JP2002271405A - Electronic mail delivery system, method, and electronic delivery server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic mail delivery system through which a user is capable of transmitting documents prepared in two-byte code (Chinese character, kana) as an attached file to another user at the other end so as to enable him to read the content of the attached file even if he resides in a one-byte code area. SOLUTION: An attached-file translation server 20 on the internet receives the electronic mails accompanied by an attached file prepared in two-byte code from electronic mail transmitting end terminals 10 and 13, converts the attached file by a translation engine 2023 into a file of certain type which can be displayed on the internet, forms a converted attached file obtained by converting the attached file prepared in two-byte code into a file in one-byte code at the same time, and transmits the electronic mail accompanied with the converted attached file through the communication network.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an e-mail distribution system and an e-mail distribution system capable of reading a file attached to an e-mail irrespective of the model, anywhere in the world, and a distribution server used for the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Due to the spread of personal computers and the Internet, documents that have been output and exchanged on paper media, such as various guides and data, are created as electronic data files using word processing software and the like, and the files are created. It can now be exchanged as an email attachment.

[0003] In addition, it has become possible to receive e-mail on a mobile phone by using a mobile phone compatible with the Internet.

[0004]

However, in the case of receiving an e-mail with a mobile phone, if the e-mail with the attached file is received, the attached file is deleted at the time of reception. At present it is not possible to see.

[0005] Therefore, when the transmission destination receives an e-mail with an attached file from a mobile phone, there is a problem that the contents of the attached file cannot be seen, although the text of the e-mail can be viewed.

[0006] Even if the transmission destination receives an e-mail with an attached file on a personal computer, the attached file cannot be displayed unless display software corresponding to the file format of the attached file is installed on the personal computer.

Further, a PC (pe
rsonal computer) or PDA (personal digital assist)
ance), mobile phones cannot display 2-byte character codes (Kanji and Kana characters), so attach documents created in Japanese to e-mail as attached files and place them in 1-byte code areas such as Europe and the United States. To a resident representative,
There was a problem that the resident could not read the attached file.

[0008] Although the Internet is connected to the whole world, there is also a problem that the Internet provider or mobile phone operator cannot use the terminal device used in Japan even if they have the terminal device overseas because it depends on the region. Was.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to attach a document created with a two-byte character code (kanji or kana character) to an electronic mail as an attached file. An object of the present invention is to provide an e-mail distribution system and an e-mail distribution method in which the contents of an attached file can be read by a communication partner even when the data is transmitted to a communication partner in a 1-byte code area, and a distribution server used therefor.

[0010]

An electronic mail distribution system according to the present invention is an electronic mail distribution system for distributing electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, and includes an electronic mail sender terminal. An e-mail with an attached file created with a 2-byte character code is received from the device, and the attached file is converted into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet, and the 2-byte character code of the attached file is converted into a 1-byte character code. A conversion attachment file is created, and the electronic mail and the conversion attachment file are transmitted via the communication network.

Therefore, a document created in Japanese can be attached to an e-mail as an attached file and transmitted, and the attached file can be read even if the recipient of the e-mail is in the 1-byte code area.

An electronic mail distribution system according to the present invention is an electronic mail distribution system for distributing an electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet. An e-mail with the attached file attached is received, the attached file is converted into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as HTML, and the 2-byte character code of the attached file is converted into a reading. A converted attachment file converted into Roman characters is created, and the e-mail and the converted attached file are transmitted via the communication network.

Therefore, even if a document created in Japanese is attached to an e-mail as an attached file and transmitted, the attached file is displayed in the Internet display format and the contents of the document are written in Roman characters. Even if the recipient of the mail is in the 1-byte code area, the attached file can be read.

An electronic mail distribution system according to the present invention is an electronic mail distribution system for distributing an electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet. Receives an e-mail with an attached file created with a 2-byte character code such as
Converts the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as the ML format and converts the double-byte character code of the attached file into a single-byte character code such as English, German, and French. And transmitting the converted attached file via the communication network.

Therefore, even if a document created in a two-byte character code such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean is attached to an e-mail as an attached file and transmitted, the attached file is displayed in the Internet display format and Since the contents of the document are translated into one-byte character codes such as English, German, and French, the e-mail recipient
You can read the attached file even if you are in the bytecode area.

