JP2001265673A - Electronic mail transmitter, electronic mail receiver, method therefor and recording medium having the program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simultaneously transmit electronic mail which can be variously displayed on a reception side. SOLUTION: The electronic mail is provided with the plural transmission destinations 21 of the electronic mail, a display layout description part 23 for describing display layouts corresponding to the plural transmission destinations 21 and a message text component 24 for describing a message to be displayed inside the display layout. Since the display layout description part 23 for describing the display layouts corresponding to the plural transmission destinations 21 is provided inside the electronic mail, the electronic mail which can be variously displayed on the reception side is simultaneously transmitted and thereby a transmission band on a network is reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for transmitting / receiving an e-mail via a network, and more particularly, to an e-mail transmitting apparatus for transmitting an e-mail by designating a plurality of addresses, and an e-mail receiving the e-mail The present invention relates to a receiving device, a method thereof, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the Internet has become widespread, and users can acquire various information published on the Internet and can transmit and receive various information by e-mail. Conventionally, when an e-mail is transmitted by designating a plurality of destinations, only data having the same content and the same display layout can be transmitted to all users who receive the e-mail. As a technique related to this, there is an invention disclosed in JP-A-9-153911.

In the electronic mail system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-153911, when a plurality of addresses are designated as transmission destinations, tag identification information corresponding to each of the plurality of designated addresses is input message data. If the same tag identification information as that of the address specified as the transmission destination is searched from the tag identification information attached to the tag, the message data corresponding to the searched tag identification information and so on are searched. The message data corresponding to the tag identification information is also transmitted.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional e-mail system, for each receiving user,
Alternatively, when it is desired to change the display content or display layout for each attribute group of each receiving user, a different message is created and transmitted on the sending mailer or mail server for each receiving user or each group to which the receiving user belongs.
Therefore, there is a problem that the receiving user cannot receive the entire message, and the degree of freedom of the display format is reduced.

In the electronic mail system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-153911, a database for storing tag identification information is required. Further, since all message data corresponding to other tag identification information are transmitted after the message data corresponding to the searched tag identification information, different message data is transmitted for each destination. Therefore, there is a problem that processing on the transmission mailer or the mail server becomes complicated, and the number of transmissions and the transmission band increase.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to provide an e-mail transmitting apparatus capable of improving the degree of freedom in displaying message contents at each receiving user, An electronic mail transmission method and an electronic mail transmission program are provided.

A second object is to transmit an e-mail capable of performing various displays on the receiving side at a time, to reduce the processing on the transmitting side, and to reduce the transmission band on the network. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic mail transmitting apparatus, an electronic mail transmitting method, and a recording medium on which an electronic mail transmitting program is recorded.

A third object is to provide an e-mail receiving apparatus, an e-mail receiving method, and a recording medium on which an e-mail receiving program is recorded, which can improve the degree of freedom in displaying message contents.

[0009]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail transmitting device, comprising: generating means for generating an electronic mail; and transmitting means for transmitting the electronic mail generated by the generating means. The e-mail includes a destination of a plurality of e-mails, a display layout description portion describing a display layout corresponding to the plurality of destinations, and a message body configuration in which a message to be displayed in the display layout is described. And parts.

[0010] Since a display layout description portion in which a display layout corresponding to a plurality of transmission destinations is described is included in the electronic mail, the electronic mail which can perform various displays on the receiving side can be transmitted at a time. The transmission band on the network can be reduced.

[0011] Preferably, the transmission destination includes a mail address for each recipient type, and the display layout description section describes a display layout corresponding to the recipient type.

Since the display layout is described in the display layout description section corresponding to the recipient type, the receiving side can select a display layout corresponding to the recipient type and display a message.

More preferably, the e-mail further comprises:
The display layout description section includes a group specification description section for grouping a plurality of destinations into a plurality of destinations, and the display layout description section describes a display layout corresponding to the destinations grouped by the group specification description section.

In the display layout description section, the display layout is described corresponding to the destinations grouped by the group designation description section, so that the receiving side selects a display layout according to the group and displays the message. It becomes possible.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an e-mail receiving device comprises: an e-mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail; and a keyword for extracting a keyword from the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving means. Extraction means, display layout search means for searching a display layout based on the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction means, and a message for displaying a message based on the display layout searched by the display layout search means Display means.

