JP2002082879A - Device for displaying e-mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an e-mail device which allows a receiving side to quickly open e-mail and to read its mail data and to deal with the e-mail after the arrival of the e-mail at the receiving side. SOLUTION: The e-mail consists of destination address data, transmission source data, text data and transmission condition setting data, this device comprises a mail transmitting part 106 with which the transmission condition setting data transmits the e-mail composed of forced display request information for requesting the receiving side to forcedly display the text data, a mail receiving part 110 for receiving the e-mail and a mail displaying part 113 for setting the display condition of the mail received by the mail receiving part and displaying the received e-mail on the basis of the display condition, and the mail displaying part is further provided with a means for deciding the acceptance/rejection of receiving of the forced display information and displays the received mail only when the forced display request information is accepted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an e-mail display device and an e-mail transmission / reception method, and more particularly to an e-mail display device and an e-mail transmission / reception method capable of forcibly opening a received e-mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-296448 discloses that
The figure shows that a destination name is extracted from the mail body created by the mail creating means, a destination on the mail system is determined based on the extracted destination name, and the mail is transmitted to the determined destination.

[0003]

In the prior art as disclosed in the above publication, even if the sender desires a prompt reply after the mail arrives, the receiver browses the mail immediately after the mail arrives. Unless addressed, the hope will not be fulfilled.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is an electronic mail apparatus capable of promptly opening and browsing mail data on the receiving side after the electronic mail reaches the receiving side to deal with the situation. I will provide a.

[0005]