An electronic mail distribution method according to the present invention is an electronic mail distribution method for distributing electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet. Receiving an e-mail with a file attached, converting the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet, and changing the 2-byte character code of the attached file to 1
A converted attached file converted to a byte character code is created, and the electronic mail and the converted attached file are transmitted via the communication network.

Therefore, a document created in Japanese can be attached to an e-mail as an attached file and transmitted, and the attached file can be read even if the recipient of the e-mail is in the 1-byte code area.

An electronic mail distribution method according to the present invention is an electronic mail distribution method for distributing an electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein the electronic mail sender terminal uses a 2-byte character code such as kanji. You will receive an email with the attachment you created,
The attached file is converted to a file format that can be displayed on the Internet, such as an HTML format, and the attached file is converted to a two-byte character code, and the converted attached file is converted to a Roman character. An e-mail and the converted attached file are transmitted via the communication network.

Therefore, even if a document created in Japanese is attached to an e-mail as an attached file and sent, the attached file is displayed in the Internet display format and the contents of the document are written in Roman characters. Even if the recipient of the mail is in the 1-byte code area, the attached file can be read.

An electronic mail distribution method according to the present invention is an electronic mail distribution method for distributing electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet. Etc. 2
Receives an e-mail with an attached file created in byte character code, converts the attached file to a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as HTML, and converts the two-byte character code of the attached file into English, German, and French And the like, and creates a converted attached file converted to a 1-byte character code, and transmits the electronic mail and the converted attached file via the communication network.

Therefore, even if a document created in a two-byte character code such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean is attached to an e-mail as an attached file and transmitted, the attached file is displayed in the Internet display format and Since the contents of the document are translated into one-byte character codes such as English, German, and French, the e-mail recipient
You can read the attached file even if you are in the bytecode area.

An electronic mail distribution server according to the present invention comprises:
An e-mail distribution server for distributing an e-mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet. The e-mail distribution server receives an e-mail with an attached file created in a two-byte character code from an e-mail sender terminal device and attaches the attached e-mail. The file is converted into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet, and a converted attachment file is created by converting the 2-byte character code of the attached file into a 1-byte character code, and the e-mail and the converted attached file are transmitted via the communication network. To send.

Therefore, a document created in Japanese can be attached to an e-mail as an attached file and transmitted, and the attached file can be read even if the recipient of the e-mail is in the 1-byte code area.

An electronic mail distribution server according to the present invention comprises:
An e-mail distribution server for distributing an e-mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet. The e-mail distribution server receives an e-mail attached with an attached file created with a 2-byte character code such as a kanji from an e-mail sender terminal device. Converting the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as HTML, converting the two-byte character code of the attached file into a reading, and creating a converted attached file in which the reading is converted into Roman characters; An electronic mail and the converted attached file are transmitted via the communication network.

Therefore, even if a document created in Japanese is attached to an e-mail as an attached file and sent, the attached file is displayed in the Internet display format and the contents of the document are written in Roman characters. Even if the recipient of the mail is in the 1-byte code area, the attached file can be read.

An electronic mail distribution server according to the present invention comprises:
An e-mail distribution server for distributing an e-mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein an attached file created in a two-byte character code such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean is sent from an e-mail sender terminal device. Receives the attached e-mail, converts the attached file to a file format that can be displayed on the Internet, such as HTML, and converts the 2-byte character code of the attached file into English,
A conversion attachment file converted to a one-byte character code such as German or French is created, and the electronic mail and the conversion attachment file are transmitted via the communication network.

Therefore, even if a document prepared in a two-byte character code such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean is attached to an e-mail as an attached file and transmitted, the attached file is displayed in the Internet display format and Since the contents of the document are translated into one-byte character codes such as English, German, and French, the e-mail recipient
You can read the attached file even if you are in the bytecode area.

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding portions have the same reference characters allotted, and description thereof will not be repeated.

