JP2001331433A - Transmission method for message - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the transmission method of a message by which a message card be transmitted and received without the need of complicated processings such as sentence preparation by a foreign language and translation even when the receiver of the message is a person from other countries. SOLUTION: In the computer 1a of a transmitter, a data base for transmission for making items pertinent to message contents desired to be transmitted by the transmitter selectable or identifiable in the common data base of a form in common to a transmission side and a reception side where many transmission items are registered beforehand is generated and at least the prepared data base for the transmission is transmitted to the computer 1b of the receiver. In the computer 1b of the receiver, the transmission message is prepared and outputted in the native language of the receiver based on the transmitted data base for the transmission.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to transmission of message data by transmitting message data from a sender computer to a receiver computer in a computer network such as the Internet comprising a plurality of computer terminals communicably connected. And a method of transmitting a message when performing the operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the rapid spread of information and communication technology in recent years, and in particular, the Internet, which is a computer network, the transmission of messages has been made easier by transmitting e-mail using these computer networks. Is coming.

[0003]

However, when using these e-mails, the recipient of the message may be a person outside the home country of the sender.
In such a case, it is necessary for the sender to write the message in the mother tongue of the other party, and it is not only difficult to create a message in these foreign languages, but also in the reply mail, Had to be translated, which was troublesome.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and requires complicated processing such as writing and translating sentences in a foreign language even if the recipient of the message is a person other than the home country. It is an object of the present invention to provide a message transmission method capable of transmitting and receiving a message without performing the message transmission.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a method for transmitting a message according to the present invention comprises receiving a message from at least a caller's computer in a computer network comprising a plurality of computer terminals communicably connected. A message transmission method for transmitting a message by transmitting message data to a sender's computer, wherein a large number of transmission items are registered in advance and implemented in the sender's computer, and are shared by the sender and the receiver. Generating a transmission database in which an item corresponding to the content of a message that a sender wants to transmit is selected or identifiable in a common database having a specified format; Transmitting to the computer of Implemented in serial receiver's computer, and a message creating output step for creating a transfer message output in native language of the receiving followers based on the transmitted transmission database is characterized by. According to this feature, the message to be transmitted is created in the native language of the recipient by the transmission database based on the standardized database having the standardized format. A person other than the above can send a message to a recipient without requiring complicated processing such as creation of a sentence or translation in a foreign language.

[0006] In the message transmission method according to the present invention, the generation step may include a question step of asking a question corresponding to each item of the common database to the sender, and an answer of the sender for each of the question questions. A comparison step of comparing a plurality of registered answer items, and a transmission database by registering an identification code capable of identifying the answer item corresponding to the answer of the sender in association with the item of the question. Is preferably generated. In this way, the sender can input the message contents to be transmitted simply by answering the question, so that the input operation of these message contents can be simplified.

In the message transmitting method according to the present invention, it is preferable that, in the message generating and outputting step, a question message for a receiver is prepared based on the transmitting database, and an answer to the question is returned to the sender. In this way, the sender can accurately know the situation of the receiver that the sender wants to know.

The message transmission method according to the present invention also includes a reply database creation step having the same format as the format of the transmission database based on the answer to the question message in the recipient's computer. Is preferably returned to the caller. By doing so, a reply database having the same format as the format of the transmission database created on the receiver's computer will be returned to the sender, and the sender's computer will send the reply database Since the reply message is created and output in the sender's native language based on the message, there is no need to translate the reply message.

[0009] In the message transmission method according to the present invention, the question is set by voice output, and the answer to the question can be received by voice input from a sender or a receiver. Is preferred. In this way, the questions and answers are performed in an interactive manner, the operation load on the sender and the receiver can be reduced, and the recognition and reply of the message can be easily performed.

[0010] In the method for transmitting a message according to the present invention, at least at the reception of the questions and answers, an electronic pet that operates according to the questions and answers is displayed on a display device of a computer of the sender or the receiver. Is preferred. In this way, the caller or receiver can perform operations such as answering while having fun.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that, in the present embodiment, the sea pet, which is a mermaid, is described as an example of the electronic pet, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other characters or the like may be used as these electronic pets. Depending on the functions of the computer used, these electronic pets may not be used as appropriate. (Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a message transmission system to which a message transmission method of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a user computer used in this embodiment. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system for providing useful information according to the present embodiment is mainly composed of computer terminals 1a and 1b owned by a sender and a receiver. It is connected to the Internet network 5 which is a computer network via the communication device 2, so that data can be transmitted and received between the computers.

