JP2002077227A - Mail automatic patrol collection method and device, and program storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To receive and read a mail that arrives at another ISP by accessing one ISP and is addressed to oneself, as though it has arrived at one ISP concerned. SOLUTION: A user requests a client service provider 18 from a portable information terminal 10 or the like so that the provider 18 circulates and collects mails via the Internet. In this case, the user name and the server name for receiving mails, and a password are registered to each user. The client service provider 18 periodically accesses the registered server for receiving mails according to a preset execution period, downloads reception mails address to the user concerned using the password concerned, and stores it at a storage region 417 for the user concerned of the client service provider 18. The user accesses the storage region 417 for the user concerned and collectively receives the mail address to oneself that has arrived at all ISPs.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to electronic mail on the Internet, and more particularly, to a service for automatically collecting electronic mail arriving at a plurality of Internet service providers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a single user often has a plurality of mail addresses in a plurality of Internet service providers (hereinafter abbreviated as ISPs). For example, separate ISPs may be used for homes, businesses, and mobile phones (including simple mobile phones). Accessing the mail server of the ISP from a home, a company, and a mobile phone to view the received mail addressed to oneself to each mail address was troublesome and inconvenient.

[0003]

To solve such a problem, most ISPs provide a mail transfer service for transferring a mail addressed to the ISP to another specified mail address. According to this, the specific ISP specified as the transfer destination
By accessing the ISP, it is convenient to confirm the received mail addressed to itself to other ISPs. However, each I
Depending on the SP, the presence / absence and contents of the mail transfer service differ, and the desired result may not always be obtained. In addition, the transfer setting operation must be performed separately at each transfer source ISP, which is complicated.

[0004] Some ISPs allow access to their own mail server from other ISPs. In this case as well, the user can check the mail addressed to himself received by another ISP from a specific ISP, but this is convenient, but every time the user accesses another ISP,
It is necessary to input the password for the mail service, which is still complicated for the user.

The present invention has been made under such a background, and an object of the present invention is to send a mail addressed to itself received by one ISP to another ISP as if it arrived at the one ISP. Received mail as if
An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for automatically patroling and collecting mails and a program storage medium which can be browsed.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for automatically collecting and circulating mail in a first Internet service provider and a method for automatically collecting and circulating mail in a first Internet service provider according to the present invention. Receiving a request from a user to collect mail, and in response to the request, receiving a mail from at least one second Internet service provider to be collected by mail. Requesting the user to input a user name, a server name and a password, receiving the user's input of a user name, a server name and a password for receiving e-mail from the user, and transmitting the input information to the user. Register in association with the user And periodically accessing the registered mail receiving server according to a preset execution cycle, downloading the received mail addressed to the user using the password, Storing in the storage area for the user of the Internet service provider, and receiving the access to the received mail stored in the storage area for the user from the user.

As described above, according to the present invention, the first Internet service provider downloads a mail addressed to the user in one or more second Internet service providers to the storage area for the user on behalf of the user. Thus, the user accesses one Internet service provider (the first Internet service provider) and inputs the password only once, and receives the mail addressed to himself / herself which has reached all the Internet service providers. Can read.

[0008] In the step of requesting the user to input, the user is also requested to input an execution cycle of the mail circulation collection desired by the user, and for each user, the process of downloading the received mail addressed to the user is executed. It is also possible to perform it in a cycle. In this case, it is preferable that the service usage fee be changed according to the execution cycle. As a result, it is possible to reduce a situation in which all users frequently request mail circulation collection, and reduce the processing load on the server.

[0009] The automatic mail patrol collection device according to the present invention comprises:
An automatic mail patrol collection device in a first Internet service provider, comprising: a mail server having an e-mail sending / receiving function; a customer database storing personal information of registered users; and at least a receiving mailbox for each registered user. The user database having the user record area, and in response to a request from the user for mail circulation collection, the customer database of the user name, server name, and password for receiving mail of at least one second Internet service provider to be subjected to mail circulation collection. According to a registration means for storing and according to a preset execution cycle, periodically access the registered mail receiving server, download a received mail addressed to the user using the password, and The first Internet service provider Characterized in that a downloading means for storing in the storage area for the user.