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

[0006] The transmission condition setting data includes destination address data, transmission source data, text data, and transmission condition setting data. The transmission condition setting data transmits an e-mail including compulsory display request information requesting forcible display of the text data to the receiving side. An e-mail transmitting unit, an e-mail receiving unit that receives the e-mail, and a e-mail display unit that sets a display condition of the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit and displays an e-mail received based on the display condition. The mail display unit further includes means for determining whether or not to accept the forced display request information, and displays the received mail only when the request is accepted.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an electronic mail device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1
Reference numeral 01 denotes a transmitting terminal, and reference numeral 102 denotes a mail body creating unit for creating a body of an electronic mail. A transmission condition setting unit 103 sets transmission conditions of the e-mail, and sets, for example, forced display request information for requesting forcible display on the receiving side as a transmission condition. A destination setting unit 104 sets a destination address. 1
Reference numeral 05 denotes a mail data creation unit, and a mail text creation unit 1
02 is converted to electronic mail data. 106 is a mail transmission unit for transmitting the converted e-mail data, 107 is a network, 108 is a receiving terminal, and 109 is a display condition setting unit for setting display conditions of the received mail. For example, the display condition setting unit accepts the forced display request information. Set forced display acceptance information indicating whether or not to perform. 110 is a mail receiving unit for receiving the e-mail data, 111
Is a display condition determining unit that analyzes received e-mail data and determines display conditions. Reference numeral 112 denotes a display determination unit that determines whether to perform display. For example, the display determination unit 112 determines whether there is an operation on a keyboard or the like. Reference numeral 113 denotes a mail display unit, which displays a received e-mail on the screen based on the determination result of the display determination unit 112.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing transmission condition setting data set by the transmission condition setting unit 103. In the figure, 201
Is transmission condition setting data, and 202 is compulsory display request information for requesting compulsory display on the receiving side. When this information is set to “Yes”, a compulsory display is requested to the receiving side. 20
Reference numeral 3 denotes urgent information. When the information is set to “present”, the transmitting terminal 101 transmits the generated e-mail promptly.
Reference numeral 204 denotes confidential information, and when the information is set to “Yes”, it is possible to restrict opening of the receiving terminal and increase security. Reference numeral 205 denotes reply request information. When the information is set to “Yes”, a reply mail creation screen is displayed on the receiving side to request a reply mail.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing display condition setting data set by the display condition setting unit 109. In the figure, 301
Is display condition setting data, and 302 is forced display acceptance information. When the information is set to “Yes”, it is determined that the forced display request information is acceptable, and the subsequent processing is continued. Reference numeral 303 denotes ID information of the source of the forced display acceptance target, reference numeral 304 denotes subject information of the forced display acceptance target, and reference numeral 305 denotes mail capacity limit information, and a mail exceeding the capacity limit is not displayed. Reference numeral 306 denotes non-operation retry interval information, and the display determination unit 112 determines whether there is an operation of a keyboard or the like at a time interval specified by the information. Reference numeral 307 denotes display form information for setting the display form of the received mail to subject display or full-text display.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a mail generation process on the transmission terminal side, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing transmission data, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing details of transmission condition information data included in the transmission data. First, in step 401, a destination address 702 and subject of a mail are determined, and mail body data and attached file data are created. In step 402, information set in the transmission condition setting data shown in FIG. 2 is added as transmission condition information data 705. In step 403, the forced display request information 202
Is set to “Yes”, and if it is set, the process proceeds to step 404; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 405. In step 404, forced display request information 804 is set in the transmission condition information data 705. In step 405, the urgent information 203 is “Yes”
It is determined whether or not is set, and if it is set, the process proceeds to step 406; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 4
Proceed to 08. In step 406, it is determined whether or not the forced display request information 202 is set to “Yes”. If it is set, the process proceeds to step 408; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 407. That is, when the forced display request information 804 is set, the information is prioritized, and the urgent information 805 is not set. In step 407, urgent information 805 is set. In step 408, it is determined whether or not the confidential information 204 is set to "Yes". If it is set, the process proceeds to step 409,
Otherwise, go to step 410. Step 40
In step 9, confidential information 806 is set. Step 41
0, it is determined whether or not the reply request information 205 is set to “Yes”.
Go to step 11; otherwise, go to step 412.
In step 411, reply request information 807 is set. In step 412, a destination address 702 is set, and in step 413, the information is transmitted as transmission data 701.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the mail display processing on the receiving terminal side. First, step 50
At step 1, a mail is received. In step 502, it is determined whether or not the forced display acceptance information 302 included in the display condition setting data 301 is set to “Yes”.
If “Yes” is set, the process proceeds to step 504,
If not, the process proceeds to step 503, and the received mail is stored in the mailbox 503. In step 504, it is determined whether or not the received mail is a reply mail by referring to the reply mail information 808. If the reply mail is a reply mail, the process proceeds to step 601;
Go to 05. In step 505, it is determined whether or not the forced display request information 804 is set. If it is set, the process proceeds to step 506. If not, the process proceeds to step 503.
Save to 3. In step 506, it is determined whether or not the sender ID information 803 included in the received mail matches the ID information 303 set as the ID of the forced display acceptance target sender. If they match, the process proceeds to step 601; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 507. In step 507, subject information 802 included in the received mail
And subject information 3 set as the subject of the compulsory display acceptance target
It is determined whether 04 matches. If they match, the process proceeds to step 601; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 508. In step 508, the mail capacity information 809
Is compared with the mail capacity limit indicated by the mail capacity limit information 305 set in the display condition setting data 301. If the received mail capacity exceeds the mail capacity limit, the process proceeds to step 503, where the received mail is stored in the mailbox. 503 is stored. If not exceeded, step 601
Proceed to.

At step 601, it is determined whether or not a pointing device such as a mouse is operated.
If the operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step 604; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 602. In step 602, it is determined whether or not the keyboard is operated. If the keyboard is operated, the process proceeds to step 604; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 603. In step 603,
The process waits for the non-operation retry interval time to elapse, and proceeds to step 601 when the time elapses. If a mouse or keyboard operation is detected in step 601 or step 602, the process proceeds to step 604. In step 604, it is determined whether or not the reply request information 807 is set. If it is set, the process proceeds to step 605; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 611. In step 605, it is determined whether or not the confidential information 806 has been set. If it has been set, the process proceeds to step 606; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 610. In step 606, it is determined whether the display mode information 307 set in the display condition setting data 301 is set to the subject display or the full-text display. When the display is set to the subject display, the process proceeds to step 607. When the display is set to the full-text display, the process proceeds to step 609. In step 607, subject information 802 is displayed. In step 803, the process proceeds to step 609 by clicking the displayed subject information. In step 609, the user is requested to input recognition information, and the name of the user is confirmed. After confirming the name of the user, the process proceeds to step 610, where the full text of the mail is displayed on the display screen.

In step 611, confidential information 806
It is determined whether or not is set, and if it is set, the process proceeds to step 612; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 6
Proceed to 16. In step 612, it is determined whether the display mode information 307 set in the display condition setting data 301 is set to subject display or full-text display. Step 613 if the subject display is set
Go to step 61 if it is set to full text display
Go to 5. In step 613, subject information 802 is displayed. In step 814, the displayed subject information is clicked to proceed to step 615. In step 615, the user is requested to input recognition information, and the name of the user is confirmed. At step 616,
Display a reply mail creation screen on the display screen to guide the user to create a reply mail. In step 617, reply data is generated, and in step 618, a reply process is executed. As described above, according to the present embodiment,
Since the e-mail is opened at the time of operation on the receiving side, urgent e-mail can be quickly browsed. Also, since the reply mail creation screen is displayed at the same time, the reply process can be executed quickly.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, after the electronic mail arrives at the receiving side, the receiving side can promptly open and browse the mail data to deal with this.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an electronic mail device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing transmission condition setting data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing display condition setting data.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a mail generation process on the transmission terminal side.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a mail display process on the receiving terminal side.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a mail display process on the receiving terminal side.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing transmission data.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing details of transmission condition information data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 sending terminal 102 mail body creating unit 103 sending condition setting unit 104 destination setting unit 105 mail data creating unit 106 mail transmitting unit 107 network 108 receiving terminal 109 display condition setting unit 110 mail receiving unit 111 display condition determining unit 112 display determining unit 113 Display

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An electronic mail comprising destination address data, transmission source data, text data, and transmission condition setting data. The transmission condition setting data includes an e-mail including forced display request information for requesting a receiving side to forcibly display the text data. An e-mail display device for receiving, the e-mail display device comprising: an e-mail receiving unit for receiving the e-mail; and a display condition for e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit.
A mail display unit for displaying the received e-mail based on the display condition, the e-mail display unit further determines whether or not to accept the forced display request information, and displays the received e-mail only when it is acceptable An e-mail display device comprising: 2. The transmission condition setting data according to claim 1, wherein the transmission condition setting data includes subject information indicating a subject of the body data on a receiving side, and the mail display unit can display the body data after displaying the subject information. An e-mail display device characterized in that: 3. The transmission condition setting data according to claim 1, wherein the transmission condition setting data includes reply mail request information for requesting a receiving side to send a reply mail, and the mail display section displays the reply mail request information. An e-mail display device, which displays a reply e-mail creation screen on the e-mail display unit based on the information. 4. An electronic mail comprising destination address data, transmission source data, text data, and transmission condition setting data, wherein the transmission condition setting data is an e-mail including forced display request information for requesting a receiving side to forcibly display the text data. Transmitting the electronic mail, determining whether or not to accept the forced display request information of the received mail, and displaying the received mail only when the electronic mail is acceptable, How to send and receive mail. 5. The transmission condition setting data includes destination address data, transmission source data, body data, and transmission condition setting data, wherein the transmission condition setting data includes forced display request information for requesting a receiver to forcibly display the body data, and subject information and Transmitting an e-mail including any one of the reply e-mail request information; receiving the e-mail; determining whether the forced display request information of the received e-mail is acceptable; Displaying a mail, and displaying at least one of the subject information and the reply mail request information of the received mail, and displaying the subject information, the body information, and the reply mail creation screen, respectively. How to send and receive email.