First, the configuration of the computer terminals 1a and 1b used by the sender and the receiver used in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
A question processing for outputting a question and an acceptance of an answer to a sender and a receiver, which will be described later, to a data bus 10 for sending and receiving data as words of an electronic pet displayed on a display device by voice synthesis; Central processing unit that performs voice recognition of the answer of the user and the recipient, selects and registers the corresponding item from a plurality of pre-registered answer items, and stores the answer as personality information of the sender and the recipient. (CPU) 11,
The RAM 12 has a real-time clock (R) capable of outputting current time information and calendar information such as the day of the week.
TC) 17, an input device 16 such as a keyboard, a display device 14 such as a display, and a communication interface 13 connected to the communication device 2 and transmitting and receiving data.
And an image and an operation process of a human face fish “Seaman” which is an electronic pet displayed on a display device, which is formed of a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk, and is performed by the central processing unit (CPU) 11. It is connected to an electronic pet program, a speaker 19 and a microphone 20 which are external devices, converts voice data generated by a voice synthesis program described later into analog voice (D / A conversion), and outputs the analog voice to the speaker 19. An audio input / output device 18 comprising an A / D / D / A converter for converting (A / D converting) audio input from the microphone into digital data and outputting the digital data;
Or, a voice synthesis program for outputting the voice of the mermaid `` Seaman '' in Japanese or English, which is the native language of the sender or the recipient, based on the text data, or the speech of the sender or the recipient. A speech recognition program for converting input speech in the native language into text data, a common database in which the contents of transmission items and answers are shared by senders and receivers, and mothers used by senders and receivers A storage device 1 that stores a message creation program that performs message creation processing in a Japanese language, and personality information data of a sender and a recipient that are stored based on voice-recognized answers.
5 is a normal computer connected to
In this embodiment, a computer having substantially the same configuration as that of the sender's computer is used as the receiver's computer.

The processing performed by the sender and receiver computers 1a and 1b of this embodiment will be described below. First, the sender and receiver computers 1a and 1b will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the storage devices 15a and 1b have:
Even if the native language used by the sender and the recipient is different,
A common database in which each question content and answer items corresponding to the question content are registered in association with an item number for identifying the item is stored, and in each answer item,
Each candidate is provided with an identification code for identifying the candidate, such as a, b, c,.

The contents of each question in this common database are as follows:
Mermaid "Seaman" stored in the storage device 15
When the electronic pet program is started, each question item is sequentially read, and as shown in FIG.
As in the case of an electronic pet "Seaman" displayed as if swimming around on a display screen, the contents of each question are voice-synthesized as the voice of "Seaman",
9 is output.

These sender and receiver computers 1
The contents of the process of accepting a question and an answer to a sender or a receiver in a and 1b will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 5. First, as an initial value, N corresponding to the item number of the question item Set 1 as the initial value of the value (S
1).

Next, the text data of "Is you a man?" Which is the question content of the item number corresponding to the N value is read from the common database (S2), and the read "Is you a man?" Is synthesized as "Seaman" words by the voice synthesis program, and the synthesized voice is output from the speaker 19 (S3).

In response to the question item, the caller or receiver inputs an answer to the microphone 20 by voice within a predetermined time (S4). At this time, if no answer is given within a predetermined time, the same question is repeatedly output.

In these answers, if the sender or recipient is a male, an affirmative answer such as "Yes", "Yes", or "Oh" is given, and the sender or the recipient is a woman. In such a case, a negative answer such as “No”, “No” or “No” is given, the input voice is converted into text data by the voice recognition program, and the answer is positive. A comparison or determination is made as to whether the answer is "a" or a negative answer "b" (S5), and if there is no corresponding answer item in the determination, the process returns to step S2 and repeats the question. If there is a corresponding answer item, the identification code of the matching answer item is registered as personality information in association with the value of N (= 1) which is the item number of the question (S6).

Next, if all the questions have not been answered, it is determined as No in step S7, 1 is added to the N value, and the process returns to step 2 (S8). It is carried out, each question is carried out sequentially, and if all the questions have been asked, step S7
Is determined to be Yes, and the question step ends.

