JP2002108762A - Method and device for registering web page by electronic mail, recording medium recording program registering web page by electronic mail and electronic mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To register the text of an electronic mail in a Web server as a Web page and to easily update the Web page by using electronic software which can easily be used, writing the text of the electronic mail, which becomes the sentence of the Web page, and transmitting it to a specified address without creating the Web page and without using an FTP program. SOLUTION: The electronic mail is received, the text is cut from the electronic mail and the page is created so that the context can be read from the Web browser. The respective parts of the page are divided by a comment and they are made into a block. A processing such as update is performed for the respective blocks.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for registering a Web page created by a user in a Web server by using an electronic mail.
The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, recording medium, and e-mail for registering an eb page.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a user who has created a web page uses FTP to register the web page in a web server, and uses ASCII code for text and binary code for images and the like. It sends to a virtual directory.

[0003] To create a Web page, a text editor is used to input text while inserting HTML tags. However, it is possible to create a Web page using a dedicated HTML editor without knowing the tags. I have.

[0004]

However, creating a Web page using a text editor requires programming knowledge, which is surprising for users who have just started using the Internet or who are not appropriate for programming. It is actually difficult. In the case of an HTML editor, there still remains a problem that a web page in the production process and a web page displayed by a web browser do not always look the same. In other words, even if the user wants to make the Web page open casually, he or she often trips from the beginning.

In order to register a Web page created in this way in a Web server, as described above, the FT
To use P, it is necessary to set the address of the FTP server, the user ID, and the password in advance, which is a painful task for a beginner. For this reason, there has been a case where the Web page is given up.

[0006] On the other hand, there are many services available on the Internet, but in reality there are many users who only use Web browsing, which is called Internet surfing, and use only e-mail. The email contains
The big advantage is that you only need to enter the requirements and the destination address, so even a beginner can use it immediately.

In view of the above situation, the first aspect of the present invention
The goal is to create web pages and
Without using the P program, using the easily and easily available e-mail software, writing the body of the e-mail that becomes the text of the Web page and sending it to a specific address, the e-mail body can be converted to the Web An object of the present invention is to enable registration as a page in a Web server. A second object of the present invention is to further improve the usability.

[0008]

The above objects can be attained by receiving an electronic mail, cutting out the body, and generating a page so that the page can be browsed from a Web browser. An e-mail generally includes a header part and a text, but only a text is required to be sent to a Web page. Therefore, only the text is cut out from the received e-mail. Then, in order to make this text available for browsing from a Web browser, a required HTML tag is added to this text to generate a Web page and put it in a predetermined directory of the Web server.

[0009] In this way, the content is registered as a Web page only by sending an e-mail, so that anyone can use it easily and easily. In addition, even when access to the FTP server is not permitted, there is a convenience that a Web page can be registered by using an e-mail. When registering multiple e-mails in chronological order, it is convenient to generate an entry page listing the subjects described in the e-mail header part as described later. Each e-mail body is not necessarily a Web page, but may be a TEXT page.

Further, according to the present invention, a Web server is provided, and the generated page is transmitted to the Web browser in response to a transmission request from the Web browser. Although the present invention does not need to include a Web server, it may be integrated into a Web server.

According to the present invention, when the page is generated, an entry page is generated in addition to the page, and a link to the page is provided in the entry page. The entry page is a page listing the subject so that an arbitrary one can be selected from a Web browser when a plurality of e-mail texts are registered in chronological order. When selected, the page with the body of the e-mail linked to the subject is displayed. As the subject of this entry page, the subject described in the header part of the e-mail may be used as it is as described above, or the first one line may be used by extracting the first line from the main body of the e-mail, or the summarization of the main body may be automatically performed. It may be generated and used.

Further, according to the present invention, when the page is generated, if there is a page generated prior to the page, the page is added to the page. That is, the new page is added to the old page. Therefore,
When a plurality of e-mail texts are registered in chronological order, each page is not a separate page but a continuous page that is scrolled and browsed like a scroll. At this time, a new e-mail text may be added at the head of the page in time series or at the end of the page, which is an arbitrary design item.

Further, according to the present invention, when the page is generated, if there is a page generated prior to the page, the page is overwritten. That is,
The new page overwrites the old page. Therefore, it is effective when browsing only the latest e-mail text is not desired. As a concept similar to the overwriting, there is a replacement of a new page and an old page.

Further, according to the present invention, when the latest page is generated as a Web page, a mark indicating that the page is the latest page is provided in the page. This means that it is described as a character on a Web page or displayed as an icon by an image tag. Therefore, the user can see at a glance which is the latest page. It is desirable to remove this mark for pages that have become old due to updating.

Further, according to the present invention, when the page is generated, a predetermined header or tailor is added to the page. This means that if a page consisting only of the body of an e-mail is generated, it looks better than a TEXT page because the style can be specified, but it must be a page consisting only of the body. Therefore, if a header or tailor is added to the body of the electronic mail, or the body is sandwiched between both, and a banner or a photograph is displayed there, the impression of the page itself can be greatly changed. Therefore, the convenience of using electronic mail can be added to the beauty.

Further, according to the present invention, when generating the page, a frame-divided page is generated, but a page prepared in advance in a frame other than the frame in which the body of the electronic mail is placed is generated. As described above, a header or tailor may be added to the page. However, since the same page is used, a frame for separating pages is used. The page prepared in advance is configured to display another text, a banner, a photograph, or the like. Here generation is called
For example, for a sentence, a TEXT sentence is formed into an HTML sentence and prepared so that it can be inserted into a predetermined position of the frame, or prepared as an HTML sentence in advance and inserted into a predetermined position of the frame. It is.

According to the present invention, when the page is generated, an entry page is generated in addition to the page, and a page divided into two frames is generated.
An entry page is described in one frame, an e-mail text is described in another frame, and a link to the e-mail text is provided on the entry page. For example, a page is divided into left and right or top and bottom frames. In the case of left and right division, the left side is used. Thus, when a plurality of e-mail texts are registered in chronological order, in the frame on the entry page side, the subject is enumerated so that any one can be selected, and the subject is enumerated from this enumerated subject. When 1 is selected, a page having the body of the e-mail linked to the subject is displayed in the frame on the other side. Therefore, the listability is improved.

Further, according to the present invention, when generating the page, a style sheet registered in advance is read, and the page is generated based on the description of the style sheet. If a style sheet is used, it is possible to determine in advance how to allocate an e-mail text in a page. Also, by changing the style sheet, the appearance of the page can be uniformly changed. It is also possible to specify a style sheet to be used for each e-mail to be transmitted as described later. Therefore,
It is possible to automatically specify the background color and image of the page, the name and position of the image to be placed in the page, the character type, character color and character size of the body, the title setting, etc., for the received e-mail. . In addition, it is also possible to display a counter for counting page views.

Further, according to the present invention, an address corresponding to a required style item is prepared in advance, and when an e-mail is received at this address, the corresponding style sheet is selected from the style sheets registered in advance. Selected,
A page is generated based on the description of this style sheet. That is, an electronic mail addressed to style@****.net is accepted, and if the setting is written in the body in a predetermined form, the corresponding style sheet is selected. Alternatively, an electronic mail addressed to back1@****.net is accepted without writing in the text, and an image called back1 is selected as the background. In addition, an e-mail addressed to photo1_center@****.net is accepted, and a photo image named photo1 is placed in the center of the upper part of the page. Although the text of the e-mail to be posted is transmitted separately, it may be set so that the text of the e-mail to be posted is written as the text of the e-mail addressed to the specific address described above, and these are optional design items. Therefore, according to the present invention, an effect similar to writing a Web page decorated with a tag can be obtained by using an e-mail.

Further, according to the present invention, when a specific extended field is found from the header part, a style sheet corresponding to the description of the extended field is selected from the style sheets registered in advance, and this style sheet is selected. The page is generated based on the description. With the addition of the style specification to the header part, R
According to FC822 “Standard for Format of ARPA Internet Text Message”, an item “extension-field” is defined therein, and a name starting with “X-” may be given. What is necessary is just to define and use in this invention.
For example, "X-Style: Frame10" or the like. Therefore, a style sheet can be designated only by additionally designating the header part in addition to the e-mail text. For example, when "X-Font: Ming Dynasty" is set, the font specification may be designed to be interpreted.

Further, according to the present invention, a specific address is prepared, and when an e-mail is received at this address, a page from which a specific part is deleted is generated. That is, if an e-mail addressed to delete@****.net is accepted and the body of the e-mail to be deleted is written in a predetermined form, the corresponding e-mail body is deleted. Alternatively, without writing in the text, accept e-mail addressed to delete@****.net,
For example, delete the most recently posted email body. Therefore, if the user wants to delete the information once posted on the Web page, the user can delete the electronic mail by sending the cancellation e-mail to a specific address, and the usability is further improved.