Referring to FIG. 1, an outline of an electronic mail distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The electronic mail distribution system includes an attached file translation server 20 installed on a network 30 composed of the Internet.
(E-mail distribution server), and the attached file translation server 20 has a terminal device 10, 11, 1 on the sender side of the 2-byte (character) code area 80.
2, the access points 60 and 61, the mobile phones 50 to 52 on the receiver side of the 1-byte (character) code area 81, the PDA 100 and the PC 110, the wireless base station 40, and the access point 90 are connected via the network 30. Is done.

The terminal devices 10, 11, and 12 are installed in offices such as offices, supermarkets and car dealerships, and in study rooms such as homes and in stores such as Internet cafes.
C or PDA, an e-mail transmission terminal that generates an e-mail and an attached file, attaches the created e-mail to the attached file, attaches the created e-mail to the attached file via the access points 60 to 61 and the network 30 20.

Then, the attached file translation server 20
E-mails received from the terminal devices 10, 11, and 12 via the network 30 and the wireless base station 40 to the access point 90 are transmitted to the mobile phones 50 to 52 to the PDA1.
00, transmitted to PC 110. Terminal device 10, 11, 1
2 is specifically composed of a PC. The office in which the terminal device 10 is installed may be the same company as the office in which the terminal devices 11 and 12 are installed, or may be offices of different types of establishments. Specifically, the terminal devices 10, 11, and 12 may be installed in an office of the same company, the terminal device 10 is installed in a company A, and the terminal devices 11 and 12 are installed in a company B. May be. 1, only three terminal devices are shown, but four or more terminal devices may be connected to the attached file translation server 20.

Referring to FIG. 2, terminal devices 10, 11, 1
2 creates the attached file 70 using software called Word (Word is a trademark or registered trademark). Attached file 70 is a Japanese text 71 composed of Kanji and Kana characters which are two-byte character codes.
The image data 72 is pasted as necessary.
In the figure, the text of the conference 71 is described in the text 71, and a map of the conference hall is displayed as a word (Wor) as image data.
d) Pasted on the document. The attached file is a communication message from the office where the terminal devices 10, 11, and 12 are installed, and is not limited to the example of FIG. 2, but includes stock information, news, weather information, route guidance information, and personal profiles such as a scheduler. It may be.

The image data 72 includes a word (Wor).
It is created using the graphic drawing tool of d). The image data 72 includes, for example, a photograph for news, a weather map for weather forecast, and a surrounding map for road guidance information as the image data 72.

Referring again to FIG. 2, terminal devices 10, 1
1, 12 creates the attached file 70 using a word (Word), attaches the created attached file 70 to an e-mail, and attaches the created attached file 70 to each user's mobile phone 50-52 or PD.
A100, and transmits to PC110.

The attached file translation server 20 receives the electronic mail from the terminal devices 10, 11, and 12 via the network 30, and converts the attached file 70 attached to the received electronic mail into the network 30. And the converted attached file and the e-mail are transmitted to the destination mobile phones 50 to 52, PDA 100 and PC 110 via the network 30, the radio base station 40 and the access point 90. I do.

In order to fulfill such a function, the attached file translation server 20 includes a mail server 201, a conversion server 202, a page server 203, and a user database 204. In FIG. 1, the mail server 2
01, conversion server 202, and page server 203
Are described as one independent server, but if there is room in the capacity of the server, a configuration in which these functions are realized by one server may be adopted.

The mail server 201 has the terminal devices 10 and 1
The e-mail from the e-mails 1 and 12 is received via the network 30, and it is determined whether or not the attached file 70 is attached to the received e-mail. Then, when the attached file 70 is attached to the electronic mail, the mail server 201 stores the destination customer address of the electronic mail in the output address 2042 of the user database 204 shown in FIG. Then, the mail server 201 transfers the attached file 70 attached to the electronic mail to the conversion server 202. Also, the mail server 201 stores the attached file 7
When receiving from the page server 203 a storage address (URL) indicating the storage location of the converted attached file obtained by converting 0 to an HTML file from the page server 203, the storage address (URL) is recorded in the user database 204 and stored. The address (URL) is added to the e-mail and transmitted to the customer's address, that is, the mobile phones 50 to 52, the PDA 100, and the PC 110.

When the received e-mail does not include an attached file, mail server 201 transmits the e-mail as it is to cellular phones 50 to 52 or PDA 10.
0, transmitted to PC 110.

