JP2001318863A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically receive electronic mail data at the time of receiving an electronic mail even when the electronic mail data can not be stored due to the shortage of the capacity of a memory area in which the electronic mail data should be stored without making the owner of communication terminal equipment conscious of this. SOLUTION: Received electronic mail data are preserved in a received electronic mail temporary data preserving part 108, and the already preserved electronic mail data stored in an electronic mail data storing part 107 are transferred and transmitted to an another electronic mail address destination so as to be erased from the electronic mail data storing part 107. This processing is executed until the received electronic mail data can be stored in the electronic mail data storing part 107, and after the received electronic mail data can be stored in the electronic mail data storing part 107, the received electronic mail data are preserved again to the electronic mail data storing part 107 from the received electronic mail temporary data preserving part 108.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a PDC or PDC.
The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as an HS wireless mobile phone, and particularly to a communication terminal device capable of automatically receiving electronic mail data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a wireless communication terminal device such as a PDC or PHS wireless portable telephone is carried and operated, so that it is almost always possible to reduce the size, save space, and drive a battery. In this portable wireless communication terminal device, when receiving an electronic mail, the electronic mail data is stored in a memory area in the communication terminal device.

[0003]

However, in a portable radio communication terminal device, when a large number of e-mails are received, they should be stored when a large number of e-mails are received, because there is a restriction on the capacity of a memory area due to miniaturization and space saving. In some cases, the e-mail data cannot be stored due to insufficient memory area or the like.

In order to reliably receive a large volume of e-mail, it is necessary to keep the area of the received e-mail data in a memory area in the communication terminal device.
Therefore, each time you receive an email,
It was necessary to confirm the area of the received data whether the e-mail could be received normally.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a method for storing electronic mail without being conscious of the owner of the communication terminal device even when the electronic mail data cannot be stored due to insufficient memory area to store the electronic mail. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device capable of automatically receiving mail data.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device having a built-in wireless communication control unit and capable of transmitting and receiving e-mail using the wireless communication control unit. If the e-mail data cannot be stored when the e-mail data A is received at the e-mail address (for example, when the storage capacity of the e-mail storage unit is insufficient, a part of the memory of the e-mail storage unit In the case where the e-mail data A is destroyed, the latest received e-mail data A is temporarily held, and the transferable e-mail data B stored in the communication terminal device is stored in the communication terminal device without being noticed by the owner. The e-mail is transferred to another e-mail address that can be transferred, and the e-mail that has been transferred is secured in order to secure a memory capacity for storing the e-mail data A. The Rudeta B is erased from the memory of the terminal device, and makes it possible to be stored e-mail data A received at the latest in the memory.

[0007] What e-mail data can be transferred can be determined by the setting of the operator. As an example, there may be a case where the e-mail data received by the communication terminal device is to be forwarded sequentially from the oldest e-mail data.

Further, the communication terminal device has display means for notifying, when the series of processing is performed on the e-mail data transferred from the communication terminal device and deleted, the notification is performed. Shall be.

[0009]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a communication terminal device according to the present invention. The wireless transmission / reception unit 101
A wireless signal to be transmitted and received is demodulated, and a transmission and reception operation is performed according to the wireless signal from the base station. Wireless data control unit 1
02, according to its own wireless information registered in advance,
Main control unit 104 transmits e-mail data for wireless transmission
, And sends the data to the wireless transmission / reception unit 101, decodes the data received via the antenna 100 and the wireless transmission / reception unit 101, extracts the e-mail data, and gives the data to the main control unit 104.

The display section 103 is a means for displaying data designated by the main control section 104. The display unit 103 has display means for notifying, when a series of processing by transfer and erasure has been performed on the e-mail stored in the communication terminal apparatus, the series of processing.

The main control unit 104 has a program ROM 10
5 manages and controls the operation of sending and receiving e-mail data. The operation input unit 106 performs basic operation input from the operator, and transfers input information to the main control unit 104. The e-mail data storage unit 107 stores data relating to e-mail transmission / reception given from the main control unit 105.