Further, according to the present invention, an entry page is generated as a management page in addition to the page, and an e-mail text to be deleted is selected from the management page, and a portion corresponding to the selected e-mail text is selected. Is generated to remove the page. This entry page permits access only to the owner of the page. That is, this entry page is first displayed, and the page to be deleted is selected and deleted from a plurality of e-mail bodies registered in chronological order. Therefore, when it is desired to delete the content once posted on the Web page, it can be executed.

Further, according to the present invention, a log is created by extracting management information such as a sender and a reception date from an electronic mail. This log permits access only to the owner of the page. Therefore, it is possible to notify the owner of the page whether or not the transmitted e-mail has been registered as instructed.

Further, according to the present invention, an electronic mail in which the processing content is written is created and returned. Therefore, the owner of the page can know what processing has been performed from the received e-mail.

Further, according to the present invention, when a divided file is received, the divided file is generated as a concatenated page when the page is generated. For example, when it is desired to put a text on a Web page using an e-mail service of a mobile phone having a limited number of characters, a sentence having a number of characters exceeding the limit must be transmitted separately. That is, since the system inevitably receives the divided files, they must be connected. Therefore, according to the present invention, the present invention can be used from an electronic mail service such as a mobile phone or a PHS.

Further, according to the present invention, a Web form transmission screen is generated, and the form contents transmitted from the Web form transmission screen are received to generate the page. The form is a mechanism devised to give the Web a kind of interactivity, and the user can fill out this form and send it to the Web master. Such a W
A web-based e-mail transmission screen is often used as a type of web form transmission screen. General SM
Not email software that supports TP,
For sending and receiving e-mail on a Web basis (Web
Using e-mail software (to provide an e-mail client to the user on the page to enable sending and receiving e-mail using a web browser)
E-mail can be sent for this invention. The present invention provides such a Web-based electronic mail system. Therefore, even if the SMTP client cannot be used, the text to be registered can be transmitted as long as the Web browser is operating.

Further, according to the present invention, if there is an attached file, the attached file is divided from the mail body and the attached file is arranged at a predetermined position when the page is generated. An image to be placed on the page can be given as the attached file. The predetermined position is, for example, the attached image is at the upper right of the page, and the mail text is to be wrapped around this image. Therefore, a sentence containing an image can be registered very easily.

Further, according to the present invention, when the received electronic mail is an HTML mail, the main body is cut out from the HTML mail with a required tag left, and generated. As a result, it is possible to leave all tags assigned to the body part as they are, and to carry out the setting of the body of the HTML mail as it is when the page is generated. Therefore, if a mail client capable of transmitting HTML mail is used, the text can be decorated while the mail body is being created, and the impression of the page can be made gorgeous.

Further, according to the present invention, a page is generated by cutting out the body from the mail spool.
In a mail server in a UNIX (registered trademark) system or the like, a plurality of received e-mails are stored in a series in a mail spool. Therefore, the body part can be cut out one by one from the mail spool, and each can be generated as the page.

Further, according to the present invention, the received electronic mail is forwarded based on the description of ".forward", and the electronic mail is received from the standard input by pipe processing. Therefore, the body can be cut out from the e-mail received from the standard input and generated as the page.

Further, according to the present invention, a special port is provided, and an e-mail is received from this port. Generally, the port number of the POP3 server is 11
0 is used. This is clear from the fact that, for example, the mail can be read by specifying 110 using the telnet port number specification and communicating directly with the POP3 server. However, this does not mean that this port number must be used. Therefore, by designating a special port, software for performing the processing of the present invention can receive an e-mail from this port. Therefore, for example, it is possible to assign a different port number to each user.

Further, according to the present invention, the mail once received is sent to a page generation process using so-called inter-process communication. For example, a fork is used for exchanging data between software that receives an e-mail and software that performs a page generation process. Therefore, the method of data exchange is an arbitrary design matter.

Further, according to the present invention, when a comment line is found in the body of an electronic mail, a page is generated with the comment line left. Comment lines are
It is a special line that is processed so as not to be displayed when browsing by a normal user, and is common in HTML documents and the like. Therefore, the text is blocked (elemented) by the comment line, and various changes such as update, replacement, addition, and deletion can be performed on these blocks later using the comment line as a mark. . Note that titles, paragraphs, images, tables, frames, entire pages, and the like can be blocks. Although the above-mentioned page is a Web page, pages other than the Web page can be blocked by comment lines, and various changes can be made to the block. Therefore, the modification can be performed without directly editing the page, which is particularly convenient for remote editing.

Further, according to the present invention, when a designation of a comment line and a treatment instruction are found in an electronic mail, a treatment based on the contents of the treatment instruction is performed on a block related to the comment line. ing. The term “in the e-mail” refers to a header part, a title (subject) line therein, an e-mail body, and the like. If a comment line designation and a treatment instruction are found somewhere, a treatment based on the contents of the treatment instruction for the block corresponding to the designated comment line, for example, update, replacement, addition, deletion, etc. Perform Therefore, the user can perform an action such as rewriting at a specific location on the Web page only by sending an e-mail. Update,
New text when performing actions such as replacement and addition,
The file may be described in the body of the e-mail or may be an attached file, and the new image may be an attached file of the e-mail. In addition, it is also possible to include the specification of a page when there are a plurality of Web pages, such as which comment line of which page, in the specification of the comment line.

Further, according to the present invention, a specific address is prepared, and when an e-mail is received at this address and a comment line designation is found in the e-mail, a block related to the comment line is added to the block. On the other hand, the processing instruction corresponding to this address is executed. The treatment instruction is set so as to be specified by the address at which the e-mail was received. When a comment line designation is found in the e-mail, the block to be treated can be specified based on the comment line designation. Therefore, the user only has to write the block to be treated in the e-mail in the form of specifying a comment line and send the e-mail to the address corresponding to the contents of the treatment such as deletion.

Further, according to the present invention, a specific address is prepared, and when an e-mail is received at this address and a treatment instruction is found in the e-mail title, a Web page corresponding to this address is prepared. The processing instruction is executed for a block related to the comment line. In short, the comment line is specified by this address. Note that it is also possible to include, in this address, the designation of a page when there are a plurality of Web pages.

Further, according to the present invention, the registered Web
The comment line on the page is rewritten according to the rules. This may be, for example, a comment line may have a complicated nested structure while repeating the above-mentioned treatment, and even if the comment line is initially intentionally numbered sequentially, This is coming down. This can lead to confusion when specifying comment lines later. Therefore, when it is necessary to renumber the serial numbers neatly again, this rewriting is performed.

Next, the present invention is an electronic mail characterized in that the body is divided into blocks by comment lines. The body is divided into blocks by comment lines as the data structure of the e-mail. The body of the e-mail is registered as a Web page for each comment line. Therefore, various changes such as update, replacement, addition, and deletion can be performed later on the text using the comment line as a mark.

Further, according to the present invention, the block is sandwiched between the start comment line indicating the start and the end comment line indicating the end. A block can be specified if there is only a start comment line. This is because it is possible to find out from the start comment line to the next start comment line as one block (element). However, it is easier for a person to visually confirm that a block is sandwiched between a start comment line and an end comment line.

Further, according to the present invention, the comment line has a nested structure. Within the nest, it is possible to mix blocks of the same hierarchy or blocks of different hierarchies. Therefore, more complicated and detailed block designation (element designation) can be performed, and measures such as update, replacement, addition, and deletion can be performed.

Next, the present invention relates to a Web form transmission screen which generates a Web form transmission screen, receives form contents transmitted from the Web form transmission screen, and generates the page. Generate a transmission screen, receive the contents of this form, generate an e-mail with the reception address corresponding to the processing type written in the mail header and send it to the user's desired address, and in the reply mail to this e-mail The mail sent with the body written is received, the body is cut out, and the processing corresponding to the processing type is performed. Since the Web form transmission screen may be a Web-based electronic mail transmission screen, it may be referred to as “Web form (Web-based electronic mail)” below.

The present invention takes into account the fact that the user may not be able to remember the address corresponding to the processing type (the above-mentioned treatment instruction), the request of a part of the processing to another person, and the like. First, the user selects a processing type, and the user selects a processing type.
(The base e-mail), and then send an e-mail with the address corresponding to this processing type (the treatment instruction) as a return address to the user's desired address, and reply to this e-mail to the user. However, at this time, they are asked to create the body of the e-mail.

