JP2001337894A - E-mail processing device and recording medium for program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an e-mail processing device which can automatically change a language on an input display for replied e-mail based on received e-mail to the language used by a receiver and does not need to adjust the language on input environment for every replied e-mail personally and realizes efficient transmission of e-mail when replied e-mail is composed and sent in response to received e-mail. SOLUTION: A CPU 1 determines a language used in a received e-mail when the e-mail is received. The CPU 1 changes an input display to enable operator to input a replied e-mail by the same language in the received e-mail when the replied e-mail is composed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an electronic mail processing apparatus for creating and transmitting a reply mail to a received mail, and a program recording medium therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an e-mail processing device that creates and sends a reply mail, a user determines whether a message created in Japanese can be sent to a destination when a reply mail is created, and the user determines whether or not the reply can be made in Japan. It decides whether to use word mail or English mail and sends it. In other words, if the other party is in an environment where only English mail can be received, and if Japanese mail is sent, the contents of the message may not be transmitted properly due to data corruption on the other party. I checked the language and sent it.

[0003]

However, in the case of frequently exchanging e-mails, checking the language of the other party each time and adjusting the reply mail input screen to the input environment of the other party degrades the work efficiency and reduces the work efficiency. This places a heavy burden on the user and causes factors such as input errors. Also,
If the received email is an English email, you can use the language translation function to translate and send the reply email, but the language translation requires special operations, which reduces work efficiency. It put a heavy burden on users.

[0004] An object of the first invention is to automatically change a reply mail input screen to an input screen suitable for the destination language based on the received mail when a reply mail is created and transmitted for the received mail. This eliminates the need for the user himself / herself to adjust the input environment of the reply mail to the language used by the other party, so that efficient mail transmission can be realized. A second object of the present invention is to be able to input and create a reply mail in a user's common language, regardless of the language used in the received mail, when creating and sending a reply mail to the received mail. Reply emails created in the user's common language can be sent in the language of the other party, making it possible to quickly and accurately convey the message content even if the languages are different without performing special operations, The purpose is to achieve efficient mail transmission.

[0005] The means of the present invention are as follows. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail processing device for creating and transmitting a reply mail to a received mail, wherein the language determining means determines a language used in the received mail. Input screen changing means for changing the reply mail input screen to an input screen that can be input in the same language as the language used by the language discriminating means when inputting and creating a reply mail, The reply mail input to the reply mail input screen changed by the changing means is transmitted. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which a program code for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described functions is recorded. In addition, a data format determining means for determining a data format used in the received mail is provided,
The input screen changing means changes the reply mail input screen to an input screen that can be input in the same language as the determined working language, and an input screen that can input in the data format determined by the data format determining means. May be changed. Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a reply mail is created and transmitted with respect to the received mail, the reply mail input screen is automatically changed to an input screen suitable for the destination language based on the received mail. This eliminates the need for the user to adjust the input environment of the reply mail to the language used by the other party each time, thereby realizing efficient mail transmission.

[0006] The invention of claim 3 (second invention)
In an e-mail processing device for creating and sending a reply mail to a received mail, a language discriminating means for judging a language used in the received mail, and a language used when a user inputs and creates a reply mail If the language used by the discriminating means is different from the common language of the user, the data entered in the common language on the reply mail input screen is converted into the data of the language used by the language discriminating means. Conversion means for converting the reply mail transmitted by the language conversion means. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which a program code for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described functions is recorded. In addition,
Data format determining means for determining the data format used in the received mail is provided, and the converting means converts data input in a common language on the reply mail input screen into data in the determined used language. Alternatively, the screen may be changed to an input screen that allows input in the data format determined by the data format determining unit. Therefore,
According to the third aspect of the invention, when a reply mail is created and transmitted with respect to the received mail, the reply mail can be input and created in the user's common language regardless of the language used in the received mail. , You can send a reply email in your language,
Even if the languages are different, the message content can be transmitted quickly and accurately without performing any special operation, and efficient mail transmission can be realized.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an electronic mail processing device in this embodiment. This e-mail processing device is a personal computer, a portable terminal, or the like that creates and sends a reply mail to a received mail. When creating and sending a reply mail, the reply mail input screen is changed to an input screen that matches the input environment of the other party. Is automatically changed to. In this case, the language used (Japanese / English) is determined by referring to the header information of the received mail.
The mail format (plain text format / HTML format) is determined, and the reply mail input screen is changed to the language and mail format input screen according to the determination result. Before describing the features of this embodiment in detail, the hardware configuration of this embodiment will be described below.

