JP2001265671A - Mailing list service system, mailing list service method, recording medium and advertisement service method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mailing list service system for automatically transmitting additional information corresponding to the topic of mail and adding an entertainment function. SOLUTION: A server 100 is at least provided with a mail history storage part 140 for storing the history of mail transmission using a mailing list, an agent mail preparation condition storage part 170 for storing the transmission condition and preparation method of agent mail, an agent mail information source storage part 160 for storing data required for preparing the agent mail and an agent mail preparation part 150 for analyzing the stored mail transmission history and preparing the agent mail from the stored data for preparing the agent mail corresponding to the stored agent mail preparation method in the case that the analyzed result satisfies the stored agent mail transmission condition.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mailing list service system and a mailing list service method, and more particularly, to a mailing list service system and a mailing list capable of delivering mail to a desired destination by referring to a mail transmission history of a user. Service method. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a recording medium on which a program for realizing such a mailing list service is recorded, and an advertisement service using such a mailing list service system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One of services using the Internet
One is a mailing list service that allows information to be exchanged among specific members using electronic mail. FIG. 8 shows a schematic configuration of a conventional mailing list service system that provides a mailing list service.

[0005] This mailing list service system has a configuration in which a plurality of clients 200 are connected to a server 500 via a network 50. The server 500 includes a mail delivery unit 51 that sends and receives mail to and from each client 200 via the network 50.
0, a mailing list data storage unit 520 for storing data relating to the mailing list, and a mailing list registration unit 530 for registering the mailing list data in the mailing list data storage unit 520. Each client 200 has a function of transmitting and receiving mail to and from the server 500 via the network 50.

FIG. 9 shows a mailing list data storage unit 5.
2 shows an example of mailing list data stored in the mailing list 20. In this example, the address of each member of the mailing list assigned with the address "friend@boo.foo.woo.jp" is "yamada@abc.def.ghi.jp", "ZVM00294 @
one.two.thr.jp "," RAT67231@mon.tue.wed.jp "," t
anaka@jan.feb.mar.jp ".

[0005] In the above mailing list service system, the mail delivery section 510 receives a mail addressed to the mailing list from the client 200 as a user via the network 50, and stores the received mail in the mailing list data storage section 520. The member address is checked with reference to the mailing list data which is the destination of the mail, and the received mail is transmitted to the member address. The user corresponding to the member address can read the transmitted mail using the client 200 owned by the user.

[0006] Thus, the user can deliver the mail to all the members registered in the mailing list by simply sending the mail to one of the mail addresses of the group. Communication can be easily realized.

[0007] In the above system, the mail delivery section 510 can attach advertisement information to the received mail when delivering the received mail.

In addition to the above, when creating a community for exchanging information by e-mail via the Internet as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-112552, information on transmission and reception of e-mail and Some systems have an additional function, such as displaying the responded e-mail and the response e-mail in a tree shape in association with each other.

As a system having an additional function, further, as described in JP-A-11-143796,
There is also a system in which a user can easily determine whether a mailing list to be newly joined is suitable for himself or herself. In this system, the body and quotation of an e-mail posted by a user to a mailing list are analyzed, for example, a plurality of character patterns with a high frequency of occurrence are extracted as keywords, and each keyword is classified and recorded together with its appearance date and time. You. When a user requests past communication information in the mailing list, the recorded keyword appearance pattern is analyzed, and based on the analysis result, the life of the topic in the mailing list and the transition to the mailing list in a short period of time. A keyword indicating a topic that has been discussed, or a keyword that has been a topic for a long time and has become a common sense in the mailing list is presented.

[0010]

However, in the conventional mailing list service system shown in FIG. 8 described above, the server simply delivers the e-mail, and the e-mail is sent to the user (client). Cannot automatically provide additional information (including advertisements) according to the topic of the For example, when the word “food” frequently appears in information (topics) exchanged by e-mail in a mailing list, information on a specific restaurant (additional information) is transmitted from the server to each client. You cannot do that. In the system shown in FIG. 8, it is possible to attach advertisement information to a received mail when delivering the mail. In this case, most of the attached advertisement information is irrelevant to the topic. . Therefore, unnecessary information is provided for the user.