The received data related to the electronic mail stores the date and time of the received data, the title of the electronic mail, the text, and the like as information of the field data of the electronic mail message. The received e-mail temporary data storage unit 108
Upon receiving the e-mail data from the main control unit 105, the e-mail data is stored in the e-mail data storage unit 1.
07, the received e-mail data is temporarily stored.

[0014] Destination e-mail address storage unit 109
Indicates a destination address of an e-mail which is a transfer destination of the e-mail data stored in the e-mail data storage unit 107 and stores it. The method of inputting data to the destination e-mail address storage unit 109 is set from the operation input unit 106 via the main control unit 104.

In FIG. 1, when the main control unit 104 receives from the wireless transmission / reception unit 101 e-mail data A addressed to the e-mail address assigned to the communication terminal device, the main control unit 104 reduces the memory capacity of the e-mail data storage unit 107. It is determined whether or not the received e-mail data A can be stored, and if the e-mail data A cannot be stored, the received e-mail data A is temporarily stored in the received e-mail temporary data storage unit 108.

Next, the main control unit 104 searches the e-mail data B stored in the e-mail data storage unit 107 based on the transfer setting conditions, and refers to the e-mail data B from the transfer destination e-mail address storage unit 109. The e-mail data B is transferred to the e-mail address until a memory capacity for storing the e-mail data A is secured.

After that, the transferred e-mail data B
Are all deleted from the e-mail data storage unit 107. Then, the electronic mail data A temporarily stored in the received electronic mail temporary data storage unit 108 is stored again in the electronic mail data storage unit 107. As a result, the e-mail data A that cannot be received and stored can be stored in the e-mail data storage unit 107.

Further, by transferring the e-mail data B already stored in the communication terminal device to another e-mail address, the e-mail data B can be specially deleted in this communication terminal device without being deleted. Reference can be made in the same manner as in the previous state.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

The communication terminal is in a standby state (step 20).
0) when a new e-mail is received (step 20)
1) Under the control of the main control unit 104, it is determined whether the received e-mail data A can be stored in the e-mail data storage unit 107 (step 202). If the received e-mail data A can be stored, an e-mail storage process is performed (step 203). However, if the received e-mail data A cannot be stored in the e-mail data storage unit 107, a process of temporarily storing the received e-mail data A in the received e-mail temporary data storage unit 108 is executed (step 20).
4).

Next, the e-mail data stored in the e-mail data storage unit 107 is searched under the conditions of the e-mail data to be transferred set in advance from the operation input unit 106, and the corresponding e-mail data B Is referred to from the transfer destination e-mail address storage unit 109 and transferred to the e-mail address (step 205). After executing the transfer processing of the e-mail data B, it is determined whether or not a memory capacity capable of storing the e-mail data A has been secured (step 206).

When the memory capacity for storing the e-mail data A can be secured, the received e-mail temporary storage 1
The e-mail data A stored in step 08 is re-registered in the e-mail data storage unit 107, and the data storage is completed (step 207).

If the memory capacity for storing the e-mail data A cannot be secured, step 205 is executed to repeat until the memory capacity for storing the e-mail data A can be secured. Upon completion of this series of operations, the flow shifts to a standby state (step 200).

In step 205, when this series of processing is performed on the e-mail data B transferred from this terminal device and deleted, the display unit 103 has means for notifying the user of the series of processing. .

FIG. 3 shows a display unit 103 of the communication terminal device.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the screen. Reference numeral 300 denotes a date / time display unit, and reference numeral 301 denotes a notification icon indicating that a series of processing has been performed on e-mail data transferred from the terminal device and deleted. 302
Is an in-range / out-of-range notification icon indicating the radio wave condition of the communication terminal device having the wireless transmission / reception unit 101. Reference numeral 303 denotes a start icon indicating an example of an application group installed in the terminal device.

