JP2002149559A - Terminal device for displaying e-mail and method for displaying e-mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal device for displaying e-mail, an e-mail displaying method and a recording medium on which an e-mail application program for displaying e-mail is recorded. SOLUTION: This terminal device 17 which is provided with a ROM 15 having the e-mail application program and a controlling part 12 and displays the e-mail, is provided with a means for designating a color number that makes the foreground color and the background color of the e-mail to be the same color to prevent the contents of the e-mail from being read without changing the image where the e-mail is displayed, a means for enabling the contents to be read by releasing this designation to make the color of the characters of the e-mail different from the background color, and a means for transmitting e-mail to which color number information for designating the color number is attached.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the display of electronic mail, and more particularly to a terminal device for displaying electronic mail, a method of displaying electronic mail, and a recording medium on which an electronic mail application program for displaying electronic mail is recorded. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the development and spread of personal computers (personal computers) and mobile phones, electronic mail has come to be frequently used as a means of communication. E-mail has the advantage that there is no need to post to a post like a letter, etc., and it is not necessary to pay attention to the talk time and talk time zone like a telephone. Therefore, it is used by both young and old as a convenient and convenient means of communication. Usually, the e-mail is based on the premise that the sender of the e-mail reads the e-mail.
For this reason, it does not have a function to prevent e-mail from being read.

[0003]

However, for example, in a case where a terminal device or the like is shared and used in a general home, the terminal device or the like is not always located at a hand of a partner who wants to transmit. It may be unintentionally seen by others. Also, when reading the e-mail, if the contents of the e-mail do not want others to read,
You need a function that makes it difficult to read the contents of emails.

[0004] In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to display a state in which the contents of an electronic mail can be read (hereinafter, referred to as readable) and a state in which the contents of the electronic mail cannot be read (hereinafter, referred to as non-read). It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal device for displaying an e-mail and a method for displaying an e-mail for switching between the two.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above-mentioned problems, if the screen display is roughly divided into a foreground for displaying characters and the like and a background for displaying the display color of the display screen, the e-mail is readable. , The foreground and the background are different colors (different colors)
When the e-mail is not read, the foreground and the background cannot be read as the same color (the same color).

A first aspect of the present invention is a terminal device for displaying an electronic mail, comprising a ROM having an electronic mail application program and a control unit, wherein the received electronic mail includes a foreground color and a background color. Means for determining whether color number information for specifying a color number for displaying the same color is added, and when the color number information is added, the foreground color and the background color are set to the same color. Means for making the content of the e-mail unreadable by displaying the foreground color and the background color in different colors when the color number information is not added, so that the content of the e-mail can be read. And means for performing the operation.

A second aspect of the present invention is a method for displaying an e-mail using a terminal device having a ROM having an e-mail application program and a control unit. Judging whether color number information for designating a color number for displaying a color in the same color is added, and when the color number information is not added, the foreground color and the background color Are displayed in different colors so that the content of the e-mail can be read, and when the color number information is added, the foreground color and the background color are displayed in the same color to display the e-mail. And making the content unreadable.

[0008] A third aspect of the present invention is a recording medium storing an electronic mail application program, and a ROM having the electronic mail application program.
Displaying an e-mail received using a terminal device having a control unit and a color number for designating a color number for displaying the foreground color and the background color in the same color in the e-mail. Determining whether information has been added, and if the color number information has not been added, the foreground color and the background color are displayed in different colors so that the content of the email can be read, When the color number information is added, a step of displaying the foreground color and the background color in the same color so that the content of the e-mail cannot be read is executed.

[0009]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to the drawing, the terminal device 17 includes a wireless antenna 10 and a wireless unit 1.
1, a control unit 12, a display unit 13, an operation unit 14,
It is composed of an OM 15 and a RAM 16. Each component will be specifically described.

The wireless unit 11 receives transmitted data such as electronic mail and image data via the wireless antenna 10. The control unit 12 classifies the data for each type and stores the data in the RAM 16. At the same time, the control unit 12
Causes the display unit 13 to display the contents. Operation unit 14
Has a keypad or the like, and can input numbers from 0 to 9. The operation unit 14 can operate the display content of the display unit 13. The ROM 15 contains an electronic mail application program. The contents of the e-mail are displayed on the display unit 13 by the e-mail application program, the foreground and the background are different colors when the e-mail is readable, and the foreground and the background are used when the e-mail is not read. And the same color. In general, the foreground displays characters and the like, and the background displays the display color of the screen. When displaying an e-mail sent with the color number information added, the foreground color and the background color are set to the same color, and the e-mail is not read even if it is displayed. Also, the designation of the same color based on the color number information can be canceled, and the foreground color and the background color can be set as different colors and can be read. R
The AM 16 stores data classified by the control unit 12 as an e-mail.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. Referring to FIG. 1, data received by wireless unit 11 via wireless antenna 10 is passed to control unit 12. The control unit 12 analyzes the data passed from the wireless unit 11 and classifies the data for each type. Each of the classified data is stored in a predetermined location. For example, if it is determined that the data of the electronic mail is to be stored in the RAM 16, the data classified as the electronic mail by the control unit 12 is stored in the RAM 16. ROM15 at the same time
The data stored in the RAM 16 is displayed on the display unit 13 by the e-mail application program described in (1).

Next, a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device 27 of this embodiment includes a wireless antenna 2
0, a radio unit 21, a control unit 22, a display unit 23, an operation unit 24, a ROM 25, and a RAM 26. The function of each component when an electronic mail is transmitted will be described.

The radio unit 21 receives the transmitted data as an e-mail via the radio antenna 20. The control unit 22 classifies this data as an e-mail and
26. At the same time, the contents of the e-mail are displayed on the display unit 23. The display unit 23 can display two or more colors. For example, the foreground color of the e-mail is black (the character color is also black), the background color is white, and the e-mail (character) can be displayed. And The operation unit 24
It is assumed that a keypad or the like is provided and numbers from 0 to 9 can be input. Further, the operation unit 24 includes a display unit 23
Can be displayed. ROM
25 incorporates an electronic mail application program. By executing the e-mail application program by the control unit 22, the contents of the e-mail are displayed on the display unit 23. When the e-mail is readable, the foreground color and the background color are set to different colors, and the e-mail is displayed. When not reading, the foreground color and the background color are the same color. In addition, when displaying an e-mail sent with color number information or color identification information added, the e-mail is displayed even if the e-mail is displayed with the same foreground and background colors. Is unread. Also, by canceling the designation of the same color by the color number information, the foreground color and the background color can be made different colors, and the content of the electronic mail can be read. The RAM 26 stores data classified as electronic mail by the control unit 22.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an Example.

First, a method of creating an unread electronic mail will be described with reference to FIGS. First, an e-mail is created (step 301). When composing an e-mail, enter a sentence consisting of only characters.

Next, it is determined whether or not a color number is designated for the created e-mail (step 302). The color numbers correspond to colors that can be displayed on a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone. The color number is specified by inputting the color number itself or by inputting the color name. At this time, if an input is made using a color name, it is converted to a color number. The designated color number is temporarily stored in the RAM 26
Is stored in

If it is determined that no color number is specified,
The created e-mail is left as it is, and no color number information is added (step 303).

On the other hand, if it is determined that a color number is designated, the designated color number is entered in the created e-mail,
The data is temporarily stored in the RAM 26, and the stored color number information is added (step 304).

Next, an e-mail to which color number information is not added or an e-mail to which color number information is added is transmitted to the destination (step 305). At this time, when adding the color number information to the e-mail to be transmitted, the color number may be determined in advance between the e-mail sender and the e-mail sender, or the sender may notify the e-mail so that only the receiver can understand. is necessary.

Next, the display of the received e-mail will be described with reference to FIGS.

The e-mail is received by the e-mail reception processing, and the received e-mail is stored in the RAM 26 (step 401).

Next, it is determined whether color number information (specified in step 304 of FIG. 3) is added to the received electronic mail (step 402).

In the case of an e-mail to which no color number information is added, the foreground color and the background color are displayed in different colors on the display unit 23 so that the characters can be read (step 40).
3).

In the case of an e-mail to which color number information has been added, the display unit 23 sets the foreground color and the background color to the same color using the color specified by the color number information so that characters cannot be read. (Step 404). In this state, although the contents of the e-mail are displayed, the foreground color and the background color are the same color, so that the characters cannot be identified and the contents of the e-mail cannot be read.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5, description will be given of switching between the display in which the foreground color and the background color are different colors and the display in which the foreground color and the background color are the same color. I do.