The user only has to perform a reply operation to the e-mail having the address corresponding to the processing type as the reply address, and does not need to input the address in the address column. That is, it is much easier for the user to select the processing type on the Web than to remember and input the address corresponding to the processing type. In addition, when the user is required to select a processing type in advance, the processing type may be selected by accessing any of the Web pages provided for each processing type,
There is a case where a processing type is selected from a list (selection screen) on a Web page. In any case, the processing type (the treatment instruction) can be specified on the Web page (optional).
Is the biggest feature.

Further, according to the present invention, the reception address is designated on the Web form transmission screen (on the Web-based e-mail transmission screen), and the designated reception address is set as the user's desired address. It was set. As described above, the processing type (the treatment instruction)
Is sent to the user with the address corresponding to the reply address as the reply address. At this time, this address is the address specified by the user. As an effect of this, for example, by selecting a processing type such as updating its own web page on the web browser of the mobile phone and specifying the address of the desktop personal computer, the mail text is not a very difficult numeric keypad of the mobile phone. This means that you can type from the full keyboard of your desktop computer. Alternatively, when selecting a process of adding an image that is not at hand, it is possible to specify the address of another person who can handle the image. If you want to write slowly at home, you can leave just an entry for your reminder (to send a reminder email to your home address). As described above, as a method of allowing the user to select a processing type, a method of selecting a processing type by having the user access any of the Web pages provided for each processing type, or a method of selecting a list on the Web page (selection) is used. Screen) to select the processing type. The same applies to the following inventions.

Further, according to the present invention, the user is allowed to register a plurality of the receiving addresses, and a desired one of the plurality of receiving addresses can be selected from the plurality of receiving addresses on a Web form transmission screen (Web-based electronic mail transmission screen). 1 is designated, and the reception address designated here is set as the address desired by the user. Therefore, when the user designates an address, by selecting an arbitrary one from those registered in advance, it is possible to more easily designate and raise the address. As described above, even with the address of the terminal that is currently viewing the Web form transmission screen (Web-based electronic mail transmission screen),
The address of the desktop personal computer or the address of another person can be freely designated by a drop-down menu or the like.

Further, according to the present invention, in the transmission screen of the Web form (in the transmission screen of the Web-based e-mail)
Generates a selection screen for allowing the user to select the processing type of the e-mail text, receives this form (e-mail), and generates an e-mail in which the reception address corresponding to the selected processing type is written in the e-mail header. To do. Although it has been described that the processing type may be selected by accessing one of the Web pages provided for each processing type, in the present invention, the processing type is selected from a list on the Web page. ing. Therefore, the form (Web-based e-mail) transmission screen is 1
Thus, a desired processing type (the treatment instruction) can be easily selected from this.

Further, according to the present invention, during the transmission screen of the Web form (during the Web-based electronic mail transmission screen)
, A text input window for writing from the screen of this form (Web page) is generated, and the content written and transmitted here is generated as a Web page. Therefore, not only the registration of the Web page by the e-mail of the present invention but also the registration from the Web can be performed, and the user can select 1 from the two registration methods, thereby increasing the degree of freedom. Have been successful.

The recording medium on which the program is recorded is a CD
-ROM, hard disk, flexible disk, R
The concept includes OM, RAM, memory card, paper tape, punch card, and the like. In addition to a recording medium on which a program is recorded in a state that can be directly executed by a computer, for example, a recording medium on which a program which can be executed by being installed from a CD-ROM to another recording medium such as a hard disk, or data is stored. Encoding,
It also includes a recording medium on which an encrypted or compressed program is recorded. The reason for including the RAM is that the program received via the network may be loaded on the RAM.

[0049]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows a Web according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1 shows the overall configuration of a page registration device. The input device 1 has a keyboard for performing various operations in the Web page registration device. Display device 1
1 is for displaying various setting operations from the input device 1 and the results thereof. The receiving device 13 is for receiving an electronic mail from a user. Transmission device 1
Numeral 4 is for making it possible to browse a processing result of the control device 12 described later, receives an access from the Web browser, reads a page requested by the Web browser from the storage device 10, and transmits the page to the Web browser. The control device 12 cuts out the body from the e-mail received by the receiving device 13, adds an HTML tag, and
To memorize.

This Web page registration device is always connected to a network such as the Internet. In this embodiment, the receiving device 13 is provided to receive the e-mail from the user. However, the receiving device 13 may be a separate device to receive the e-mail from the receiving device. In this embodiment, the transmission device 14 is provided, and the page requested by the Web browser is transmitted to the Web browser. However, the transmission device 14 may be provided as a separate device so that the storage device 10 can be accessed. These are the same in the following embodiments.

Next, the registration apparatus of the Web page shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration realized by using U2. FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the user's e-mail client 9, Web server 8, and Web browser 92 connected via the Internet. FIG. 4 shows an e-mail form sent by the e-mail client 9, and FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents. FIG. 6 shows a state of monitoring by the display 11, which is also displayed and displayed on the Web browser 92 side. FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of the mail processing program 31.

The CPU 2 has a memory 20, a hard disk 10 as a storage device, a keyboard / mouse 1 as an input device, a display 11 as a display device, and a CD-ROM.
The drive 21 is connected. The hard disk 10 stores an operating system OS3, a mail receiving program 30, a mail processing program 31, and a Web server program 80. These programs are stored in a CD-RO via the CD-ROM drive 21.
It is installed from M22.

As shown in FIG. 3, an e-mail client 9, a Web server 8, and a Web browser 92 are connected to the Internet. At least the Web server 8 is always connected.

The e-mail created by the e-mail client 9 has a form as shown in FIG. That is, it is composed of a header 90 and a mail text 91, and is handled as a packet. An example of the contents of the e-mail is shown in FIG. There is one blank line between the header 90 and the mail body 91, and the mail processing program 31 finds this blank line and cuts out the body 91. The first line of the cut out text 91 is set as the subject of the Web page, and the second and subsequent lines are set as the text.

As shown in the flowchart of the mail processing program 31 in FIG. 7, the e-mail transmitted by the e-mail
0 and passed to the mail processing program 31 (step S1). The mail processing program 31 cuts out the main body 91 of the mail (step S2), attaches an HTML tag (step S3), and reads out a predetermined file so as to write the text thus formatted into a predetermined file (steps S4 to S6). ). If the predetermined file exists, the formatted text is added (step S7) and saved in the virtual directory (step S1).
0), leaving the previous work in a log (step S11)
finish. But if the given file doesn't exist,
A new file is created (step S8), the formatted text is written (step S7), saved in the virtual directory (step S10), and the work so far is left in a log (step S11), and the process ends. The virtual directory is an area of the hard disk 10 accessed by the Web server program 80.

When the Web browser 92 issues a request for browsing the text to the Web server program 80, the Web server program 80 accesses the virtual directory, reads the text, and sends it to the Web browser 92. FIG. 6 shows a state of monitoring by the display 11. December 30 is the subject 61, and the main text is a portion indicated by reference numeral 62. Thereafter, the subject 6 and the text 60 on December 31 added in this process are displayed. Therefore, it is displayed on the Web browser 92 in this manner. This is originally the content of the e-mail as shown in FIG.

In the above-described embodiment, the subject 61 and the text 62 on December 30 and the subject 6 and the text 60 on December 31 are written together on one page. On the other hand, in the following embodiment, the entry page 50 and the Web page 5 in which the
In this example, a virtual directory is stored in a state where a link is provided from the user to the Web page 5 (FIG. 8).

When the mail processing program 31 receives a new e-mail, the main body of the mail is cut out from the e-mail, and the subject is added to the entry page with the first line as the subject and the second and subsequent lines as the body, A body page is newly generated, and an anchor tag is assigned to the subject of the entry page 50 with the Web page 5 describing the body as a link destination. Therefore, when the part of the entry page 50 on December 31 is clicked, the body page on December 31 is displayed.

Next, in FIG. 9, the mail processing program 31
Takes an example of processing a newly received e-mail and overwriting an old one. December 3
A Web page describing the subject 61 and the body 62 on the 0th day is replaced by a W page describing the subject 6 and the body 60 on December 31.
Overwrite with eb page. Therefore, the subject 61 and the text 62 on December 30 have been deleted.

Next, in FIG. 10, the mail processing program 31
Generates the Web page 5, the header page 51 stored in the virtual directory is replaced with the Web page 5.
, And the tailor page 52 is added to the tail of the Web page 5 to generate one page.