The conversion server 202 determines the type of the attached file 70 by a method described later, and converts the attached file 70 into a converted attached file based on the determination result.
The converted attached file is transferred to the page server 203.

The page server 203 stores the converted attached file in a predetermined position, and transfers a storage address (URL) indicating the storage position to the mail server 201. Also,
The page server 203 stores a storage address (URL) from the customer's mobile phone 50 to 52, PDA 100, or PC 110.
When the search instruction is received, the storage address (URL) is searched, the converted attached file recorded in the stored address (URL) is read, and the read converted attached file is transferred via the network 30 and the wireless base station 40. The data is transmitted to the telephones 50 to 52, the PDA 100 and the PC 110.

Referring to FIG. 3, user database 20
4 will be described in detail. User database 204
Stores the input address 2041, the output address 2042, and the storage address 2043 of the received e-mail in association with each other. The input address 2041 is the address of the terminal device 10, 11, or 12 that transmitted the e-mail. The output address 2042 is the mobile phone 50 to 52, PDA 100, or PC 1 to which the e-mail is transmitted.
10 addresses.

"Aa2 @" as the input address 2041
llx. “com” is the address of the terminal device 10.
“Bb2@wyj.com” is the address of the terminal device 11. Further, "cc2@kuri.co
m ″ is the address of the terminal device of the terminal device 12.

Then, "kat2@ylulx.com" and "1232 @ 5u" as the output address 2042
g. com ", and" 563@huj.com ". com "
"Aa2@llx.co" which is the address of the terminal device 10
m is stored in association with “u768@jkit.m” as the output address 2042. co
m "and" 8775 @ koi9. com ”is the address of the terminal device 11“ bb2@wyj.com ”. com "
Is stored in association with. Further, “g76g@ker0.com” as the output address is “cc2 @ cur” which is the address of the terminal device of the terminal device 12.
i. com ”is stored.

Therefore, the transmission destination of the electronic mail of the advertisement from the terminal device 10 this time is “kat2 @ y
ullx. com "," 1232 @ 5ug. com ",
And "563@huj.com". The transmission destination from the terminal device 11 is “u768 @ jki”.
t. com ", and" 8775 @ koi9. com "
Are two people. Further, the transmission destination of the terminal device 12 from the terminal device is one of “g76g@ker0.com”.

“Ab.h” as the storage address 2043
tml ”is the output address 2042“ kat2 @
yullx. com ”and is stored in association with the storage address 2043 of“ cd. htm
“1” is the output address 2042 “1232 ＠ 5”
ug. com ”, and is stored in association with the storage address 2043 of“ r5u. html ”
Is "u768 @ jki" which is the output address 2042.
t. com ”and stored.
Furthermore, the storage address 2043 of “342.htm”
l ”is the output address 2042,“ 8775 @ ko
i9. com ”and is stored in association with the storage address 2043 of“ df. ht
"ml" is "g76g @ k" which is the output address 2042.
er0. com ”is stored.

Therefore, the terminal device 10 transmits the destinations “kat2@ylulx.com” and “1232 @ 5
ug. com "and" 563@huj.com ". .com ”to each of the attached files 70. The terminal device 11 transmits the attached file“ u768 @ jkit. c
om ”and“ 8775 @ koi9. com ”is transmitted to the terminal device“ g76g ”.
＠ ker0. com ”is transmitted.

Referring to FIG. 4, a conversion method in which conversion server 202 converts attached file 70 into a converted attached file will be described. The conversion server 202 includes an input file selection engine 2021, a file type determination engine 2022, and HTML translation engines 2023a and 2023a.
A translation engine 2023 comprising a byte-to-byte translation engine 2023b and an attached file notification engine 202
4 and a database 2025. Note that the input file selection engine 2021, the file type determination engine 2022, the translation engine 2023, and the attached file notification engine 2024
Is a functional block showing a function for converting a file into a conversion attachment file.

Input file selection engine 2021
Selects an input file which is a received electronic mail, determines whether or not the attached file 70 is attached to the input file. If the attached file 70 is attached, the input file is stored in the database 20.
Store temporarily at 25. Then, the input file selection engine 2021 converts the customer address into the output address 20.
42.