[0008] The CPU 1 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the electronic mail processing device according to the operating system and various application software in the storage device 2. The storage device 2 stores a database, character fonts, and the like in addition to an operating system and various application software, and has a recording medium 3 composed of a magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory, or the like, and a drive system therefor. The recording medium 3 is a fixed medium such as a hard disk or a CD-R that can be detachably mounted.
It is a portable medium such as an OM, a floppy desk, a RAM card, and a magnetic card. The programs and data in the recording medium 3 are loaded into a RAM (for example, a static RAM) 4 under the control of the CPU 1 as necessary, or the data in the RAM 4 is saved in the recording medium 3.
Further, the recording medium may be provided on an external device side such as a server, and the CPU 1 can directly access and use the program / data in the recording medium via a transmission medium.

The CPU 1 can also take in part or all of the data stored in the recording medium 3 from another device via a transmission medium, and newly register or additionally register the data in the recording medium 3. That is, the transmission control unit 5 receives a program / data transmitted from another device constituting the computer communication system via a wired transmission line such as a communication line or a cable or a wireless transmission line such as radio waves, microwaves or infrared rays. And can be installed in the recording medium 3. Further, the program / data may be stored and managed on the external device side such as a server, and the CPU 1 can directly access and use the program / data on the external device side via a transmission medium. On the other hand, a transmission control unit 5, an input unit 6, and a display unit 7, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 1 via a bus line.
U1 controls their operation. The transmission control unit 5 is, for example, a communication interface including a communication modem, an infrared module, an antenna, and the like. The input unit 6 is an operation unit that constitutes a pointing device such as a keyboard, a touch panel, a mouse, or a touch input pen, and inputs character string data and various commands.

FIG. 2 shows a work area for mail transmission and reception allocated in the RAM 4. The work area 4-1 for mail reception includes a reception message register A, a reception message language register B, a reception message format. It has a configuration having a register C. Further, the mail transmission work area 4-2 has a transmission message register D, a transmission message language register E, and a transmission message format register F. The received message register A stores the received mail transmitted via the network. FIG. 3A shows the contents of the mail described in English, and FIG. 3B shows the contents of the mail described in Japanese. ing. Here, the header information of each email includes “Subject”,
"Source", "destination", "email format / language",
"Date" is included.

[0011] The description contents of "mail format / language used" are as follows:
In the case of FIG. 3A, “Content-Type: te
xt · plan; charset = us _- asci
i ”, and“ charset = us ”in it.
_- use from ascii "language is English,""Conten
“t-Type: text / plan” indicates that the mail format is plain text. FIG.
In the case of (B), the description content of “mail format / language used” indicates that the language used is Japanese and the mail format is HTML text. The received message language register B is set with the language used, which is determined from the description contents of "mail format / language used" of the received mail. "1" for English and "2" for Japanese Is set. The received message format register C is set with the mail format determined from the description content of "mail format / language used" of the received mail, and is "1" for plain text and "0" for HTML text. Is set.

The transmission message register D is set with the transmission message created and input, and its contents are transmitted to the destination. Transmission message language register E,
In the transmission message format register F, the same contents as the corresponding reception message language register B and reception message format register C are set. FIG. 4 (A) shows a reply mail input screen in English, FIG. 4 (B) shows a reply mail input screen in Japanese, and the reply mail input screen
In order to match the input environment of the other party, the input screen is changed to an input screen that allows input of the language and the mail format according to the language / mail format of the received mail.

In this case, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the reply mail input screen includes a "subject", a "destination", a "carbon copy" header, a "body input area", and a "body input area". Function bar ". Various function buttons are arranged in the “function bar”, but the types of buttons assigned to the “function bar” are different depending on whether the input screen is an English input screen or a Japanese input screen. That is, only the "file attachment button" and the "English input button" are assigned to the "function bar" of the reply mail input screen in English shown in FIG. In the "Function bar" of the reply mail input screen, in addition to "File attachment button" and "English input button", "Japanese input button", "Cursor arrangement button", "Character modification button", etc. are assigned. , Which allows HT to be input in Japanese
It is possible to create a mail in the ML format.

