CN1197337C - Method and system for processing e-mail at remote end - Google Patents

Method and system for processing e-mail at remote end Download PDF

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CN1197337C
CN1197337C CN 98119161 CN98119161A CN1197337C CN 1197337 C CN1197337 C CN 1197337C CN 98119161 CN98119161 CN 98119161 CN 98119161 A CN98119161 A CN 98119161A CN 1197337 C CN1197337 C CN 1197337C
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The present invention relates to a system and a method thereof for processing an e-mail from a far end. The system comprises a far-end host computer, wherein the far-end host computer is provided with an electronic mailbox and a telephone which can be connected with the far-end host computer through a public service telephone network, and the telephone is connected with the far-end host computer in a dialling way so as to log on the electronic mailbox. When the e-mail of the electronic mailbox is selected to be processed, a specific e-mail in the electronic mailbox is first selected by the keys of the telephone, and the far-end host computer generates a corresponding e-mail voice signal by word-to-voice converting technology at this point so as to play the signal. When an e-mail needs to be sent, the far-end host computer records the voice transmitted by a remote telephone, which is recorded into voice data, and the input voice data is attached to the e-mail to be sent so as to send the e-mail to a destination electronic mailbox.

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The method of processing e-mail at remote end and system thereof
The present invention is relevant for a kind of network electronic mail (electronic mail, or title E-mail) remote processor method, particularly utilize public service telephone network (public service telephone metwork is called for short PSTN), can handle the method for network electronic mail at any time, and the system of adopting said method.
Along with the arriving of information age, obtaining and managing of information also just becomes more and more important.The most general mode of acquired information is and utilizes PC to be connected with the Internet (internet) at present, by the powerful application software platform on the PC, the service of diverse network is provided, for example file captures (file transterprotocol, ftp), Email, world wide web (world wide web, WWW) or the like.Email is wherein a kind of application network service quite widely.It mainly is on a certain main frame (being referred to as mail server usually, mail server) e-mail accounts or e-mail to be set, and it has uniqueness usually on network.E-mail can receive the Email that sends from other network users, also can be responsible for sending an email in other users' the e-mail.Therefore, the transmitting-receiving managing email is the necessary service function of Email.
General user is not that the direct control mail server comes managing email, but by PC and modulator-demodulator (modem), link to mail server in the mode of dialing and connecting, the email application that utilizes PC again and provided is handled the mail in the account number.Yet this mode only can be useful under the operational environment of a guy's computer.For some often changed job site or people on holiday, whether own e-mail in had important mail, also can't send any Email if just can't obtain.Though PC develops into notebook computer from desktop computer at present, even has arrived palmtop computer, volume is more and more littler, carry a computer and go out, and remains the thing of suitable trouble.Moreover,, connect the Internet and still must pass through the public service telephone network even use notebook computer or palmtop computer.In fact, general public telephone or the phone in the hotel all do not provide suitable socket usually, allow general computer connect and go up the Internet.Therefore, can't use under the situation that computer connects the Internet at these, managing email will be the very work of difficulty.
The present invention designs at using computer to connect the situation that goes up the Internet.Except the Internet, the public service telephone network is to use rate the highest at present, and is the communication modes that is easy to obtain most.In fact, even internet usage, most user is still by the public service telephone network and dials and connects on the Internet.Therefore, if can manage individual's e-mail, will improve the wish that most of people use e-mail greatly by general public's Service Phone net.Though have the part technology that the function of receiving E-mail can be provided at present, complete e-mail management function still is not provided, this is the problem that institute of the present invention desire solves.
In view of this, main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of method of processing e-mail at remote end, particularly obey telephone network by the public, directly utilize general conventional telephone set or wireless cellular phone comes the managing email mailbox, use the convenience that improves Email, the while user also no longer needs to carry computer and comes managing email.
