JP2000201168A - Remote program execution device and method by means of electronic mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain the remote execution of a program by means of an electronic mail by transmitting the program is transmitted by an electronic mail, then extracting the program part from the electronic mail on a machine where the electronic mail received, automatically executing the program, and sending the execution result in reply to the sender of the electronic mail. SOLUTION: The received electronic mail is immediately given to a mail check means 2 which checks whether the reserved words registered at a reserved word information storage part 8 are included in the mail and also whether the mail address of the mail sender and a keyword are coincident with the information registered at a program execution rightful person storage part 9. If those mail address and keyword are matched with the registered information, the electronic mail is sent to an electronic mail program part extraction means 10 and an electronic mail address extraction means 11, respectively. The electronic mail program part extracted by the means 10 is sent to an automatic execution control means 13 and then automatically executed there.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an electronic mail system, and more particularly to an apparatus and a method for remotely executing a program using the electronic mail system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-231145 has proposed a system as shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6, mail monitoring means 102
Uses the mail application interface 103 provided by the mail program at regular intervals to ask the mail program 104 to confirm the arrival of the electronic mail.

When an electronic mail has arrived, the processing is passed to the mail analyzing means 105.

[0005] In the mail analysis means 105, first, a mail definition GUI (graphical user interface) 106
The mail analysis information 107 registered in advance
Is loaded into memory. The mail analysis information 107 includes
The sender, subject, and content are registered. The mail analysis means 105 determines whether to use a trigger mail based on the mail analysis information 107 and the extracted electronic mail.

When the mail is recognized as a trigger mail by the mail analyzing means 105, the processing is passed to the trigger notifying means 108. The system automatic operation program 109 is in a state of always monitoring an event that is a trigger for starting a specific program. This monitoring is started by registering a scenario for operation in which a program to be executed as a trigger and an action is associated.

[0007] The trigger notifying means 108 notifies the monitoring of an event. Upon receiving the event notification, the system automatic operation program 109 executes the associated action. It is also possible to pass e-mail attachments to programs that execute as actions.

[0008]

However, in this conventional system, a machine that cannot be remotely accessed, or a user who does not have an account on the machine, installs a program to be executed, and creates and registers an operation scenario. If you want to do so, there are the following problems.

The first problem is that it is necessary to install and register a program to be executed and an operation scenario of the program in advance.

[0010] The reason is that the e-mail functions only as a trigger for executing the operation scenario of the registered program.

A second problem is that when a program to be executed is to be modified, or when the machine cannot be remotely accessed, the user must go to the installation location of the machine.

The reason is that, in order to modify a program or an operating scenario of a program, it is necessary to access a machine on which the operating scenario of the program or the program is installed. This is because the only option is to go to the place and directly access the machine to make corrections.

A third problem is that the result of the automatic execution of the program is only known on a machine which can be remotely accessed.

The reason is that the execution result is held on the machine that automatically executed the program,
This is because, in the case of a machine that cannot be accessed, the only option is to go to the place where the machine is located and directly access the machine to see the execution result.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to send a program attached to an e-mail to another machine, transmit the program, execute the program on another machine, and execute the program. An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for remotely executing a program by e-mail, which can obtain a result.

[0016]

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, when a program is sent by e-mail, a program portion is extracted from the e-mail on a machine to which the e-mail has arrived, automatically executed, and the execution result is obtained. To the sender of the e-mail. The above object is achieved by any of claims 1 to 6.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 1, it is checked whether or not the subject of the e-mail received from the sender includes a reserved word registered in the reserved word information storage unit (8). Means (6) for determining whether or not the e-mail address of the sender of the e-mail and the keyword described in the e-mail text match the information registered in advance in the program execution right holder information storage section (9). Means (7) for checking, means (10) for extracting the program portion from the e-mail, means (11) for extracting the e-mail address of the sender from the e-mail, and means (4) for automatically executing the retrieved program ) And means (12) for automatically creating a reply mail from the execution result of the program and the extracted e-mail address of the sender. The are configured to return to the sender. Each of the above means realizes its functions and processes by executing a program on a computer.In the present invention, the program is read out from a recording medium on which the program is recorded to a computer via a reading device and executed. The present invention can be implemented.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, one embodiment of the present invention is:
An e-mail system 1 for exchanging electronic messages created on a computer between computer users, an e-mail checking means 2 for checking the received e-mail, a necessary portion is extracted from the received e-mail, and a program execution result is returned. And a program automatic execution means 4 for automatically executing the extracted program.