The file type determination engine 2022
Reads the attached file 70 from the database 2025,
The file extension of the attached file 70 is detected. That is, the file type determination engine 2022 determines whether “doc” or “xl” included in the file name of the attached file
s "," zip "," mime "," ppt "," pdf ", etc. Extensions indicating the file type are detected," doc "indicates that the attached file 70 was created by a word, and" “xls” means that the attached file 70 is Excel (excel, execl are trademarks or registered trademarks)
“Zip” indicates that the attached file 70 is compressed data, and “mime”
Indicates that the attached file 70 is in a file format used for e-mail, and “ppt” indicates that the attached file 70 is in PowerPoint (PowerPoint, Pow).
erPoint indicates that it was created under a trademark or a registered trademark, and "pdf" indicates that Acrobat was used.
t, Acrobat indicates that it was created with a trademark or registered trademark).

Therefore, when the file type determination engine 2022 detects “doc”, the file type
Recognizing that “0” is a word (Word), FIB (File Information) indicating the position where the text 71 is described in the attached file 70.
Tion Block). Then, the file type determination engine 2022 detects the text 71 based on the FIB, and analyzes the data structure of the detected text 71. In this case, the file type determination engine 202
2 is to analyze the data structure of the text 71 and to analyze the layout of texts and images. Then, the file type determination engine 2022 detects the attached file 70
The analysis result of the file format and the data structure of the text is temporarily stored in the database 2025.

The translation engine 2023 translates an attached file using two translation engines. The HTLM translation engine 2023a reads the file format stored in the database 2025 and the analysis result of the data structure of the text, and converts the attached file 70 into an HTML file based on the read file format and the result of the structure analysis. . The two-byte to one-byte translation engine
The two-byte character code developed in the HTML format is converted into a reading. Then, by converting the reading into Roman notation, it is converted into a one-byte character code. For example, 2
The Japanese sentence “Guidance of the meeting” is converted to “kaigi no annai” by the byte-to-byte translation engine 2023b, and then converted to “kaigi no annai” and Romanized display.

Then, the translation engine 2023 executes
The converted attachment file converted into the HTML format file by one translation engine is stored in the database 2025, and a storage address indicating the storage location is stored in the database 2025 as a link destination of the converted attachment file. That is, “ab.html”, “c.
d. html and a storage address such as “++. html” are stored in a storage address (URL) 2043. Then, the attached file notification engine 2024 attaches the link destination of the converted attached file stored in the database 2025 to an electronic mail and transmits the electronic mail to the mobile phones 50 to 52.

The mobile phones 50 to 52 and the PDAs 100, P
C110 receives the electronic mail and displays the electronic mail on the display unit. Cellular phones 50-52, PDAs 100, P
The user of C110 looks at the displayed e-mail, converts the attached e-mail into a link (URL) of the attached file.
Is attached, a search instruction for the attached link destination (URL) is transmitted to the conversion server 202. Then,
File type determination engine 202 of conversion server 202
2 is a mobile phone 50-52, PDA100, PC11
0, search the database 2025 based on the link destination (URL) received, and read the converted attached file stored in the link destination (URL). Then, the file type determination engine 2022 transmits the read converted attachment file to the mobile phones 50 to 52. Thereby, the mobile phones 50 to 52, the PDA 100, and the PC 110 can receive the attached file 70 transmitted by the terminal devices 10, 11, and 12.

Referring to FIG. 6, a flowchart will be described in which a Japanese document is attached to an e-mail as an attached file using the e-mail distribution system shown in FIG. explain.

In the office of the company, the terminal devices 10 and 11
An attached file 70 including a guide text 71 of the next meeting and image data 72 such as a map of the meeting place is created in a word using the and 13 (Step S1). Then, in the office of the company, the created attached file 70 is attached to an e-mail and transmitted (step S2). The attached file translation server 20 actually
This is realized by the ISP OpenShark server.
The attached file translation server 20 receives the e-mail,
The attached file 70 is converted into an HTML format file by the above-described method, and the link destination (URL) of the converted attached file is added to the electronic mail and transmitted to the destination mobile phones 50 to 52, the PDA 100, and the PC 110 ( Step S3).