In this apparatus, the registration means also stores an execution cycle of the mail circulation collection desired by the user in the customer database, and the download means, for each user, downloads the received mail addressed to the user. It is also possible to perform the processing in the execution cycle.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of the entire system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the present specification, the “system” refers to a logical collection of a plurality of devices, and it does not matter whether the devices of each configuration are in the same housing. In the present embodiment, a user uses a portable information terminal (hereinafter abbreviated as PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)) 10 to provide a client service provider 18 functioning as a so-called portal site for the portable information terminal in the present embodiment. To access. The client service provider 18 periodically collects e-mail addressed to the user and arrives at a plurality of other Internet service providers (ISPs) 19a, 19b, and 19c in accordance with a preset execution cycle. In the user storage area 417. Currently, the PDA 10 is an i-mode (trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc.) compatible mobile phone (so-called simple mobile phone (PH
S: Includes Personal Handy-Phone System), but has the same portability and portability, and if combined with a communication device such as the mobile phone 15 within the range of radio waves It is superior to a mobile phone in that the place of use is not limited, the display screen size, the storage capacity, the variety of attached functions, and the like. For this reason, in the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the PDA 10 is used as a machine for browsing the mail circulation collection results. However, such a browsing machine is not limited to a portable information terminal, but a WWW browser or e-mail client software compatible with CompactHTML, such as a personal computer (PC) at home or a business, or an i-mode compatible mobile phone. It may be a mounted mobile phone.

The body of the PDA 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a vertically long and substantially rectangular shape such that both sides can be gripped with one hand of a standard adult size, and the display 21 occupies a major part of its surface. A touch pad (invisible) is formed on the upper surface of the display 21. Surface display 2
A hardware key 22 is arranged below the key 1. The body comes with a stylus or pen (not shown) that can be inserted and stored inside. The user can use the stylus to indicate a position on the touch pad and input handwritten characters and figures. A memory stick (trademark of Sony Corporation), which will be described later, can be attached to and detached from the upper portion of the main body. Although not shown in the drawing, a part of a jog dial, which will be described later, is exposed in a concave portion provided on the upper left side of the main body. The jog dial is arranged so that it can be rotated and pressed by bending and extending the thumb of the left hand holding the PDA 10.

The client service provider 18
The main components of the present invention include a mail server 181 that manages and sends / receives e-mail, and another designated I / O server.
A mail circulating collection server 182 that circulates and collects received mails addressed to users at the SP, and a database in which various personal information (including mail related information to be collected) about the user of the portable information terminal 10 is stored in an HDD (hard disk drive). It has a customer DB 414 that is a (DB) and a user storage area 417 that provides a storage area dedicated to each user. Specific configurations of these will be described later.

In this embodiment, when connecting the PDA 10 to the Internet, the PDA 10 is connected to the mobile phone 15 via the communication adapter 13. The mobile phone 15 has a predetermined base station B
It is connected to the mobile network 161 via S, and further connected to the Internet 400 via the gateway 162.
The Internet 400 includes the client service provider 18 and the ISPs 19a, 19b, and 19c.
Is connected. Client service provider 1
The e-mail addressed to the user collected periodically in step 8 is downloaded to the storage area 417 for the user, from which the user collectively receives the mail at the portable information terminal 10,
It can be viewed on the PDA 10.

In the example of FIG. 1, the Internet connection provider 16 and the client service provider 18
Are shown as belonging to different entities, but the same provider may serve as the same.

Hereinafter, a specific configuration example of each unit of the system will be described, and then a specific operation example will be described.

FIG. 2 shows a PDA 10 according to the present embodiment.
1 shows a schematic hardware configuration. CPU (Central Proce
ssing unit) 31 synchronizes with a clock signal supplied from an oscillator 32 to generate a flash ROM (read-only memory) 33.
Or EDO DRAM (Extended Data Out Dynamic Random-A
The CPU executes various programs such as an operating system or an application program stored in the ccess memory 34.

The flash ROM 33 is an electrically rewritable nonvolatile memory EEROM (Electrically Erasable Progra
It is composed of a flash memory which is a kind of mmable read-only memory, and generally stores basically fixed data of programs used by the CPU 31 and calculation parameters.