In the above-described embodiment, the condition of the e-mail data B to be transferred by the communication terminal device can be determined by the condition set by the operator. Examples of the conditions include the following.
First, older communication e-mail data, which is preferentially received by the communication terminal device, is set as a condition, and transfer is performed in order from the older e-mail data. Another example is setting e-mail data sent from a specific sender or e-mail data whose title includes a specific character string. As a result, an e-mail to be preferentially viewed on this communication terminal device can be customized at the request of the operator.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment based on the above-mentioned conditions as a case where the step 205 in FIG. 2 is specially provided. Beginning in step 400, it is determined whether the condition of the transfer e-mail is a setting for receiving data from a specific sender (step 401). If so, it is determined whether or not the data is stored in the e-mail data storage unit 107 (step 406). If the data is present, e-mail data transfer processing is executed (step 407). If the corresponding data does not exist, step 403 is executed.

If it is determined in step 401 that the transfer condition is not a setting for receiving data from a specific sender, it is determined whether the transfer condition is a setting including a specific character string in a title (step 402). If the setting includes a specific character string in the title, the corresponding data is stored in the e-mail data storage 1
07 (step 40).
4) If it exists, an electronic mail data transfer process is executed (step 405). If the corresponding data does not exist, step 403 is executed.

If it is determined in step 402 that the condition of the transferred e-mail is not a setting including a specific character string in the title,
The transfer of the e-mail data with the oldest time stamp stored in the e-mail data storage unit 107 is executed (step 403).

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an e-mail is received and the e-mail data cannot be stored in an area where the e-mail data is to be stored due to lack of capacity or the like, the data is temporarily stored. The existing e-mail data is transferred to the transfer destination e-mail address so that an area for storing the e-mail data can be secured, so that the data conventionally discarded in the e-mail can be transferred to the communication terminal device. E-mail data can be automatically received without the owner's awareness.

Also, the present invention transfers the e-mail data already stored in the terminal device to another e-mail address, so that the e-mail data is not deleted in this terminal device, Can be referred to in the same manner as in the state of FIG.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a communication terminal device of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on a display unit of the communication terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a data transfer process of e-mail data to be transferred according to a setting condition of an operator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 antenna 101 wireless transmission / reception unit 102 wireless data control unit 103 display unit 104 main control unit 105 program ROM 106 operation input unit 107 e-mail data storage unit 108 received e-mail temporary data storage unit 109 destination e-mail address storage unit 300 date / time Time display section 301 notification icon 302 area / out-of-service notification icon 303 activation icon

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device having an electronic mail data storage memory for storing electronic mail data and capable of receiving electronic mail data, wherein the received electronic mail data is stored in a temporary storage memory. Transferring the existing e-mail data stored in the e-mail data storage memory to another e-mail address and deleting the e-mail data from the e-mail data storage area. Execute until the storage can be stored in the storage memory, and after the received e-mail data can be stored in the e-mail data storage memory, save the received e-mail data from the temporary storage memory to the e-mail data storage memory. A communication terminal device, characterized in that the communication terminal device is reset. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the received e-mail data is to be transferred to another e-mail address and to be deleted from the e-mail data storage area. 2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising means for notifying that the processing has been executed until the electronic mail data can be stored in the electronic mail data storage memory. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the existing electronic mail data is the received electronic mail data having the oldest time stamp. 4. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the existing electronic mail data is electronic mail data sent from a specific sender. 5. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the existing electronic mail data is electronic mail data whose title includes a specific character string. 6. The received e-mail data is stored in a temporary storage memory, and the existing e-mail data stored in the e-mail data storage memory is transferred and transmitted to another e-mail address to store the e-mail data. Deleting from the area is executed until the received e-mail data can be stored in the e-mail data storage memory, and after the received e-mail data can be stored in the e-mail data storage memory, Receiving the e-mail data from the temporary storage memory to the e-mail data storage memory again. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission of the existing e-mail data stored in the e-mail data storage memory to another e-mail address and erasing the data from the e-mail data storage area is performed. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the notification is made that the processing has been executed until the e-mail data can be stored in the e-mail data storage memory.