JP2001156936A - Communication network system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication network system, with which the hard copy of information displayed on a communication terminal for moving object can be easily provided. SOLUTION: Since the user of the communication terminal for moving object can print out contents data acquired from an information providing server at a desired place, the effect of extreme convenience for the note of concert information or ticket information, for example, is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication network system that allows a mobile communication terminal to access provided information stored in a host computer and perform a predetermined operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, i-mode services provided by NTT DOCOMO have been provided by mobile communication terminals (mobile phones, mobile terminals, etc.) and stored in host computers of information providers. Access information,
A communication service that enables acquisition of desired information has been realized.

[0003] By using such a communication service, it is possible to receive various useful services such as ticket reservation for a concert and the like, and check the balance of a bank. For example, it is necessary for a user to go to a ticket reservation center for ticket reservation. For example, the user can easily receive an effective service.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional communication service, various types of information can be displayed on the mobile communication terminal side, but cannot be printed out, and the acquired information is hard-coded. It was difficult to get a copy.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a communication network system capable of easily obtaining a hard copy of information displayed on a mobile communication terminal. I have.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. An output device connected to a network, receiving output information via the network, recording and outputting the received output information, and a mail server device for performing an e-mail exchange process between terminals on the network, The host computer, when the output of the provided information is specified from the mobile communication terminal, and receives the specified information of the output destination,
The output information corresponding to the provided information is transmitted by e-mail to a mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the designated information.

Further, in a communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on the network. The output of the provided information is specified by the mobile communication terminal,
When receiving the output destination specification information, the output information corresponding to the provided information is transmitted by e-mail to the mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information, and the output is performed. The apparatus is configured to connect to a network and record and output the output information included in the e-mail when the apparatus receives an e-mail addressed to a mail address preset in the terminal.

[0008] A plurality of the output devices are installed, and the network is the Internet.

[0009] Further, in a communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on the network. From the mobile communication terminal, the terminal specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is designated, and when the designation information of the output destination is received, the mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the designated information is received. In contrast, the display information of the terminal-specific information and the output information corresponding to the provided information are transmitted by e-mail.

[0010] The display information of the terminal-specific information is transmitted using a subject field of the header information.

Further, in a communication network system in which provided information stored in a host computer is accessed and a predetermined operation can be performed by a mobile communication terminal, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on the network. From the mobile communication terminal, the terminal specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is designated, and when the designation information of the output destination is received, the mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the designated information is received. In response, the display information of the terminal-specific information and the output information corresponding to the provided information are transmitted by e-mail, and the output device is connected to the network, and the mail set in advance in the terminal itself is sent. When an e-mail addressed to an address is received, the output information contained in the e-mail is recorded and output.

[0012] The display information of the terminal-specific information is transmitted using a subject field of the header information.

The output device has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail as an e-mail reception protocol function, and the mail server device has an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. And an e-mail transmission protocol function having a function of selectively transmitting an e-mail.

The output device stores the input terminal-specific information, and the value of the stored terminal-specific information is included in a Subject field from a mailbox corresponding to a mail address registered in advance. The electronic mail is selectively received, and the output information included in the electronic mail is recorded and output.

The terminal-specific information is operated and input by a user. Further, the input of the terminal-specific information is performed by interconnecting the output device and the mobile terminal by a predetermined connection means, and transferring a value stored in the mobile terminal to the output device.

Further, in a communication network system in which provided information stored in a host computer is accessed by a mobile communication terminal and a predetermined operation can be performed, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail, and an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function that can selectively transmit e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs e-mail exchange processing between terminals on the network,
The host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. An e-mail having a Subject field in which display information of information and identification information of the provided information are set, and an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in body information; When the above identification information is set in the Subject field of the received e-mail, the Sub is stored in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail.
It is checked whether or not an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the “ject” field has already been stored. If the e-mail has been stored, the Subject of the received e-mail is checked.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “t” field is stored in the sub-mail of the already stored e-mail.
ct field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the subject is
If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the t field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the output device connects to the network and sends the e-mail to the pre-registered e-mail address. An e-mail is received from a corresponding mailbox of the mail server device, and output information included in the e-mail is recorded and output.

Further, in a communication network system in which provided information stored in a host computer is accessed by a mobile communication terminal and a predetermined operation can be performed, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail, and an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function that can selectively transmit e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs e-mail exchange processing between terminals on the network,
The host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. An e-mail having a Subject field in which display information of information and identification information of the provided information are set, and an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in body information; When the above identification information is set in the Subject field of the received e-mail, the Sub is stored in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail.
It is checked whether or not an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the “ject” field has already been stored. If the e-mail has been stored, the Subject of the received e-mail is checked.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “t” field is stored in the sub-mail of the already stored e-mail.
ct field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the subject is
When an e-mail with the same identification information set in the t field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, the output device stores the input terminal-specific information, and connects to the network. Then, an e-mail in which the value of the stored terminal-specific information is included in the Subject field is selectively received from a mailbox of the e-mail server corresponding to a pre-registered e-mail address, and is included in the e-mail. When the output device receives the e-mail, the e-mail server deletes the e-mail if the subject field of the e-mail does not include the display information of the other terminal-specific information. It is something to do.

Further, the mail server device deletes the predetermined e-mail when there is no output request for a predetermined time.

Further, in a communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail, and an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function that can selectively transmit e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs e-mail exchange processing between terminals on the network,
The host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. An e-mail having a Subject field in which display information of information and identification information of the provided information are set, and an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in body information; When the above identification information is set in the Subject field of the received e-mail, the Sub is stored in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail.
It is checked whether or not an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the “ject” field has already been stored. If the e-mail has been stored, the Subject of the received e-mail is checked.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “t” field is stored in the sub-mail of the already stored e-mail.
ct field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the subject is
When an e-mail with the same identification information set in the t field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, the output device stores the input terminal-specific information, and connects to the network. Then, an e-mail in which the value of the stored terminal-specific information is included in the Subject field is selectively received from a mailbox of the e-mail server corresponding to a pre-registered e-mail address, and is included in the e-mail. When the output device receives the e-mail, the mail server device displays, from the Subject field of the e-mail, the display information of the terminal-specific information notified from the output device that has received the e-mail. In addition to deleting the information, the display information of the terminal-specific information E does not include e-mail is one that was to be deleted.

Further, in a communication network system in which the mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail, and an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function that can selectively transmit e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs e-mail exchange processing between terminals on the network,
The host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. An e-mail having a Subject field in which display information of information and identification information of the provided information are set, and an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in body information; When the above identification information is set in the Subject field of the received e-mail, the Sub is stored in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail.
It is checked whether or not an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the “ject” field has already been stored. If the e-mail has been stored, the Subject of the received e-mail is checked.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “t” field is stored in the sub-mail of the already stored e-mail.
ct field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the subject is
If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the t field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the latest update time is stored for each e-mail. Stores the input terminal-specific information, connects to the network, and stores the value of the stored terminal-specific information from the mailbox of the mail server corresponding to the pre-registered mail address in the Subject field. The e-mail is selectively received, and the output information included in the e-mail is recorded and output. When the output device receives the e-mail, the e-mail server device reads the e-mail from the Subject field of the e-mail. Delete the display information of the terminal specific information notified from the received output device Rutotomoni, e-mail does not contain display information of the terminal-specific information in the Subject field, in which so as to remove when a predetermined time has elapsed from the update time stored for that email.

Further, in a communication network system in which the mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
The mobile communication terminal includes an output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and a mail server device that performs electronic mail exchange processing between terminals on the network. Is registered with the e-mail address to be used, and the host computer is
When the output of the provision information is specified from the mobile communication terminal and the e-mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the output information corresponding to the provision information is transmitted to the received mail address by e-mail. When the output device is connected to a network and receives an e-mail addressed to a mail address input from a user of the mobile communication terminal, the output device records and outputs output information included in the e-mail. It is like that.

Further, in a communication network system in which provided information stored in a host computer is accessed by a mobile communication terminal and a predetermined operation can be performed, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network.
The mobile communication terminal includes an output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and a mail server device that performs electronic mail exchange processing between terminals on the network. Is registered with the e-mail address to be used, and the host computer is
From the mobile communication terminal, the terminal specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and when the mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the received mail address is compared with the terminal specific information. The display information and the output information corresponding to the provided information are transmitted by e-mail.