Memory Stick Interface (I / F) 3
5 reads data from the memory stick 11 mounted on the PDA 10 under the control of the CPU 31 and writes data supplied from the CPU 31 to the memory stick 11.

Under the control of the CPU 31, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface 36 synchronizes with a clock signal supplied from an oscillator 37 and connects to an external PC (personal computer) via a connected cradle (not shown). A computer or the like inputs data or a program and supplies data supplied from the CPU 31 to an external PC via a cradle.

The Flash ROM 33, the EDO DRAM 34, the memory stick interface 35 and the USB interface 36 are connected to the C bus via an address bus and a data bus.
It is connected to PU31.

The display unit 21 is a liquid crystal display in the present embodiment, receives data from the CPU 31 via the LCD bus, and displays images or characters corresponding to the received data. When the touch pad arranged on the upper surface of the display unit 21 is operated, the touch pad control unit 38 receives data corresponding to the operation (for example, data indicating the touched coordinates) from the display unit 21 and receives the data. A signal corresponding to the obtained data is sent to the CPU 3 via a serial bus.
Supply to 1.

EL (Electroluminescence) driver 39
Operates the electroluminescent element provided on the back side of the display unit 21 to control the brightness of the display unit 21.

The infrared communication unit 40 is a UART (Universal)
Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter), CP
The data received from U31 is transmitted to another device (not shown) using infrared as a medium, and the infrared data transmitted from the other device is received and supplied to CPU31. Further, the PDA 10 can communicate with other devices via the UART.

The audio reproducing section 42 is composed of an audio data decoding circuit and a speaker, etc., and decodes audio data stored in advance or audio data received via the Internet 5 to reproduce and reproduce the audio data. Output audio. For example, the audio reproducing unit 42 reproduces the audio data supplied from the CPU 31 via the buffer 41,
The sound corresponding to the data is output.

The keys 22 are constituted by hardware input keys and the like, and are operated by a user to input various commands to the CPU 31. The jog dial 23 is a rotatable push switch, and supplies data corresponding to the rotating operation and the pressing operation to the CPU 31.

The power supply circuit 43 is connected to the attached battery 52 or a connected AC (Alternating Current).
The power supply voltage supplied from the adapter 53 is converted, and a predetermined power supply voltage is supplied to each unit of the device.

FIG. 3 shows an outline of a general hardware configuration of a server in each provider. CPU510
Executes an OS (Operating System) and various application programs, and controls each unit of the server. RO
M511 stores programs executed by the CPU 510 and fixed data of calculation parameters. R
The AM 512 provides a work area for the CPU 510 and a temporary storage area for data. ROM 511 and RAM 512
Are connected to the CPU 510 via the bus 530. An input device 514 such as a keyboard, a display device 515 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display, a hard disk device,
An external storage device 516 such as an O or CD-ROM is connected to the bus 530 via an interface 513. In addition, the bus 530 is connected to the Internet or an intranet (such as a LAN) via the communication unit 520. Although not shown, each server has a calendar and clock function for outputting current date / time data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an internal system configuration of the client service provider 18. The client service provider 18 includes a Web server 183, a customer DB 414, a mail server 181, a mail patrol collection server 182, and a user storage area 417.
And a customer database management server 18 for managing the same
4 The Web server 183 is located at http (Hyper T
ext Transfer Protocol)
(Hyper Text Markup Language) is a server that provides a client with a document described in a markup language such as Hypertext Markup Language. As the personal information registered in the customer DB 414,
Name, age, date of birth, gender, address, office, telephone number, loginI for Internet connection of each registered user
D, a password, a mail address, collection target mail account information, and the like. In addition, the information may include a charging ID of a user in connection with provision of a paid service.

As a prerequisite for the user of the PDA 10 to receive the mail circulation collection service, the user must first perform user registration with the client service provider 18. This user registration can be done by writing or telephone, but it is quick and easy to do it online. The online user registration may be performed from the PDA 10 or may be performed from another personal computer (PC) 10a or the like. By performing user registration from the PC 10a, a character input operation is easy.