The display layout searching means searches the display layout based on the keyword extracted by the keyword extracting means, so that the degree of freedom in displaying the contents of the message can be improved.

Preferably, the e-mail includes a plurality of e-mail destinations, a display layout description section in which a display layout corresponding to the plurality of destinations is described, and a message in which a message to be displayed in the display layout is described. Includes text components.

Since the electronic mail includes a display layout description portion in which a display layout corresponding to a plurality of transmission destinations is described, the electronic mail receiving device can display a message in a display layout according to a receiving user. Becomes

[0019] More preferably, the transmission destination includes a mail address for each recipient type, and the display layout description section includes:
A display layout is described corresponding to the recipient type.

Since the display layout description section describes the display layout corresponding to the recipient type, the e-mail receiving device can select a display layout corresponding to the recipient type and display a message. .

[0021] More preferably, the keyword extracting means searches a plurality of transmission destinations and extracts a mail address of the receiving user.

The keyword extracting means searches a plurality of transmission destinations and extracts the mail address of the receiving user, so that the electronic mail receiving device can display a message corresponding to the receiving user.

More preferably, the e-mail further comprises:
The display layout description section includes a group specification description section for grouping a plurality of destinations into a plurality of destinations, and the display layout description section describes a display layout corresponding to the destinations grouped by the group specification description section.

In the display layout description section, the display layout is described corresponding to the destinations grouped by the group designation description section, so that the e-mail receiving device selects a display layout corresponding to the group and displays the message. It is possible to do.

[0025] More preferably, the keyword extracting means searches the group designation description section to extract a group to which the e-mail address of the receiving user belongs, and the display layout searching means based on the group extracted by the keyword extracting means. , Search display layout.

The display layout search means searches the display layout based on the group extracted by the keyword extraction means, so that the e-mail receiving device selects a display layout corresponding to the group to which the receiving user belongs and displays the message. It is possible to do.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, an e-mail sending method includes a step of creating an e-mail and a step of transmitting the created e-mail, wherein the e-mail includes a plurality of e-mails. It includes a transmission destination, a display layout description section that describes a display layout corresponding to a plurality of transmission destinations, and a message body component that describes a message to be displayed in the display layout.

Since a display layout description portion in which a display layout corresponding to a plurality of transmission destinations is described is included in the electronic mail, the electronic mail capable of performing various displays on the receiving side can be transmitted at a time. The transmission band on the network can be reduced.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, an e-mail receiving method includes a step of receiving an e-mail, a step of extracting a keyword from the received e-mail, and a step of displaying based on the extracted keyword. The method includes a step of searching for a layout and a step of displaying a message based on the searched display layout.

Since the display layout is searched based on the extracted keywords and the message is displayed, the degree of freedom in displaying the message contents can be improved.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an electronic mail transmitting method, wherein the electronic mail transmitting method creates an electronic mail. And a step of transmitting the created e-mail, wherein the e-mail includes a plurality of e-mail transmission destinations, a display layout description section describing a display layout corresponding to the plurality of destinations, and a display layout. And a message body component in which a message to be displayed is described.

Since a display layout description portion in which a display layout corresponding to a plurality of transmission destinations is described is included in the e-mail, the e-mail capable of performing various displays on the receiving side can be transmitted at a time. The transmission band on the network can be reduced.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute an electronic mail receiving method, wherein the electronic mail receiving method receives an electronic mail. A step of extracting a keyword from the received e-mail, a step of searching a display layout based on the extracted keyword, and a step of displaying a message based on the searched display layout.

Since the display layout is searched based on the extracted keywords and the message is displayed, the degree of freedom in displaying the message content can be improved.

[0035]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the appearance of an electronic mail communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This e-mail communication device includes a computer main body 1, a graphic display device 2, an FD drive 3 to which an FD (Floppy Disk) 4 is mounted, a keyboard 5, a mouse 6, a C
It includes a CD-ROM device 7 on which a D-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) 8 is mounted, and a network communication device 9. E-mail communication program is FD4
Alternatively, it is supplied by a storage medium such as a CD-ROM 8. The electronic mail communication program is executed by the computer main body 1 and controls transmission and reception of electronic mail. Further, the e-mail communication program may be supplied to the computer main body 1 from another computer via a communication line.

