CN1103525C - Synchronous treatment method and device for e-mail data - Google Patents

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CN1103525C
CN1103525C CN 98120918 CN98120918A CN1103525C CN 1103525 C CN1103525 C CN 1103525C CN 98120918 CN98120918 CN 98120918 CN 98120918 A CN98120918 A CN 98120918A CN 1103525 C CN1103525 C CN 1103525C
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The present invention relates to a method and a device for the synchronous treatment of electronic mail data. Before synchronous treatment is carried out, a die set associated with event treatment has to be used, a mark database is established or updated, and mark data is used for recording synchronous messages which are corresponding to electronic mail data. When two devices at user ends are connected by a line, users issue synchronization commands, a current mark database is read for comparison, and mark data which is corresponding to different electronic mail data is found out; results obtained through comparison are used for exchange between the electronic mail data so as to update an electronic database and the mark database. Consequently, the synchronous treatment of electronic mails is completed.

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Processing method that e-mail data is synchronous and device
The present invention particularly is used for being scattered in synchronously the processing method and the device of the user's Email on each terminal equipment relevant for a kind of e-mail data synchronous processing method and device.
The Email Actions structure that is generally adopted in the Internet mainly is to reach in the mode of user side/service end (client/serven) at present.In detail, on network, provide a mail server (mailserver) exactly, and the e-mail box corresponding to each user (user side) is set.When Email transmits, promptly be sent in the corresponding e-mail and preserved.When user's (user side) was wired to mail server and requirement and checks the e-mail box content, mail server just can be read the content of e-mail and deliver on this user side.
In the agreement of general Email, when e-mail data when the mail service end is passed to user side, the e-mail data of being transferred in the mail server can be deleted, just no longer keep this e-mail data.But also there is the mailing system of part all Emails can be retained in the server, for example CC-mail.This system that all mail datas are retained in server has a more serious problem, is exactly after long-term the use, can a considerable amount of e-mail datas of accumulation in the service end.When the user requires to download one's e-mail data, just can spend a large amount of time checks or download the e-mail data of many repetitions, therefore reduce networks efficiency.
But last e-mail data still can be sent on the equipment of user side.Yet modern's work often is to carry out on different terminal equipments.For example, the user may daytime works in the PC in company, but then is to operate at home the computer evening, then is to use portable notebook computer or handheld pcs at whilst on tour.Fig. 1 promptly represents the configuration diagram of this work kenel.The user may pass through different terminal equipments, with computer 2 and portable computer 3 in the computer 1, family, comes on the access mail server 4 Email in or several e-mails as office.That is to say that various e-mail datas may be scattered in the different terminal equipments.Moreover, also possible even on same terminal equipment, carry out work because used different EUDORAs, and make e-mail data be scattered in the different pieces of information folder of each EUDORA correspondence.Therefore, because the dispersion of e-mail data, the user often must just can carry out by different terminal equipments and different EUDORAs when having access to different e-mail data, also is difficult to the e-mail data of all transmitting-receivings is shared simultaneously.
In brief, there is the problem on the data sync in present e-mail system.For the e-mail system (as CC-mail) that all e-mail datas is retained in mail server, very huge of the data of accumulating over a long period, when user side is written into e-mail data, also must wastes the considerable time and handle simultaneously, reduce the service efficiency of network.For after mail server transmits Email promptly for the e-mail system (as SMTP) of deletion, mail data may be scattered in different terminal equipments and the different data folder, increases the difficulty that data are integrated.
In view of this, main purpose of the present invention is to provide synchronous processing method of a kind of e-mail data and device, can be with the in addition synchronization of e-mail data that is scattered in different terminal equipment and the different pieces of information folder, just integrate all e-mail datas in same terminal equipment and archives, further handle with convenient.
Another object of the present invention is to provide synchronous processing method of a kind of e-mail data and device, can be for the system that mail data all is retained in mail server, processing time when reducing the data download between mail server and the user side is so that improve the service efficiency of network.