Display the e-mail (step 50)
1). Next, when a color number is input by a key input from the operation unit 24 (step 502), it is determined whether the input and the color number information are correct (step 503). If the color number information is different, the current display is performed as it is.

Next, if the color number information is correct, it is determined whether or not the images are displayed in the same color (step 50).
4).

In the case of the readable display displayed in a different color, the display is reversed from the current display state, that is, the foreground color and the background color are switched to the same color display and non-readable display is performed (step 5).
05).

In the case of a non-read display displayed in the same color,
The display is reversed from the current display state, that is, the foreground color and the background color are switched to different colors and readable display is performed (step 50).
6).

As described above, if the e-mail is displayed by executing the e-mail application program of the present invention, it is not necessary to switch the screen display setting after the setting screen is displayed. So
The display of the e-mail can be easily switched on the display screen.

The terminal device described in the embodiments and examples of the present invention is a terminal device such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a PHS that can transmit and receive electronic mail.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, if the color number information is added to the e-mail, the contents of the e-mail cannot be read in the received state, so that another person can read the contents of the e-mail. There is an effect that can not be.
Further, since the state in which the e-mail can be read and the state in which the e-mail can not be read can be easily switched, there is an effect that the state where the contents of the e-mail can be read only when the user wants to read the contents of the e-mail and when the contents can be displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10,20 wireless antenna 11,21 wireless unit 12,22 control unit 13,23 display unit 14,24 operation unit 15,25 ROM 16,26 RAM 17,27 terminal device

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device for displaying an electronic mail, comprising: a ROM having an electronic mail application program; and a control unit, wherein a color for displaying a foreground color and a background color in the received electronic mail in the same color. Means for determining whether color number information specifying a number has been added; and when the color number information has been added, the foreground color and the background color are displayed in the same color, and the Means for making the content unreadable, and means for displaying the foreground color and the background color in different colors when the color number information is not added so that the content of the e-mail can be read. Characteristic terminal device. 2. The terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: means for adding the color number information to the created e-mail and transmitting it. 3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a unit for switching the display of the electronic mail between the same color and the different color by inputting the color number of the electronic mail. 3. The terminal device according to 2. 4. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is used for a mobile phone, a PHS, or a personal computer. 5. A method for displaying an e-mail using a terminal device having a ROM having an e-mail application program and a control unit, wherein a foreground color and a background color are displayed in the same color on a received e-mail. Determining whether color number information specifying the color number is added; and, if the color number information is not added, displaying the foreground color and the background color in different colors to display the electronic color. Displaying the foreground color and the background color in the same color so that the content of the e-mail can be read so that the content of the e-mail cannot be read if the color number information is added. A method for displaying an e-mail, the method comprising: 6. The electronic mail display method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of adding the color number information to the generated electronic mail and transmitting the electronic mail. 7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of switching the display of the electronic mail between the same color and the different color by inputting the color number of the electronic mail. Display method of e-mail described in 6. 8. The mobile terminal, PHS,
The display method according to claim 5, 6 or 7, wherein a personal computer is used. 9. A step of displaying a received e-mail using a terminal device having a ROM having an e-mail application program and a control unit, wherein the foreground color and the background color are the same in the e-mail. Judging whether color number information for specifying a color number to be displayed is added, and when the color number information is not added, the foreground color and the background color are displayed in different colors. To read the content of the e-mail, and when the color number information is added, the foreground color and the background color are displayed in the same color so that the content of the e-mail cannot be read. A recording medium on which an email application program for executing the steps is recorded. 10. The recording medium according to claim 9, further comprising the step of: adding the color number information to the created e-mail and transmitting it. 11. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of: inputting the color number of the e-mail to switch the display of the e-mail between the same color and the different color. A recording medium on which the electronic mail application program described in 9 or 10 is recorded. 12. The terminal device for executing the electronic mail application program may be a mobile phone or a mobile phone.
12. A recording medium on which the electronic mail application program according to claim 9, 10 or 11, wherein S or a personal computer is used.