Next, the operation of the electronic mail processing apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, the programs for realizing the functions described in these flowcharts are stored in the form of readable program codes on the recording medium 3, and the CPU 1 executes the operations according to the program codes sequentially. I do. Further, the CPU 1 can also sequentially execute the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium. This is the same in other embodiments to be described later, and an operation unique to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data externally supplied via a transmission medium in addition to a recording medium.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the received mail display processing. First, in a mail reception waiting state (step A1), when receiving a mail, the CPU 1 writes the mail into the received message register A (step A2). Then, referring to the header information of the received mail, the language to be used is determined based on the "charset" in the received mail (step A3). If it is English, "1" is set in the received message language register B (step A3). A4) If it is Japanese, "0" is set in the received message language register B (step A5). Next, referring to the header information of the received mail, the “Cont.
The mail format is determined based on “ent-Type” (step A6), and if it is plain text, “1” is set in the received message format register C (step A6).
7) If it is an HTML text, "0" is set in the received message format register C (step A8). Then, the received mail is displayed and output (step A9).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of creating a reply mail. First, the contents of the received message language register B are read (step B1), and the language used in the received mail is determined based on the value (step B).
2). Here, if the value is “0”, that is, Japanese, “0” (Japanese) is set in the transmission message language register E.
Is set (step B3), and a function bar for Japanese input is set (step B4). If the value is "1", that is, English, "1" (English) is set in the transmission message language register E (step B5), and a function bar for English input is set (step B6). Further, the contents of the received message format register C are read (step B7), and the value is written to the transmitted message format register F (step B8). Then, the language used and the mail format of the reply mail input screen are determined and changed based on the contents of the transmission message language register E and the transmission message format register F (step B9), and the reply mail input screen is displayed and output (step B1).
0).

In this case, the reply mail input screen has the screen contents shown in FIG. 4A or 4B according to the language used and the mail format. That is, in order to match the reply mail input screen with the input environment of the other party, the reply mail input screen is changed to an input screen similar to the language and mail format of the received mail. At that time, in addition to "File Attach Button" and "English Input Button", "Japanese Input Button", "Cursor Placement Button", "Character Modification Button"
Etc. are assigned. Then, a reply destination mail address is automatically generated for "To" as header information of the reply mail input screen (step B11). In this state, when a reply message is input, the input process is performed, and the input message is displayed in the reply mail input screen (step B12). When all the desired messages are input and the confirmation is instructed in this way, the destination address is additionally set to "CC" (step B13), and the input message is stored and saved in the transmission message register D. (Step B14), the contents are transmitted by e-mail (Step B15).

As described above, in the first embodiment, when the language used in the received mail is determined and the reply mail is input and created, the reply mail input screen is input in the same language as the language used in the received mail. Since the input screen is changed to a possible input screen, the reply mail input screen can be automatically changed to an input screen that matches the language used by the other party, and the user himself matches the language used by the other party each time This eliminates the need for an operation, and can achieve efficient mail transmission. In this case, the language to be used is determined based on “charset” added to the header information of the received mail, so that the determination can be made reliably and easily. When matching with the previous language, it is only necessary to set a function specific to the language used for the received mail on the reply mail input screen in addition to the common function commonly used for each language.

Further, when the mail format (plain text format / HTML format) used in the received mail is determined and a reply mail is input and created, an input screen which can be input in the mail format of the reply mail input screen is displayed. Since the change is made, the input screen can be automatically changed to an input screen conforming to the mail format of the other party, and the user himself / herself does not need to perform an operation for matching the mail format of the other party each time. Conventionally, if the user forgets to change the mail format, the other party will not be able to see the contents of the transmission or read only a part of the information. Such inconveniences can be reliably eliminated.

(Second Embodiment) Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment described above, the reply mail input screen is changed to an input screen that can be input in the language used in the received mail. However, in the second embodiment, the language used in the received mail is changed to the user. If it is different from the common language, the data input in the common language on the reply mail input screen is converted into data in the language used in the received mail and transmitted. Here, basically the same components in both embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the following mainly describes the features of the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, an electronic mail processing device having a translation function is used. When the common language is Japanese, when the language used for the received mail is English, the English is translated into Japanese and the mail is translated. It is intended to be transmitted.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of creating a reply mail in the second embodiment. Since the received mail display process is the same as the flowchart of FIG. 5 described above, it is not shown in the figure. By executing the received mail display process, the received message language register B and the received message format register C are displayed. Is
The language and mail format of the received mail are set. In this state, the language used is determined by referring to the contents of the received message language register B (steps C1 and C1).
2) For Japanese, steps B7 to B7 in FIG.
The Japanese language corresponding process similar to B15 is executed (step C3). Here, if the received mail is written in English, a reply mail input screen that can be input in Japanese (common language) is displayed (step C4).