Further, in a communication network system in which the mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
The mobile communication terminal includes an output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and a mail server device that performs electronic mail exchange processing between terminals on the network. Is registered with the e-mail address to be used, and the host computer is
From the mobile communication terminal, the terminal specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and when the mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the received mail address is compared with the terminal specific information. Display information and output information corresponding to the provided information are transmitted by e-mail, the output device is connected to a network, and an e-mail addressed to an e-mail address input by a user of the mobile communication terminal Is received, the output information contained in the e-mail is recorded and output.

Further, in a communication network system in which the mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail, and an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function that can selectively transmit e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs e-mail exchange processing between terminals on the network,
A mail address to be used is registered in the mobile communication terminal, and the host computer is notified of terminal-specific information from the mobile communication terminal, specifies output of provided information, and When the e-mail address of the device is received, the received e-mail address has a Subject field in which the display information of the terminal-specific information and the identification information of the provided information are set, and the output information corresponding to the provided information is the text information. When the identification information is set in the Subject field of the e-mail received from the host computer, the mail server device transmits the e-mail set in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail. In the Subject field, the same identification information It is checked whether or not the e-mail in which is set is already stored. If the e-mail is stored, the display information of the terminal-specific information set in the Subject field of the received e-mail is replaced with the already-stored e-mail. And the received e-mail is discarded. If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the Subject field is not stored in the above-mentioned mailbox, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox. And the output device is connected to a network,
An electronic mail is received from a mailbox of the mail server device corresponding to a mail address input by a user of the mobile communication terminal, and output information included in the electronic mail is recorded and output.

Further, in a communication network system in which the mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail, and an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function that can selectively transmit e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs e-mail exchange processing between terminals on the network,
A mail address to be used is registered in the mobile communication terminal, and the host computer is notified of terminal-specific information from the mobile communication terminal, specifies output of provided information, and When the e-mail address of the device is received, the received e-mail address has a Subject field in which the display information of the terminal-specific information and the identification information of the provided information are set, and the output information corresponding to the provided information is the text information. When the identification information is set in the Subject field of the e-mail received from the host computer, the mail server device transmits the e-mail set in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail. In the Subject field, the same identification information It is checked whether or not the e-mail in which is set is already stored. If the e-mail is stored, the display information of the terminal-specific information set in the Subject field of the received e-mail is replaced with the already-stored e-mail. And the received e-mail is discarded. If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the Subject field is not stored in the above-mentioned mailbox, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox. The output device stores the input terminal-specific information, connects to a network, and stores the information from the mailbox of the mail server device corresponding to the mail address input by the user of the mobile communication terminal. The value of the terminal-specific information that has been Selectively receive the e-mail included in the e-mail, record and output the output information included in the e-mail, and when the output device receives the e-mail, the mail server device stores the e-mail in the Subject field of the e-mail. When the display information of other terminal-specific information is not included, the electronic mail is deleted.

Further, in a communication network system in which the mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail, and an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function that can selectively transmit e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs e-mail exchange processing between terminals on the network,
A mail address to be used is registered in the mobile communication terminal, and the host computer is notified of terminal-specific information from the mobile communication terminal, specifies output of provided information, and When the e-mail address of the device is received, the received e-mail address has a Subject field in which the display information of the terminal-specific information and the identification information of the provided information are set, and the output information corresponding to the provided information is the text information. When the identification information is set in the Subject field of the e-mail received from the host computer, the mail server device transmits the e-mail set in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail. In the Subject field, the same identification information It is checked whether or not the e-mail in which is set is already stored. If the e-mail is stored, the display information of the terminal-specific information set in the Subject field of the received e-mail is replaced with the already-stored e-mail. And the received e-mail is discarded. If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the Subject field is not stored in the above-mentioned mailbox, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox. The output device stores the input terminal-specific information, connects to a network, and stores the information from the mailbox of the mail server device corresponding to the mail address input by the user of the mobile communication terminal. The value of the terminal-specific information that has been Selectively receive the e-mail included in the e-mail, record and output the output information included in the e-mail, and when the output device receives the e-mail, the mail server device reads the e-mail from the subject field of the e-mail. In addition, the display information of the terminal-specific information notified from the output device that has received the e-mail is deleted, and the e-mail in which the display information of the terminal-specific information is not included in the Subject field is deleted.

Further, in a communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and can perform a predetermined operation, the communication network system is installed at a predetermined place and connected to a network.
An output device that receives output information via a network, records and outputs the received output information, and has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail, and an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function that can selectively transmit e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs e-mail exchange processing between terminals on the network,
A mail address to be used is registered in the mobile communication terminal, and the host computer is notified of terminal-specific information from the mobile communication terminal, specifies output of provided information, and When the e-mail address of the device is received, the received e-mail address has a Subject field in which the display information of the terminal-specific information and the identification information of the provided information are set, and the output information corresponding to the provided information is the text information. When the identification information is set in the Subject field of the e-mail received from the host computer, the mail server device transmits the e-mail set in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail. In the Subject field, the same identification information It is checked whether or not the e-mail in which is set is already stored. If the e-mail is stored, the display information of the terminal-specific information set in the Subject field of the received e-mail is replaced with the already-stored e-mail. And the received e-mail is discarded. If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the Subject field is not stored in the above-mentioned mailbox, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox. And further stores the latest update time for each e-mail, the output device stores the input terminal-specific information, connects to the network, and is input from the user of the mobile communication terminal. The mail server device corresponding to the mail address An e-mail in which the value of the stored terminal-specific information is included in the Subject field is selectively received from the box, and the output information included in the e-mail is recorded and output. When the e-mail is received, the display information of the terminal-specific information notified from the output device that has received the e-mail is deleted from the Subject field of the e-mail, and the display information of the terminal-specific information is not included in the Subject field. The electronic mail is deleted when a predetermined time has elapsed from the update time stored for the electronic mail.

The registration of the mail address to the mobile communication terminal is performed when the user subscribes to the information output service.

The output device creates history information of the identification information and the number of output times of the recorded and output information, and records and outputs the history information at predetermined time intervals.

Further, the output device creates history information of the identification information and the number of times of output of the recorded information, creates an e-mail for notifying the history information at predetermined time intervals, and transmits the created e-mail. , And send it to a pre-specified email address.

Further, the output device creates history information of the identification information and the number of outputs of the recorded and output information and the number of outputs of each mailbox, and records and outputs the history information at predetermined time intervals.

Further, the output device creates the identification information and the number of outputs of the recorded and output information, and history information of the number of outputs for each mailbox, and sends an electronic mail for notifying the history information at predetermined time intervals. And sends the created e-mail to an e-mail address specified in advance.

[0033]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The communication network includes a mobile communication network including mobile communication terminals TM1 to TMn, a mobile communication network MN, and a mobile communication network base station BS. ) A gateway device GW for data access to IS1 to ISn is provided, and information provided from each information providing server device IS1 to ISn (for example, H
E-mail transmitting devices MM1 to MMn for transmitting Web page information described in TML or the like as e-mail via the Internet INET, and stores in a convenience store chain, railway stations, or bank branches. And output devices PT1 to PTn having a function of receiving an electronic mail via the Internet INET.

Here, the information providing server devices IS1 to IS1 on the Internet INET are connected to the mobile communication network.
Gateway device GW for data access to Sn
The network service for providing various information providing services by allowing the mobile communication terminals TM1 to TMn to access the information providing server devices IS1 to ISn includes, for example, an i-mode service of NTT DoCoMo.

The output devices PT1 to PTn are connected to the analog public network PSTN, and are connected to the Internet INET through the Internet service provider ISP by making a dial-up connection to the Internet service provider ISP. Thus, the output devices PT1 to PTn can send and receive electronic mail to and from the mail server device MS on the Internet INET.

The terminal functions of the output devices PT1 to PTn include ITU-T Recommendation T. 37 and IETF (Inte
rnet Engineering Task For
ce) Standard RFC (Request For Comm)
ents) 2305 and has a mail-type Internet facsimile apparatus function as defined in 2305. As a UA (User Agent) function for receiving an electronic mail, an IMAP4 (Interactive Mail Ac) defined in IETF standard RFC2060 and the like is provided.
access protocol).

The exchange of electronic mail is performed via the mail server MS. This mail server device MS
Has a server function of IMAP4, creates a folder (mailbox) for each registered mail address, and registers a destination mail address in an own terminal among e-mails received from other mail server devices. Those that match the e-mail address of the user are saved in the corresponding folder.