The user registration and the registration for using the mail patrol collection service may be performed separately as described later. For example, the mail patrol collection service is an optional service that may be selectively used by registered users of the client service provider 18.

The customer management database 414 includes a record including the above-described items for each user ID as shown in a table format in FIG. The “collection mail account information” includes the user name (for example, “taro”) of the user and the server name (for example, “pop.isp”) in each ISP.
_a.ne.jp ") and a password (xxxx) are registered. The mail circulating collection server 182 substitutes the ISP for the received mail addressed to the user on behalf of the user based on the collection target mail account information. Then, it is stored in the user storage area 417 of the user (for example, a reception mailbox).

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of a registration process for using the mail patrol collection service related to the Web server 183 and the customer database management server 184 of the client service provider 18.
This processing will be described with reference to PDA screen examples in FIGS.

FIG. 7 shows the initial screen of the PDA 10, in which various menu items such as an address book, mail, dictionary, memo pad, schedule, initial settings, etc. are displayed by icons. This screen is displayed on the display unit 21 of the PDA 10 shown in FIG.
The input area for recognizing handwritten characters and the like are arranged below the area. When the user selects “mail” from the icons of the menu items by operating the stylus or the jog dial, mail-related menu items as shown in FIG. 8 are displayed. If you select the menu item “Tour collection setting” on this screen,
The web browser is started, and the PDA 10 is connected to the mobile phone 15
Is dial-up connected to the Internet connection provider 18 and a connection to the Internet is established through input of a login ID and a login password. Then, the web server 183 of the client service provider 18 is accessed. This site is set as the home by default or selected by a user operation.

In the mail circulation collection registration shown in FIG. 6, the user first selects whether to newly register or delete the registration. When “new registration” is selected (S11, Yes), the client service provider that has received this request transmits a web document including a registration form as illustrated in FIG. 9 to the PDA of the request source ( S12). This registration form is a form for inputting the mail account information of the ISP received by the user.
Input fields for an OP (Post Office Protocol) user name, a POP server name, and a password are provided. By selecting "Next ISP" at the bottom of the screen, mail account information of a plurality of ISPs can be registered.

Returning to FIG. 6, when the client service provider receives the input registration form (S1).
3), the mail account information is stored in the customer database 4
14 is registered in the corresponding column of the record of the user in the table (FIG. 5) (S14).

If "delete registration" is requested in step S11, after transmission of the deletion form (S15) and reception of the input deletion form (S16), registration deletion of the designated mail account information is performed. Is performed (S1
7).

Next, referring to FIG. 10, a specific procedure of the mail circulation collection processing in the client service provider will be described. This processing is executed at a predetermined time period (for example, every 10 minutes, every 30 minutes, every hour, or the like) in the present embodiment.

First, the user number (No.) variable n is set to 1 and the mail account number m is set to 1 (S21). Thereafter, the following loop processing is repeatedly executed for each user (S22 to S29).

At the beginning of the loop processing, the mail database information of the nth user among the users whose mail account information has been registered is confirmed in the customer database 414 (S22). Then, the mail account No. m PO
Access the P server (S23). If the received mail (unread portion) of the user exists here (S24), all the received mails are downloaded (S25). The downloaded received mail is stored in the received mailbox in the storage area dedicated to the user. If the user has another mail account (S26, Ye
s), the variable m is incremented (S27), the process returns to step S23, and the above process is repeated. If there is no next mail account (S26, No), it is checked whether there is another user who has registered the mail account information (S26).
28). If not, the process is terminated, and if so, the variable n is incremented (S29), the process returns to step S22, and the above process is repeated.

In this manner, for all users who wish to make a cyclic collection, it is possible to automatically collect mail addressed to the specified ISP to the user.

When the user accesses the client service provider 18 and checks his / her own mailbox at a desired time, the user sends the mail addressed to the client service provider to the registered ISP together with the mail addressed to the mail address of the client service provider. You can receive the e-mail you received. The password for using the mail service may be input only once to the client service provider.

FIG. 11 shows a display example of a received mail list. The mail whose ISP name is indicated as “SO” has arrived at the mail address of the user in the client service provider, and is ISP_a, ISP_
The mails of b and ISP_c are mails collected from other ISPs and addressed to the user. If an arbitrary mail in the received mail list is designated, its contents are displayed as shown in FIG. It is also possible to create and send a reply mail to this received mail.