[0011] Further, some users use the mailing list for recreational purposes such as chatting. In such a case, the mailing list service system provides a recreational function, for example, as if the user interacts with a person. Adding a function that gives the feeling of
This is useful from the viewpoint of increasing the enjoyment of the user. However, conventional systems do not add such recreational features.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-112552 has an additional function of displaying information on transmission / reception of e-mail and a function of displaying a response-related e-mail and a response e-mail in a tree shape in association with each other. The processing simply records the mail history, and the processing performed on the mail history merely checks the relevance of the reply in the mail history and associates the reply. Moreover, the display of the history information is performed only when the user explicitly requests. Therefore, even in this publication, it is impossible to automatically transmit additional information or add an entertaining function according to the topic of the mail.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-143796 has an additional function of presenting the life of a topic in a mailing list, a keyword indicating a specific topic, and the like. It just extracts topics from email history. Moreover, the display of the history information is performed only when the user explicitly requests it, as in the above publication. Therefore,
Even in the publication, automatic transmission of additional information and addition of recreational functions according to the topic of the mail described above cannot be performed.

[0014] It is an object of the present invention to provide a mailing list service system and a mailing list service method which can solve the above-mentioned problems and can automatically transmit additional information according to the topic of mail and add entertainment functions. It is in.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program for realizing such a mailing list service is recorded.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an advertisement service method using such a mailing list service.

[0017]

In order to achieve the above object, a mailing list service system according to the present invention is a system in which a plurality of clients are connected to a server via a network, wherein the server comprises a plurality of clients. Has a mailing list assigned with a specific address, transmits mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients, and sends the mail to the plurality of clients in accordance with the history of mail transmission using the mailing list. It is characterized in that it is configured to transmit agent mail of a predetermined content.

In the above case, the server includes: a mail history storage unit for storing a mail transmission history using a mailing list; an agent mail creation condition storage unit for storing agent mail transmission conditions and a creation method; An agent mail information source storing means for storing data necessary for creating an agent mail, and a mail transmission history stored in the mail history storing means are analyzed, and the analysis result is stored in the agent mail creating condition storing means. If the agent mail sending condition is satisfied, the agent mail is created from the agent mail creating data stored in the agent mail information source storing unit according to the agent mail creating method stored in the agent mail creating condition storing unit. Agent And mail creating means, may have at least a.

[0019] The server may further include an agent mail control unit for managing and registering data in the agent mail information source storage unit and the agent mail creation condition storage unit.

A mailing list service method according to the present invention is a mailing list service method for transmitting mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients by referring to a mailing list to which a plurality of client addresses are assigned with specific addresses.
An agent mail having a predetermined content is transmitted to the plurality of clients according to a mail transmission history using the mailing list.

Further, the mailing list service method of the present invention refers to a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses, and transmits a mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients. Analyzing the mail transmission history using the mailing list, and, if the analysis result satisfies a predetermined agent mail transmission condition, the agent mail generation data from the arbitrarily set agent mail generation data according to a predetermined agent mail generation method. A mail is created, and the agent mail is transmitted to the plurality of clients.

[0022] The recording medium of the present invention includes a mail transmission process of referring to a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses and transmitting mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients. A program for causing a server computer to execute an agent mail transmitting process of transmitting agent mail of a predetermined content to a plurality of clients in accordance with a history of mail transmission using a mailing list is recorded.

Also, the recording medium of the present invention includes a mail transmission process of referring to a mailing list to which a plurality of client addresses are assigned by a specific address, and transmitting a mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients; Analysis processing for analyzing the history of mail transmission using a mailing list; and, if the analysis result satisfies a predetermined agent mail transmission condition, an agent is generated from arbitrarily set agent mail generation data according to a predetermined agent mail generation method. A program for causing a server computer to execute an agent mail creating process for creating an email and an agent mail sending process for sending the agent mail created in the agent mail creating process to the plurality of clients is recorded. It is characterized in.