Here, the server functions of the IMAP 4 include a mail search function based on information specified by a receiving client, a shared folder function in which a single folder is shared by a plurality of mail addresses, and an e-mail file. A function of partially extracting text information (extracting MIME information in parts), a function of storing a message from a host device (not shown) locally connected (LAN connection) to the mail server device MS to a designated folder, NetN
There is an integration function with ews.

FIG. 2 shows a mobile communication terminal TM (TM1 to T
Mn). In this case, a telephone function is also provided as a terminal function.

Referring to FIG. 1, a display unit 1 is for displaying various information, and is composed of a liquid crystal display having a relatively large screen.
M for inputting a telephone number, performing an operation for selecting a desired telephone number from a registered telephone directory, or performing various operations on an information providing screen. It has a key and so on.

The communication unit 3 is for making a call, and the control unit 4 controls various communication functions of the mobile communication terminal TM,
And for performing functions such as exchanging data with an external device (not shown).

The wireless communication unit 5 is for connecting the mobile communication terminal TM to the mobile communication network MN, and the external interface circuit 6 includes an external device (for example,
It is connected to output devices PT (PT1 to PTn) to exchange various data.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the output device PT.

In the figure, a system control unit 11 performs various control processes such as a control process of each unit of the output device PT and an electronic mail transmission / reception process. The parameter memory 13 stores a control processing program to be executed, various kinds of data necessary for executing the processing program, and the like, and configures a work area of the system control unit 11. The clock circuit 14 is for storing various kinds of information, and outputs current time information.

The plotter 15 is for recording and outputting an image at a predetermined resolution, and the operation display section 16 is for operating the output device PT, and has various operation keys and various displays. Consists of vessels.

The page buffer 17 is for temporarily storing image data to be recorded and output. The image processing unit 18 converts the received TIFF format image data into image data recordable by the plotter 15. This is for performing various kinds of image processing such as performing image processing.

The external interface circuit 19 connects to the mobile communication terminal TM and exchanges various data with the mobile communication terminal TM. The internet interface circuit 20 is connected to the output device PT.
Is connected to an analog public network PSTN to exchange data.
1 is for performing predetermined protocol processing (TCP / IP).

The group 3 facsimile modem 10 implements a group 3 facsimile modem function, and exchanges transmission procedure signals at a low speed (V.21 modem) and mainly exchanges image information. High-speed modem function (V.17 modem,
V. 34 modem, V.34. 29 modem, V.29. 27ter modem etc.).

The system control unit 11, system memory 12, parameter memory 13, clock circuit 14, plotter 15, operation display unit 16, page buffer 17, image processing unit 18, external interface circuit 19, and
The Internet transmission control unit 21 is connected to an internal bus 22, and data exchange between these elements is mainly performed via the internal bus 14.

In this embodiment, the output devices PT are installed in convenience store chains A, B, and C, railway stations A and B, and banks, and the convenience store chains A, B, and C and the railway A are used. , B, each station and bank, a mail address is registered in the mail server device MS, and a corresponding folder is created.

For example, the mail addresses of the convenience store chains A, B, and C are respectively conv_a
{Abc. co. jp, conv_b @ abc. co.
jp, conv_c @ abc. co. jp, and the e-mail address of each of the railway A and B stations is RailWa
y_a @ abc. co. jp, RailWay_b @ a
bc. co. jp and the email address of the bank is b
ank @ abc. co. jp.

After the user of the mobile communication terminal TM accesses the desired information providing server device IS (IS1 to ISn), performs an appropriate operation according to the display screen, and displays the desired content (provided information). If you want to print out the contents of the display screen, for example,
A button labeled "Printout" on the display screen is designated.

As a result, for example, a printout output destination selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. In this case, the convenience store chains (convenience stores) A, B, and C where the output device PT is installed, each station of the railways A and B, and the bank are displayed as output destination options, and the user can select any one of them. Can be selected.

For example, when “convenience store A” is selected, the information providing server device IS recognizes the selected item and sends the mobile communication terminal TM the terminal unique information (such as the serial number (manufacturing number)). The mobile communication terminal TM requests the transmission, thereby transmitting the terminal unique information registered in the mobile communication terminal TM to the information providing server device IS.

Next, the information providing server device IS provides the content content selected at that time and various input information (for example, in the case of a concert ticket, date, venue, seat number, distinction (adult, child, etc.), etc. ) As content data for the e-mail transmitting devices MM (MM1 to MM).
n), and notifies the e-mail transmitting device MM of the output destination classification information (in this case, "convenience store A") representing the selected output destination and the terminal-specific information obtained from the mobile communication terminal TM. .

On the other hand, in the e-mail transmitting device MM, a mail address (mailbox name) is registered corresponding to the output destination classification information notified from the information providing server device IS, as shown in FIG. The table is stored, and the e-mail transmitting device MM refers to the e-mail address table to obtain the e-mail address corresponding to the output destination classification information notified from the information providing server device IS.

The e-mail transmitting device MM converts the contents of the content data received from the information providing server device IS into display information for displaying, and converts the display information to TIFF image data which can be processed by the output device PT. And a function to convert the image data in TIFF format into MIME.

Therefore, the electronic mail transmitting device MM
The content data received from the information providing server device IS is converted into display information for displaying the content, and the display information is converted to T
IFF format image data, and the TIF
F-format image data is MIME-converted to create e-mail text information and to obtain a mail address corresponding to the output destination classification information notified from the information providing server IS by referring to the mail address table. In addition, an electronic mail whose main part is shown in FIG. 6 is created and transmitted together with the terminal specific information notified from the information providing server IS.

Here, a mail address is arranged in the To field of the header information, and terminal-specific information is arranged in the Subject field. In this case, the terminal unique information is “ABC0001”.

As a result, the e-mail carrying the record data of the content that the user wants to print out is stored in the output destination mailbox specified by the user of the mobile communication terminal TM.

On the other hand, the user goes to an arbitrary store in the convenience store chain A and operates the output device PT installed in the store to specify the mobile print mode.

Thus, the output device PT displays a guidance screen as shown in FIG. 7 and requests the user to input terminal-specific information (in this case, a serial number). The user operates and inputs terminal-specific information (in this case, “ABC0001”).

As the method of inputting the terminal-specific information, there are a method in which the user directly inputs a key, and a method in which the user uses the external interface circuit 6 and the output device P of the mobile communication terminal TM.
By connecting the external interface circuit 19 of T with a signal cable and operating the terminal-specific information input key of the output device PT, the output device PT requests the mobile communication terminal TM to input terminal-specific information. , Mobile communication terminal TM
Transfer terminal specific information to the output device PT.

When the input of the terminal-specific information is completed, the output device PT makes a dial-up connection to the Internet service provider ISP, and connects to the mail address registered in the terminal itself (in this case, “conv_a@abc.c”).
o. jp ”) to connect to the mail server device MS, and using the terminal-specific information input by operation as a key, the Subj
Request search for ect field.

Thus, the mail server MS stores the Sub in the folder corresponding to the specified mail address.
It is checked whether an e-mail containing the character string “ABC0001” in the value of the “ject” field is stored. If the e-mail is stored, the e-mail is extracted and transmitted to the output device PT. If the corresponding e-mail is not stored, an error is notified to the output device PT.

When the output device PT receives an e-mail from the mail server device MS, it outputs a MIME
The information is extracted, the MIME information is inversely converted, and the original TIFF format image data is created.

Next, the image data in the TIFF format is converted into image data recordable by the plotter 15 by the image processing section 18, and the image data is transferred to the plotter 15 for recording and output.

Thus, the user of mobile communication terminal TM can print out the content designated by himself / herself.

As described above, in this embodiment, the user of the mobile communication terminal TM can print out the content data obtained from the information providing server device IS at a desired place. It is very convenient for memorizing tickets and ticket information. In addition, if the place where the output device PT is installed is set in a large number of buildings such as convenience store chains, where people enter and exit easily, the user can easily obtain a printout, Very convenient.

In addition, since a protocol communication means using IMAP4 can be used as an e-mail receiving means for that purpose, an existing technology can be diverted, and such a communication network system can be constructed relatively easily.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a schematic process of the mobile communication terminal TM.

The mobile communication terminal TM monitors for any operation input from the user (NO loop of the judgment 101).
When the result of the determination 101 is YES, it is determined whether or not the specified operation content is a Web search for searching information provided from the information providing server device IS (a determination 10).
2).