In the embodiments described above, the received e-mail is generated as a text-only page composed of the subject and the text, so that the impression is a little simple and scathing. On the other hand, in this embodiment, a header page 51 or a tailor page 52 prepared in advance is used.
Has been added. Therefore, the page will look good. If an image is added to the header page 51 or the tailor page 52, it can be made more gorgeous.

Next, in FIG. 11, the mail processing program 31
Generates a page partitioned by the frame 41 when generating the Web page 5. That is, a two-tiered structure in which a frame 40 having a banner page 53 is provided on a frame 41 having a Web page 5 is provided. The banner page 53 may be prepared in advance. So the page looks good.

Next, in FIG. 12, the mail processing program 31
Generates frame pages 42 and 43 having two left and right sections when generating Web page 5,
Entry page 54 in left frame page 42,
Then, in the right frame page 43, only the body Web
Page 5 was assigned.

In the left frame page 42, the titles are arranged in ascending order, and a mark 55 indicating that the title is the latest is added to the latest title. This mark is “New!
! Icon image, and is displayed by an image tag.

Next, in FIG. 13, the mail processing program 31
Generates a Web page, reads a style sheet 56 registered in advance, and generates a Web page based on the description of the style sheet. The style sheet “style 01” indicates a portion described in #biggin to #end. Here, the background color, body character type, size, and character color of the Web page are specified.
Therefore, a very attractive Web page can be shown even though the user has just received a text-based e-mail.

Next, in FIG. 14, the mail processing program 31
Shows how a style sheet is switched when a Web page is generated.

The receiving apparatus sets a format address different from the standard address in addition to the standard address.
You can receive them separately at one address. When the user sends the e-mail to the standard address, the mail processing program 31 formats the e-mail with reference to the standard style sheet (a). On the other hand, when the user sends a style sheet of a new format created by the user to the format address, the mail processing program 31 replaces the standard style sheet with the new style sheet. ing. Therefore, when the user next sends the e-mail to the standard address, the mail processing program 31 shapes the e-mail with reference to the new format style sheet (b). New style sheets can be created by the user,
Alternatively, provide the user with the one created here in advance,
You may make it select freely.

Next, in FIG. 15, the mail processing program 31
In generating a Web page, the user checks the header part 90 of the e-mail sent by the user, and if the extension field 910 is described, the extension field 91 from the style sheet prepared in advance is used.
In this example, a style sheet corresponding to the description of “0” is selected (in this example, style01), and a page is generated based on the description of the style sheet.

The user is informed in advance what style sheets are prepared and what their names are. And email header part 9
If a style sheet is not described in 0, or if a corresponding style sheet does not exist even if it is described, whether a standard style sheet is used or nothing is used may be set. FIG. 16 shows an example of the processing. An e-mail is received (step S1).
2), the mail processing program 31 cuts out the subject and the body (step S13). Here, it is checked whether or not the extension field 910 is described (step S14). If not, the HTML tag is simply added to the subject and the body as it is. If it is described and there is a style sheet with the described content (step S15), the style sheet is read (step S16), the subject and the body are formatted (step S17), and the virtual directory is read. It is stored (step S18).

Next, in FIG. 17, the mail processing program 31
In generating a Web page, the receiving apparatus sets a deletion address different from the standard address in addition to the standard address, and can receive an e-mail separately at the two addresses, and performs different processing for each address. An embodiment will be described.

When the user sends an e-mail to the standard address, the mail processing program 31 formats the e-mail. On the other hand, when the user sends an e-mail with the subject 61 as the subject to the deletion address, the subject 61 and the body 62 are deleted from the already published Web page. Therefore, when it is desired to delete a specific sentence from a web page that has already been posted, it is convenient because it can be received and sent by e-mail.

Next, in FIG. 18, the mail processing program 31
In generating a Web page, a management page 93 of the Web page is presented so that only its owner can access it, an entry is displayed on the management page 93, and an arbitrary subject can be selected from this entry. In this example, the subject to be deleted is selected from the management page, the selected subject and the corresponding text are deleted, and the entry page is updated. In this example, December 30 was checked to delete the text on December 30, and the OK button was pressed.

Next, in FIG. 19, the mail processing program 31
Shows an embodiment in which, when generating a Web page, the user is notified of the success or failure and a log is left. Therefore, in this embodiment, a mail transmission program 81 is provided as shown in FIG. The mail receiving program 30 and the mail sending program 81 may be an integrated mail sending / receiving program.

The mail processing program 31 cuts out management information such as a user name and a reception date from the received e-mail and creates a log file. In this log file, the success or failure of the Web page generation process and the cause of the failure (error log) are written. At the same time, an e-mail containing the processing details at this time was created and sent to the user. Therefore, even if any trouble occurs, the users can take measures together.

Next, in FIG. 21, the mail processing program 31
In generating a Web page, when a divided file is received, a method of generating the divided file as a linked page is described. Here, an example is shown in which two e-mails having the same subject are successively received.

Therefore, this embodiment is suitable for a user who wants to send an e-mail from a mobile phone or a PHS, for example.
You can remove the character limit and raise it. It is also effective, for example, when it is necessary to add later.

FIG. 22 shows a state in which the Web server has transmitted a Web-based electronic mail transmission screen. Reference numeral 82 denotes a mail transmission screen, which includes a header area 83 and a text area 84. The data transmitted from such a general Web-based e-mail system can be received and registered on a Web page. However, Web-based e-mail systems and Web
Since the page registration system is on the same site, smtp may or may not be used as the transmission protocol.

Note that the Web-based e-mail transmission screen can be redesigned to be dedicated to a Web page registration system. For example, it is possible to configure a transmission screen that allows the user to select the above-described style sheet or to delete the unnecessary text.

Next, in FIG. 23, the mail processing program 31
Shows a processing procedure in which, when generating a Web page, if there is an attached file, the file is divided from the mail body and the attached file is arranged at a predetermined position when the page is generated. Upon receiving the e-mail from the standard input (step S19), the mail processing program 31 cuts out the subject and the body (step S20),
It is checked whether or not the e-mail has an attached image (step S21). If it is attached, a predetermined style sheet is read (step S22), and a predetermined HTML tag is added to the subject and the body according to the style sheet. (Step S23), the sentence thus formatted is stored in the virtual directory (Step S24), and the process ends. If it is determined in step S21 that there is no attached image in the e-mail, the subject and the body are formatted using a standard style sheet.

Therefore, when an image is attached to the e-mail, the image can be optimally arranged. For example, what is shown in FIG. 24 is a style sheet in which a header page 51 is added to the upper part of the Web page 5 and a picture 7 as an attached image is arranged left-justified between the subject 6 and the body 60. Is an example read in step S22.

Next, FIG. 25 shows an example of an HTML mail source. In this embodiment, when the received electronic mail is an HTML mail, a Web page is generated by cutting out the main body from the HTML mail while leaving a required tag. Reference numeral 96 indicates a cutout portion.
The mail processing program 31 cuts out the cutout section 96 from the HTML mail and sets it as a base, cuts out a subject from the cutout section 96, attaches a title tag to the title, and assigns a title tag.
Generate page b.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the user can specify the background, image, character size, font type, etc.
If an ML mail is created, it can be published as a Web page almost as it is.

Next, FIG. 26 shows in what form the mail text is received. That is, usually, the e-mail specifies the port number 25. Where XX
A new port 23 is designated by designating a port number port, and an e-mail from a user is received at the new port 23. The protocol in this case is smtp as before.

However, if a new reception processing program is created, a new port 2
4, it is possible to receive a sentence to be made into a Web page with a unique protocol here. Similarly, a reception processing program using a conventional protocol such as ftp or telnet may be created and used. In this way, use of e-mail is not particularly concerned.

Next, FIG. 27 shows in what form the mail text is received. This shows a state in which a header 97 and a body 98 are cut out from the mail spool. Since a number of received mails are recorded in a series on the mail spool, a necessary portion can be cut out from the received mails and delivered to the mail processing program 31. In this case, the e-mails accumulated so far can be periodically cut out and processed at once.

Next, FIG. 28 shows in what form the mail text is received. That is, the electronic mail received by the mail receiving program 32 is forwarded based on the description in the forward file, and the electronic mail is received from the standard input by the mail processing program by pipe processing. Since a general processing method in a UNIX system or the like is applied to the present invention, implementation is relatively easy.