The e-mail is transmitted via the network 30 composed of the Internet, the radio base station 40, and the access point 90 (step S4).
Destination mobile phones 50-52, PDA100, PC1
10 receives the e-mail (step S5), and transmits a search instruction for the storage address (URL) of the converted attached file attached to the e-mail to the attached file translation server 20 (step S6).

In this case, the mobile phones 50 to 52 and the PDA
A screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit of the PC 100 and the PC 110. And mobile phones 50-52 and PD
A100, the user of the PC 110 may select “http: //www.page.sanne” on the screen displayed on the display unit.
t. ne. jp / hmi ... / sansuper. h
html ", see" http: // www. page.
sannet. ne. jp / hmi ... / sansu
per. html "to the attached file translation server 20, the storage address (U
RL).

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, a message "An appending file is delet"
Although “ed automatically” is displayed on the display unit, the attached file is converted into the HTML format by the attached file translation server 20 and transmitted to the mobile phone as shown in FIG. The link destination (URL) of the conversion attachment file is “http:
// www. page. sannet. ne. jp / h
mi ... / sunsuper. html "is displayed.

Referring again to FIG. 5, attached file translation server 20 stores the storage address (UR) of the converted attached file.
L), receives the search instruction, searches the storage address (URL), and issues the search instruction for the converted attached file stored in the storage address (URL).
52, the PDA 100, and the PC 110 (step S7). And the converted attachment file that is the search result is
The data is transmitted via the network 30, the radio base station 40, and the access point 90 (step S8). The mobile phones 50 to 52 display the attached file 70 including the main body 71 and the two-dimensional code data 72 on the display unit using a browser (step S9). In this case, as shown in FIG.
A text as a guide for the conference and image data of a map indicating the location of the conference hall are displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone.

The attached file translation server 20 charges a server usage fee to the user (step S10).
The user pays a server usage fee (step S11).
The settlement of the product is not limited to cash, and the settlement may be performed using a credit card. In this case, the terminal device of the credit company or the bank issues a bill for the usage fee to the customer,
The usage fee is deducted from the user's account, and a usage statement is issued to the user.

In the above, the terminal devices 10, 11, 1
Although the electronic document information 2 is described as transmitting electronic document information to a mobile phone, a PDA, and a PC of a foreign expatriate, the present invention is not limited to this, and any terminal device capable of transmitting and receiving via a network such as the Internet may be used.

The two-byte / one-byte translation engine 2023b is described as converting a two-byte character code, Japanese, into a Roman character to convert it into a one-byte character code. It may be of the type to be translated, and may be a language other than English, for example, French, German, Russian, Spanish, etc., as long as it is a language represented by a one-byte character code. Also, the double-byte character code to be translated is not limited to Japanese, but may be Chinese, Korean (Hangul characters), etc. as long as the language is expressed in the double-byte character code. The translation engine may be of a type that translates a 2-byte character code such as Chinese or Korean into a 1-byte character code such as English. Further, the 2-byte-1 byte translation engine 2023b determines the language type (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc.) of the attached file 70, and translates it into any language (Roman, English, German, etc.). By adding a mechanism for determining / detecting whether or not to do so (for example, determining based on the address of the destination), even if the same email with an attached file is sent to multiple destinations at once, the attached file is The file can be translated into the language of the one-byte character code corresponding to the destination, and the attached file can be displayed to the destination addressee, so that a more convenient system can be provided.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a sender who sends a document from a 2-byte code zone to a 1-byte code zone creates a document in Japanese using a terminal device such as a personal computer, and creates the document in Japanese. We send emails with attachments as attachments to recipients around the world,
Regardless of whether the recipient is in the two-byte code zone or the one-byte code zone, the e-mail can be sent to recipients worldwide with a single e-mail.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description of the embodiments, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram conceptually illustrating an electronic mail distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an attached file created in the terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing storage contents of a user database shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the conversion server shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a method of purchasing a product in the electronic mail distribution system shown in FIG. 1;

6 is a diagram showing a display screen of a mobile phone in the electronic mail distribution system shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen of a conventional mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 11, 12 Terminal device (e-mail sender terminal device) 20 Attached file translation server (e-mail distribution server) 30 Network 40 Wireless base station 50-52 Cellular phone 60, 61 Access point 70 Attached file 71 Text 72 Image data 80 1 byte (character) code area 81 2 byte (character) code area 90 access point 100 PDA 110 PC 201 mail server 202 conversion server 203 page server 204 user database 2021 input file selection engine 2022 file type determination engine 2023 translation engine 2023a HTML Translation engine 2023b 2-byte-1 byte translation engine 2024 Attached file notification engine 2025 Database 2041 Input address 20 42 Output address 2043 Storage address

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An electronic mail distribution system for distributing an electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, comprising the steps of: Receiving, converting the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet, and creating a converted attached file in which the 2-byte character code of the attached file is converted into a 1-byte character code, and combining the e-mail with the converted attached file. An e-mail distribution system, wherein the e-mail is transmitted via the communication network. 2. An electronic mail delivery system for delivering an electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein an attached file created with a 2-byte character code such as a kanji is attached from an electronic mail sender terminal device. Receiving an e-mail, converting the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as HTML, converting the two-byte character code of the attached file into a reading, and then converting the reading into Roman characters. To create
An electronic mail distribution system, wherein the electronic mail and the converted attached file are transmitted through the communication network. 3. An electronic mail distribution system for distributing an electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein the electronic mail is transmitted from an electronic mail sender terminal device in a two-byte character code such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean. Receives an e-mail with the attached file attached, and converts the attached file to HTML
The attached file is converted to a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as the Internet, and the attached file is converted to a one-byte character code such as English, German, French, etc., and the e-mail and the converted An e-mail distribution system for transmitting an attached file via the communication network. 4. An electronic mail delivery method for delivering electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, comprising the steps of: sending an electronic mail with an attached file created with a 2-byte character code from an electronic mail sender terminal device; Receiving, converting the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet, and creating a converted attached file in which the 2-byte character code of the attached file is converted into a 1-byte character code, and combining the e-mail with the converted attached file. An electronic mail distribution method, wherein the electronic mail is transmitted via the communication network. 5. An electronic mail distribution method for distributing an electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein an attached file created with a 2-byte character code such as a kanji is attached from an electronic mail sender terminal device. Receiving an e-mail, converting the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as HTML, converting the two-byte character code of the attached file into a reading, and then converting the reading into Roman characters. To create
An e-mail distribution method, wherein the e-mail and the converted attached file are transmitted via the communication network. 6. An electronic mail delivery method for delivering an electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein the electronic mail is transmitted from a terminal device of the electronic mail in a two-byte character code such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean. Receives an e-mail with the attached file attached, and converts the attached file to HTML
The attached file is converted to a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as the Internet, and the attached file is converted to a one-byte character code such as English, German, French, etc., and the e-mail and the converted An e-mail distribution method, comprising transmitting an attached file via the communication network. 7. An e-mail distribution server for distributing an e-mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein the e-mail to which an attached file created with a 2-byte character code is attached is sent from an e-mail sender terminal device. Receiving, converting the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet, and creating a converted attached file in which the 2-byte character code of the attached file is converted into a 1-byte character code, and combining the e-mail with the converted attached file. An e-mail distribution server for transmitting via the communication network. 8. An e-mail distribution server for distributing an e-mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein an attached file created with a 2-byte character code such as a kanji is attached from an e-mail sender terminal device. Receiving an e-mail, converting the attached file into a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as HTML, converting the two-byte character code of the attached file into a reading, and then converting the reading into Roman characters. To create
An e-mail distribution server for transmitting the e-mail and the converted attached file via the communication network. 9. An electronic mail distribution server for distributing electronic mail with an attached file via a server on the Internet, wherein the electronic mail is transmitted from a terminal device of the electronic mail in a two-byte character code such as Japanese, Chinese, or Korean. Receives an e-mail with the attached file attached, and converts the attached file to HTML
The attached file is converted to a file format that can be displayed on the Internet such as the Internet, and the attached file is converted to a one-byte character code such as English, German, French, etc., and the e-mail and the converted An e-mail distribution server for transmitting an attached file via the communication network.