When the result of the determination 102 is YES, the mobile terminal is connected to the mobile communication network MN (process 103), and executes a predetermined Web operation process (for example, WWW browser software) (process 104). A file is requested from the information providing server IS (process 105), and the file received from the information providing server IS is appropriately displayed (process 106).

When such Web search processing is being performed, it is checked whether termination is instructed (decision 107) or whether a request for obtaining terminal-specific information is made from the connection destination information providing server apparatus IS (step 107). Decision 108). Here, when the termination is instructed and the result of determination 107 is YES, the connection with the mobile communication network MN is terminated, and this operation is terminated.

When a request for acquisition of terminal specific information is made from the connection destination information providing server IS and the result of determination 108 is YES, the serial number stored in the own terminal is requested as terminal specific information. The information is transmitted to the original information providing server IS (process 109).

If the operation content at that time is not a Web search but the result of determination 102 is NO, it is checked whether the external interface circuit 6 is connected to an external device (in this case, the output device PT) (determination). 11
0).

If the result of decision 110 is YES, the process waits until the external device requests the terminal-specific information (NO loop of decision 111). When the terminal device-specific information is requested from the external device and the result of determination 111 is YES, the serial number stored in the own terminal is transmitted to the external device as terminal-specific information (process 112), and the operation at this time is performed. finish.

If the operation content at that time is neither a Web search nor an external connection, and the result of determination 110 is NO, a process corresponding to the operation content at that time (for example, a normal call process) is executed. Then (processing 113), the operation at this time ends.

FIG. 9 shows a schematic processing example of the information providing server apparatus IS.

First, it is monitored that any mobile communication terminal TM is accessed (NO in decision 201).
(Loop), when access is made from any of the mobile communication terminals TM and the result of the judgment 201 is YES, it is checked whether or not the request received at that time is a print instruction (decision 202).

If the request received at that time is a print instruction and the result of determination 202 is YES, a file for displaying a printout output destination selection screen as shown in FIG. (Step 203),
Return to decision 201.

If the request received at that time is not a print instruction and the result of determination 202 is NO, it is checked whether the request received at that time is an output destination designation request including output destination classification information. (Decision 204).

When the result of the determination 204 is YES, the request source is requested to acquire the terminal specific information, and the terminal specific information is received (process 205). A determination is made (process 206), the terminal-specific information, the content data, and the selected output destination classification information are transmitted to the e-mail transmitting device MM (process 207), and the process returns to the determination 201.

When the result of the determination 204 is NO, the content information file requested at that time is transmitted to the request source (process 208), and the process returns to the determination 201.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a schematic process of the electronic mail transmitting device MM.

When terminal specific information, content data, and selected output destination information are received from the information providing server IS, the received information is temporarily stored (step 30).
1) Convert the contents of the content data into display information for display, convert the display information into image data in TIFF format (process 302), and convert the image data in TIFF format to M
IME conversion is performed to create body information of the e-mail (process 303).

Next, by referring to the mail address table, a mail address corresponding to the output destination classification information notified from the information providing server IS is obtained, and predetermined header information is created (step 304). The created e-mail is transmitted (process 305).

FIG. 11 shows a schematic processing example when the mail server apparatus MS receives an electronic mail.

First, of the e-mails received from another mail server device, those whose destination mail address matches the mail address of the user registered in the terminal (step 401), correspond to the destination mail address. The received folder is determined (step 402), and the received e-mail is stored in the folder (step 403).

FIG. 12 shows that the mail server MS sends a Subject from the output device PT using terminal-specific information as a key.
9 shows an example of a schematic process when a field search request is made.

First, the mail server MS determines the folder corresponding to the specified mail address (Process 5).
01), the value of the specified terminal-specific information is
It is checked whether the e-mail included in the t field is stored in the folder (process 502).

If there is a corresponding mail and the result of determination 503 is YES, the electronic mail is taken out and transmitted to the output device PT which is the electronic mail reception request source at that time (process 504). The completed e-mail is deleted from the folder (process 505), and this operation ends.

When the corresponding e-mail is not stored and the result of determination 503 is NO,
An error notification is sent to the output device PT, which is the source of the e-mail reception request at that time, to the effect that the relevant e-mail is not stored (process 506), and this operation ends.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a schematic process of the output device PT.

When a print request is received from the user (process 601), terminal-specific information is input (process 602).
As an input method at this time, as described above, a method in which the user directly inputs a key, and a method in which the user performs
By connecting the external interface circuit 6 of the M and the external interface circuit 19 of the output device PT with a signal cable and operating the terminal-specific information input key of the output device PT, the output device PT is terminal-specific to the mobile communication terminal TM. There is a method of requesting input of information, whereby the mobile communication terminal TM transfers terminal-specific information to the output device PT.

When the terminal-specific information is obtained in this way, a dial-up connection is made to the Internet service provider ISP (process 603), the IMAP4 protocol is applied using the mail address registered in the terminal itself, and the mail server device MS , And makes a search request for the Subject field using the terminal-specific information input by operation as a key, and receives the corresponding e-mail (process 60).
4).

When the e-mail receiving operation is completed, the user is disconnected from the Internet service provider ISP (process 605), and it is checked whether the e-mail has been received at that time (decision 606).

If the e-mail has been successfully received,
If the result of step 6 is YES, MIME information is extracted from the body information of the received e-mail, and the MIM information is extracted.
The E information is inversely converted to create original TIFF format image data, and the TIFF format image data is processed by the image processing unit 1.
In step 8, the image data is converted into recordable image data by the plotter 15, and the image data is transferred to the plotter 15 for recording and output (process 607).

Next, the image data for which recording and output have been completed is deleted (step 608), and the recording operation at this time ends.

If the e-mail cannot be received and the result of determination 606 is NO, an error message is displayed (step 609), and the operation at this time ends (error end).

In the above-described embodiment, one e-mail is created in response to one print request of the user of the mobile communication terminal TM, and the designated output destination classification provided in the mail server MS is provided. Therefore, when a large number of print requests for the same content are generated, a large number of e-mails having the same body information except for the value of the Subject field of the header information are stored in the mail server MS. Therefore, the storage capacity of the mail server device MS may be squeezed.

For example, when the content is concert information or ticket information, such a situation is considered to occur.

In order to avoid such a situation, the mail server MS may have a function of integrating e-mails carrying the same content data into one mail.

For this purpose, first, the electronic mail transmitting device M
M arranges terminal-specific information and content identification information for identifying content data in the Subject field of the e-mail in the following format.

(Terminal identification information) ** (content identification information)

Here, as the content identification information, for example, the following format can be adopted.

(Information provider identification information)-(content number)

Here, the information provider identification information is arbitrary data for identifying the information provider that operates the information providing server apparatus IS, and the content number is the content of each information providing server apparatus IS. This is information for identification. Therefore, the content identification information is specified, for example, as “A-0001”.
In this case, “A” is the information provider identification information.

Therefore, if the terminal specific information is "ABC00
01 ”(hereinafter, referred to as“ user 0001 ”) of the mobile communication terminal TM accesses the information providing server apparatus IS in which the value of the information provider identification information is“ A ”,
According to the display screen, an appropriate operation is performed to display the content having the content number “0001”. Then, the user desires to print out the content of the display screen, and performs the same operation as described above (FIG. 4). ), When "convenience store A" is designated as the output destination, the information providing server device IS sends the content data corresponding to the content content selected at that time to the e-mail transmitting device MM, and selects the content data at that time. Content identification information (in this case, “A-00
01 ”), output destination classification information indicating the selected output destination (in this case,“ convenience store A ”), and terminal-specific information obtained from the mobile communication terminal TM (in this case,“ A
BC0001 ”) to the electronic mail transmitting device MM.

As a result, the electronic mail transmitting device MM
The content data received from the information providing server device IS is converted into display information for displaying the content, and the display information is converted to T
IFF format image data, and the TIF
F-format image data is MIME-converted to create e-mail body information, and the e-mail address table (see FIG. 5) is referenced to output destination classification information notified from the information providing server IS. An e-mail address is acquired, and an e-mail whose main part is shown in FIG. 14 is created and transmitted together with the content identification information and the terminal unique information notified from the information providing server device IS.

Here, a mail address is arranged in the To field of the header information, and terminal-specific information and content identification information are arranged in the above-described format in the above-described format.