Next, FIG. 29 shows in what form the mail text is processed. That is, if the email received by sendmail has an attached file such as a photo, the UNIX system creates a new process and executes it at the same time. In this embodiment, in addition to sendmail, a total of three processes of a mail processing process and an attached file processing process are newly executed at the same time. Again U
Since a general processing method in a NIX system or the like is applied to the present invention, implementation is relatively easy.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram of the data structure of an e-mail to be transmitted. More specifically, the already generated We
This is an embodiment relating to a data structure of an e-mail so that various changes such as partial update, replacement, addition, and deletion can be instructed later by e-mail on page b. In order to achieve this object, a modified e-mail as shown in FIG. 30 is transmitted from the beginning to the mail processing program. That is, the portion to which the modification process is to be added later is divided into blocks in advance, and a start comment line 97 is placed at the beginning of each block as a mark of this delimiter. The body of the e-mail is Web
Registered as a page. Thereby, the comment line 97 is specified by e-mail later, and the contents of the action are merely transmitted to the mail processing program, and the mail processing program performs a predetermined action on the block indicated by the specified start comment line 97. To be able to do things.

The comment line is originally not displayed at the time of browsing by the user, and is utilized. Although the name of the start comment line 97 is arbitrary, the start comment line 97 is sandwiched between “<! −−” and “−−>”. You can freely change the format of invisible comment lines depending on the browser.

Next, in FIG. 31, each block demarcated to be subjected to a change process later is referred to as a pair of start comment lines 9.
7 shows an embodiment sandwiched between 7 and an end comment line 98. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 30, the start comment line 97
To the next start comment line 97 are determined to be one block. On the other hand, in order to improve the visibility, the block is sandwiched between the start comment line 97 and the end comment line 98. This method is particularly effective in the nested structure described below.

Next, FIG. 32 shows an example of the source of the HTML mail. In this embodiment, the e-mail to be sent is H
This is a TML mail, and a comment line having a nested structure is attached to the HTML mail. The parent block 99 is between the start comment line 97 and the end comment line 98, and is also sandwiched between the start comment line 97 and the end comment line 98 by a set of a start comment line and an end comment line. A set of child blocks 900 has been inserted. Each of the child blocks 900 is an image, and this image is designated by an image tag in the HTML mail.

The block sandwiched between the start comment line 97 and the end comment line 98 is given the name "001". The two images, which are child blocks, are named "001-01" and "001-02", indicating that they are one level below the parent block. In this way, a page having a complicated structure is divided into small parts, and a modification process with a high degree of freedom can be performed later by using an e-mail.

In FIG. 33, the mail processing program 31
Shows a state in which a comment line is left as it is when the Web page is generated. This comment line is a mark for specifying a block as described above, and since there is a comment line, various changes such as update, replacement, addition, and deletion can be performed on these blocks later. It becomes. For this reason, the subject and the body are formatted by leaving the comment line as it is.

Next, in FIG. 34, the designation of the comment line and the processing instruction are performed in the extension field newly defined in the header 90 of the electronic mail. The X-Dealing: line is a treatment instruction designation 901, and the X-Comment:
Is a comment line designation 902. Action instruction specification 90
1 is an example in which “replace” is specified, and the comment line specification 902 is “0 in aa.html”.
This is an example in which "block corresponding to comment line 003" is specified.

The mail processing program (not shown) specifies a treatment instruction designation 901 and a comment line designation 9 from the electronic mail.
02 is found, and aa. It operates to rewrite the block corresponding to 0003 of the file html. Of course, if neither or both of the treatment instruction designation 901 and the comment line designation 902 are found, no processing can be performed and the mail text is discarded. Although the above description has shown the case where a sentence is replaced with a new sentence, it is also possible to say that the sentence is replaced with a table described in a frame or an image is replaced with a sentence. In addition, new text when performing actions such as updating, replacing, adding, etc. may be described in the body of the e-mail or attached file, etc. do it.

Next, FIG. 35 shows a state in which the mail processing program executes a treatment instruction, and FIG. 36 shows an electronic mail of the present invention used at this time. First, in the e-mail, the prepared specific address is described in the To: line of the header 90. This address is provided as an address corresponding to the delete instruction, such as “delete @”. In the mail text 91, bb. ht
000 which is the nest of parent block of 0003
3-01 block is designated. Reference numeral 903 indicates an address line, and reference numeral 904 indicates a comment line designation. Since the comment line designation 904 is not the comment itself, “<! −−” and “−−>” are not added, but as long as the mail processing program can interpret it, “<! −−” And "->" can also be given.

Therefore, the mail processing program executes the processing of “d
When the e-mail is received at the address "elite @", it is confirmed that the address-corresponding treatment instruction is a delete instruction, and that a comment line designation 904 is found in the e-mail text 91, and bb. The 0003-01 block of the html is confirmed, and the contents of this block are "deleted".

Next, FIG. 37 relates to a treatment list 905.
This list shows that the comment line of the Web page to be treated is used for the address, and the title (subject) of the e-mail is used to specify the treatment instruction. Therefore, the update is cc. html 000
6_01_, the description at the top of the list is cc. html
Next to the block corresponding to 0006_04_
If it is desired to add a block 6_05_, the notation in the middle row is used, and cc. 0007
If you want to make an email, you can add the lower notation to the email.

[0100] The mail processing program that receives such an e-mail executes a processing instruction indicated by the e-mail title for a specific block of the file indicated by the reception address.

Next, FIG. 38A shows a comment line before rearrangement, and FIG. 38B shows a comment line after rewriting. Originally, as shown in FIG.
The "Sakura Photograph" sandwiched between a pair of comment lines named "1" and the "Plum Photograph" sandwiched between a pair of comment lines named "001-02" existed as image tags of the child block 900. . When it executes the replacement instruction, it becomes 001-0 as shown in FIG.
The comment numbers were no longer consecutive, such as 001-03 "Pine Photo" followed by "Sakura Photo".

Therefore, the mail processing program (not shown) performs the work of reassigning the comment number, so that the “photograph of cherry blossoms” of 001-01 as shown in FIG.
HT02 so that 001-02 "Pine Photo" comes after
The ML page is rewritten.

Since the browser is provided with a command for viewing the source, the H
The TML page can be viewed with comment lines. At this time, it can be seen that the comment numbers are neatly arranged. Therefore, in the case where some processing is to be performed on the block at the next opportunity, there is an effect that the designation of the block is easy to understand and easy.

In the embodiment described below, when a user sends an e-mail text to an address corresponding to the processing type of the e-mail text, the addresses corresponding to the processing types are stored one by one, and When the user selects the processing type so that there is no need to write in the address input field, an e-mail with a header processed so that the corresponding address becomes the reply address (From or Reply-To) is sent to the user However, it is only for the user to reply to this e-mail. When a reply operation is performed on the received e-mail, the reply address (From or Reply-T
This is because o) is automatically filled in, and it is a good division if the reply address corresponds to the processing type of the e-mail text.

FIG. 39 shows a Web page,
The treatment instruction selection frame 85 on the left side and the form transmission frame 86 on the right side are displayed separately. In the treatment instruction selection frame 85, for example, "add under pointer"
Is clicked, the corresponding Web page is transmitted to the form transmission frame 86. In this form transmission frame 86, an e-mail in which an e-mail address for receiving a treatment instruction of "addition under pointer" is set to the reply address 72 (Reply-To), and a commentary on "addition under pointer" is provided by the user. An address input box 87 is provided for inputting a transmission address (To) required for transmission to a desired address. After filling in the address input box 87, the user presses the send button.

As shown in FIG. 40, the address desired by the user entered in the address input box 87 is set as the transmission address (To), and the address corresponding to the processing instruction of “addition under pointer” is set as the return address 72 ( A reply 70 is created as a reply 70, and "Enter text #" is written in the mail body input section 71, and the e-mail 7 is transmitted to the address desired by the user.

Therefore, when the user (the person specified by the transmission address) attempts to reply to this e-mail 7, the transmission address (To) of the header 90 of the reply mail 908 is set as shown in FIG. Means that the reply address 909 corresponding to the treatment instruction is automatically attached. Therefore, the user only has to fill in the mail text 91 and send it.

FIG. 42 is a flow chart showing a series of processing procedures up to this point, and is transmitted from the form transmission frame 86 shown in FIG. 39 (the transmission address has already been determined at this time). The form mail is received, the type of the treatment instruction can be confirmed because of this transmission address, and the reply address (R
eply-To), send it to the address specified in the address input box 87, receive a reply mail to it, and perform an appropriate action on the mail text 91 described therein. In this case, the address is not specified in the address input field 87. At this time, the address may be transmitted to the default address set by the user.

Next, the form transmission screen 8 shown in FIG.
8 is characterized in that a treatment instruction selection menu 89 is provided so that the transmission address of this form mail is designated. Return address (R
eply-To) is determined here, which is different from the form shown in FIG. However, the fact that the treatment instruction is selected by name instead of the hard-to-remember e-mail address corresponding to the treatment instruction is based on the same idea.