[0024] The advertisement service of the present invention sets, in response to an advertisement request from an advertiser, an agent mail creation method, agent mail transmission conditions, and agent mail creation data corresponding to the contents of the advertisement in a server. Referring to a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses, transmitting mail addressed to the mailing list from the server to the plurality of clients, and analyzing a history of mail transmission using the mailing list And when the analysis result satisfies the agent mail transmission condition,
Creating an agent mail from the agent mail creation data in accordance with the agent mail creation method, and transmitting the agent mail from the server to the plurality of clients.

Further, in the advertisement service method of the present invention, a step of displaying information on a predetermined advertisement service on an information processing terminal; and a step in which an advertiser transmits predetermined advertisement request information based on the displayed advertisement service information. A step of transmitting to a designated server using a processing terminal, and an agent mail creation method, an agent mail transmission condition, and agent mail creation data corresponding to the content of the advertisement in response to the advertisement request information from the advertiser. Setting an administrator on the server, and referring to a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses, transmitting mail addressed to the mailing list from the server to the plurality of clients, Analyze the mail transmission history using the mailing list When the analysis result satisfies the agent mail sending condition, creates an agent mail from the agent mail creating data according to the agent mail creating method, and sends the agent mail from the server to the plurality of clients. , Is included.

In the present invention configured as described above, an agent mail having a predetermined content is transmitted to each client according to the mail transmission history (transmission time, sender, title, body, etc.). Clients can receive information related to the topic. Accordingly, unnecessary information is not provided to the user unlike the related art.

Further, according to the present invention, since an agent mail can be created from arbitrarily set agent mail creation data, it is possible to transmit desired contents of the agent mail to each client. is there. For example, can be sent as an agent e-mail, the contents to respond to e-mail from a client e-mail (for example, e-mail, such as a greeting such as "Hello" to the "Hello"). Therefore, it is possible to respond to the user as if the user is interacting with the user.

Further, since it is possible to transmit an agent mail having a desired content to each client according to the mail transmission history, it is possible to provide an advertisement service by utilizing this.

[0029]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a mailing list service system according to one embodiment of the present invention. This mailing list service system includes a server 100, a plurality of clients 200, and a communication network 50. In FIG. 1, the same components as those shown in FIG. 8 described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present embodiment provides additional information to the user or increases the enjoyment of the user for entertainment purposes.
For this purpose, the server 100 creates an e-mail having desired contents and sends the e-mail to each client 20.
Sent to 0. This sent email (email)
Is called agent mail.

The server 100 has a mail delivery unit 100 having a function of sending and receiving mail to and from the client 200 via the network 50, and a mail history storage unit 140 for storing the history of mail delivered by the mail delivery unit 100 to the mailing list. A mailing list data storage unit 120 for storing mailing list management data;
Mailing list data registration unit 130 having a function of registering data in mailing list data storage unit 120
An agent mail creating unit 150 having a function of creating an agent mail, an agent mail information source storage unit 160 for storing information necessary for creating an agent mail, and an agent for storing agent mail transmission conditions and a creating method. It has a mail creation condition storage unit 170 and an agent mail control unit 180 having a function of controlling agent mail.

FIG. 2 shows an example of mailing list data stored in the mailing list data storage section 120. In this example, the address of the mailing list member assigned the address "friend@boo.foo.woo.jp" is "yamada@abc.def.ghi.jp", "ZVM00294 @ on
e.two.thr.jp '', `` RAT67231@mon.tue.wed.jp '', `` tan
aka@jan.feb.mar.jp ".

The mail history storage unit 140 stores information on mails delivered by the mail delivery unit 110 to the mailing list. FIG. 3 shows an example of data stored in the mail history storage unit 140. In this example, regarding each of the mails delivered by the mail delivery unit 110 to the mailing list, the “sending time”, “sender”, “title”,
"Body" information is stored. Note that information on other mail attributes may be stored.