According to above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of system and processing method thereof of processing e-mail at remote end, comprising a remote host, have an e-mail in this remote host, and one can connect the telephone set of going up this remote host by the public service telephone network.Telephone set links to remote host and logins e-mail with dial mode.In capturing this e-mail during the processing of Email, the button by telephone set at first, select a specific e-mail in the e-mail, this moment, remote host promptly utilized text conversion voice (Text-to-Speech, TTS) technology is handled the word segment of this specific e-mail, produces corresponding Email voice signal, again this voice signal is played on the telephone set in a distant place at last, makes the content of its electron gain mail.On the other hand, when the needs send Email, remote host prompting earlier begins recording, and record produces one group of input voice data by the voice that distant place telephone set is transmitted.Send the e-mail of destination in decision after, this can be imported the voice data and invest on the Email to be sent, send to the destination e-mail.Receive the user of this Email, then can utilize the sound-playing function on the general computer, obtain the content of this Email.
Therefore, the method for processing e-mail at remote end provided by the invention comprises the following steps:
By public service telephone network or mobile radio communication, utilize a telephone set to link to a remote host with dial mode, this remote host has an e-mail;
Login this e-mail;
When the Email in this e-mail of acquisition, this remote host is play corresponding Email with voice mode; And
When by this e-mail send Email, this remote host is the voice record that this telephone set sent one input voice data, and sends corresponding Email with this input voice data;
In the step by this e-mail send Email, comprise the following steps:
This remote host record produces this input voice data by the voice that this telephone set transmitted;
Decision sends another e-mail of destination, and when when replying Email, the destination e-mail is the source place of original send Email; And
This input voice data is invested Email to be sent, be sent to this another e-mail.
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 in the embodiment of the invention schematic diagram of syndeton between telephone set and remote host.
Fig. 2 (Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B) represents that in embodiments of the present invention remote host is handled the schematic flow sheet of e-mail hypervisor.
Fig. 3 represents in embodiments of the present invention, the implementation and operation flow chart of user when utilizing regular phone machine management far-end e-mail.
The method of disclosed processing e-mail at remote end is a situation about emphasizing not using the online of general PC and modulator-demodulator, still can manage individual's e-mail effectively.As previously mentioned, the public service telephone network is a most general present communication network, and it mainly provides the Communications service of voice mode.Therefore in the present invention, the e-mail in the remote host is managed in the speech communication that promptly utilizes the public service telephone network to be provided.Implementing when of the present invention, must on remote host, set up the program that processed voice manages that is used for, and the method that the operator sets according to this voice management program is being checked or send Email.Below implement technology of the present invention with an embodiment practical illustration, yet, the described person of present embodiment is not in order to limit the present invention, for knowing this operator, when practical application, adjust the described content of present embodiment, still do not break away from the spirit of processing e-mail at remote end of the present invention according to different situations.
Fig. 1 represents in the present embodiment schematic diagram of syndeton between telephone set and remote host.As shown in the figure, remote host 60 is connected with public service telephone network 2 by modulator-demodulator 4, wherein modulator-demodulator 4 can in be built in these remote host 60 inside or be an independent device.On the other hand, 20 of landline telephone 10 or cellular phones (cellular telephone) can pass through public service telephone network 2, set up with remote host to link.In remote host 60, then roughly comprise CPU60 and speech processes module 62, and the element (not shown) that can have in other general computers.CPU60 is the control centre in the remote host 6, in order to handle all internal arithmetics, processing, control supervisor.In the present embodiment, CPU60 also is this far-end speech managing email program implementation device.62 of speech processes modules are the processing as the voice aspect, when practical application, also speech processes module 62 can be incorporated in the CPU60.In the present embodiment, speech processes module 62 must cooperate the performed program of CPU60 at least, finishes following two functions.First is a recording file function, when the telephone set of the other end requires the service (detailed step aftermentioned) of send Email is provided, the sound that speech processes module 62 can be transmitted other end telephone set is recorded, and handle by suitable compress speech, it is recorded the file format that becomes to be suitable for transmitting.Second is text conversion voice (TTS) functions, and the TTS function is to be provided with in order to check E-mail service (detailed step aftermentioned).TTS is a mature technique gradually at present, and major technique is the word segment with specific needs conversion, according to the semanteme of this section literal, grammer, word, syllable or the like, is divided into a plurality of minimum position of articulation phonemes.Last again with of the arrangement of these phonemes according to its literal, produce the voice signal that links up.Using provides the user to utilize " voice " to look into to defend Email.When practical operation, the user then can utilize key zone 10a on the landline telephone 10 or the button of the key zone 20a on the cellular phone 20, assigns item selected, and the actual signal that is transmitted on public service telephone network 2 is double-audio signal then.On the other hand, remote host 6 can also utilize voice mode to point out the user next step operation that need carry out.
Fig. 2 (comprising Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B) has represented that remote host carries out the schematic flow sheet of Guan Xu to e-mail.In the present embodiment, at first, remote host 6 itself must start, and is in (step S1) under the idle state.At this moment, remote host detects the bell signal of input at any time, and if any bell signal, then expression has other end user by dialing and connecting mode, requires the communication connection (step S2) between foundation and the remote host 6.After phone was dialled in, remote host 6 can insert this by modulator-demodulator 4 and dial in phone, and judges in a scheduled time, whether had answered this user of remote host 6 and had dialled in phone (step S3).If this user answers voluntarily, 6 of remote hosts do not continue other follow-up processing, get back to the idle state (step S4) of beginning, and this is taken on the telephone then by the user who answers by oneself.If nobody receives calls within a certain period of time, this moment, remote host 6 will be answered this phone (step S5) on the transfer matic, and produce a suggestion voice signal and reply, use the prompting other end and dial in the telephone subscriber and entered Email this moment and browse (step S6).This suggestion voice signal can be to utilize speech processes module 62 to store one group of good voice data in advance, when remote host 6 automatic-answering back devices receive calls, plays to by telephone network and dials in the phone user.
In general electronic mail system (general internet email account number or CC-MAIL e-mail accounts), any user wants the content of a certain e-mail of access, all must checking (verify) its status.Guarantee the confidentiality of e-mail, generally when logining (login) a certain e-mail, must import the password (password) of e-mail.Also adopt this mode to confirm user's identity in the present embodiment, yet this mode is not in order to limit the present invention.At present embodiment, the password when utilizing telephone network to login adopts cryptographic system identical or inequality in the time of can logining with general computer.On the other hand, in view of present voice recognition techniques is not a kind of suitable mature technique, False Rate is quite high simultaneously, therefore in the present embodiment, is to select to be exceeded by the data that the button of regular phone machine can be keyed in, and sets the password of logining of present embodiment.As for the actual e-mail of logining, can also utilize different telephone numbers or distinguished with numeral number.Therefore, after entering the Email browse state, remote host 6 is sent one group of voice signal earlier, can prompting operation person input its e-mail password (step S7), after the operator finishes key feeding cipher, remote host then can receive the e-mail password (step S8) that is transmitted, and contrast whether conform to (step S9) with the password of setting, if the not positive sign indicating number of its input password, then remote host 6 can be with the password bad of voice suggestion input, and the cut-out phone is got back to the state (step S10) of beginning.If password is correct, then can enter e-mail system (step S11).
After entering e-mail system, remote host 6 comes prompting operation person with voice mode, and the operation (step S12) that next step should carry out is till the operator cuts off phone or finishes the review email pattern with instruction (key command) (step S20).Disclosed two kinds of main e-mail management functions in the present embodiment, first is the Email look facility, mainly be used for checking post at present into Email content, then be to utilize the mode of voice to show in the present embodiment.Second is the Email sending function, mainly is to be used for dispatching that (or reply, reply) Email then is to utilize the voice data of operator under recording, as the content of Email in the present embodiment.When the operator selected look facility by button, then remote host 6 was selected required content of checking, for example the title division of mail or the complete content of mail (step S13) according to its indication.After the selected needed information of operator, then utilize the text conversion voice technology, with the content word segment of required transmission, be converted to an Email voice signal (step S14).Then again this Email voice signal is passed through telephone line, be sent on the telephone set of the other end, the operator just can clearly hear the Email content (step S15) in the e-mail.When the operator selects sending function by button, e-mail (step S16) that at first must the decision destination, when when replying Email, the destination e-mail is the source place of original send Email.Then, remote host 6 begins to carry out sound-recording function (step S17) with voice prompt operation.After starting sound-recording function, 62 voice that distant place phone is transmitted of speech processes module store input voice data (step S18), and this input voice data can utilize general condensing routine that its file size is reduced.At last,, should import the voice data and invest in the Email, send (step S19) in the lump according to known destination e-mail.So, the operator just can reach the purpose of managing electronic mailbox by regular phone machine and public service telephone network.