The mail checking means 2 comprises: an information defining means 5;
It includes reserved word checking means 6 and right holder information checking means 7.

The information definition means 5 includes a reserved word information storage unit 8
And a program execution right holder information storage unit 9.

In the reserved word information storage unit 8, reserved words for determining whether a program is attached to the received e-mail are registered in advance.

The program execution right holder information storage unit 9 includes:
An e-mail address and a keyword of a right holder having a right to automatically execute the program on the machine to which the e-mail has arrived are registered in advance.

The reserved word checking means 6 checks whether or not the subject (Subject field) of the received e-mail includes a reserved word registered in the reserved word information storage unit 8.

The right holder information checking means 7 stores the e-mail address of the sender (From column) of the received e-mail and the keyword described in the main body of the e-mail in the program execution right holder information storage unit 9 in advance. Check whether the information matches the existing information.

The mail analyzing means 3 includes a program part extracting means 10 and an electronic mail address extracting means 11
And reply mail creating means 12.

The program portion extracting means 10 extracts a program portion from the received electronic mail.

The electronic mail address extracting means 11
The e-mail address of the sender (From column) is extracted from the received e-mail.

The reply mail creating means 12 automatically creates a reply mail from the automatic execution result of the program and the electronic mail address extracted by the electronic mail address extracting means 11.

The automatic program execution means 4 includes an automatic execution control means 13 and an execution result extracting means 14.

The automatic execution control means 13 stores the program extracted by the program part extracting means 10 and automatically executes the program.

The execution result extracting means 14 passes the execution result to the reply mail creating means 12 after automatically executing the extracted program.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic mail according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, and FIGS. 4 and 5.

When an e-mail as shown in FIG. 3 arrives at the e-mail system 1 on the machine for automatically executing the program (step A1 in FIG. 2), the e-mail is immediately passed to the mail inspection means 2.

The information definition means 5 includes a reserved word information storage section 8 for storing reserved word information registered in advance, and a program execution right holder information storage section 9 for storing program execution right holder information.

In the reserved word information storage unit 8, in order to determine whether a program is attached to the received e-mail,
For example, a reserved word as shown in FIG. 4 is registered.

The program execution right holder information storage unit 9 stores
In order to determine whether or not the user has the right to automatically execute the program on this machine, for example, a correspondence between an e-mail address and keyword information as shown in FIG. 5 is registered.

The mail checking means 2 checks whether or not the subject of the e-mail passed to the reserved word checking means 6 includes a reserved word registered in the reserved word information storage unit 8.
(Step A2).

If the subject of the received e-mail contains a reserved word, the e-mail is passed to the right holder information checking means 7, and the e-mail address and the keyword of the sender of the e-mail are set to the program execution right holder. It is checked whether the information is the same as the information registered in the information storage unit 9 (step A3).

If the information is the same as the registered information, the electronic mail is passed to the electronic mail program part extracting means 10 and the electronic mail address extracting means 11.

The program portion extracting means 10 extracts only the program portion from the received e-mail.
(Step A4).

The extracted program (start in FIG. 3)
The Cshell command between t and end is passed to the automatic execution control means 13, and the program is automatically executed (step A5).

After the automatic execution of the program, the execution result is passed to the execution result extracting means 14 (step A6).

The e-mail address extracting means 11 extracts only the e-mail address which is the sender name of the received e-mail (step A7) and transfers it to the reply e-mail creating means 12.

When the program is automatically executed, the reply mail creating means 12 attaches the result stored in the execution result retrieving means 14 to the e-mail, and sends the electronic mail passed from the e-mail address retrieving means 11 to the e-mail. Create an e-mail with an e-mail address specified (Step A
8).

If the program cannot be automatically executed because no reserved word is included or the user is not the program execution right holder (step A10), an e-mail notifying that the program was not automatically executed is issued. Create
(Step A8).

The created electronic mail is transmitted to the communication network 15 by the electronic mail system 1.
(Step A9).

