JP2002229915A - System for adding program distribution function automatically to electronic mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system that can distribute a means for offering information and service to all electronic mail users to be addressees of all of electronic mails as well as can distribute the means for providing information and service to the many and unspecified electronic mail users automatically from a service provider's view point. SOLUTION: In the system, a mail server having a means to add a distribution program to an electronic mail sent by an electronic mail user with an appropriate method after judging about the method to add the distribution program on the basis of information decoded by a decoding method for an electronic mail format. The mail server sends all the electronic mails to be sent via the server by adding the distribution program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a variety of information services and services such as the distribution of advertisements and the distribution of game programs by e-mail sent by an unspecified number of e-mail users managed by a mail server. It can be applied to the construction of a business model in which provision is made to e-mail recipients.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for providing various information and services by e-mail, a method of distributing the information or service information itself to a user as e-mail has been used. A method of incorporating an address on the Internet that provides the information or service into an e-mail and selecting a character string representing the address to display a homepage that provides the information or service on an HTML browser has been used. Was.

[0003]

As described above, e-mail delivery for the purpose of providing information and service has been conventionally performed, but the information or service information itself is sent to the user as e-mail. The method of distribution has a problem that it is difficult to secure users to be distributed. Also, if the e-mail recipient sees the information and the sender is a stranger or a company, the e-mail recipient is not interested in the contents of the e-mail and is often skipped without checking the contents, resulting in a very low read rate. Is low. Also, in the method of incorporating the address on the Internet that provides the information or the service into the e-mail, since the provision of the information or the service is performed through an HTML browser twice, it is difficult for the e-mail recipient. There was a problem that was not used unless interested.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In an electronic mail system capable of transmitting and receiving an HTML document operated by a mail transmitting and receiving function on a computer or a mobile phone, an HTML browser such as a table game or a banner advertisement which can be controlled by clicking is used. Distribution program registration means for registering possible distribution programs, distribution program management means for storing the registered distribution programs, e-mail format decoding means for e-mail users to decode the format of transmitted e-mails, and e-mail format A mail server having a distribution program adding means for determining a method of adding the distribution program from the information decrypted by the decryption means and adding the distribution program to the e-mail transmitted by the e-mail user in an appropriate manner; All emails sent The number of e-mails with a signature attached with the e-mail user's e-mail program inserted by the e-mail user and the number of e-mail recipients using the e-mail distribution program All sent via the mail server by having a transmission / usage counting means for counting the number of distributions and a distribution program control means for controlling when the e-mail recipient uses the distribution program in the received e-mail An automatic addition system of a program distribution function to an e-mail, wherein a distribution program capable of providing a service to an e-mail recipient can be added to the e-mail.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, by providing means for providing information and services to an e-mail sent by an e-mail user, all e-mail users to whom the e-mail user is to be delivered can be provided. Since it is possible to distribute information provision and service provision means, it is possible to automatically distribute information provision and service provision means to an unspecified number of e-mail users from the viewpoint of information and service providers Becomes In addition, since the recipient is an e-mail sent from an acquaintance, the browsing rate of the e-mail is extremely high, so that effective advertising can be performed. In addition, in information provision and service provision, when a table game or the like that general e-mail recipients are interested in is delivered along with the information to be provided, the browsing rate is further increased, so that more effective information provision and service provision are performed. Becomes possible.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an automatic addition system of a program distribution function to an e-mail according to the present invention and an outline of persons involved.

In general, e-mail is connected to a provider via a mail server from a local area network via an e-mail server in an organization such as a company or a dial-up connection when an individual uses it at home. Via the Internet to the designated address.

In the present invention, first, the e-mail server 2
H such as advertising data and Othello games that are table games
A distribution program registration unit 21 for registering distribution programs that can be viewed and used by the browsing function of the TML and a distribution program management unit 22 for holding and managing the registered distribution programs are constructed.

The electronic mail format decoding means 23 decodes the format of the electronic mail transmitted by the electronic mail user 1.
Here, the following embodiment is described on the assumption that only two formats, that is, a plain text format and an HTML format, have been transmitted. Email format decryption means 23
Then, the user determines which format the electronic mail transmitted by the electronic mail user is based on whether or not the head of the electronic mail starts with a character string “<HTML>”.