The agent mail information source storage section 160 stores data used when the agent mail creation section 150 creates an agent mail. FIG.
9 shows an example of data stored in the agent mail information source storage section 160. In this example, detailed information on “fixed message list”, “additional information list”, and “additional information details” is managed. In the “fixed message list”, the content of the message is managed for each ID address. For example, the content of the message whose “ID” is “00002” is managed in a content format such as “Goodbye”. The “additional information list” is a list in which keywords are associated with additional information corresponding to the keywords. In the “additional information list”, for example, information of “restaurant OO” whose “ID” is “00002” is set as additional information for the keyword of “food” or “drink”. The “additional information details” indicate the details of the additional information set in the “additional information list”. For example, “restaurant ○” whose “ID” is “00002”
As detailed information of "○", "Restaurant XX Location
XX City XX Ward 1-23-4 Wagyu steak is famous. URL: http: /
/www.ab.cd.jp / .... "is set.

The content format of the data in the present embodiment described above is an example, and the agent mail information source storage unit 1
It does not specify the format of the data management in 60. The agent mail information source storage section 160 can store data in any format according to the purpose of creating the agent mail in the server. Further, in the present system, the data stored in the agent mail information source storage unit 160 is referred to, but other data can also be referred to. For example, external information can be referred to via the Internet or the like.

Agent mail creation condition storage section 170
Stores information on an agent mail transmission condition and an agent mail creation method as described below.

The agent mail sending condition is a condition that the agent mail creating unit 150 can determine from the data in the mail history storage unit 140. For example, it is possible to e-mail the title to the "Hello" in the case is, and the condition that the sender is a particular case is an address, the agent e-mail transmission condition the condition that. Further, a condition based on a combination of a plurality of histories or a condition combining the current time may be used as the agent mail transmission condition. Examples include "when a mail containing a keyword is sent three or more times", "when the same user sends five or more mails within 10 minutes", and "when no mail is sent for more than 20 minutes" A condition such as "case" can be used as the agent mail transmission condition.

The degree of abstraction of the agent mail transmission condition depends on the data analysis function of the agent mail creation unit 150. Therefore, for example, when the agent mail creation unit 150 has an advanced document analysis function, a more abstract condition such as “whether a specific topic is excited” can be used.

The agent mail creation method is performed when the agent mail creation unit 150 creates an agent mail from the data stored in the agent mail information source storage unit 160 according to the mail history stored in the mail history storage unit 140. This specifies the method of creating the agent mail. As an example, “copy contents of ID00002 of fixed message list” or “combine contents of ID00006 of fixed message list with additional information list” are designated as the agent mail creation method.

The method of creating the agent mail is as follows.
It is also possible to take a format associated with the above-described agent mail transmission condition. For example, as a method of creating an agent mail corresponding to an agent mail transmission condition of “when a mail including a keyword is transmitted three or more times”, a creation method such as “copy additional information corresponding to the keyword” may be designated. It is possible.

The degree of abstraction of the above-described agent mail creation method depends on the creation function of the agent mail creation unit 150. Therefore, for example, when the agent mail creation unit 150 has an advanced document creation function, a more abstract creation method such as “copy additional information according to a topic” may be designated.

The agent mail creation section 150 stores the mail history (data) stored in the mail history storage section 140.
Is analyzed (document analysis), and it is determined whether or not the analysis result satisfies the agent mail transmission condition stored in the agent mail creation condition storage section 170. If the condition is satisfied, the agent mail creation condition storage section 170 is analyzed. According to the agent mail creation method stored in
An agent mail is created from data of arbitrary contents stored in the agent mail information source storage unit 160. The agent mail created by the agent mail creating unit 150 is transmitted to each client 200 by the mail delivery unit 110.

The data stored in the agent mail information source storage section 160 and the agent mail creation condition storage section 170 are managed / registered by the server administrator by the agent mail control section 180. The administrator of the server manages the data stored in the agent mail information source storage unit 160 and the agent mail creation condition storage unit 170 by the agent mail control unit 180, so that the agent mail created by the agent mail creation unit 150 , Transmission conditions and creation conditions can be arbitrarily controlled.

In the mailing list service system configured as described above, first, the server administrator
Desired data (information) is set in each of the agent mail information source storage section 160 and the agent mail creation condition storage section 170. After this setting, according to the mail transmission history in the mailing list, the agent mail of the desired content is transmitted to each client 2 as follows.
Automatically delivered to 00.