If the machine is connected to a communication network and can receive an e-mail, the program written in the sent e-mail can be executed.

These means may be implemented on the machine that receives the e-mail, that is, the machine on which the program is automatically executed, and need not be implemented on the side that sends the e-mail. It is needless to say that an attached file or the like may be used as the program to be inserted into the electronic mail.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

The first effect of the present invention is that if a machine transmits an e-mail, the program is attached to the e-mail and transmitted to another machine, the program is executed on the other machine, and the execution result is obtained. That you can do it. As a result, there is no need to install a program to be executed in advance, nor to create and register a program operation scenario.

The reason is that, in the present invention, a program to be executed is attached to an e-mail and sent to a machine on which the program is to be executed, so that the program portion is extracted and automatically executed. .

A second effect of the present invention is that a program execution result can be sent by e-mail. As a result, even if the program is automatically executed on a machine that cannot be remotely accessed, it is not necessary to go to the place where the machine is located in order to view the program execution result.

The reason is that, in the present invention, the program execution result can be returned to the program sender.

A third effect of the present invention is that the apparatus and system of the present invention need only be mounted on a machine that automatically executes a program. As a result, the side that wants to automatically execute the program can use it as long as it can send and receive electronic mail.

The reason is that, in the present invention, no special means or system is required on the side where the program is to be automatically executed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the present invention;
It is a figure showing an example of an e-mail attached with a program.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the present invention;
It is a figure showing an example of a reserved word registered into reserved word information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail address and a keyword registered in program right holder information.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 E-mail system 2 E-mail inspection means 3 E-mail analysis means 4 Program automatic execution means 5 Information definition means 6 Inspection means of reserved words 7 Inspection means of right holder information 8 Reserved word information storage unit 9 Program execution right holder information storage unit 10 Program Part extracting means 11 E-mail address extracting means 12 Reply mail creating means 13 Automatic execution control means 14 Execution result extracting means 15 Communication network

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] January 31, 2000 (200.1.3
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[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claim 5

[Correction method] Change

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A means for checking an e-mail received from a transmission source and detecting a program included in the e-mail if the e-mail contains the program, and a means for executing the extracted program. Means for automatically generating and returning an e-mail for returning an execution result of the program, the program remote execution device comprising: 2. A means for checking whether or not a program is inserted in an e-mail by searching for a predetermined keyword from an e-mail received from a transmission source, and a program part from the e-mail. A program for executing the extracted program; and a means for automatically generating an e-mail for returning an execution result of the program to the transmission source. Remote execution device. 3. A method for remotely executing a program using an electronic mail, wherein the method includes checking an electronic mail received from a transmission source, extracting a program included in the electronic mail, automatically executing the program, and executing the program. Automatically generating and returning an e-mail for returning an execution result of the program. 4. A means for checking whether or not a subject of an e-mail received from a sender includes a reserved word registered in a reserved word information storage means; and an e-mail address and an e-mail address of the sender of the e-mail. Means for checking whether a keyword described in the mail text matches information registered in advance in the program execution right holder information storage means, means for extracting a program part from the electronic mail, and the electronic mail Means for extracting the sender's email address from; means for automatically executing the extracted program; means for automatically creating a reply email from the execution result of the program and the extracted sender's email address; Wherein the created reply mail is returned to the sender by an e-mail system. Program remote execution device that. 5. The program remote according to claim 3, wherein the means for executing the program includes means for extracting a result of executing the program and transferring the result to the means for automatically creating the reply mail. Execution device. 6. A computer having a function of transmitting and receiving an e-mail, comprising: (a) checking whether or not a subject of an e-mail received from a sender includes a reserved word registered in a reserved word information storage unit; (B) checking whether the e-mail address of the sender of the e-mail and the keyword described in the e-mail text match the information registered in advance in the program execution right holder information storage unit. (C) extracting a program portion from the e-mail; (d) extracting a sender's e-mail address from the e-mail; and (e) automatically executing the extracted program. (F) automatically creating a reply mail from the execution result of the program and the retrieved e-mail address of the sender, and sending the reply mail to the sender; Treatment and, of said (a) ~ a recording medium each processing recording a program for executing by the computer (f) to be returned to.