In this example, when receiving a command from the PDA, the entire received mail is downloaded from the mailbox of the client service provider. However, the command is selectively received only by receiving the header information of the mail. The body may be downloaded only for the email that has been sent.

In the embodiment described above, the mail circulation collection processing in the client service provider is executed at a predetermined time period. However, this time period may be determined by the user. The shorter the time period, the shorter the delay time of mail reception, but the higher the frequency of execution of the mail circulation collection processing in the client service provider, which may result in an excessive processing load. Therefore, the user is allowed to select the execution cycle of the collection process, and the service fee is made to differ stepwise (at least two steps) depending on the size of the cycle (the smaller the cycle, the higher the cost). As a result, the number of users who desire high-frequency execution with a small cycle is limited, and the load of the cyclic collection processing can be reduced as a whole.

The system configuration of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. The difference is that the mail circulating collection process at the client service provider
This is performed at a different timing for each user.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a screen on which the user inputs the execution cycle of the mail patrol collection at the time of registering the mail patrol collection. In this example, the user can select a period in minutes or hours. The selected cycle is registered in the record of each user in the table of FIG. 5 along with the mail account information.

FIG. 14 shows a mail circulation collection processing procedure in a client service provider according to the second embodiment. This process is similar to the process shown in FIG. 10, but differs in the following points. That is, this processing itself is executed in a predetermined shortest cycle (for example, 10 minutes).
After step S21, step S31 for determining whether it is the collection time of user n is added. If it is determined in this step S21 that it is the collection time, the process proceeds to the next step S22, and the subsequent processing is the same as that in FIG. If it is determined in step S21 that it is not the collection time, step S22 to S28 are bypassed and step S22 is performed.
Move to 29.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The basic system configuration is the same as that of the first or second embodiment, except that a new function is added to the contents of the mail circulation collection processing.

FIG. 15 shows a mail circulation collection procedure in the client service provider according to the third embodiment. This processing is obtained by adding new steps S41 and S42 after step S28 in the flow of FIG. Note that the present invention can be similarly applied to the flow of FIG. This additional process is a process of immediately notifying the user when a new received mail is downloaded (S41, Yes). As a means for this, in the present embodiment, a so-called direct mail of a mobile phone is used. The direct mail is a mail in which the mail body or the mail header information is transmitted to the destination mobile phone almost at the same time as or slightly after the mail is transmitted. In other words, the mail or message communication is a type of mail or message communication in which the presence / absence of a received mail is not known until the user accesses the mail server, and at least the presence / absence of the mail reception is understood without the involvement of the user. As such a direct mail, there is a mail in which a relatively short message is transmitted between mobile phones of the same carrier, and this message is transmitted via the mail center of the carrier using the other party's telephone number. Also, even in the case of electronic mail, some mail services or header information are substantially directly sent to the other party's mobile phone depending on the mobile phone service. In the present embodiment, using such a direct-sending mail, the user is notified of the arrival of a new received mail that has been cyclically collected by, for example, a message such as “There was an incoming mail due to circular collection of mail.” S42). Alternatively, not only the fact that the mail has been received, but also the subject (and the beginning of the sentence) of the received mail may be notified. In the process of FIG. 15, the incoming notification is performed only for the mail collected while traveling, but the incoming notification may be performed including the mail received at the user mail address in the client service server. According to the present embodiment, a plurality of IS
Regardless of which of P receives a mail addressed to the user, the user is notified of the incoming call, and
A user can access only one ISP or client service provider to receive new mail addressed to him.

As a program storage medium used to install a program for executing the above-described series of processes in a server at an initial stage or afterwards and to make the server executable, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk , CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only)
Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and other package media, as well as a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk in which the program is temporarily or permanently stored. As a means for storing the program in the program storage medium, a wired or wireless communication medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital satellite broadcasting may be used, or via various communication interfaces such as a router or a modem. It may be stored.