Thus, the electronic data that carries the recording data of the content that the user wants to print out to the folder provided in the mail server MS corresponding to the output destination specified by the user of the mobile communication terminal TM. The email is saved.

When the e-mail is stored, the mail server apparatus MS of the mail server apparatus MS includes a character string "**" used to separate terminal-specific information and content identification information in the Subject field of the received e-mail. Check if it is included, and if it is included,
It is checked whether or not another electronic mail in which the same content identification information is arranged in the object field has already been stored.

If not, the newly received e-mail is stored in the folder.

On the other hand, if the e-mail has been stored, only the terminal-specific information is extracted from the Subject field of the newly received e-mail, and the extracted terminal-specific information is stored in the Subject field of the e-mail already stored. The e-mails that have already been stored are updated and stored in the same folder by using the connection sign “+”, and in this case, the newly received e-mail is not stored.

Therefore, in this case, for the same content, when the e-mail whose convenience store chain A is specified as the output destination is transmitted first, the same e-mail as in FIG. 14 is stored in the corresponding folder. .

Next, when the terminal specific information is "ABC0
011 ”(hereinafter, the user of the mobile communication terminal TM)
"User 0011") accesses the same information providing server apparatus IS and displays the same content,
I want to print out the contents of the display screen,
When the same “convenience store A” is designated as the output destination, the same operation as described above is performed by the information providing server device IS and the e-mail transmitting device MM. Is different from the e-mail shown in (1) only in this case (in this case, “ABC0011 ** A-0001”). The e-mail is transmitted to the mail server MS.

In this case, since the e-mail has already been stored in the same folder for the same content, the mail server MS sets the S of the newly received e-mail.
By extracting the terminal identification information from the subject field and linking it to the subject field of the already stored e-mail, an e-mail as shown in FIG. 15 is created and updated and stored in the same folder.

On the other hand, user 0001 and user 0
No. 011 goes to an arbitrary store in the convenience store chain A independently and operates the output device PT installed in the store to designate the mobile print mode.

Thus, the output device PT displays a guidance screen as shown in FIG. 7 and requests the user to input terminal-specific information (in this case, the serial number).
Thereby, according to the guidance screen, the user 000
1 operates and inputs terminal unique information “ABC0001”, and the user 0011 operates and inputs terminal unique information “ABC0011”.

When the input of the terminal-specific information is completed, each output device PT makes a dial-up connection to the Internet service provider ISP, and connects to the mail address registered in its own terminal (in this case, “conv_a @ a
bc. co. jp ”), the mail server device MS
Connect to and use the terminal-specific information input as an operation key
A search request is made for the object field.

As a result, the mail server device MS stores the Sub in the folder corresponding to the specified mail address.
Character string "ABC0001" in the value of the ject field
(For user 0001) or the character string "ABC00
It is determined whether an e-mail containing "11" (for the user 0011) is stored. If the e-mail is stored, the e-mail is extracted and transmitted to the output device PT. If the corresponding e-mail is not stored, an error is notified to the output device PT.

When the output device PT receives an e-mail from the mail server device MS, the output device PT reads MIME based on the body information.
The information is extracted, the MIME information is inversely converted, and the original TIFF format image data is created.

Next, the image data in the TIFF format is converted into image data recordable by the plotter 15 by the image processing section 18, and the image data is transferred to the plotter 15 for recording and output.

As a result, the users 0001 and 0011 of the mobile communication terminal TM can print out the content designated by themselves.

On the other hand, the mail server MS sends a search character string (in this case, “ABC0001” or “AB
C0011 ”), and the subj
Delete from the value of the ct field.

For example, if the value of the Subject field is “ABC0001 + ABC0011 ** A-0001”
, The search string is “ABC0” in the first reception request.
When “001” is specified, the value of the Subject field is changed to “ABC0011” after sending the e-mail.
** A-0001 ".

Next, in the subsequent reception request, "A" is added to the search character string.
When “BC0011” is specified, the value of the Subject field is changed to “** A-0” after sending the e-mail.
001 ”.

The mail server MS deletes the e-mail from which the terminal-specific information has been completely deleted as described above, and avoids a situation in which the storage capacity is unduly occupied, thereby making the storage capacity effective. Make use of it.

[0132] Further, when the accumulated time of the stored e-mail exceeds a predetermined time (for example, 24 hours), the mail server MS deletes the e-mail. This avoids a situation in which the storage capacity is unduly occupied by the e-mail for which the user has forgotten to take out the output.

FIG. 16 shows a mail server M in this case.
5 shows an example of a schematic process at the time of receiving an e-mail of S.

First, among the e-mails received from other mail server devices, if the destination mail address matches the mail address of the user registered in the own terminal (process 701), the e-mail corresponding to the destination mail address The determined folder is determined (step 702).

Next, it is determined whether or not the Subject field of the e-mail received at that time contains the character string “**” (determination 703). When the result of the determination 703 is YES, since the content identification information has been added, the subject
It is checked whether or not another electronic mail in which the same content identification information is arranged in the t field has already been stored (process 704).

If another e-mail in which the same content identification information is arranged in the Subject field is already stored in the same folder, and the result of determination 705 is YES, the subject of the newly received e-mail Only the terminal-specific information is extracted from the field, and the extracted terminal-specific information is linked to the already stored Subject field of the e-mail using the linking sign "+" (step 706), and the field is already stored. The e-mail is updated and stored in the same folder (processing 707), and the accumulation time at that time is updated and stored corresponding to the e-mail (processing 708), and this operation ends.

On the other hand, if another e-mail in which the same content identification information is placed in the Subject field is not stored in the same folder, and if the result of determination 705 is NO, the newly received e-mail is The file is stored in the folder (process 709), and the storage time at that time is newly stored in correspondence with the electronic mail (process 710), and this operation ends.

FIG. 17 shows that, in this case, the mail server MS sends S from the output device PT using the terminal-specific information as a key.
9 shows an example of a schematic process when a search request for an object field is made.

First, the mail server MS determines the folder corresponding to the specified mail address (Process 8).
01), the value of the specified terminal-specific information is
It is checked whether the e-mail included in the t field is stored in the folder (step 802).

If there is a corresponding e-mail and the result of decision 803 is YES, the corresponding e-mail is
Then, the extracted character string is sent to the output device PT that is the source of the electronic mail reception request at that time (process 804), and the character string used for the search is deleted from the value of the Subject field of the electronic mail that has been searched. The header information of the mail is updated and stored (process 805).

Here, as a result of the processing 805, if all terminal specific information is deleted (the result of the judgment 806 is YE
S), the corresponding e-mail is deleted (process 808).
If one or more terminal-specific information remains,
Keep the email without deleting it.

Then, it is checked whether there is another corresponding e-mail (decision 809), and the result of the decision 809 is YE
When S is reached, the process returns to step 804 to execute the process for the remaining corresponding e-mail.

When the processing for all the relevant e-mails is completed and the result of the judgment 809 is NO,
This operation ends.

When the corresponding e-mail is not stored and the result of determination 803 is NO,
An error notification is sent to the output device PT, which is the source of the e-mail reception request at that time, indicating that the e-mail is not stored (process 810), and this operation ends.

FIG. 18 shows an example of a process executed when the mail server device MS deletes an electronic mail.
This process is executed at predetermined time intervals (for example, one hour).

First, one folder is selected (step 82).
1) Check whether one or more e-mails are stored (decision 822). When the result of determination 822 is YES, one e-mail is selected from the selected folder (process 823), the accumulation time of the e-mail is compared with the current time, and whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the accumulation time is determined. Is checked (decision 824).

When the result of determination 824 is YES, the selected electronic mail at that time is deleted (process 82).
5). When the result of the determination 824 is NO,
The e-mail is retained without executing the process 825.

When the processing for one e-mail is completed, it is checked whether the processing for all e-mails has been completed for the selected folder (decision 826). When the result of the decision 826 is NO, the processing returns to the processing 823. The same processing is performed for the remaining e-mails.

When the process for one folder is completed and the result of decision 826 is YES, it is checked whether the process for all folders is completed (decision 827), and the result of decision 827 is NO. If it is, the process returns to the process 821 to execute the same process for the remaining folders.

If the result of determination 827 is YES, this process ends.

Now, as described above, the output device PT
When the printout of the content designated by the user of the mobile communication terminal TM can be obtained, the number of printouts in each output device PT is
If the installation user of the output device PT, for example, the manager of the convenience store chain A can know, it is very convenient that a more effective installation location can be set.