Above-mentioned public service telephone network can also utilize general speech communication net to replace, and this speech communication net is not limited to the communication network of wired form or the communication network of wireless.
As on the telephone set of operator's end, do not need to set specific function, so the present invention can directly be applied on the at present very general telephone communication equipment.And for the operator, only need promptly can operate easily according to the indication voice that remote host sent.With next with description of drawings in the present embodiment, the flow process of operator's practical operation on telephone set, this flow process as shown in Figure 3.At first, the operator enters remote host 6 with the telephone set dialing, uses the line (step S30) of setting up both.Behind remote host 6 prompting input e-mail passwords, the operator can input its e-mail password (step S31) in order to the button with telephone set.After then the password of 6 pairs of inputs of remote host is verified, promptly entered the Email browse mode.After remote host 6 prompting selection operation projects, operation can be in order to the button with telephone set, the project (step S32) that input is operated.When checking operation, remote host 6 is listed the mail that can Gong check by voice mode earlier, the operator selects a certain specific e-mail (step S33) with the button of telephone set, remote host 6 is according to operator's selection then, utilize TTS to produce selected Email voice signal, play.When carrying out transmit operation, 6 of remote hosts are that prompting is recorded earlier, then the operator imports the voice signal that tendency to develop is sent, and the keyboard by telephone set, the address (step S34) of input E-mail address, destination, remote host 6 can be noted the voice data then, and according to the address of E-mail address, destination, sends corresponding Email.When the operator selected to reply Email, the address of E-mail address, destination was the address, source place of original send Email.Behind operator's complete operation, can utilize the mode of cutting off phone or assigning instruction to finish between the two line.
Processing e-mail at remote end method of the present invention so its advantage is promptly being passed through the public service telephone network, and directly utilizes general conventional telephone set or wireless cellular phone, is managed individual's e-mail box.Therefore, can increase the convenience that Email uses greatly, also no longer need to carry computer simultaneously and come managing email.
Though the present invention discloses as above with a preferred embodiment; right its is not bright in order to limit, and anyly is familiar with this operator, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; change and retouching when doing some, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking the claims scope person of defining.

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1. the method for a processing e-mail at remote end comprises the following steps:
By public service telephone network or mobile radio communication, utilize a telephone set to link to a remote host with dial mode, this remote host has an e-mail;
Login this e-mail;
When the Email in this e-mail of acquisition, this remote host is play corresponding Email with voice mode; And
When by this e-mail send Email, this remote host is the voice record that this telephone set sent one input voice data, and sends corresponding Email with this input voice data;
In the step by this e-mail send Email, comprise the following steps:
This remote host record produces this input voice data by the voice that this telephone set transmitted;
Decision sends another e-mail of destination, and when when replying Email, the destination e-mail is the source place of original send Email; And
This input voice data is invested Email to be sent, be sent to this another e-mail.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, logins in the step of this e-mail, comprises the following steps:
This remote host is sent to this telephone set with a suggestion voice signal, and this suggestion voice signal indication requires the user to input the password of this e-mail;
By the button of this telephone set, the password of inputing this e-mail is to this remote host; And
Whether the password that inspection is inputed by this telephone set conforms to the password of this e-mail, then logins this e-mail when conforming to.
3. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, captures in the step of the Email in this e-mail, comprises the following steps:
By the button of this telephone set, select the specific e-mail in this e-mail;
This remote host utilizes the text conversion voice technology, and the word segment of handling this specific e-mail is to produce an Email voice signal; And
Send this Email voice signal to this telephone set.
4. method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, this literal converting speech technology is cut into a plurality of minimum pronunciation unit with the word segment of this specific e-mail, again these minimum pronunciation units is converted to corresponding minimum pronunciation unit signal, and is combined into this Email voice signal.
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