Reference numeral 800 denotes a transmission method selection menu. When "Send by e-mail" is selected, a mail text is sent to the above-described reply address by filling in the mail text.
b can be used, but if "enter text here" is selected, another Web page not shown (realized by a form transmission page) is downloaded, and there is a method of updating the Web directly from here. Available. In this case, it goes without saying that processing is performed so that the contents of the treatment specified in the treatment instruction selection menu 89 are reflected.

Next, the form transmission screen 8 shown in FIG.
01, an address selection menu 802 is provided to allow the user to register several transmission addresses (To) in advance and to select one of them. Therefore, it is not necessary to specify the address other than the default address in the address input box 87, and it is convenient to simply select the address from the address selection menu 802. As described above, the present invention is also effective in a case where computers for updating the Web are distributed in various places, or a case where an address of another person must be specified.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and examples. For example, FIG.
When the user selects the processing type, send an e-mail with the mail header processed so that the corresponding address is the reply address (From or Reply-To, or a combination of From and Reply-To) to the user. The type of “transmit and let the user reply to this mail” can be applied as an embodiment as shown in FIGS. 45 and 46.

That is, the purpose of this embodiment is to make the same Web page related to a certain project jointly created and to proceed with the project while referring to the page by the members. For this reason, the project manager requests each person in charge of planning, finance, development, technology, sales, etc. to create a Web page of the responsible place, and each person sends an e-mail to the mail processing program 31 to generate a Web page. Send. At this time, the reply address (From or Reply-To, or a combination of From and Reply-To) is described in the mail sent by the project manager to each person in charge. Therefore, each person in charge can reply to the mail and transmit the mail to the mail processing program 31 as described above. In this way, the mail processing program 31 receiving the mail from each person in charge collects the mails and generates one page.

FIG. 46 shows one embodiment of the present invention.
03 is a form transmission screen for the project manager. A person in charge is selected by the address selection menu 804, and a command is written in the comment input field 805 and transmitted. At this time, on the form transmission screen 803, the person in charge selected in the address selection menu 804 is designated as a destination (To), and a reply address (From and Reply-To in this embodiment) corresponding to the person in charge is designated. To generate mail header.

For example, in the present invention, CGI, PHP,
It can be designed to generate a dynamic Web page instead of a static Web page using a program such as Java (trademark). FIG. 47 shows an embodiment of the present invention. The case where the mail processing program 35 generates a text 59 using data of the database (DB) 36 as well as the header 47 and the tailor 58. Is shown.

Thus, the generation of mail can be performed by a simple HT
Instead of static replacement by ML statements, for example, a PHP program reads a file serving as a header section 47 or a tailor section 58, performs necessary processing, and outputs the read file. 59
Is output. Code 5
Reference numeral 9 denotes a body of a table (list) generated from data of the database (DB) 36.

Also, for example, in the present invention, processing from receiving an e-mail, cutting out the text, and generating an HTML page so that the HTML page can be browsed from a Web browser can be processed by one server, or can be performed by two or more servers. It is also possible to process while sharing. FIG. 48 shows this embodiment. Here, an example is shown in which the mail processing program 37 and the Web generation program 38 are separated. The e-mail transmitted from the e-mail client 9 is received by the e-mail processing program 37 and sent to the Web generation program 38, or the e-mail transmitted from the form e-mail displayed on the Web browser 92 is received by the e-mail processing program 37 once. Reply address (F
rom or Reply-To, or a set of From and Reply-To) is added to the mail header and sent to the e-mail client 9, and when a reply is made to it, it is received again by the mail processing program 37. Web generation program 3
8 to be sent.

The processing result of the Web generation program 38 is uploaded to the Web server 8 using a protocol such as ftp. The form mail is provided from the Web server 8. In this way, by sharing the required processing among a plurality of servers, the processing speed can be improved by load distribution.

[0119]

As described above, according to the present invention, an electronic mail is received, a text is cut out, and a page is generated so that the page can be browsed from a Web browser. Users only need to be able to use e-mail.

As a result, the e-mail software which can be used easily and easily without using a Web page and without using an FTP program is used.
Write the text of the e-mail that will be the text of the web page, and send it to a specific address to make the text of the e-mail
Anyone can easily register a page as a page in a Web server.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a Web page registration device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration when the registration device of FIG. 1 is realized using a CPU 2;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an Internet connection.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an electronic mail form.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the content of an e-mail.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state of being monitored by a display 11;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure.

FIG. 8 is an entry page 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 9 is a Web browser 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Screen.

FIG. 10 illustrates a Web page according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 shows a Web page according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 illustrates a Web page according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a style sheet.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a header part 90 to which an extension field 92 has been added.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure.

FIG. 17 shows a screen of a Web browser 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 shows a screen of a Web browser 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram illustrating a session between a user and a server.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 shows an e-mail transmitted in a divided manner.

FIG. 22 shows a Web-based mail transmission screen 82.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure.

FIG. 24 shows a Web page as a processing result.

FIG. 25 shows an example of an HTML mail source.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram of a reception mode of a mail text.

FIG. 27 shows an example of a mail spool file.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram of a reception mode of a mail text.

FIG. 29 is a conceptual diagram of a fork.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of an e-mail to be transmitted.

FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of an e-mail to be transmitted.

FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of an HTML mail to be transmitted.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram of an electronic mail to be processed.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure.

FIG. 36 is an explanatory diagram of an electronic mail to be processed.

FIG. 37 is a treatment list.

FIG. 38A is an explanatory diagram showing a comment line before reorganization, and FIG. 38B is a diagram showing a comment line after rewriting.

FIG. 39 shows a screen of a Web browser 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 40 shows an e-mail sent to a user desired address.

FIG. 41 shows a returned e-mail.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure.

FIG. 43 shows a form transmission screen 88 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 44 shows a form transmission screen 801 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 46 shows a form transmission screen 803.

FIG. 47 is a schematic view illustrating a processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 48 is a schematic view illustrating a processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input device 10 Storage device 11 Display device 12 Control device 13 Receiving device 14 Transmitting device 2 CPU 20 Memory 21 CD-ROM drive 22 CD-ROM 23 New port 24 New port 3 OS 30 Mail receiving program 31 Mail processing program 32 Mail receiving Program 33 Pipe 34 Mail processing program 35 Mail processing program 36 Database 37 Mail processing program 38 Web generation program 4 Web browser 40 frame 41 frame 42 frame 43 frame 5 Web page 50 Entry page 51 Header page 52 Tailor page 53 Banner page 54 Entry page 55 mark 56 style sheet 57 header 58 tailor 59 body (table) 6 subject 60 body 61 subject 62 Body 63 Subject 64 Body 65 Photo 66 Log file 7 E-mail 70 Header 71 E-mail body input part 72 Reply address 8 Web server 80 Web server program 81 E-mail transmission program 82 E-mail transmission screen 83 Header area 84 Text area 85 Treatment instruction selection frame 86 Form transmission frame 87 Address input field 88 Form transmission screen 89 Treatment instruction selection menu 800 Transmission method selection menu 801 Form transmission screen 802 Address selection menu 803 Form transmission screen 804 Address selection menu 805 Comment input field 9 E-mail client 90 Header 91 Mail Body 92 Web browser 93 Management page 94 Divided file 95 Divided file 96 Cutout section 97 Start comment line 98 Ryo comment line 99 parent block 900 children block 901 treatment instruction designating 902 a comment line specifies 903 the address line 904 comment line specifies 905 treatment table 906 old comment lines 907 new comment line 908 reply 909 reply address 910 extension field

Claims (105)

[Claims] 1. An electronic mail web page registration apparatus, comprising: a control unit that cuts out a text from a received electronic mail, generates a page so that it can be browsed from a Web browser, and stores the generated page in a storage device. 2. The apparatus for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitting apparatus for transmitting the generated page in response to a transmission request from a Web browser. 3. The registration of a Web page by electronic mail according to claim 1, wherein the control device generates an entry page in addition to the page and provides a link to the page in the entry page when generating the page. apparatus. 4. The Web page registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, when generating the page, adds the generated page, if any, to the generated page. 5. The Web page registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when generating the page, the control device overwrites the previously generated page if there is one. 6. When the latest page is generated as a Web page, the control device provides a mark in the page indicating that the page is the latest page.
An apparatus for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 1. 7. The Web page registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit adds a predetermined header or tail to the page when generating the page. 8. The electronic mail according to claim 1, wherein in generating the page, the control device generates a page divided into frames, and describes a previously prepared page in a frame other than a frame on which the body of the electronic mail is placed. By W
eb page registration device. 9. When generating the page, the control device generates an entry page in addition to this page and
Claims are to generate a page divided into one frame, describe an entry page in one frame, describe an e-mail text in another frame, and provide a link to the e-mail text in the entry page. 1. Web page registration device by e-mail. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control device reads a previously registered style sheet and generates a page based on the description of the style sheet. Registration device. 11. A receiving device having an address corresponding to a required style item is prepared. When an e-mail is received at this address, the receiving device notifies the control device. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a corresponding style sheet is selected from the style sheets registered in advance, and a page is generated based on the description of the style sheet. 12. When a specific extension field is found from a header part, the control device notifies the control device of the specified extension field. The control device selects one of the style sheets registered in advance based on the notification. 2. The Web page registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a style sheet corresponding to the notification is selected, and a page is generated based on the description of the style sheet. 13. A receiving device, wherein the receiving device prepares a specific address, notifies the control device when an e-mail is received at this address, and based on the notification, the control device specifies the specific address. 2. The apparatus for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus generates a page in which a part is deleted. 14. The control device generates an entry page as a management page in addition to the page, allows the user to select an e-mail text to be deleted from the management page, and deletes a portion corresponding to the selected e-mail text. 2. A Web by e-mail according to claim 1, wherein the Web is generated.
b page registration device. 15. The Web page registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit cuts out management information such as a sender and a reception date from the electronic mail and creates a log. 16. The Web by e-mail according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission device, wherein the control device creates a mail in which the processing content is written and passes the mail to the transmission device, and the transmission device replies this as an e-mail. Page registration device. 17. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving device, wherein when the receiving device receives the divided file, the control device generates the divided file as a concatenated page when generating the page. W by email
eb page registration device. 18. The Web page registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control apparatus generates a Web form transmission screen, and the reception apparatus receives the form contents. 19. The electronic mail according to claim 1, wherein the control device divides the attached file, if any, from the mail body and arranges the attached file at a predetermined position when generating the page. Web page registration device. 20. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the received e-mail is an HTML e-mail, the control unit cuts out the main body while leaving a required tag to generate the e-mail. 21. The apparatus for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 1, wherein the control device cuts out a body from the mail spool and generates a page. 22. A receiving device, wherein the receiving device forwards the received e-mail based on the description of the forward file, and the control device receives the e-mail from a standard input by pipe processing. 1. Web page registration device by e-mail. 23. A receiving device for receiving an e-mail from a specially provided port.
An apparatus for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 1. 24. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving device, wherein the control device receives the electronic mail from the receiving device using inter-process communication. 25. A method of registering a Web page by e-mail, which receives an e-mail, cuts out a body, and generates a page so that the page can be browsed from a Web browser. 26. The Web page registration method according to claim 25, wherein the generated page is transmitted to the Web browser in response to a transmission request from the Web browser. 27. The Web page registration method according to claim 25, wherein, when generating the page, an entry page is generated in addition to the page, and a link to the page is provided in the entry page. 28. The method for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein, when the page is generated, if there is a page generated prior to the page, the page is added to the page. 29. The method for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein when generating the page, if there is a page generated prior to the page, the page is overwritten. 30. The Web page registration method according to claim 25, wherein, when generating the latest page as a Web page, a mark indicating that the page is the latest page is provided in the page. 31. A method according to claim 2, wherein a predetermined header or tailor is added to the page when generating the page.
5. Web page registration method by e-mail. 32. The registration of a Web page by electronic mail according to claim 25, wherein, when generating the page, a page divided into frames is generated, but a page prepared in advance in a frame other than a frame on which the body of the electronic mail is placed is generated. Method. 33. In generating the page, an entry page is generated in addition to the page, a page divided into two frames is generated, an entry page is described in one frame, and an entry page is described in another frame. 26. The method of registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein the e-mail text is described and a link to the e-mail text is provided on an entry page. 34. The Web page registration method according to claim 25, wherein a style sheet registered in advance is read in generating the page, and the page is generated based on the description of the style sheet. 35. An address corresponding to a required style item is prepared, and when an e-mail is received at this address, the corresponding style sheet is selected from style sheets registered in advance, and the style sheet is selected. The method of registering a web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein the page is generated based on the description of the sheet. 36. When a specific extension field is found from the header part, a style sheet corresponding to the description of the extension field is selected from style sheets registered in advance, and based on the description of the style sheet. The W by email of claim 25, generating a page.
How to register an eb page. 37. A method for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein a specific address is prepared, and when an e-mail is received at this address, a page in which a specific part is deleted is generated. 38. An entry page is generated as a management page in addition to the page, an e-mail text to be deleted is selected from the management page, and a page corresponding to the selected e-mail text is deleted. Generate,
The method for registering a Web page by an electronic mail according to claim 25. 39. The method according to claim 25, wherein management information such as a sender and a reception date is cut out from the electronic mail and a log is created. 40. An electronic mail according to claim 25, wherein the electronic mail in which the processing content is written is created and returned.
How to register a page. 41. The method according to claim 25, wherein, when the divided file is received, the divided file is generated as a concatenated page when the page is generated. 42. A web form transmission screen is generated,
The method of registering a web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein the page content is received and the page is generated. 43. If there is an attached file, the attached file is divided from the mail body, and the attached file is arranged at a predetermined position when the page is generated.
Web page registration method by e-mail. 44. The method according to claim 25, wherein, when the received e-mail is an HTML mail, a body is cut out from the HTML mail while leaving a required tag, and generated. 45. The web based on electronic mail according to claim 25, wherein a body is cut out from the mail spool to generate a page.
How to register page b. 46. The web page registration method according to claim 25, wherein the received electronic mail is forwarded based on the description in the forward file, and the electronic mail is received from a standard input by pipe processing. 47. The method of claim 25, wherein a special port is provided and an e-mail is received from this port. 48. The method according to claim 2, wherein the e-mail once received is sent to a page generation process using inter-process communication.
5. Web page registration method by e-mail. 49. The computer sends the received text to W
A recording medium on which a program for registering a web page is recorded, which receives an e-mail, cuts out the body of the e-mail, generates a page in a format that can be browsed from a Web browser, and stores the page in a storage device. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail. 50. A program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein a Web page formed by extracting a body from an e-mail is read from a storage device and transmitted to the Web browser in response to a transmission request from the Web browser. The recording medium on which it was recorded. 51. A program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein in generating said page, an entry page is generated in addition to said page, and a link to said page is provided in said entry page. Recording medium. 52. The recording medium according to claim 49, wherein the program for registering a Web page by e-mail is added to a page generated before the page is generated, if any. 53. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein in generating said page, if there is a previously generated page, said page is overwritten. 54. The program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein a mark indicating that the page is the latest page is provided in the page when the latest page is generated as a Web page. The recording medium on which it was recorded. 55. A method according to claim 4, wherein a predetermined header or tailor is added to the page when generating the page.
9 is a recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail. 56. The method according to claim 49, wherein, when generating the page, a page divided into frames is generated, and a page prepared in advance in a frame other than the frame in which the body of the electronic mail is placed is read from the storage device and described. A recording medium on which a program for registering a Web page is recorded. 57. In generating the page, an entry page is generated in addition to the page, a page divided into two frames is generated, an entry page is described in one frame, and an entry page is described in another frame. 50. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by an electronic mail according to claim 49, wherein the electronic mail main body is described and a link to the electronic mail main body is provided on an entry page. 58. A program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein in generating said page, a style sheet registered in advance is read from a storage device, and a page is generated based on the description of said style sheet. Recording medium on which is recorded. 59. An address corresponding to a required style item is prepared, and when an e-mail is received at this address, a corresponding style sheet is selected from a pre-registered style sheet and stored in the storage device. reading,
Generate a page based on the description of this style sheet,
50. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49. 60. When a specific extension field is found from the header part of the received e-mail, a style sheet corresponding to the description of the extension field is selected from the style sheets registered in advance and read out from the storage device. 50. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein the program generates a page based on the description of the style sheet. 61. A program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein a specific address is prepared, and when an e-mail is received at this address, a page in which a specific part is deleted is generated. The recording medium on which it was recorded. 62. In addition to the page, an entry page is generated as a management page, an e-mail text to be deleted is selected from the management page, and a page corresponding to the selected e-mail text is deleted. Generate,
50. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49. 63. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein management information such as a sender and a reception date is cut out from the e-mail to create a log. 64. An electronic mail Web according to claim 49, wherein the electronic mail in which the processing content is written is created and returned.
A recording medium on which a program for registering a page is recorded. 65. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by electronic mail according to claim 49, wherein, when a divided file is received, said page is generated as a linked page upon generating said page. 66. A web form transmission screen is generated,
50. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein the program generates the page by receiving the form content transmitted from the computer. 67. If there is an attached file, the attached file is divided from the mail body and the attached file is arranged at a predetermined position when the page is generated.
Recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail. 68. A program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein when the received e-mail is an HTML mail, a body is cut out from the HTML mail while leaving a required tag, and generated. Recording medium. 69. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by an electronic mail according to claim 49, wherein the program generates a page by extracting an electronic mail body from a mail spool of a storage device. 70. A recording recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein the received e-mail is forwarded based on a description in a forward file, and the e-mail is received from a standard input by pipe processing. Medium. 71. A recording medium on which a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein a special port is provided and e-mail is received from this port. 72. A recording medium in which a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein the mail once received is sent to a page generation process using inter-process communication. 73. An electronic mail, wherein the body is divided into blocks by comment lines. 74. The electronic mail according to claim 73, wherein a block is sandwiched between a start comment line indicating a start and an end comment line indicating an end. 75. The electronic mail of claim 73, wherein the comment lines have a nested structure. 76. The electronic mail web system according to claim 1, wherein, when a comment line is found in the text, the control device generates a page while leaving the comment line.
Page registration device. 77. The web page registration method according to claim 25, wherein when a comment line is found in the text, a page is generated while leaving the comment line. 78. The web-based e-mail according to claim 49, wherein when a comment line is found in the body of the received e-mail, a page is generated with the comment line left.
A recording medium on which a program for registering page b is recorded. 79. When the control device finds a comment line designation and a treatment instruction in the electronic mail, the control device performs a treatment based on the contents of the treatment instruction for a block related to the comment line. An apparatus for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 1. 80. The electronic mail according to claim 25, wherein when a comment line designation and a treatment instruction are found in the electronic mail, a block based on the comment line is treated based on the contents of the treatment instruction. Registration method of Web page by. 81. The method according to claim 49, wherein when a comment line designation and a treatment instruction are found in the received e-mail, a block based on the comment line is treated based on the contents of the treatment instruction. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail. 82. A receiving device provided with a specific address, receiving an e-mail at this address, and, when a designation of a comment line is found in the e-mail, a comment line 2. A device for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 1, wherein a processing instruction corresponding to the address is executed for a block related to the above. 83. A specific address is prepared, and when an e-mail is received at this address and a comment line designation is found in the e-mail, the block corresponding to the comment line corresponds to this address. The method for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein the processing instruction is executed. 84. When a specific address is prepared and an e-mail is received at this address and a comment line designation is found in the e-mail, the block corresponding to the comment line corresponds to this address. 50. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein the program executes a treatment instruction. 85. A receiving device, wherein the receiving device prepares a specific address, receives an e-mail at this address, and, when a treatment instruction is found in the title of the e-mail, uses this address. 2. The Web page registration apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing instruction is executed for a block related to the comment line of the Web page corresponding to. 86. When a specific address is prepared and an e-mail is received at this address and a treatment instruction is found in the title of the e-mail, the comment line of the Web page corresponding to this address is set. The method of registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein the processing instruction is executed for a block related to (1). 87. When a specific address is prepared and an e-mail is received at this address and a treatment instruction is found in the title of the e-mail, the comment line on the Web page corresponding to this address is set. 50. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein the program executes the treatment instruction for the block according to. 88. The apparatus for registering a web page by electronic mail according to claim 1, wherein the control device rewrites a description of a comment line of the registered web page in accordance with rules. 89. The method of registering a web page by e-mail according to claim 25, wherein a description of a comment line of the registered web page is rewritten according to a rule. 90. A recording medium recording a program for registering a web page by e-mail according to claim 49, wherein a description of a comment line of the registered web page is rewritten according to a rule. 91. The control device generates a Web form transmission screen corresponding to the processing type of the e-mail text, the receiving device receives the contents of the form, and the control device sends a reception address corresponding to the processing type to the mail. The e-mail written in the header is generated, the transmitting device transmits the e-mail to the user's desired address, the receiving device receives the transmitted e-mail with the body written in the reply e-mail, 19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the control unit cuts out the body of the reply mail and performs a process corresponding to the process type. 92. A Web form transmission screen corresponding to the processing type of the e-mail text is generated, the contents of the form are received, and an e-mail in which a reception address corresponding to the processing type is written in a mail header is generated. 43. The Web-based e-mail according to claim 42, wherein the e-mail is transmitted to a desired address, the main body is written in a reply mail to the e-mail, the transmitted mail is received, the main body is cut out, and a process corresponding to the processing type is performed. How to register a page. 93. A Web form transmission screen corresponding to the processing type of the e-mail text is generated, the contents of the form are received, and an e-mail in which a reception address corresponding to the processing type is written in a mail header is generated. 67. The Web-based e-mail according to claim 66, wherein the e-mail is transmitted to a user's desired address, the body is written in a reply mail to the e-mail, the transmitted mail is received, the body is cut out, and a process corresponding to the processing type is performed. A recording medium on which a program for registering a page is recorded. 94. The control device generates a selection screen for selecting the processing type of the e-mail text in the web form transmission screen, and the receiving device receives the contents described by the user in this form, Generates an e-mail in which a reception address corresponding to the selected processing type is written in a mail header, the transmitting device transmits the e-mail to an address desired by the user, and the receiving device transmits 20. The apparatus for registering a Web page by electronic mail according to claim 18, wherein the control unit receives a mail in which a main body is written and transmitted, and the control unit cuts out the main body from the reply mail and performs a process corresponding to the processing type. 95. A selection screen for selecting a processing type of an e-mail text is generated in a web form transmission screen, and the contents described by the user in this form are received.
An e-mail in which the reception address corresponding to the selected processing type is written in the mail header is generated, and the e-mail is transmitted to an address desired by the user, and the body is written in a reply mail to the e-mail. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising: receiving the transmitted mail, cutting out the body of the reply mail, and performing a process corresponding to the process type.
2. Web page registration method by e-mail. 96. A selection screen for selecting a processing type of an e-mail text is generated in a web form transmission screen, and contents described by a user in this form are received.
An e-mail in which the reception address corresponding to the selected processing type is written in the mail header is generated, and the e-mail is transmitted to a desired address of the user, and a text is written in a reply mail to the e-mail. 7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising: receiving the transmitted mail, extracting a text from the reply mail, and performing a process corresponding to the process type.
6. A recording medium on which a program for registering a Web page by e-mail is recorded. 97. The control device further comprises an entry window for designating the reception address in the form transmission screen,
95. The apparatus for registering a Web page by electronic mail according to claim 91 or 94, wherein the transmitting apparatus sets the specified receiving address as an address desired by the user. 98. The Web page by electronic mail according to claim 92 or 95, wherein the receiving address is designated in the form transmission screen, and the designated receiving address is set as a user-desired address. Registration method. 99. The Web page of electronic mail according to claim 93 or 96, wherein the receiving address is designated in the form transmission screen, and the designated receiving address is set as a user-desired address. A recording medium on which a program for registration is recorded. 100. A control device enables a plurality of the receiving addresses to be registered, and generates a selection screen for designating one of the plurality of the receiving addresses in the form transmission screen. The Web page registration apparatus using the electronic mail according to claim 91 or 94, wherein the electronic mail is transmitted to the address. 101. A user is caused to register a plurality of the receiving addresses, and to designate one address from the plurality of receiving addresses on the form transmission screen, and to change the designated receiving address to an address desired by the user. The method for registering a Web page by an electronic mail according to claim 92 or claim 95, wherein the method is set as: 102. A user is made to register a plurality of the receiving addresses, and one of the plurality of receiving addresses is designated on the form transmission screen, and the designated receiving address is changed to a desired address of the user. A recording medium recording a program for registering a Web page by electronic mail according to claim 93 or 96, wherein the program is set as: 103. The control device generates a text input window for writing from the screen of the web page in the form transmission screen, the receiving device receives the content written and transmitted here, and the control device 90. A web page describing the contents is generated.
Web page registration device by e-mail. 104. In the form transmission screen, this Web
The web page registration method according to claim 92 or claim 95, wherein a text input window for writing from the screen of page b is generated, and the content written and transmitted here is generated as a web page. 105. This Wen is displayed in the form transmission screen.
A program for registering a Web page by e-mail according to claim 93 or claim 96, wherein a text input window for writing from the screen of page b is generated, and the content written and transmitted here is generated as a Web page. The recording medium on which it was recorded.