For this purpose, every time the output device PT prints out, the number of times of output is counted for each received content number and history information is left for a certain period (for example, 1).
For each month), a report that displays a list of history information may be created, recorded and output, or transmitted by e-mail to a previously registered user's e-mail address.

FIG. 19 shows an example of a history information table provided in the output device PT in this case. This history information table stores the number of times of output (the number of times of access) for each content number received by e-mail.
Also, the mail address of the e-mail destination is stored.

FIG. 20 shows an example of a report (information access notification report) recorded and output by the output device PT in this case. Here, the store name and the output device number are information set uniquely to the output device PT.

The output device PT records and outputs the information access notification report, creates an electronic mail carrying the same contents, and transmits the electronic mail to the mail address stored in the history information table.

FIG. 21 shows an example of a schematic process when the output device PT receives an electronic mail in this case.

When a print request is received from the user (process 901), terminal-specific information is input (process 902).
As an input method at this time, as described above, a method in which the user directly inputs a key, and a method in which the user performs
By connecting the external interface circuit 6 of the M and the external interface circuit 19 of the output device PT with a signal cable and operating the terminal-specific information input key of the output device PT, the output device PT is terminal-specific to the mobile communication terminal TM. There is a method of requesting input of information, whereby the mobile communication terminal TM transfers terminal-specific information to the output device PT.

When the terminal-specific information is obtained in this way, a dial-up connection is made to the Internet service provider ISP (process 903), the IMAP4 protocol is applied using the mail address registered in the terminal itself, and the mail server device MS To search for the Subject field using the terminal-specific information input by operation as a key, and receive the corresponding e-mail (process 90).
4).

When the e-mail receiving operation is completed, the terminal is disconnected from the Internet service provider ISP (process 905), and it is checked whether the e-mail has been received at that time (decision 906).

If the e-mail has been received, a decision 90 is made.
If the result of step 6 is YES, one of the received e-mails is selected (step 907), MIME information is extracted from the body information of the selected e-mail, and the MIME information is extracted.
The information is inversely converted to create original TIFF format image data, and the TIFF format image data is
The image data is converted into image data recordable by the plotter 15, and the image data is transferred to the plotter 15 for recording and output (process 908).

Next, the image data for which recording and output have been completed is deleted (step 909), the number of accesses to the content number of the e-mail at that time is increased by one, and the content of the history information table is updated. (Step 910).

Next, it is checked whether or not the processing for all the received electronic mails has been completed (decision 911).
When the result of step 11 is NO, the process returns to step 907,
Perform the processing for the remaining emails. If the processing for all the received e-mails has been completed and the result of determination 911 is YES, the recording operation at this time is ended.

If the e-mail cannot be received and the result of decision 906 is NO, an error message is displayed (step 912), and the operation at this time is ended (error end).

FIG. 22 shows an example of output processing of an information access notification report of the output device PT.

First, when the output date and time (for example, the end of the month) comes (the result of determination 1001 is YES), the above-mentioned information access notification report is created based on the contents of the stored history information table (process 1002). The contents are recorded and output from the plotter 15 (process 1003).

Next, an e-mail is created (processing 100
4), the contents of the history information table at that time are deleted (process 1005).

Then, a dial-up connection is made to the Internet service provider ISP (step 1006), and an e-mail is transmitted by applying a predetermined e-mail transmission protocol using the mail address registered in the terminal itself (step 1007). Next, the user is disconnected from the Internet service provider ISP (process 1008), and the operation ends.

When the number of users of the mobile communication network MN is very large, the number of users who use the above-described information recording / outputting service also becomes large. It is assumed that a large number of e-mails are stored in the e-mail server, which increases the processing time of the mail server device MS when performing a search process in response to a request from the output device PT, and increases the access time.

To avoid such a situation, a folder to be used is allocated in the terminal specific information of the new number of mobile terminals TM,
What is necessary is just to reduce the number of e-mails stored in one folder.

For this purpose, for example, as shown in FIG. 23, two e-mail addresses are set within the value range of the terminal-specific information for one output destination classification value. In the mail server device MS, folders are created corresponding to the respective mail addresses. FIG. 23 shows an example of a mail address table stored in the electronic mail transmitting device MM.

As a result, the number of e-mails stored in the same folder is reduced by half, and the mail server M
The time required for the search processing of S can be reduced.

The setting mode of the mail address is not limited to this, but can be set to any mode.

Whether or not to receive such an information recording and output service is often determined by a contract between the user of the mobile communication terminal TM and the operator of the mobile communication network MN. Therefore, at the time of the contract, a mail address for the information output service can be set and registered in the mobile communication terminal TM.

In this case, when an information recording / output service is to be received, a mail address for the recording / output service is notified from the mobile communication terminal TM to the information providing server device IS. Notifies the e-mail transmitting device MM of the notified e-mail address together with the content data and the like.

As a result, the electronic mail transmitting device MM
Since the notified e-mail address can be used directly, there is no need to store the e-mail address table as described above in the e-mail transmission device MM.

When operating the output device PT to record and output information, the user of the mobile communication terminal TM operates and inputs terminal-specific information and a mail address for a recording output service. Also, in consideration of such user's trouble, as described above, the mobile communication terminal TM and the output device PT are connected by the signal cable, and the mobile communication terminal T
It is preferable that the terminal-specific information and the mail address for the recording output service be automatically transferred from M to the output device PT.

In this case, in order to obtain the recording data, the output device PT receives the electronic mail from the mail server device MS by directly using the input mail address for the recording output service.

In the mail server MS, the IMA
Using the shared folder function of P4, one folder (shared folder) can be used with a plurality of mail addresses for recording and output services.

In the embodiment described above, the output device PT
Is connected to the analog public network PSTN and is connected to the Internet INET by making a dial-up connection to the Internet service provider ISP. However, the line used may be ISDN, or even if it is always connected to the Internet INET, The present invention can be similarly applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the Internet is used as a network, but other similar networks can be used.

[0181]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the user of the mobile communication terminal can print out the content data obtained from the information providing server device at a desired place, for example, it is very convenient for memorizing concert information and ticket information. obtain. In addition, if the output device is installed in a large number of buildings such as convenience store chains, where people can easily enter and exit, users can easily obtain printouts. It is also convenient.

Further, as a means for receiving the e-mail, a communication protocol means such as IMAP4 which can selectively receive the e-mail can be used. Therefore, the existing technology can be diverted and the communication network system can be used relatively. There is also obtained an effect that it can be easily constructed.

Further, since the mail server device has a function of integrating electronic mails carrying the same content data into one mail, the storage capacity required for the mail server device can be greatly reduced.

Further, the electronic mail from which all the terminal-specific information has been deleted is erased to prevent a situation where the storage capacity is unduly occupied, so that the storage capacity can be effectively utilized.

Further, the mail server apparatus stores the stored e-mail for a predetermined time (for example, 2 hours).
If 4 hours have elapsed, the e-mail is deleted, so that it is possible to avoid a situation where the storage capacity is unduly occupied by the e-mail for which the user has forgotten to take out the output. The effect is also obtained.

Further, for one output destination classification value, a plurality of e-mail addresses are set within the range of the terminal-specific information value, so that the number of e-mails stored in the same folder can be greatly reduced. As a result, it is possible to reduce the time required for the search processing of the mail server device.

Also, a mail address for the information output service is set and registered in the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, when an information recording and output service is to be received, the mail address for the recording output service is transmitted from the mobile communication terminal TM. To the information providing server device IS, and the information providing server device IS
Can notify the e-mail transmitting device MM of the notified e-mail address together with the content data, etc., whereby the e-mail transmitting device MM can directly use the notified e-mail address. The mail address table is stored in the e-mail transmitting device MM.
There is also an effect that it is not necessary to save the data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a communication network according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a mobile communication terminal TM (TM1 to TMn).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of an output device PT.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing an example of a printout output destination selection screen.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a mail address table.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an electronic mail.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a guidance screen.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a schematic process of the mobile communication terminal TM.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a schematic processing example of the information providing server device IS.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a schematic process of the electronic mail transmitting device MM.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a schematic process when the mail server device MS receives an electronic mail.

FIG. 12 shows a case where the mail server device MS outputs from the output device PT.
9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a schematic process when a search request for a Subject field is made using terminal-specific information as a key.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a schematic process of the output device PT.

FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing another example of an electronic mail.

FIG. 15 is an exemplary diagram showing an example of an e-mail in which a Subject field is updated.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing another example of the schematic processing when the mail server device MS receives an electronic mail.

FIG. 17 shows a state in which the mail server device MS outputs from the output device PT.
9 is a flowchart showing another example of the schematic processing when a search request for a Subject field is made using terminal-specific information as a key.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing executed when the mail server device deletes an electronic mail.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a history information table.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an information access notification report.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing another example of the schematic processing when the output device PT receives an electronic mail.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information access notification report output process.

FIG. 23 is a schematic view showing another example of the mail address table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 TM, TM1 to TMn Mobile communication terminal MN Mobile communication network BS Mobile communication network base station GW Gateway device IS, IS1 to ISn Information providing server device MM, MM1 to MMn Electronic mail transmitting device MS Mail server device PT, PT1 PTn output device

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[Claims] 1. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal can access provided information stored in a host computer and perform a predetermined operation. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location, connected to a network, and connected to the network. An output device that receives the output information via the network and records and outputs the received output information; and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network. When the output of the provision information is specified from the communication terminal and the designation information of the output destination is received, the output corresponding to the provision information is sent to the mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the designation information. Communication network system characterized in that information is transmitted by e-mail . 2. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location, connected to the network, and connected to the network. An output device that receives the output information via the network and records and outputs the received output information; and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network. When the output of the provision information is specified from the communication terminal and the designation information of the output destination is received, the output corresponding to the provision information is sent to the mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the designation information. The information is transmitted by e-mail, and the output device is connected to a network and Upon receiving the e-mail addressed to the mail address that is beforehand set, a communication network system and recording an output information contained in the e-mail. 3. The communication network system according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of said output devices are provided, and said network is the Internet. 4. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal can access provided information stored in a host computer and perform a predetermined operation. In a communication network system, the mobile communication terminal is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network. An output device that receives the output information via the network and records and outputs the received output information; and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network. From the communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. A communication network system, wherein information display information and output information corresponding to the provided information are transmitted using an electronic mail. 5. The communication network system according to claim 4, wherein the display information of the terminal-specific information is transmitted using a subject field of header information. 6. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network. An output device that receives the output information via the network and records and outputs the received output information; and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network. From the communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. The display information of the information, and the output information corresponding to the provided information are transmitted using an e-mail, the output device is connected to a network, and transmits an e-mail addressed to a mail address preset in its own terminal. A communication network system which, upon receipt, records and outputs output information contained in the e-mail. 7. The communication network system according to claim 6, wherein the display information of the terminal-specific information is transmitted by using a Subject field of header information. 8. The output device has an e-mail reception protocol function having a function of selectively receiving e-mail as an e-mail reception protocol function, and the mail server device has an e-mail transmission protocol function to a client side. 8. The communication network system according to claim 7, further comprising an e-mail transmission protocol function having a function capable of selectively transmitting an e-mail. 9. The output device stores input terminal-specific information, and a value of the stored terminal-specific information from a mailbox corresponding to a pre-registered mail address is included in a Subject field. 9. The communication network system according to claim 8, wherein the electronic mail is selectively received, and output information included in the electronic mail is recorded and output. 10. The communication network system according to claim 9, wherein the terminal-specific information is operated and input by a user. 11. The input of the terminal-specific information includes interconnecting the output device and the mobile terminal by predetermined connection means, and transferring a value stored in the mobile terminal to the output device. 10. The communication network system according to claim 9, wherein the communication is performed by: 12. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal can access provided information stored in a host computer and perform a predetermined operation. In a communication network system, the mobile communication terminal is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network. An output device that receives the output information via an interface, records and outputs the received output information, and has a function capable of selectively receiving an e-mail. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function capable of transmitting e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network, and the host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. An e-mail having a subject field in which display information of information and identification information of the provided information are set, and an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in body information; When the above-mentioned identification information is set in the Subject field of the received e-mail, the S-mail is stored in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail.
It is checked whether an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the object field has already been stored.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “ject” field is replaced with the Su of the already stored e-mail.
bject field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the above-
When an e-mail with the same identification information set in the ject field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the output device is connected to a network and connected to a pre-registered e-mail address. A communication network system comprising: receiving an e-mail from a corresponding mailbox of the mail server device; and recording and outputting output information included in the e-mail. 13. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location, connected to a network, and connected to the network. An output device that receives the output information via an interface, records and outputs the received output information, and has a function capable of selectively receiving an e-mail. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function capable of transmitting e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network, and the host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. An e-mail having a subject field in which display information of information and identification information of the provided information are set, and an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in body information; When the above-mentioned identification information is set in the Subject field of the received e-mail, the S-mail is stored in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail.
It is checked whether an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the object field has already been stored.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “ject” field is replaced with the Su of the already stored e-mail.
bject field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the above-
If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the ject field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the output device stores the input terminal-specific information and connects to the network. Then, the value of the stored terminal-specific information is extracted from the mailbox of the mail server corresponding to the mail address registered in advance to the subject.
selectively receiving the e-mail included in the t-field, recording and outputting the output information included in the e-mail, and when the output device receives the e-mail, the mail server device outputs the subject field of the e-mail. When no display information of other terminal specific information is included in the electronic mail, the electronic mail is deleted. 14. The mail server device according to claim 1, wherein when there is no output request for a predetermined e-mail for a predetermined time, the e-mail server deletes the e-mail. A communication network system according to claim 5, claim 6, claim 6, claim 7, claim 8, claim 9, claim 10, claim 11, claim 12, or claim 12, or claim 13. 15. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. In a communication network system, the mobile communication terminal is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network. An output device that receives the output information via an interface, records and outputs the received output information, and has a function capable of selectively receiving an e-mail. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function capable of transmitting e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network, and the host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. An e-mail having a subject field in which display information of information and identification information of the provided information are set, and an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in body information; When the above-mentioned identification information is set in the Subject field of the received e-mail, the S-mail is stored in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail.
It is checked whether an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the object field has already been stored.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “ject” field is replaced with the Su of the already stored e-mail.
bject field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the above-
If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the ject field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the output device stores the input terminal-specific information and connects to the network. Then, the value of the stored terminal-specific information is extracted from the mailbox of the mail server corresponding to the mail address registered in advance to the subject.
selectively receiving the e-mail included in the t-field, recording and outputting the output information included in the e-mail, and when the output device receives the e-mail, the mail server device outputs the subject field of the e-mail. Deletes the display information of the terminal-specific information notified from the output device that has received the e-mail,
A communication network system wherein an e-mail in which display information of terminal-specific information is not included in an ect field is deleted. 16. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network. An output device that receives the output information via an interface, records and outputs the received output information, and has a function capable of selectively receiving an e-mail. It has an e-mail transmission protocol function capable of transmitting e-mail, and has a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network, and the host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provided information is specified, and the output destination specification information is received, the terminal-specific mail address of the output device stored in advance corresponding to the specification information is sent to the terminal-specific information. An e-mail having a subject field in which display information of information and identification information of the provided information are set, and an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in body information; When the above-mentioned identification information is set in the Subject field of the received e-mail, the S-mail is stored in the mailbox corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail.
It is checked whether an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the object field has already been stored.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “ject” field is replaced with the Su of the already stored e-mail.
bject field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the above-
When an e-mail with the same identification information set in the ject field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the latest update time is stored for each e-mail. Stores the input terminal-specific information, connects to the network, and reads the value of the stored terminal-specific information from the mailbox of the mail server corresponding to the pre-registered mail address.
selectively receiving the e-mail included in the t-field, recording and outputting the output information included in the e-mail, and when the output device receives the e-mail, the mail server device outputs the subject field of the e-mail. Deletes the display information of the terminal-specific information notified from the output device that has received the e-mail,
A communication network system wherein an e-mail in which display information of terminal-specific information is not included in an ect field is deleted when a predetermined time has elapsed from an update time stored for the e-mail. 17. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location, connected to a network, and connected to the network. An output device that receives the output information through the network, and records and outputs the received output information; and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network. The e-mail address to be used is registered, and when the output of the provision information is specified from the mobile communication terminal and the e-mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the host computer Sending output information corresponding to the provided information by using an electronic mail; , Connected to the network, when receiving the e-mail addressed to the mail address input from the user of the mobile communication terminal, a communication network system and recording an output information contained in the e-mail. 18. A communication network system in which provided information stored in a host computer is accessed by a mobile communication terminal and a predetermined operation can be performed. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location, connected to the network, and connected to the network. An output device that receives the output information through the network, and records and outputs the received output information; and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network. The e-mail address to be used is registered, and the host computer transmits the e-mail address from the mobile communication terminal.
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provision information is specified, and the e-mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the display information of the terminal-specific information and the provision A communication network system, wherein output information corresponding to information is transmitted by using an electronic mail. 19. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal can access provided information stored in a host computer and perform a predetermined operation. In a communication network system, the mobile communication terminal is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network. An output device that receives the output information through the network, and records and outputs the received output information; and a mail server device that performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network. The e-mail address to be used is registered, and the host computer transmits the e-mail address from the mobile communication terminal.
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provision information is specified, and the e-mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the display information of the terminal-specific information and the provision The output device transmits the output information corresponding to the information by e-mail. When the output device is connected to a network and receives an e-mail addressed to an e-mail address input by a user of the mobile communication terminal, the e-mail is output. A communication network system for recording and outputting output information included in a communication network. 20. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses a provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location, connected to the network, and connected to the network. An output device that receives the output information via an interface, records and outputs the received output information, and has a function capable of selectively receiving an e-mail. The mobile communication terminal includes a mail server device that has an e-mail transmission protocol function capable of transmitting e-mails and performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network, and a mail address to be used is registered in the mobile communication terminal. The host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provision information is specified, and the mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the display information of the terminal-specific information and the provision information of the provision information are transmitted to the received mail address. The e-mail server has a Subject field in which identification information is set, and transmits an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in the body information. The mail server device transmits the e-mail in the Subject field of the e-mail received from the host computer. When the identification information is set, the mail address corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail is stored in the mailbox.
It is checked whether an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the object field has already been stored.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “ject” field is replaced with the Su of the already stored e-mail.
bject field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the above-
When an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the “ject” field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the output device is connected to a network, and is connected to the network by a user of the mobile communication terminal. A communication network system comprising: receiving an electronic mail from a mailbox of the mail server device corresponding to an input mail address; and recording and outputting output information included in the electronic mail. 21. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. In a communication network system, the mobile communication terminal is installed at a predetermined location and connected to a network. An output device that receives the output information via an interface, records and outputs the received output information, and has a function capable of selectively receiving an e-mail. The mobile communication terminal includes a mail server device that has an e-mail transmission protocol function capable of transmitting e-mails and performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network, and a mail address to be used is registered in the mobile communication terminal. The host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provision information is specified, and the mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the display information of the terminal-specific information and the provision information of the provision information are transmitted to the received mail address. The e-mail server has a Subject field in which identification information is set, and transmits an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in the body information. The mail server device transmits the e-mail in the Subject field of the e-mail received from the host computer. When the identification information is set, the mail address corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail is stored in the mailbox.
It is checked whether an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the object field has already been stored.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “ject” field is replaced with the Su of the already stored e-mail.
bject field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the above-
If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the ject field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the output device stores the input terminal-specific information and connects to the network. Then, an electronic mail in which the value of the stored terminal-specific information is included in the Subject field is selectively received from the mailbox of the mail server device corresponding to the mail address input by the user of the mobile communication terminal. And recording and outputting the output information included in the e-mail. When the output device receives the e-mail, the e-mail server device determines whether the subject field of the e-mail does not include the display information of the other terminal-specific information. Communication network system characterized by deleting the e-mail . 22. A communication network system in which provided information stored in a host computer is accessed by a mobile communication terminal and a predetermined operation can be performed. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location, connected to the network, and connected to the network. An output device that receives the output information via an interface, records and outputs the received output information, and has a function capable of selectively receiving an e-mail. The mobile communication terminal includes a mail server device that has an e-mail transmission protocol function capable of transmitting e-mails and performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network, and a mail address to be used is registered in the mobile communication terminal. The host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provision information is specified, and the mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the display information of the terminal-specific information and the provision information of the provision information are transmitted to the received mail address. The e-mail server has a Subject field in which identification information is set, and transmits an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in the body information. The mail server device transmits the e-mail in the Subject field of the e-mail received from the host computer. When the identification information is set, the mail address corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail is stored in the mailbox.
It is checked whether an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the object field has already been stored.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “ject” field is replaced with the Su of the already stored e-mail.
bject field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the above-
If the e-mail with the same identification information set in the ject field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the output device stores the input terminal-specific information and connects to the network. Then, an electronic mail in which the value of the stored terminal-specific information is included in the Subject field is selectively received from the mailbox of the mail server device corresponding to the mail address input by the user of the mobile communication terminal. And recording and outputting the output information included in the e-mail. When the output device receives the e-mail, the mail server device determines from the Subject field of the e-mail the terminal notified from the output device that received the e-mail. In addition to deleting the display information of the unique information,
A communication network system wherein an e-mail in which display information of terminal-specific information is not included in an ect field is deleted. 23. A communication network system in which a mobile communication terminal accesses provided information stored in a host computer and performs a predetermined operation. The communication network system is installed at a predetermined location, connected to the network, and connected to the network. An output device that receives the output information via an interface, records and outputs the received output information, and has a function capable of selectively receiving an e-mail. The mobile communication terminal includes a mail server device that has an e-mail transmission protocol function capable of transmitting e-mails and performs an e-mail exchange process between terminals on a network, and a mail address to be used is registered in the mobile communication terminal. The host computer, from the mobile communication terminal,
When the terminal-specific information is notified, the output of the provision information is specified, and the mail address of the mobile communication terminal device is received, the display information of the terminal-specific information and the provision information of the provision information are transmitted to the received mail address. The e-mail server has a Subject field in which identification information is set, and transmits an e-mail in which output information corresponding to the provided information is set in the body information. The mail server device transmits the e-mail in the Subject field of the e-mail received from the host computer. When the identification information is set, the mail address corresponding to the destination mail address of the e-mail is stored in the mailbox.
It is checked whether an e-mail in which the same identification information is set in the object field has already been stored.
The display information of the terminal-specific information set in the “ject” field is replaced with the Su of the already stored e-mail.
bject field, the received e-mail is discarded, and the above-
When an e-mail with the same identification information set in the ject field is not stored, the received e-mail is stored in the mailbox, and the latest update time is stored for each e-mail. Stores the input terminal specific information, connects to the network, and stores the value of the stored terminal specific information from the mailbox of the mail server device corresponding to the mail address input by the user of the mobile communication terminal. The e-mail included in the subject field is selectively received, and output information included in the e-mail is recorded and output. When the output device receives the e-mail, the subject field of the e-mail is received. From the output device that received the e-mail It deletes the display information of specific information, Subj
A communication network system wherein an e-mail in which display information of terminal-specific information is not included in an ect field is deleted when a predetermined time has elapsed from an update time stored for the e-mail. 24. The method according to claim 17, wherein the registration of the e-mail address to the mobile communication terminal is performed when the user subscribes to the information output service. The communication network system according to claim 20 or claim 21 or claim 22 or claim 23. 25. The output device according to claim 12, wherein the output device creates the identification information of the recorded and output information and history information of the number of times of output, and records and outputs the history information at predetermined time intervals. Claim 13 or Claim 14 or Claim 15 or Claim 16 or Claim 20 or Claim 2
Claim 1 or Claim 22 or Claim 23 or Claim 24
The communication network system as described. 26. The output device creates the identification information of the recorded and output information and history information of the number of outputs, creates an e-mail for notifying the history information at predetermined time intervals, and sends the created e-mail to the e-mail. , And is transmitted to a pre-designated mail address, characterized in that it is transmitted to an e-mail address designated in advance. Or claim 24 or claim 2
6. The communication network system according to 5. 27. The output device creates history information of the identification information and the number of outputs of the information recorded and output, and history information of the number of outputs of each mailbox, and records and outputs the history information at predetermined time intervals. The communication network system according to claim 12, wherein the communication network system is characterized in that: 28. An electronic mail, wherein the output device creates history information of the identification information and the number of outputs of the recorded and output information and the number of outputs of each mailbox, and notifies the history information at predetermined time intervals. And sending the created e-mail to an e-mail address specified in advance. 20. A method according to claim 19, further comprising the steps of: 28. The communication network system according to claim 21 or claim 22 or claim 23 or claim 24 or claim 27.