According to above-mentioned purpose, the present invention proposes the synchronous processing method of a kind of e-mail data, and in order to stored a plurality of e-mail datas in synchronous first device and second device, it comprises the following steps.At first, in above-mentioned first device and above-mentioned second device, set up first registration database and second registration database respectively, the above-mentioned first flag data database is in order to write down the pairing flag data of e-mail data that stores in above-mentioned first device, and above-mentioned second registration database is in order to write down the pairing flag data of e-mail data that stores in last second device.Then read above-mentioned first registration database and the above-mentioned second signature library database.Then according to above-mentioned first registration database and above-mentioned second registration database, in order to hunt out the pairing e-mail data of flag data that all write down in above-mentioned first registration database and above-mentioned second registration database.Then according to mentioned above searching results, and one of to establish at least in above-mentioned first device and above-mentioned second device be a synchronous storage device as a result, stores the e-mail data that all hunt out.At last, upgrade registration database in the above-mentioned synchronized result storage device.
In addition, the establishment step of registration database is in the transmission of carrying out Email and receives when handling that the flag data that it is corresponding is stored in registration database and finishes.In addition, above-mentioned flag data is made of Identification Data, position data and time data at least, above-mentioned Identification Data is in order to the e-mail data of identification correspondence, above-mentioned position data is in order to define the storage location of corresponding e-mail data, and above-mentioned time data is in order to define the latest update time of corresponding e-mail data.Therefore, according to the Identification Data in the above-mentioned flag data, can judge the e-mail data that repeats in the e-mail data that is stored in above-mentioned first device and above-mentioned second device, use and hunt out pairing all e-mail datas of flag data that in above-mentioned first flag data and above-mentioned second flag data, write down, and, use the latest edition of e-mail data surely according to the time data in the above-mentioned flag data; And, can determine the position of reading of e-mail data according to the position data in the above-mentioned flag data.
On the other hand, the present invention also provides a kind of e-mail data synchronization processing apparatus, and in order to carry out the synchronous of Email with an external electrical mail data synchronization processing apparatus, it comprises: one starts module, in order to receive a user synch command; One email database has a plurality of e-mail datas; One registration database has a plurality of flag datas, corresponds respectively to above-mentioned e-mail data; One communication module, be coupled to above-mentioned startup module, and receive above-mentioned synch command, in order to external electrical mail data synchronization processing apparatus line, one mark number of times control module, be coupled to above-mentioned communication module and above-mentioned registration database, it is corresponding to above-mentioned synch command, read the above-mentioned flag data of above-mentioned registration database and the flag data that obtains said external e-mail data synchronization processing apparatus by above-mentioned communication module, compare, hunt out all flag datas corresponding to different e-mail datas; One mail data control module, be coupled to above-mentioned admittance news module, above-mentioned flag data control module, above-mentioned registration database and above-mentioned email database, according to the resulting search result of above-mentioned flag data control module, read the e-mail data of said external e-mail data synchronization processing apparatus by above-mentioned communication module, use and upgrade above-mentioned email database and above-mentioned registration database, one event device module, in order in a mail management program, to set at least one particular event, above-mentioned particular event is corresponding to the processing action of above-mentioned mail management program for above-mentioned email database, when above-mentioned particular event occurred, above-mentioned mail management program was promptly sent an event notice; One incident monitor module is in order to receive above-mentioned event notice; And an event registration module, according to the received and above-mentioned event notice of above-mentioned incident monitor module, carry out corresponding correction for above-mentioned registration database.By this, set up and safeguard registration database.
For above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, a preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and conjunction with figs. are described in detail below:
Fig. 1 represents postagram server block schematic diagram in the use.
Fig. 2 represents in embodiments of the present invention, the hardware configuration calcspar when ustomer premises access equipment is sent and received e-mail by mail server.
Fig. 3 represents in embodiments of the present invention, the data flow figure when ustomer premises access equipment is sent and received e-mail by mail server.
Fig. 4 represents the structural representation of registration database in embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 5 represents in embodiments of the present invention, when two ustomer premises access equipments carry out the hardware configuration calcspar of e-mail data when synchronous.
Fig. 6 represents in embodiments of the present invention, when two ustomer premises access equipments carry out the data flow figure of e-mail data when synchronous.
Fig. 7 represents the simplified flow chart of the embodiment of the invention when carrying out the e-mail data Synchronous Processing.
E-mail data synchronization processing method of the present invention can be divided into two stages, and first stage is to handle when generally sending and receiving e-mail, and its purpose is to set up the registration database (tagdatabase) of corresponding e-mail data.Registration database is the relevent information that is used for being stored in when carrying out data sync corresponding to each e-mail data.Second stage then is according to the registration database of being set up on each ustomer premises access equipment, actual synchronous exchange of carrying out e-mail data.In following examples, mainly be to do explanation at the data sync situation between the ustomer premises access equipment.But for the situation between ustomer premises access equipment and the mail server, same suitable following example.
Fig. 2 represents in the present embodiment, the hardware configuration calcspar when ustomer premises access equipment is sent and received e-mail by mail server.As shown in the figure, ustomer premises access equipment 10 is wired to mail server 4 by modulator-demodulator 9, uses the transmitting-receiving action of carrying out Email.Ustomer premises access equipment 10 generally is to be connected with pcmcia interface by serial, parallel end with modulator-demodulator 9.Then be to carry out the exchange of information between modulator-demodulator 9 and the mail server 4 by public service telephone network (PSTN).The effect of modulator-demodulator 9 is to convert the digital data into the simulation pattern, so that transmit on PSTN.But, then may not need modulator-demodulator 9, and be to use suitable adapter (adaptor) to connect when ustomer premises access equipment 10 is by wide area network or the Internet (Internet) is when being directly connected to mail server 4.
Ustomer premises access equipment 10 in the present embodiment, no matter be desktop computer, notebook computer or personal digital aid (PDA), all comprise each element shown in Figure 2: CPU 100, communicating circuit 101, input unit 102 (for example keyboard), output device 103 (for example display), storage device 104 (for example hard disk or flash memory) and main storage 105 (dynamic random access memory, DRAM).In the process of sending and receiving e-mail, CPU 100 is to be responsible for carrying out the control of E-mail receiver/send motivation, and is actually responsible for the registration database that develops and manages correspondence.101 of communicating circuits are the Communication Control of being responsible for modulator-demodulator 9.102 of input units are to assign the instruction that receives or transmit Email for the user.103 of output devices are the messages that is used for showing user interface and E-mail receiver/send.Storage device 104 is to be used for storing transmitting and the e-mail data of reception and the flag data (registration database) of corresponding each Email.105 of main storages are to be used for actual storage arrangement when E-mail conveyance and reception.Below just transmit the situation of Email and reception Email respectively, the registration database that it is corresponding is set up and safeguarded to the hardware in the key diagram 2 how.
When the user passed through the instruction of input unit 102 input transfer Emails, the Email that CPU 100 can will be stored in storage device 104 was loaded into main storage 105, sends it to communication electronics 101 again.9 e-mail datas that communicating circuit 101 is provided of modulator-demodulator convert analog signal to, deliver to mail server 4, prepare to transmit.After modulator-demodulator 9 is responded the normal information that transmits, CPU 100 just can be with needed information (flag data) when the Synchronous Processing, be stored on the storage device 104, set up the Synchronous Processing information that Email write down that transmitted just now by this.
On the other hand, when the user received the instruction of Email by input unit 14 inputs, CPU 100 just can be sent to the instruction that receives Email on the communicating circuit 101, is sent to mail server 4 by modulator-demodulator 9.This moment, system must wait for the response of mail server 4.When mail server 4 sent back the Email that this user received in its e-mail, by modulator-demodulator 9 and communicating circuit 101, CPU 100 was stored in these e-mail datas in the main storage 105 temporaryly.After the process inspection was errorless, CPU 100 just was stored into these e-mail datas in the storage device 104.After completing successfully all mail reception steps, CPU 100 is just with in each e-mail data, needed information (flag data) in the time of can being used in Synchronous Processing, be stored on the storage device 104, set up the Synchronous Processing information that Email write down that received just now by this.Therefore, corresponding each Email that is received and the Email that is transmitted, system all can note its corresponding flag data, supplies the usefulness when different user end equipment room carries out the email synchronization processing.
More than be the program of viewpoint explanation present embodiment when setting up registration database with hardware.Following with reference to Fig. 3, describe method how to implement to set up registration database in detail.Fig. 3 represents in the present embodiment, the data flow figure when ustomer premises access equipment is sent and received e-mail by mail server.In data flow diagram shown in Figure 3, be divided into two parts, be respectively mail service end 4 and ustomer premises access equipment 10, corresponding to the part of same tag among Fig. 2.In each module shown in Fig. 3 and data, message transmission proxy module 110, mail management module 112 and the email database 120 of the mail mailbox 400 of mail service end 4, message transmission proxy module 401 and ustomer premises access equipment 10 are the necessary parts that generally are used for carrying out the E-mail receiver/send operation in addition.Mail mailbox 400 is storage areas that mail server 4 stores user's Emails, and 112 of mail management modules are to be responsible for allowing the application program module of user's managing email on user side, for example Eudora (tm), Netscape mailbox or the like.The user can assign the instruction that sends or receive Email by mail management module 112, by the transfer of data of message transmission proxy module 110 and 401, just can be between email database 120 and mail mailbox 400 exchange message.Being stored in the data in the email database 120, can be encrypted form, to increase its confidentiality.As for the part that incident (event) setting module 113, incident monitor module 114,115 of event registration modules are in the present embodiment to be added, its purpose is to set up and safeguard registration database 130.
Event setup module 113, incident monitor module 114 and event registration module 115 are the parts among Email ADS (dynamic data is synchronous) the module group in the present embodiment, mainly be when the user carries out E-mail receiver/send, to move, use when starting, must start above-mentioned three modules in the lump for each reception or the Email 112 (email application) that sends.
Event setup module 113, incident monitor module 114 and event registration module 115 are started simultaneously in mail management module 112 to be started in the lump, registration (register) service in the registration database in General System earlier, the Email ADS module group who promptly comprises above-mentioned three modules at least, the type of its startup then is to start when being made as other particular service of request.Set these special services clothes prefaces for e-mail applications degree program all in the system again, just can when the mail management module 112 in starting Fig. 3, start event setup module 113, incident monitor module 114 and event registration module 115 simultaneously.Another advantage of above-mentioned way then is no matter to be to utilize which kind of email application to send and receive e-mail, and can be recorded in the identical registration database 130.
After startup, the event setup module 113 that is activated can be registered the incident that needs notice (notify) earlier in mail management module 112.In the present embodiment, the notification event that is registered can comprise: sent Email, received Email by user side by user side, revise the situation of certain e-mail data or the like in mail management module 112.In addition, the required object of informing of registration notification incident then is incident monitor module 114.
At this moment, the user can carry out the work that administers and maintains of Email by mail management module 112.Until mail management module 112 is when finding any incident that needs notice, the just message notification event monitor module 114 that can take place with incident.Incident monitor module 114 then allows event registration module 15 carry out this register of event, so that set up the flag data of corresponding this incident in registration database 130.Before above-mentioned processing can last till that mail management module 112 finishes, use the tagged message that all are relevant and write in the registration database 130.
Fig. 4 then is a structural representation of representing registration database 130 in the present embodiment, the Synchronous Processing related data that just every flag data comprised.As shown in the figure, every flag data comprises following every data: Email coding 130a, post part address 130b, posting address 130c, mail matter topics title 130d, post time 130e, mail deposit position 130f, mail modification time 130g and mail state data 130h.Wherein Email coding 130a is used for writing down the coding of each Email in registration database 130.
Post part address 130b, posting address 130c, mail matter topics title 130d and post time 130e be used for Identification Data as Email.Because general e-mail data may be interspersed within on the distinct device of user side, therefore when each e-mail data of record, must guarantee the uniqueness of Email.In registration database 130, used four variablees to indicate e-mail data, that is this Email post object (posting address 130c), data in Email in theme (subject) field (mail matter topics title 130d) that part e-mail address (posting bit address 130b), this Email will send and the date (130e post time) of receiving or send this mail at the user side place, indicate single part of Email.
Mail deposit position 130f then is with the storage location that indicates the pairing e-mail data of this flag data, that is is in that data folder in that ustomer premises access equipment.Mail modification time 130g is used for writing down the time that this e-mail data carries out Last modification, utilizes this information can find out nearest one in different editions.Mail state data 130h then is other messages that are used to refer to this e-mail data, in the present embodiment, mail state data 130h has defined four kinds of states altogether, that is remove to share (C1ean-Shared) and represent that this part e-mail data crossed by Synchronous Processing), stain and share (Dirty-Shared) (represent that this part e-mail data need be by Synchronous Processing, just it is for increasing newly or being modified again later synchronously), deletion (Deleted) (representing that this part e-mail data is deleted) and Exclusive (representing the encrypted processing of this part e-mail data).
The above-mentioned effect of every message when Synchronous Processing in flag data can be briefly described as follows.When system will carry out Synchronous Processing, can by post part address 130b, posting address 130c, mail matter topics title 130d and post time 130e Identification Data decide the uniqueness of Email, to avoid duplicate record.But when the Identification Data of two e-mail datas is identical, just must decide up-to-date version according to mail modification time 130g and mail state data 130h.And when carrying out E-mail conveyance, then be to take out corresponding e-mail data according to email storage position 130f.
Though above-mentioned explanation is to be example with sole user's end equipment, same situation is to go in the different ustomer premises access equipments.That is to say that the user can set up and there emerged a other registration database on different equipment when utilizing different user end equipment to send and receive e-mail.How the following just explanation of present embodiment utilizes these registration databases, reaches the synchronous purpose of e-mail data.
Fig. 5 represents that in the present embodiment the hardware configuration when two ustomer premises access equipments carry out the e-mail data Synchronous Processing founds piece figure.As shown in the figure, connect the Synchronous Processing of carrying out e-mail data between ustomer premises access equipment 10 and the ustomer premises access equipment 20.As discussed previously, comprise CPU 100, communicating circuit 101, input unit 102, output device 103, storage device 104 and main storage 105 in the ustomer premises access equipment 10.In addition, also comprise CPU 200, communicating circuit 201, input unit 202, output device 203, storage device 204 and main storage 205 in the ustomer premises access equipment 20.The part of Lian Jieing is communicating circuit 101 and 201 between the two, and it can utilize parallel end, serial end or infrared-ray communication to realize that the network of actual line also can be wide area network or local area network (LAN).In the following description, be that the hypothesis user assigns the synchronous instruction of e-mail data by ustomer premises access equipment 20, and can upgrade the e-mail data in ustomer premises access equipment 10 and 20 in the lump, to reach the purpose of e-mail data unanimity (synchronously).For example, ustomer premises access equipment 10 can be to distinguish public indoor computer or the desktop computer in the family, and ustomer premises access equipment 20 then can be notebook computer or the personal digital aid (PDA) that carries easily.Even yet utilize desktop computer to send synchronic command, or all e-mail datas are concentrated on the situation that desktop computer or personal digital assistant make progress, spirit according to the invention too.
Hardware operation when carrying out the e-mail data Synchronous Processing below is described.This moment, ustomer premises access equipment 10 and 20 registration database and its corresponding email database were to be stored in respectively in storage device 104 and 204.When ustomer premises access equipment 20 sent the e-mail data synchronic command, after just the user assigned synchronic command by input unit 202, CPU 200 can be sent to ustomer premises access equipment 10 with this instruction by communicating circuit 201 and 101.After the CPU 100 of ustomer premises access equipment 10 receives than synchronic command, just the registration database in the storage device 104 (corresponding to ustomer premises access equipment 10) can be read, be sent to ustomer premises access equipment 20.When CPU 200 receives this registration database that sends (corresponding to ustomer premises access equipment 10), can earlier it be stored in the memory 205, then again by mark-sense database in the square storage device 204 (corresponding to ustomer premises access equipment 20), similarly be stored in the main storage 205, carry out the comparison of two registration databases at last again.
In above-mentioned processing procedure, mainly be as the device that compares flag data, so all registration databases all are to deliver in the ustomer premises access equipment 20 with ustomer premises access equipment 20.But relatively the device of flag data also can be located on the ustomer premises access equipment 10.In other words, when ustomer premises access equipment 20 sent synchronic command, also that it is corresponding registration database was delivered to ustomer premises access equipment 10; Then ustomer premises access equipment 10 just is stored into registration database and the registration database own that sends in the primary storage 105 in the lump, prepares to compare.The following description is still with the device of ustomer premises access equipment 20 as comparison.
After the CPU 200 of ustomer premises access equipment 20 compares, can determine the e-mail data at all two ends that store at present according to relevent information wherein.Then, upgrade the registration database that is stored in the main storage 205 earlier, again according to the registration database after upgrading, the instruction of moving of sending Email, allow and transmit e-mail data between ustomer premises access equipment 10 and the ustomer premises access equipment 20, so that the email database in the renewal two ends.Be to illustrate herein, but during practical application, also can specify the data after one of them ustomer premises access equipment concentrates all to upgrade with synchronous renewal two ends data conditions.After email database in finishing two ends upgrades and handles, then utilize the registration database that temporarily is stored in the main storage 205, upgrade the registration database that two users hold equipment, promptly finish synchronous processing.At this moment, all stored email database and the registration database after the renewal in the ustomer premises access equipment 10 and 20.
More than be so that the program of the viewpoint of part explanation present embodiment when carrying out the email synchronization processing.Below with reference to Fig. 6, describe the method that email synchronization is handled of how implementing in detail.Fig. 6 represents in the present embodiment, when ustomer premises access equipment 10 and 20 carries out the data flow figure of e-mail data when synchronous.As shown in the figure, when carrying out the email synchronization processing, Email ADS module group has comprised four parts, be respectively ADS and open beginning module (270, in Fig. 6, only in ustomer premises access equipment 20, indicate), communication module (240,140), mail data control module (250,150) and flag data control module (260,160).In other words, ADS among Fig. 6 opens event setup module, incident monitor module and the event registration module of beginning module, communication module, mail data control module and flag data control module and Fig. 3, constitutes the complete Email ADS module group in the present embodiment.
Below narrate the effect of above-mentioned four modules respectively.It is to be used for starting the program that whole email synchronization is handled that ADS opens beginning module 270, and it assigns the enabled instruction of Synchronous Processing program according to user 7 indication.Communication module (240,140) then is in the Synchronous Processing process, is responsible for the control of program and passes on synchronic command, e-mail data and flag datas ustomer premises access equipment 10 and 20.Mail data control module (250,150) then is to be used for being responsible for reading and upgrading of email database 220.Flag data control module (260,160) then is to be used for the reading of control mark database 230, in addition, flag data control module 260 also must be responsible for carrying out the comparison of registration database 130 and 230, and according to comparative result, the module that control is relevant is carried out the synchronous action of e-mail data.Following according to Fig. 6, describe the purpose that data how to utilize registration database in the present embodiment reach data sync in detail.
Behind ustomer premises access equipment 10 and the suitable hardware line of 20 processes, user 7 assigns the ADS enabled instruction at ustomer premises access equipment 20.ADS opens beginning module 270 after receiving this ADS enabled instruction, then just can notification communication module 240 these relevant messages, email database after for example upgrading synchronously and registration database must leave (being to leave in simultaneously on two ustomer premises access equipments upgrading the back data synchronously in the present embodiment) in that ustomer premises access equipment in.Communication module 240 then can be sent to this synchronic command the communication module 140 of ustomer premises access equipment 10, and requires it to send data in its interior registration database 130.
In the ustomer premises access equipment 10, after communication module 140 receives this synchronic command, promptly by flag data control module 160 mark-sense databases 130.This registration database 130 by communication module 140 and 240, is delivered in the flag data control module 260 again.On the other hand, communication module 240 also can require flag data control module 260 mark-sense databases 230 in ustomer premises access equipment 20.In flag data control module 260, just keep registration database 130 and 230 this moment, prepared to carry out both comparisons.