While the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, various modifications and changes other than those described above can be made. For example, the illustrated menu configuration and menu items are merely examples, and other menu configurations and menu items may be used. That is, the menu items may be displayed in a list menu, a pull-down menu, or a pop-up menu instead of the icons. Further, specific numerical values such as a time period are merely examples, and there is no intention to exclude other numerical values. When a data communication function is attached to the PDA, it is not necessary to use a communication device such as a mobile phone. As described above, a device other than the PDA may be used as the mail browsing machine, but in that case, the above screen example may be changed accordingly.

[0054]

According to the present invention, it is possible to receive / browse an e-mail addressed to oneself that arrives at another ISP by accessing one ISP as if the e-mail arrived at the one ISP. Can be. Therefore, the present e-mail patrol collection service is highly convenient and useful for users, and also useful for the service provider as a value-added service for customer acquisition.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of an entire system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic hardware configuration of a PDA according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a general hardware configuration of a server in each provider according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration inside a client service provider according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a table configuration of a client management database of the client service provider according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a registration process for using the mail patrol collection service of the client service provider 18 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an initial screen of the PDA according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a PDA screen of a mail-related menu according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a PDA screen for registration for mail circulation collection in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a specific procedure of mail circulation collection processing in a client service provider according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a PDA screen showing an example of a received mail list display according to the embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a diagram showing an example of a PDA screen showing the contents of one mail in the received mail list in FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which a user inputs an execution cycle of mail circulation collection at the time of mail circulation collection registration according to the second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a specific procedure of mail circulation collection processing in a client service provider according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a specific procedure of mail circulation collection processing in a client service provider according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: portable information terminal (PDA), 15: mobile phone, 16
... Internet connection provider, 18 ... client service provider, 19a, 19b, 19c ... Internet service provider, 182 ... mail patrol collection server, 400 ... Internet.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method for automatically collecting and circulating mail in a first Internet service provider, the method comprising: receiving a request for circulating mail from a user; Requesting the user to input a user name, server name and password for receiving mail of the Internet service provider, and receiving input of the user name, server name and password for receiving mail from the user Registering the inputted information in association with the user; and periodically accessing the registered mail receiving server according to a preset execution cycle, and setting the password The received mail addressed to the user is downloaded using An e-mail comprising: a step of storing the Internet service provider in a storage area for the user; and a step of receiving from the user access to the received e-mail stored in the storage area for the user. Automatic patrol collection method. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of requesting the user to input includes requesting the user to input an execution cycle of the mail circulation collection desired by the user. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is performed in the execution cycle. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the service usage fee is changed according to the execution cycle. 4. The automatic mail circulating method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of transmitting a direct mail to the user's mobile phone when the received mail addressed to the user is downloaded. Collection method. 5. An automatic mail circulating and collecting apparatus in a first Internet service provider, comprising: a mail server having an electronic mail sending / receiving function; a customer database storing personal information of registered users; A user recording area having at least a receiving mailbox, and a user name, a server name, and a password for receiving mail of at least one second Internet service provider to be subjected to mail circulation collection in response to a request for mail circulation collection from the user Registering means for storing in the customer database, and periodically accessing the registered mail receiving server in accordance with a preset execution cycle, and receiving mail addressed to the user using the password. Download the first Internet service Email autopilot collecting apparatus being characterized in that and a downloading means for storing in the storage area for the user of the provider. 6. The registration means also stores, in the customer database, an execution cycle of mail circulation collection desired by a user, and the download means performs, for each user, a process of downloading a received mail addressed to the user. 6. The automatic mail patrol collection device according to claim 5, wherein the process is performed in the execution cycle. 7. A program storage medium storing a computer program for executing a mail automatic patrol collection method in a first Internet service provider, comprising the steps of: receiving a request for mail patrol collection from a user; Requesting the user to enter a user name, server name, and password for receiving mail of at least one second Internet service provider to be collected by mail circulation; Receiving input of the user name, server name and password of the user; registering the input information in association with the user; and periodically registering the registered information according to a preset execution cycle. Access the mail receiving server Downloading the received mail addressed to the user by using the password, and storing the received mail in the storage area for the user of the first Internet service provider; and receiving the mail stored in the storage area for the user from the user. A step of receiving access to a program storage medium storing a computer program for executing the program.