Each user sends an e-mail addressed to the mailing list to the server 100 by specifying the address “friend@boo.foo.woo.jp” from the client 200. The mail addressed to this mailing list is received by the mail delivery unit 110. The mail delivery unit 110 that has received the mail addressed to the mailing list transmits the received mail to each member registered in the mailing list. At this time, the contents of the mail delivered by the mail delivery unit 110 to the mailing list, for example, information of “sending time”, “sender”, “title”, and “body” are stored in the mail history storage unit 140.

The mail history stored in mail history storage section 140 is subjected to document analysis by agent mail creation section 150. The agent mail creation unit 150 determines whether or not the result of analyzing the mail history stored in the mail history storage unit 140 satisfies the agent mail transmission condition stored in the agent mail creation condition storage unit 170. If the condition is satisfied, an agent mail is created from data of arbitrary contents stored in the agent mail information source storage unit 160 in accordance with the agent mail creation method stored in the agent mail creation condition storage unit 170.

The agent mail created as described above is delivered to each client 200 by the mail delivery unit 110.

Hereinafter, the agent mail transmission operation will be described in more detail. FIG. 5 shows the flow of the agent mail transmission process.

First, the agent mail creation unit 150
Analyzes the mail history stored in the mail history storage unit 140, and determines whether or not the analysis result satisfies the agent mail transmission condition stored in the agent mail creation condition storage unit 170 (step S11). . For example, in step S11, whether the mail entitled is "Hello", it was transmitted mail including the keyword least 3 times, satisfying the condition of determining whether such is carried out.

If the agent mail sending condition is not satisfied, the agent mail creating section 150 repeats the condition determining process of step S11. If the agent mail transmission condition is satisfied, the agent mail creation unit 150 stores the data stored in the agent mail information source storage unit 160 in accordance with the agent mail creation method stored in the agent mail creation condition storage unit 170. , An agent mail having a desired content is created (step S12). For example, the agent as a mail transmission condition, or email entitled is "Hi", and a condition is set that, when this condition is satisfied, the fixed message stored in the agent mail information source storing section 160 agent email saying "Hello" is created from the contents of the list. As an agent mail transmission condition, one of the keywords in the additional information list stored in the agent mail information source storage unit 160 (here, “food /
Drinking ". ) Was sent three or more times,
When the condition is satisfied, the content of “ID: 00002” of the detailed information of the additional information stored in the agent mail information source storage unit 160 “Restaurant XX Location XX City XX” 1-23-4 Ward beef steak is famous.Agent mail including URL: http: //www.ab.cd.jp / ..... "is created.

In the determination in step S12, when a plurality of agent mail transmission conditions are stored in the agent mail creation condition storage section 170, the determination is made for all of the transmission conditions.

The agent mail created as described above is transmitted by the mail delivery unit 110 to the clients 200 of all members of the mailing list (step S13). The user can use the client 200 to view the contents of the transmitted agent mail.

According to the above processing, the server 100 can transmit an agent mail having a desired content to the client 200 according to the transmitted mail history in the mailing list. For example, it is possible to send information related to a topic in a mailing list. Specifically, when the word “food” frequently appears in an email in the mailing list, it is possible to transmit information on a specific restaurant to each client registered in the mailing list. Thereby, it is possible to transmit useful additional information to the user.

In addition, the server can send a message such as a greeting or a partner's hand in response to communication in the mailing list, thereby allowing the user to interact with an artificially created person. Such a feeling can be given, and the pleasure of the user for the purpose of entertainment can be increased.

In the above process, if the condition is not satisfied in the determination in step S11, the agent mail creating section 150 immediately repeats the process in step S11. You may make it repeat. For example, the process of step S11 may be repeated every five minutes. Alternatively, the mail delivery unit 110 may notify the agent mail creation unit 150 when receiving a new mail, and the agent mail creation unit 150 may perform the process of step S11 when receiving the notification.

The mailing list service described above is executed when the server computer reads a program from a recording medium on which a series of processing programs related to the service is recorded. FIG. 6 shows an outline of the server computer.