With reference to aforementioned flag data library structure (Fig. 4), the action that compares in the following descriptive markup Data Control module 260.With reference to figure 4, all comprised Identification Data (promptly post part address 130b, posting address 130c, mail matter topics title 130 and post time 130e), storage data (being mail deposit position 130f) and time data in each flag data) be mail modification time 130g).The purpose of two registration databases relatively is to be to find out all to be stored in e-mail data in ustomer premises access equipment 10 and 20.Therefore, flag data control module 260 determines all corresponding e-mail datas at first according to the Identification Data in each flag data.When the identical e-mail data of the sensing of the flag data below two parts or two parts, promptly expressing possibility is to revise again behind repetition or this Email of reception (or sending).This part can utilize mail correction time 130g to decide.In the present embodiment, no matter be the situation of repetition or correction, all only select nearest revised a e-mail data.So, flag data control module 260 is partly removed the flag data that repeats in registration database 130 and 230, e-mail data for the indication different editions is then got the wherein flag data of corresponding more recent version, sets up out a new registration database (not shown).
Result after then flag data control module 260 will compare delivers to the mail data control module 150 (by communication module 240,140) of ustomer premises access equipment 10 and the mail data control module 250 of ustomer premises access equipment 20 respectively.According to the registration database after the new renewal synchronously, mail data control module 250 and 150 can utilize mail deposit position 130f to carry out the e-mail data exchange of part, so that upgrade email database 120 and 220.After finishing the renewal of Email, then just synchronous update mark database 130 and 230.So far, promptly finish the Synchronous Processing of Email.
Fig. 7 represents the simplified flow chart of the embodiment of the invention when carrying out the e-mail data Synchronous Processing.Before carrying out Synchronous Processing, must utilize the correlation module (being event device module 113, incident monitor module 114, event registration module 115) of event handling, set up registration database or update mark database (S1).When two ustomer premises access equipment lines and user assign synch command, utilize communication module (140,240) to read present registration database (130,230) (S2) earlier.Then flag data control module 260 compares registration database, and finds out all flag datas corresponding to different e-mail datas (S3).Utilize this result who compares, mail data control module (150,250) exchange e-mail data.So that upgrade email database (120,220) (S4), then be at last update mark database (130,230) (S5), finish the processing of email synchronization.
According to the above, e-mail data synchronization processing method of the present invention has following advantage:
1. processing method of the present invention and device can just be integrated all e-mail datas in same terminal equipment and archives with the in addition synchronization of e-mail data that is scattered in different terminal equipment and the different pieces of information folder, further handle with convenient.
2. in addition, processing method of the present invention and device can be useful in the system that mail data all is retained in mail server too.That is when user side will be written into e-mail data in the mail server, also can utilize method of the present invention to reduce the processing time when data are downloaded between mail server and the user side, so that improve the service efficiency of network.
Though the present invention discloses as above with a preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to limiting the present invention, anyly has the knack of this skill person, do not breaking away from the spirit and scope of the invention; when can doing a little change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is when being limited by accompanying Claim.

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1. e-mail data synchronization processing apparatus, in order to an external electrical mail data synchronization processing apparatus carry out Email synchronously, it is characterized in that comprising:
One starts module, in order to receive a user synch command;
One email database has a plurality of e-mail datas;
One registration database has a plurality of flag datas, corresponds respectively to above-mentioned e-mail data;
One communication module is coupled to above-mentioned startup module and receives above-mentioned synch command, in order to an external electrical mail data synchronization processing apparatus line;
One flag data control module, be coupled to above-mentioned communication module and above-mentioned registration database, it is corresponding to above-mentioned synch command, read the above-mentioned flag data of above-mentioned registration database and the flag data that obtains said external e-mail data synchronization processing apparatus by last communication module, compare, hunt out all flag datas corresponding to different e-mail datas;
One mail data control module, be coupled to above-mentioned communication module, above-mentioned flag data control module, above-mentioned registration database and above-mentioned email database, according to the resulting search result of above-mentioned flag data control module, read the e-mail data of said external e-mail data synchronization processing apparatus by above-mentioned communication module, use and upgrade above-mentioned email database and above-mentioned registration database.