[0010] The distribution program adding means 24 performs a process of adding the distribution program held by the distribution program management means 22 to the e-mail transmitted by the e-mail user 1. As a result of the decryption by the email format decrypting means 23, the email transmitted by the email user 1
In the case of the L format, the distribution program is inserted immediately before the description “</ HTML>” at the end. If the e-mail sent by the e-mail user 1 is in plain text format, it is first converted to HTML format, and then a delivery program is inserted immediately before the description "</ HTML>" at the end.

Since the distribution program is added to the e-mail transmitted by the e-mail user 1 and transmitted by the distribution program adding means 24, the e-mail user 1
Can send an e-mail to which a distribution program is added without any trouble.

An e-mail receiver 3 receives an e-mail accompanied by a distribution program distributed by an e-mail user 1, and clicks image information of the distribution program to obtain more detailed information. The number of browsing is counted by the transmission / browsing number counting means 42 in the distribution program creator 4.

According to this method, for example, if the image information used in the distribution program attached to the electronic signature data is set so as to be read from the distribution program creator 4 each time, the distribution program is transmitted from the mail server 2. Every time an e-mail accompanied by is sent, the information can be counted to request the URL of the distribution program creator 4 for the information.

When the e-mail receiver 3 starts the distribution program, if the information is transmitted to the distribution program creator 4, the number of uses can be counted. The transmission / use number counting means 42 counts the number of transmissions and the number of usages.

The distribution program control means 41 transmits and receives
This is a means for ascertaining the transmission status, usage status, and the like of the distribution program counted by the usage number counting unit 42. Further, for example, when a game that can be played alone is distributed as a transmission program, the distribution program control means 41
Then, a service for transmitting information such as the world ranking of the play result to the e-mail receiver 3 can be realized.

As described above, in the program distribution system using the electronic mail signature of the present invention, since various programs can be distributed, as shown in FIG. It is possible to distribute a program that performs a completely different operation, such as an Othello game as a means for improving the attention level of a signature.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, a provider of information and services can distribute information and services to an unspecified number of e-mail recipients at a low fee, and the browsing rate becomes extremely high. Effective information and services can be provided. When a mail server is operated in a company or the like, advertisements can be added to all e-mails that send e-mails through the mail server such as employees.

When a mail server that manages an unspecified number of e-mail users is operated in a provider business or the like, information such as advertisements can be automatically added to the e-mail sent by the customer if desired. The present invention has an excellent effect, for example, it is possible to construct a business model useful for various people, such as paying the distribution fee to this customer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall system configuration diagram of a system for automatically adding a program distribution function to e-mail according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sample diagram of an electronic mail when the advertisement data and the Othello game are distributed using the entire system of the automatic addition system of the program distribution function to the electronic mail of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 E-mail user 2 E-mail server 3 E-mail recipient 4 Distribution program creator 21 Distribution program registration means 22 Distribution program management means 41 Distribution program control means

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 5B076 AB10 BB06 5K030 GA18 GA19 HA06 HB19 HC01 KA01 KA06 KA07 KA13 LD02 LD11 MB18

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A distribution program executable by an HTML browser such as a table game or a banner advertisement which can be controlled by clicking on an electronic mail system capable of transmitting and receiving an HTML document operated by a mail transmission / reception function on a computer or a mobile phone. Distribution program registration means for registering, a distribution program management means for storing the registered distribution program, an e-mail user, an e-mail format decoding means for decoding the format of the transmitted mail,
A mail server having a delivery program adding means for determining a method of adding a delivery program from information decoded by the email format decoding means and adding a delivery program to an email sent by an email user in an appropriate manner; The distribution program is added to all e-mails sent via the e-mail and sent, and the number of e-mails with the signature attached with the e-mail user's distribution program inserted by the creator of the distribution program and received by the e-mail recipient Transmission / usage counting means for counting the number of use of the distribution program in the received e-mail, and distribution program control means for controlling when the e-mail recipient uses the distribution program in the received e-mail All emails sent via the mail server by Automatic addition system program delivery feature to email, characterized in that add the distribution program that can provide services to the email recipient for the Le.