The above-mentioned question includes at least an item including the contents of transmission to the recipient. For example, when a letter is transmitted from the sender to the recipient, the personal data of the recipient is used. The information includes items such as a recipient's age and name, a mail address used for sending an e-mail, and a message from a sender to a recipient.

A transmission database is generated by using the answers (self-name, gender, age, contents of the message to be transmitted to the recipient, etc.) included in the transmission contents among the answers obtained from the above-mentioned questions.

As shown in FIG. 6, the transmission database contains the contents of the message addressed from the sender to the receiver, and extracts the message used for message creation from the reply from the common database. It is a summary. In addition, the sender and the receiver have a common format. For example, item number 11 is an item indicating the feelings of the receiver, and in response to the question "Do you have a favorite person now?" Means "a" which is an answer that affirms such as "Yes" or "Yes", or "b" which denies such as "No" or "No" or unknown such as "I do not understand" A comparison is made to determine which of the answers is "c", and the identification code of the matched answer item is registered in the transmission database in association with the value of item number 11 of the question.

For example, if the sender uses Japanese as the native language and the recipient's native language is English, "
Favorite woman (○○). Is transmitted to the recipient, when "a" is selected as an option to be applied to (OO) in the sentence, the form is "he has a favorite woman (is)." To the recipient, the message creation program described the sentence "He says he has a favorite woman but how about you?"
e says he has a womanhel
ikes, what will you do do? "In English, which is the recipient's native language.

At this time, in addition to the message to be conveyed, answer items such as a positive expression, a negative expression, an unclear expression, and the like in response to the question for the recipient are also registered in the transmission database.

Hereinafter, the exchange of a message from a sender to a receiver will be described with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, the sender is assumed to be Japanese (the native language used is Japanese) and the recipient is assumed to be American (the native language used is English), but the present invention is not limited to this. It is not something to be done.

In the sender's computer 1a, in order to compose a message to the recipient, the questions set by the common database are answered by voice input, and the entered answers are converted into digital data. A comparison is made with a plurality of registered answer items, and the identification code of the answer item corresponding to the answer is registered in the transmission database in association with the item number. The created transmission database is transmitted to the recipient.

For example, "He has a favorite woman (○
○). Is sent to the recipient when the message is sent to the recipient, and the sender answers "I'm here." It is converted and compared with the pre-registered answer items such as a, yes (positive expression), b, no (negative expression), c, unknown (indeterminate expression), etc., and "a" is selected. Then, "a" is registered in the transmission database in association with the item number. In addition, the answer items of the transmitted message are also a, those of affirmative expression in advance,
b, a negative expression, c, an unclear expression, etc. are prepared, registered in the transmission database, and transmitted to the recipient's computer 1b.

After receiving the transmission database, the recipient's computer 1b stores the message creating program as described above, and based on the transmission database transmitted from the sender, the recipient's mother. Output the message in English, the national language.

More specifically, if the content of the transmission database transmitted from the sender is a content indicating the thought of the recipient by the sender as shown in FIG. When you say "I like it but how about you?", "Hesays I ()
you, what will you do? Are synthesized as "Seaman" words by the speech synthesis program, and as shown in FIG.
The message is output from the speaker 19 as a voice of "Seaman" as a voice of "Seaman" in a synthesized voice using the recipient's native language, as in "4.

A corresponding answer item, for example, a. Positive expression, b. Negative expression, c. An uncertain expression has been added to the database for transmission, and the recipient has a predetermined time,
For example, if the answer is made by voice within 3 minutes, the voice input in the native language of the recipient is converted into text data by the voice recognition program, and if the answer content matches the answer item prepared in advance, the answer item The reply code is registered in the reply database in association with the identification code, and the reply database is returned to the sender.

Next, the receiver answers the question of the message from the sender by voice, converts the input answer to text data, compares it with a plurality of registered answer items, and A reply database having the same format as the transmission database is generated by associating the corresponding answer item with the item number. The generated reply database is returned to the sender.

For example, when the receiver answers the question candidate of the message from the sender by voice input of “Yes” of the affirmative expression, the input response is converted into digital data by the voice recognition program. , A registered answer item a, affirmative expression (af
firation), b, negative expression (deni
al), c, unclear expressions (any and wes)
Compared with r), since the answer is an affirmative expression, the identification code “a” of the corresponding answer item is selected and registered in the reply database, and the reply database is returned to the sender.