One event setup module, in order in a mail management program, to set at least one particular event, above-mentioned particular event is corresponding to the processing action of above-mentioned mail management program for above-mentioned email database, when above-mentioned particular event occurred, above-mentioned mail management program was promptly sent an event notice;
One incident monitor module is in order to receive above-mentioned event notice; And
One event registration module according to the received above-mentioned event notice of above-mentioned incident monitor module, is carried out corresponding correction for above-mentioned registration database.
2. device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, flag data corresponding to each e-mail data, at least constituted by Identification Data, position data and time data, above-mentioned Identification Data is in order to the e-mail data of identification correspondence, above-mentioned position data is in order to define the storage location of corresponding e-mail data, and above-mentioned time data is in order to define the latest update time of corresponding e-mail data.
3. processing method that e-mail data is synchronous, a plurality of e-mail datas of being stored in installing in order to synchronous one first device and one second is characterized in that, comprise the following steps:
In above-mentioned first device and above-mentioned second device, set up first registration database and second flag data respectively, above-mentioned first registration database is in order to write down the pairing flag data of e-mail data that stores in above-mentioned first device, and above-mentioned second registration database is in order to write down the pairing flag data of e-mail data that stores in above-mentioned second device;
According to a startup synch command that module received, read above-mentioned first registration database and above-mentioned second registration database;
According to above-mentioned first registration database and above-mentioned second standard database, in order to hunt out the pairing e-mail data of flag data that all write down in above-mentioned first registration database and above-mentioned second registration database;
According to above-mentioned search result, and one of establish at least in above-mentioned first device and above-mentioned second device and to be to store the e-mail data that all hunt out by this synchronized result storage device; And
Upgrade the registration database in the above-mentioned synchronized result storage device.
4. processing method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, above-mentioned first device and above-mentioned second device are user end apparatus.
5. processing method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, above-mentioned first device is the E-mail service end device, and above-mentioned second device is user end apparatus.
6. processing method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, above-mentioned first device is PC, and above-mentioned second device is pocket pc.
7. processing method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, set up in the step of above-mentioned first registration database, when above-mentioned first device carried out the transmission of Email and receives processing, the flag data that it is corresponding was stored in above-mentioned first registration database and finishes; Set up in the step of above-mentioned second registration database, when above-mentioned second device carried out the transmission of Email and receives processing, the flag data that it is corresponding was stored in above-mentioned second registration database and finishes.
8. processing method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, reads in the step of above-mentioned first registration database and above-mentioned second registration database to comprise:
Above-mentioned first device is sent a synchronous index signal to above-mentioned second device;
According to above-mentioned synchronous indicating signal, above-mentioned second device reads above-mentioned second registration database and delivers to above-mentioned first device; And
Above-mentioned first device reads above-mentioned first registration database;
And above-mentioned search step lies in above-mentioned first device carries out.
9. processing method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, flag data corresponding to each e-mail data, at least constituted by Identification Data, position data and time data, above-mentioned Identification Data is in order to the e-mail data of identification correspondence, above-mentioned position data is in order to the storage location of the e-mail data that defines correspondence, and above-mentioned time data is in order to define the latest update time of corresponding e-mail data.
10. processing method as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned search step, be according to the Identification Data in the above-mentioned flag data, judge the e-mail data that repeats in the e-mail data that is stored in above-mentioned first device and above-mentioned second device, use and hunt out pairing all e-mail datas of flag data that in above-mentioned first normal data and above-mentioned second flag data, write down, and according to the time data in the above-mentioned flag data, the decision latest edition of e-mail data; In the step of all e-mail datas that relatively hunt out of above-mentioned storage, be, determine the position of reading of e-mail data according to the position data in the above-mentioned flag data.
11. processing method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, above-mentioned e-mail data is the encrypted form by encryption.
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