In FIG. 6, the server computer 1
It comprises a data processing device 1a and a storage device 1b. The data processing device 1a includes the mail delivery unit 110, the mailing list registration unit 130, the agent mail creation unit 150, and the agent mail 180 described above, and the storage device 1b stores the mailing list data storage unit 1 described above.
20, an email history storage unit 140, an agent email information source storage unit 160, and an agent email creation condition storage unit 170.

The recording medium 2 is a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, or another recording medium in which a series of processing programs relating to the above-described mailing list service is written. Specifically, (a) a mail transmission process of referring to a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned by specific addresses and transmitting mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients;
(B) analysis processing for analyzing the history of mail transmission using a mailing list; (c) agent mail arbitrarily set according to a predetermined agent mail creation method when the analysis result satisfies predetermined agent mail transmission conditions. An agent mail creation process for creating an agent mail from the creation data, and (d) an agent mail sending process for sending the agent mail created in the agent mail creation process to a plurality of clients, for example, to cause the server computer to execute the process. The program has been recorded.

The server computer 1 reads out the program recorded on the recording medium 2 and performs the above-described agent mail transmission processing and the like according to the contents of the read out program.

(Other Embodiments) In the above-mentioned mailing list service system, an advertisement service can be realized by using an agent mail as an advertisement medium. This advertising service mainly includes the following three steps.

(A) In response to an advertisement request from an advertiser, the server administrator sets an agent mail creation method, agent mail transmission conditions, and agent mail creation data corresponding to the contents of the advertisement in the server.

(B) A mail addressed to the mailing list is transmitted from the server to the plurality of clients with reference to a mailing list in which addresses of the plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses.

(C) Analyze the history of mail transmission using the mailing list, and if the analysis result satisfies the agent mail transmission condition, convert the agent mail from the agent mail generation data according to the agent mail generation method. Create and send the agent mail from the server to multiple clients.

According to this advertisement service, an appropriate advertisement (advertisement related to a topic) according to the mail transmission history can be provided to the user of the mailing list service as appropriate.

In this advertisement service, an advertisement request from an advertiser may be received by any means, for example, a facsimile or the Internet. When receiving an advertisement request using the Internet, for example, the server administrator introduces the contents of the advertisement service and the procedure of the procedure on the Internet, and the advertiser responds to it and inputs necessary information from the information processing terminal By doing so, you receive an advertisement request.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a system for realizing the advertisement service. In this system, an information processing terminal 10 is provided in the system shown in FIG. The information processing terminal 10 is a terminal owned by the advertiser, and is connected to the server 100 via the network 50.
Although only one information processing terminal 10 is shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of information processing terminals 10 are normally connected.

The advertisement service of this system mainly includes the following five steps.

(A) Information on a predetermined advertisement service is displayed on the information processing terminal 10.

(B) Based on the displayed advertisement service information, the advertiser transmits predetermined advertisement request information to the designated server 100 using the information processing terminal 10.

(C) In response to the advertisement request information from the advertiser, the administrator sets, in the server 100, an agent mail creation method, agent mail transmission conditions, and agent mail creation data corresponding to the contents of the advertisement. .

(D) A mail addressed to the mailing list is transmitted from the server 100 to each client 200 with reference to a mailing list in which addresses of the plurality of clients 200 are assigned by specific addresses.

(E) Analyze the history of mail transmission using the mailing list, and if the analysis result satisfies the agent mail transmission condition, convert the agent mail from the agent mail generation data according to the agent mail generation method. Then, the agent mail is created and transmitted from the server 100 to the plurality of clients 200.

[0074]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The server can send mail containing additional information to the user according to the mail history, so that the mailing list user can be provided with additional information according to the topic, The quality of service for

Further, according to the present invention, the server can send a mail such as a greeting in accordance with the mail history, so that the user can feel as if he or she is interacting with an artificially created person. This makes it possible to increase the enjoyment of users who use the mailing list for entertainment purposes.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an advertising service having the above effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a mailing list service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of mailing list data stored in a mailing list data storage unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a mail history storage unit illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in an agent mail information source storage unit illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of an agent mail transmission process performed in the mailing list service system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a server computer of a mailing list service of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of an advertisement service system using the mailing list service of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional mailing list service system.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of a mailing list service process performed in the mailing list service system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 server computer 1a data processing device 1b storage device 2 recording medium 10 information processing terminal 50 network 100 server 110 mail delivery unit 120 mailing list data storage unit 130 mailing list data registration unit 140 mail history storage unit 150 agent mail creation unit 160 agent mail information source Storage unit 170 Agent mail creation condition storage unit 180 Agent mail control unit 200 Client