The network communication device 9 is a LAN (Loca
l Connected to a communication network such as an area network or a telephone line, reads out the created e-mail message data from a hard disk or the like, and transmits it according to the e-mail address of the destination. In addition, it receives e-mail message data sent to itself from another computer and stores it in a hard disk or the like.

The user uses the keyboard 5 or the mouse 6 while referring to the display screen of the graphic display device 2 to include a destination, a group designation description section, a display layout description section, and a message text component, which will be described later. You can create outgoing messages.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the electronic mail communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
The computer body 1 shown in FIG.
adOnly Memory) 11, RAM (Random Access Memo)
ry) 12 and the hard disk 13. CPU10
Performs processing while inputting and outputting data to and from the graphic display device 2, FD drive 3, keyboard 5, mouse 6, CD-ROM device 7, network communication device 9, ROM 11, RAM 12, or hard disk 13. The e-mail communication program recorded on the FD 4 or the CD-ROM 8 is temporarily stored on the hard disk 13 by the CPU 10 via the FD drive 3 or the CD-ROM device 7. The CPU 10 stores an e-mail communication program from the hard disk 13
The e-mail is controlled by loading and executing the e-mail.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic mail message according to the embodiment of the present invention. This e-mail message includes a transmission destination 21 described in a header part of the e-mail, a group designation description section 22, a display layout description section 23, and a message text component 24. The destination 21 is described in the header of the e-mail,
Includes “To” specifying a regular destination address, and “Cc” and “Bcc” specifying a copy destination. Note that "Bcc" is different from "Cc", and the destination name designated by "Bcc" is not displayed on an e-mail delivered to another person.

The group designation description section 22 describes an identifier indicating a group, an e-mail address belonging to the group, and a recipient type, and a broadcaster described in the same recipient type or a different recipient type. Can be grouped. For example,
As shown in FIG. 3, the e-mail address is "Address
"B" and "Address C" as recipients
A ”and the email address is“ Addres ”
sD ”and“ AddressE ”are assigned to“ Group ”
B ".

In the display layout description section 23, a pair of a display layout instruction use member description section 23a and a display layout instruction section 23b is described for each display layout description.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details of the display layout description section 23. The display layout description unit 23 includes:
A display layout instruction use member description section 23a in which the e-mail address of the receiving user or a group name to which the receiving user's electronic mail address belongs is described;
And

The display layout designating section 23b describes the component name of the message content to be used and the display method.
For example, as shown in FIG.
3b is described in an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format, and for a receiving user of “Group A”,
Parts, parts and parts which are the message of the text are used, and the display window is 40%, 30%, 30
It is instructed to divide the message horizontally into three parts at a rate of%, and to display messages in the order of parts, parts and parts from the left.

The message text component 24 includes
The contents of the message are described for each group of receiving users. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the component describes a message created for all the receiving users to view. In addition, a message created for the purpose of viewing only by the receiving users of group A is described in the parts, and a message created for the purpose of viewing only by the receiving users of the group B is described in the parts. Is done.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic mail communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The e-mail communication device includes an e-mail receiving unit 31 that receives an e-mail, a keyword extracting unit 32 that extracts a search keyword of the display layout description unit 23, and a group specification that determines whether there is a group specification description unit 22. A determination unit 33; a display layout search unit 34 that searches the display layout description unit 23 and extracts a display layout instruction use member description unit 23a in which a search keyword is described;
Message display unit 3 for extracting and displaying message parts
5 is included.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a mail receiving processing procedure of the electronic mail communication apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. First, the e-mail receiving unit 31
Receives the e-mail, the keyword extraction unit 32 extracts and registers the e-mail address of the receiving user from the transmission destination 21 as a keyword for searching the display layout description unit 23 (S1). Further, the keyword extracting unit 32 extracts the recipient type (To, Cc) of the receiving user from the group designation description unit 22 and registers it as a keyword for searching the display layout description unit 23 (S).
2).

For example, when the electronic mail receiving unit 31 receives the electronic mail shown in FIG. 3 and the electronic mail address of the receiving user is “AddressB”, “AddressB” and “ C
c ”is registered. If the e-mail address of the receiving user is“ Address H ”, the received e-mail
Since “cc” is not described, only “Address H” is registered as a search keyword of the display address description unit 23.

