In addition, each letter contains a letter subject and a text, and the operation interface 60 is also configured to have a plurality of sub-menus attached to the secondary menu 602a, each sub-menu being The grouping option 603 is provided with a plurality of key items 603 respectively indicating the main points of each letter. When one of the subject items 603 is selected by the input module 14, the sub-menu corresponding to the subject is expanded/collected, and the corresponding sub-menu is presented in the corresponding sub-menu. The text.

<Import notification and sorting function>

The e-mail service platform 3 also cooperates with an instant messaging platform 5. When the e-mail service platform 3 receives a new letter, it sends an instant messaging message containing the new letter information to the user terminal 1 through the instant messaging platform 5. Instant messaging software.

Referring to Figure 3A and Figure 3B, go to the "Instant Messaging Group List" and click the "New Letter Notification" button to select which method to use, such as: LINE, FB, Twitter instant messaging software, and finally enter the user. The account/password of the terminal 1 is verified by the instant messaging platform 5, and the function of "Web e-mail instant communication" is completed.

Referring to FIG. 4, the remote server 7 sends a new mail to the electronic mail service platform 3, and has a receiving server 31 and a checking server 32. The receiving server 31 notifies the checking server 32 of the new mail. The checking server 32 checks whether the recipient sets a new mail notification function, and if so, sends a notification to an instant messaging server 51 of the instant messaging platform 5, and the instant messaging server 51 of the instant messaging platform 5 goes to the user terminal. The instant messaging software of 1 sends a hyperlink to the email address.

In addition, when the user terminal 1 opens the group letter, the e-mail service platform 3Retrieve the group letter from the database 6 and sort the members in the group according to the user settings. Each member has a dialog box as shown in FIG. 9 , and the dialog box displays all the mail contents sent by each member, and The letters of each member are classified according to the same subject of the letter, as shown in the main text of the letter 1 and the main subject of the letter 2, respectively. The e-mail service platform 3 is arranged at the top of the dialog box according to the latest receipt time letter, and the unread mail is attached with a distinguishable symbol, and then the data is returned for viewing by the user terminal 1.

In summary, the electronic mail management system 100 of the present invention has the following features, which can activate the application level of the electronic mail and make it easier to operate, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

First, you don't need an e-mail to open the letter, you can read all the letters at once.

Second, the e-mail service platform 3 will first sort according to the "sender-> same subject-> time", so that the letter relevance and reading continuity are improved, and the user can also prioritize according to the importance of his letter. Which sender's letter to watch.

3. When there is a new letter, the e-mail service platform 3 can send a short message to the user's social software through the instant messaging platform 5 for notification, enabling instant viewing of the letter or reply processing in a short time.

Fourth, the instant messaging platform 5 will send the subject of the letter to the user, After the user views the subject matter, it is important to click on the link below to go to the e-mail service platform 3 to read the letter or reply.

5. The letter can be "expanded" or "condensed" to reduce the user's scrolling action, but the already read letter will shrink the content and mark the read, so it is not easy to confuse the "new letter" or "Old letters."

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, and all the equivalent equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the patent specification of the present invention are still The scope of the invention is covered.

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S111~S114‧‧‧Steps

Claims (10)

An electronic mail management method is applied to a user terminal and an e-mail service platform, and the user terminal logs into the e-mail service platform to browse e-mails. The method includes the following steps: the e-mail service platform responds to the input of the user terminal. Establishing a group list having a plurality of members, each member corresponding to an e-mail address; the e-mail service platform providing an operation interface, the operation interface being assembled to have a main menu and attached to the Multiple secondary menus under the main menu. The main menu is grouped with multiple member options for each member name. When one of the member options is selected, the secondary menu corresponding to the member option is turned on. Displaying the main message of the letter sent by the member one by one; when the e-mail service platform receives an e-mail sent by the sender, it identifies the e-mail address of the sender and the e-mail address of the group list Whether the addresses match, if they match, the same sender's letter is classified into the corresponding secondary menu of the member option. The electronic mail management method according to claim 1, wherein each of the letters includes the main body of the letter and a text, and the operation interface provided by the electronic mail service platform is further configured to have an attachment to the secondary menu. a plurality of sub-menus, each of the sub-menus being arranged to have a plurality of subject options respectively indicating the main subject of the letter, and when one of the subject options is selected by the user terminal, expanding/collecting the sub-menu corresponding to the subject, and being The expanded sub-menu presents the text of the corresponding subject The electronic mail management method according to claim 1, wherein the group list further has a plurality of group options marked with different classification attributes, and the operation interface is further configured to have a plurality of labels respectively indicating the classification attributes. Group options, and each of the group options is assigned multiple members corresponding to the category attribute. The electronic mail management method according to claim 3, wherein each of the group options is further configured to display a main notification button, and the main notification button is marked with an e-mail corresponding to the group option that has not been read yet. The quantity, corresponding to each member member option, is also configured to display a notification button, the secondary notification button and indicating the number of electronic messages corresponding to the member has not been read. The e-mail management method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the e-mail service platform is further operated by an instant messaging platform, and when the e-mail service platform receives a new letter, the instant messaging is The platform sends an instant messaging message containing the instant messaging information of the new letter information to the user terminal. An electronic mail management system comprising a user terminal and an e-mail service platform, the user terminal having: a processing module, carrying a website program and executing the website program and logging into the e-mail service platform to browse e-mails; The storage module is electrically connected to the processing module, and stores a group list. The group list has multiple members, each member corresponds to an e-mail address; a display module is electrically connected to the processing module. Controlled by the processing module to display an operation interface, the operation interface is configured to have a main menu and a plurality of secondary menus attached to the main menu, the main menu Is configured to have a plurality of member options respectively indicating the name of each member. When one of the member options is selected, the secondary menu corresponding to the member option is opened and all the letter items sent by the member are displayed one by one; And a communication module electrically connected to the processing module, controlled by the processing module to receive an e-mail sent by a sender, wherein the processing module identifies the sender's e-mail address and the group Whether the e-mail addresses of the group list match, if they match, the processing module classifies the same sender's letter into the corresponding sub-menu of the member option. The electronic mail management system of claim 6, wherein the user terminal further has an input module electrically connected to the processing module, each of the letters includes the main body of the letter and a text, and the operation interface is further configured. Having a plurality of sub-menus attached to the secondary menu, each of the sub-menu being arranged to have a plurality of subject options respectively indicating the subject matter of each of the letters, and when one of the subject options is selected by the input module, Expand/collect the sub-menu corresponding to the subject, and the expanded sub-menu presents the text corresponding to the subject. The electronic mail management system of claim 6, wherein the group list further has a plurality of group options marked with different classification attributes, and the operation interface is further configured to have a plurality of labels respectively indicating the classification attributes. Group options, and each of the group options is assigned multiple members corresponding to the category attribute. The electronic mail management system of claim 8, wherein each of the group options is further configured to display a main notification button, and the main notification button is marked with an e-mail corresponding to the group option has not been read. The quantity, corresponding to each member member option, is also configured to display a notification button, the secondary notification button and indicating the number of electronic messages corresponding to the member has not been read. The e-mail management system according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the e-mail service platform is further operated in conjunction with an instant messaging platform, and when the e-mail service platform receives a new letter, the instant messaging is The platform sends an instant messaging message containing the instant messaging information of the new letter information to the user terminal.