A reply destination mail address is automatically generated for "To" as the header information of the reply mail input screen (step C5). In this state,
When a Japanese reply message is input, the input processing is performed, and the input message is displayed in the reply mail input screen (step C6). In this way, when all the desired messages are input and the confirmation is instructed, the process proceeds to step C7, and the transmission destination address is additionally set to "CC". Next, the content of the received message format register C is read (step C8), and the Japanese input message is translated into English in the same mail format (step C9), and the translated message content is set in the transmission message register D (step C9). Step C10). Also,
"1" (English) is set in the transmission message language register E (step C11), the mail format in the reception message format register C is set in the transmission message format register F (step C12), and the mail transmission process is started. (Step C13).

As described above, in the second embodiment, when the user enters and creates a reply mail, if the language used in the received mail is different from the user's common language, the reply mail is used. Since the data entered in the common language on the input screen is converted to the data in the language used in the received mail and transmitted, the reply mail is input and created in the user's common language regardless of the language used in the received mail Reply emails written in the user's common language can be sent in the other party's language, so that even those who can not interpret the other party's language can perform message operations quickly and without any special operation. It is possible to convey it accurately, and efficient mail transmission can be realized. Also, determine the email format used in the incoming email,
When the language of the reply mail is translated, the content of the reply mail is made to match the mail format of the received mail, so that the reply mail can be automatically changed to a reply mail that matches the mail format of the other party.

Although the above embodiments do not deal with signature data, the signature data often includes information to be transmitted to the other party. May be prepared, and signature data corresponding to the language used in the received message may be selected and transmitted. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, Japanese and English are exemplified as the languages to be used, but it is needless to say that other languages can be applied to each other.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the invention, when a reply mail is created and transmitted with respect to the received mail, the reply mail input screen is automatically changed to an input screen suitable for the destination language based on the received mail. This can be changed, and the user does not need to adjust the input environment of the reply mail to the language used by the other party each time, and efficient mail transmission can be realized. According to the second invention, when a reply mail is created and transmitted with respect to the received mail, the reply mail can be input and created in the user's common language, regardless of the language used in the received mail. Reply emails created in the user's common language can be sent in the language of the other party, making it possible to quickly and accurately convey the message content even if the languages are different without performing special operations, Efficient mail transmission can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an electronic mail processing device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mail reception work area 4-1 and a mail transmission work area 4-2 allocated in a RAM 4.

FIG. 3 (A) shows the contents of a received mail described in English,
(B) is a diagram showing the contents of a received mail described in Japanese.

FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating a reply mail input screen in English, and FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a reply mail input screen in Japanese.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating received mail display processing.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation when creating a reply mail.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of creating a reply mail in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Storage device 3 Recording medium 5 Transmission control unit 6 Input unit 7 Display unit A Receive message register B Receive message language register C Receive message format register D Transmit message register E Transmit message language register F Transmit message format register

Claims (6)

[Claims] An e-mail processing device for creating and sending a reply mail in response to a received mail, a language discriminating means for judging a language used in the received mail, Input screen changing means for changing the reply mail input screen to an input screen which can be input in the same language as the language used by the language discriminating means, and a reply mail input changed by the input screen changing means. An e-mail processing device, wherein a reply e-mail input to a screen is transmitted. 2. A data format discriminating means for discriminating a data format used in a received mail, wherein said input screen changing means is capable of inputting a reply mail input screen in the same language as said discriminated working language. 2. The e-mail processing device according to claim 1, wherein the input screen is changed to an input screen that can be input in a data format determined by the data format determining unit. 3. An electronic mail processing device for creating and transmitting a reply mail in response to a received mail, a language discriminating means for determining a language used in the received mail, and a user inputting and creating the reply mail. At this time, if the language used by the language discriminating means is different from the common language of the user, data input in the common language on the reply mail input screen is discriminated by the language discriminating means. An e-mail processing device, comprising: a conversion unit that converts the data into a language to be used; and a reply mail converted by the language conversion unit. 4. A data format discriminating means for discriminating a data format used in a received mail, wherein said converting means converts the data inputted in a common language into a reply mail input screen according to said discriminated use. 4. The electronic mail processing device according to claim 3, wherein the input screen is changed to an input screen that can be input in a data format determined by the data format determining unit, in addition to the conversion into language data. 5. A recording medium having a computer readable program code, wherein the computer readable program code for determining the language used in the received mail and the reply mail are input and created. And a computer-readable program code for changing the reply mail input screen to an input screen that can be input in the same language as the determined language. 6. A recording medium having a computer readable program code, wherein a computer readable program code for determining a language used in a received mail and a user inputs and creates a reply mail. At this time, if the determined language is different from the user's common language, a computer that converts the data input in the common language to the reply mail input screen into the determined language is used. A recording medium having a readable program code.