Next, the group designation judging unit 33 judges whether or not the transmitted message includes the group designation describing unit 22 (S3). If there is a group specification description section 22 (S3, Yes), the group specification determination section 33 determines whether the e-mail address of the receiving user or the corresponding recipient type is described in the group specification description section 22. (S4). If there is no group designation description section 22 (S3, No), the process proceeds to step S6, where the display layout description section 23 is searched.

If it is determined in step S4 that the e-mail address of the receiving user and the corresponding recipient type are not described in the group specification description section 22 (S4, No), the process proceeds to step S6. Processing proceeds. If it is determined that the e-mail address of the receiving user or the corresponding recipient type is described in the group designation description section 22 (S4, Yes), the group name to which the receiving user belongs as a search keyword of the display layout description section 23 Is registered (S5).

For example, when the electronic mail receiving section 31 receives the electronic mail address shown in FIG. 3 and the electronic mail address of the receiving user is “AddressB”, “AddressB” is specified in the group specification description section 22. Because
The keyword extracting unit 32 registers “GroupA” as a search keyword of the display layout description unit 23. If the e-mail address of the receiving user is "AddressA" or "Add
In the case of “ressH”, “Addr
Since “essA” and “AddressH” are not specified, the keyword extracting unit 32 does not register these e-mail addresses as search keywords in the display layout description unit 23, and the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, the display layout search section 34 searches the display layout description section 23 and finds that the search keyword is the display layout instruction use member description section 23.
It is determined whether or not it is described in a. If the search keyword is described in the display layout instruction use member description section 23a (S6, Yes), the message display section 35 interprets the content of the corresponding display layout instruction section 23b and describes it in the message body component 24. The message component is extracted, the display area of the display screen is adjusted, the content of the message component is displayed in each window (S7), and the process is terminated.

If the search keyword is not described in any of the display layout instruction use member description sections 23a (S6, No), the message display section 35 displays all of the message parts as they are on the display screen (S8). , And the process ends.

For example, when the e-mail receiving unit 31 receives the e-mail shown in FIG. 3 and the e-mail address of the receiving user is “AddressA”, the keyword extracting unit 32 uses “Addres” as a search keyword in the display layout description unit.
sA ”and“ To ”are registered (S1, S2), and
The message display unit 35 interprets the first display layout instruction unit 23b in the display layout description unit 23 and displays the components, the components, and the components on the display screen (S
7). The display screen at this time is shown in FIG.

If the e-mail address of the receiving user is "AddressB" or "AddressC", the keyword extracting unit 32 registers "AddressB" or "AddressC" and "Cc" as search keywords in the display layout description unit. (S1, S2), “GroupA” is additionally registered as a search keyword of the display layout description (S5). Then, the message display unit 35 displays the display layout description unit 2
3, the second display layout instructing unit 23b is interpreted,
The part and the part are displayed on the display screen (S7). The display screen at this time is shown in FIG.

When the e-mail address of the receiving user is "Address D" or "Address E", the keyword extracting unit 32 registers "Address D" or "Address E" and "Cc" as search keywords in the display layout description unit. (S1, S2) “GroupB” is additionally registered as a search keyword of the display layout description (S5). Then, the message display unit 35 displays the display layout description unit 2
Interpret the third display layout instruction section 23b in 3
The part and the part are displayed on the display screen (S7). The display screen at this time is shown in FIG.

When the e-mail address of the receiving user is "AddressF" or "AddressG", the keyword extracting unit 32 registers "AddressF" or "AddressG" and "Cc" as search keywords in the display layout description unit. (S1, S2). Then, the message display unit 35
Interprets the first display layout instruction section 23b in the display layout description section 23 and displays the components and components on the display screen (S7). The display screen at this time is shown in FIG.
(D).

When the e-mail address of the receiving user is "AddressH", the keyword extracting unit 32 uses "AddressH" as a search keyword in the display layout description unit.
Is registered (S1). However, since the search keyword cannot be extracted from the display layout instruction use member description section 23a, all the messages are selected and displayed on the display screen (S8). The display screen at this time is shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the electronic mail communication apparatus of the present embodiment, when the electronic mail receiving apparatus on the receiving side receives the electronic mail, the display contents and the display area of the message are configured. Therefore, it is possible to improve the degree of freedom in displaying the message content in each receiving user.

Further, the e-mail communication device on the transmitting side can transmit the e-mail capable of performing various displays on the receiving side at one time, and the processing of the e-mail communication device on the transmitting side can be reduced. And the transmission bandwidth on the network can be reduced. Also, since each component of the e-mail can be simply input as text, a conventional device can be used as the e-mail communication device on the transmission side.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an appearance of an electronic mail communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an electronic mail communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail message according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a display layout description unit in detail.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic mail communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a mail reception processing procedure of the electronic mail communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen of the electronic mail communication device according to the present embodiment for each receiving user.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 computer main body, 2 graphic display device, 3 FD drive, 4 FD, 5 keyboard,
6 mouse, 7 CD-ROM device, 8 CD-RO
M, 9 network communication device, 10 CPU, 11
ROM, 12 RAM, 13 hard disk, 21
Destination, 22 group designation description section, 23 display layout section, 23a display layout instruction use member description section,
23b display layout instructing unit, 24 message body components, 31 e-mail receiving unit, 32 keyword extracting unit, 33 group designation determining unit, 34 display layout searching unit, 35 message displaying unit.

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. An e-mail transmission device comprising: a creation unit for creating an e-mail; and a transmission unit for transmitting the e-mail created by the creation unit. E-mail transmission including: a destination of an e-mail; a display layout description section describing a display layout corresponding to the plurality of destinations; and a message body component describing a message to be displayed in the display layout. apparatus. 2. The electronic mail according to claim 1, wherein the destination includes a mail address for each recipient type, and the display layout description section describes the display layout corresponding to the recipient type. Transmission device. 3. The electronic mail further includes a group designation description section for dividing the plurality of destinations into a plurality of groups, wherein the display layout description section corresponds to the destinations grouped by the group designation description section. 3. The e-mail transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the display layout is described. 4. An e-mail receiving unit for receiving an e-mail, a keyword extracting unit for extracting a keyword from the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit, and a keyword extracted by the keyword extracting unit An e-mail receiving apparatus comprising: a display layout search unit for searching a display layout based on the display layout; and a message display unit for displaying a message based on the display layout searched by the display layout search unit. 5. The electronic mail, wherein a plurality of e-mail destinations, a display layout description section describing a display layout corresponding to the plurality of destinations, and a message to be displayed in the display layout are described. 5. The electronic mail receiving device according to claim 4, further comprising: a message body component. 6. The electronic mail according to claim 5, wherein the transmission destination includes a mail address for each recipient type, and the display layout description section describes the display layout corresponding to the recipient type. Receiver. 7. The electronic mail receiving device according to claim 5, wherein the keyword extracting unit searches the plurality of destinations and extracts a mail address of a receiving user. 8. The electronic mail further includes a group designation description section for grouping the plurality of destinations into a plurality of groups, wherein the display layout description section corresponds to the destinations grouped by the group designation description section. The e-mail receiving device according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the display layout is described. 9. The keyword extracting unit searches the group designation description unit to extract a group to which an e-mail address of a receiving user belongs, and the display layout searching unit determines the group extracted by the keyword extracting unit. 9. The e-mail receiving device according to claim 8, wherein a display layout is searched based on the e-mail. 10. An e-mail transmission method, comprising: creating an e-mail; and transmitting the created e-mail, wherein the e-mail includes a plurality of e-mail transmission destinations; An e-mail transmission method, comprising: a display layout description section in which a display layout corresponding to the transmission destination is described; and a message body component in which a message to be displayed in the display layout is described. 11. A step of receiving an e-mail, a step of extracting a keyword from the received e-mail, a step of searching for a display layout based on the extracted keyword, and a step of searching for the display layout. Displaying a message based on the e-mail. 12. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an electronic mail transmission method, wherein the electronic mail transmission method includes the steps of: creating an electronic mail; Sending an e-mail, wherein the e-mail is displayed in the display layout, wherein a plurality of e-mail transmission destinations, a display layout description section describing a display layout corresponding to the plurality of transmission destinations are provided. A recording medium recording an electronic mail transmission program, including a message body component in which a message is described. 13. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute an electronic mail receiving method, wherein the electronic mail receiving method includes the steps of: receiving an electronic mail; Recording an e-mail receiving program including: extracting a keyword from an email; searching for a display layout based on the extracted keyword; and displaying a message based on the searched display layout. Recording medium.