Next, the sender reads the message from the returned reply database, inserts the message into a prepared sentence, and outputs it as a reply message from the receiver.

For example, in the reply database returned, the reply from the recipient is "She says he likes you but what about you?" a "(positive expression) is registered, and by reading the message,
"I like".

Since the sender's computer 1a has an e-mail transmission history, a sentence "She says you ()" is prepared in advance, and the read message is read. By inserting “I like”, a sentence “She says (I like)” is generated and output to the sender.

As described above, in this embodiment, the input and output of questions and conversations are made by voice, and the human pet "Seaman" is an electronic pet.
The present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to this. The output of these questions can be displayed on a screen, the input can be displayed on an input device such as a keyboard. You may make it implement more.

In this embodiment, the sender's native language is Japanese and the receiver's native language is English. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The language used as the native language may be used as appropriate.

Further, in this embodiment, the computer possessed by the sender and the computer possessed by the receiver are connected by the Internet network 5, but the present invention is not limited to this. A communication line using a server may be used.

[0041]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, a transmission message is created in the mother tongue of the receiver by the transmission database based on the common database having the common format. Therefore, even if the recipient of the message is a person other than his or her own country, the message can be sent to the recipient without requiring complicated processing such as writing or translating a sentence in a foreign language.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the sender can input the message contents to be transmitted only by answering the question, the input operation of these message contents can be simplified. can do.

(C) According to the third aspect of the invention, the sender can accurately know the situation of the receiver that the sender wants to know.

(D) According to the invention of claim 4, a reply database having the same format as the format of the transmission database created in the receiver's computer can be returned to the sender. In this computer, since a reply message in the sender's native language is created and output based on the reply database, there is no need to translate the reply message.

(E) According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, questions and answers are performed in an interactive manner, so that the operation load on the sender and receiver can be reduced, and the message can be easily recognized and answered. Can be implemented.

(F) According to the invention of claim 6, the sender or the receiver can perform operations such as answering while having fun.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a message transmission system to which a message transmission method of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a common database in the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an output state of a question in Japanese on a computer of a sender and a receiver of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing status of a question answering process in a computer of a sender and a receiver of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a transmission database according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing status of a message transmission / reply process from a sender to a receiver in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the details of the processing status of transmission / reply processing of a message from a sender to a receiver in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an output state of a message in English on the computer of the sender and the receiver of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a Computer of sender 1b Computer of recipient 2 Communication device 5 Internet network 10 Data bus 11 Central processing circuit (CPU) 12 RAM 13 Communication interface 14 Display device 15 Storage device 16 Input device 17 Real-time clock (RTC) 18 Voice input Output device 19 Speaker 20 Microphone

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method of transmitting a message by transmitting message data by transmitting message data from at least a sender computer to a receiver computer in a computer network including a plurality of computer terminals communicably connected to each other. An item corresponding to the message content to be transmitted by the sender in a common database in which a large number of transmission items are registered in advance and implemented in the computer of the sender and have a common format between the transmitting side and the receiving side. Generating a transmission database that is selected or identifiable, and transmitting at least the generated transmission database to a recipient computer, which is performed on the recipient computer. , The transmitted transmission database A message creation and output step of creating and outputting a message in the native language of the recipient based on the message. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generating step includes: asking a sender a question corresponding to each item of the common database; and a plurality of pre-registered answers to the caller's answer to the question. A transmission step of generating a transmission database by registering an identification code capable of identifying an answer item to which the answer of the sender corresponds, and registering the identification code in association with the question item. Method of transmitting messages described in. 3. The message transmission according to claim 1, wherein in the message creation and output step, a question message for the recipient is created based on the transmission database, and an answer to the question is returned to the sender. Method. 4. The computer of the recipient,
4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of creating a reply database having the same format as the format of the transfer database based on an answer to the question message, wherein the reply database is returned to the sender. 5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the setting of the question is performed by voice output, and the reception of the answer to the question can be performed by voice input of a caller or a receiver.
5. The method for transmitting a message according to any one of 5. 6. The electronic pet that operates according to the questions or answers is displayed on a display device of a computer of the sender or the recipient at least at the reception of the questions or answers. Method of transmitting messages described in.