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A system in which a plurality of clients are connected to a server via a network, wherein the server has a mailing list in which addresses of the plurality of clients are assigned by specific addresses, It is configured to transmit mail to the plurality of clients, and to transmit agent mail of predetermined content to the plurality of clients according to a history of mail transmission using the mailing list. Mailing list service system. 2. The server, wherein: a mail history storage unit for storing a history of mail transmission using a mailing list; an agent mail creation condition storage unit for storing agent mail transmission conditions and a creation method; An agent mail information source storing means for storing data necessary for creating a mail, an agent for analyzing mail transmission history stored in the mail history storing means, and an analysis result stored in the agent mail generating condition storing means An agent mail that creates an agent mail from the agent mail creation data stored in the agent mail information source storage unit according to the agent mail creation method stored in the agent mail creation condition storage unit when the mail transmission condition is satisfied. Characterized in that it has a forming means, at least, mailing service system according to claim 1. 3. The server according to claim 2, wherein the server further includes an agent mail control unit for managing and registering data in the agent mail information source storage unit and the agent mail creation condition storage unit. The described mailing list service system. 4. A mailing list service method for referencing a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses and transmitting mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients, wherein the mail using the mailing list is used. A mailing list service method, wherein an agent mail having a predetermined content is transmitted to the plurality of clients according to a transmission history. 5. A mailing list service method for referencing a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses and transmitting mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients, wherein the mail using the mailing list is used. The transmission history is analyzed, and if the analysis result satisfies a predetermined agent mail transmission condition, an agent mail is created from arbitrarily set agent mail creation data according to a predetermined agent mail creation method, and the agent mail is created. Is sent to the plurality of clients. 6. A mail transmission process for referring to a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses and transmitting mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients, and mail using the mailing list. A recording medium on which a program for causing a server computer to execute an agent mail transmitting process of transmitting agent mail having a predetermined content to a plurality of clients in accordance with a transmission history is recorded. 7. A mail sending process for sending a mail addressed to the mailing list to the plurality of clients by referring to a mailing list in which addresses of a plurality of clients are assigned with specific addresses, and a mail sending process using the mailing list. Analysis processing for analyzing the history; and agent mail creation for creating an agent mail from arbitrarily set agent mail creation data according to a predetermined agent mail creation method when the analysis result satisfies a predetermined agent mail transmission condition. Recording a program for causing a server computer to execute a process and an agent mail transmission process of transmitting the agent mail created in the agent mail creation process to the plurality of clients. body. 8. A step of setting an agent mail creation method, agent mail transmission conditions, and agent mail creation data corresponding to the contents of the advertisement in a server in response to an advertisement request from an advertiser; Sending a mail addressed to the mailing list from the server to the plurality of clients by referring to a mailing list assigned with a specific address; analyzing a mail transmission history using the mailing list; When the agent mail transmission condition is satisfied, according to the agent mail generation method, creating an agent mail from the agent mail creation data, and transmitting the agent mail from the server to the plurality of clients;
An advertisement service method comprising: 9. A step of displaying information related to a predetermined advertisement service on an information processing terminal; and a step in which predetermined advertisement request information is specified by an advertiser using the information processing terminal based on the displayed advertisement service information. Sending to a server, and in accordance with the advertisement request information from the advertiser, an administrator sets an agent mail creation method, an agent mail transmission condition, and agent mail creation data corresponding to the contents of the advertisement in the server. Sending a mail addressed to the mailing list from the server to the plurality of clients by referring to a mailing list assigned with a specific address of a plurality of clients; and Analyze the history, and the analysis result is the agent If Lumpur transmission condition is satisfied, according to the agent mail creation method, said creating the agent mail from agent mail creation data, and transmitting the agent mail from the server to the plurality of clients,
An advertisement service method comprising: