JP2003150525A - Information transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information transmitter capable of automatically transmitting information to a proper approver, and capable of automatically transmitting approved information to a receiver. SOLUTION: A storage device 24 stores approver identification information in relation to transmission request information. A transmitter 22 reads out the approver identification information related to the transmission request information from the storage device 24 when receiving the transmission request information including receiver information and transmitting information, and transmits approval request information including the approver identification information and the received transmitting information to an information storage device 51. The information storage device 51 stores the received approval request information in response to the approver identification information. A terminal unit 32A receives the approval request information by transmitting storage information request information including the approver identification information to the information storage device 51, and transmits approved information to the transmitter 22 when executing approval operation. The transmitter 22 transmits information transmitted to a receiving terminal unit 42a corresponding to the receiver information when receiving the approved information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an information transmitting apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic mail has been frequently used as a means of transmitting information. E-mails (hereinafter referred to as "mails" unless otherwise specified) are telephone and FA
Like X and the like, it is used as various communication means.
E-mail does not need to be dealt with on the spot like a telephone, so it does not bind the behavior of the recipient. Also, by using a mobile terminal device, it is possible to use e-mail anywhere and frequently. It's being used. As described above, since mail can be used more easily than telephone and FAX, it is frequently used for business contact, direct mail, and the like. Here, when a direct mail or the like is sent to a member (customer), it may be inappropriate (important business information or the like) to be sent at the judgment of the person in charge who created the mail. In such a case, the person in charge of creating the email asks the approver who has the authority to determine whether to send the email before sending the email to confirm the email content.

[0003]

When the conventional information transmitting apparatus is used, the person in charge who created the mail (information to be sent) once contacts the approver before sending the mail to the member (customer) or the like. The e-mail is sent or output on paper, etc., and the approver confirms the content of the e-mail. After the approval from the approver, the e-mail is sent to the original destination (receiver). Therefore, it takes time and labor, and in some cases, the transmission of the mail is delayed. In addition, the person who created the email may send the email at his or her own discretion without requesting confirmation of the approver, and may send an inappropriate email to the member (recipient). . The present invention was devised in view of such a point, and information (information to be transmitted) is automatically transmitted to an appropriate approver, and information having approval (information to be transmitted) is automatically transmitted. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information transmitting device that can be transmitted to a recipient.

[0004]

A first invention of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an information transmitting apparatus as set forth in claim 1. In the information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, the storage device stores the approver identification information (the ID unique to the approver, the email address unique to the approver, etc.) in association with the transmission request information. . When the transmission device (server or the like) receives the transmission request information from the transmission request terminal device (eg, the terminal device of the creator of the “information to be transmitted”), the information storage device (the server connecting the terminal device or the like to the communication line). Etc.), the approval request information is automatically transmitted. Then, the approver or the like receives the approval request information from the information storage device using an arbitrary terminal device (personal computer, mobile terminal device, etc.) (for example, in the case of a personal computer, the accumulator request is made by the operation of the approver or the like). Send the information, and in the case of a mobile terminal device,
(Automatically sends stored information request information and receives approval request information). Then, the approver or the like determines approval or denial based on the “information to be transmitted” displayed on the terminal device. Therefore, before the creator of the "information to send" sends the "information to send" to members (customers), etc., the "information to send" is automatically sent to the appropriate approver, Appropriate confirmation of "information to be sent" can be received. In addition, the approved “information to be transmitted” is automatically transmitted, and the creator of the “information to be transmitted” does not need to transmit it again, which is convenient.

A second aspect of the present invention is an information transmitting apparatus as set forth in claim 2. In the information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, in the first invention, when the transmitting apparatus receives the transmission request information, the "information to be transmitted" included in the received transmission request information is stored in a predetermined address of the storage device. Remember. Then, the approval request information includes reference information (predetermined address (URL, etc.)) of the transmission request information (information to be transmitted) to be approved. The terminal device transmits the transmission request information (including the reference information), reads the “information to be transmitted” to be approved from the reference information, and displays it. Then, the approver or the like determines approval or denial based on the “information to be transmitted” displayed on the terminal device. Therefore, the capacity of the approval request information transmitted to the terminal device can be reduced, and the existence of “information to be transmitted” to be approved can be promptly notified to the terminal device. In addition, the approver etc.
It is possible to easily approve or reject the “information to be transmitted”.

A third or eighth invention of the present invention is an information transmitting apparatus as set forth in claim 3 or 8. In the information transmitting device according to claim 3 or 8, the terminal device transmits denial information indicating denial to the transmitting device when the denial operation is performed. Then, when the transmission device receives the denial information, the transmission device prohibits the transmission of the “information to be transmitted” included in the transmission request information to the reception terminal device. Therefore, the “information to be transmitted” denied by the approver or the like is not transmitted to the member (customer) or the like.

A fourth invention of the present invention is an information transmitting apparatus as set forth in claim 4. In the information transmitting apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the storage device further stores approval necessity information indicating whether approval is necessary or unnecessary in association with the transmission request information. Then, upon receiving the transmission request information from the transmission request terminal device, the transmission device (server or the like) transmits the approval request information to the information storage device if the approval necessity information indicates that approval is required. Therefore, by setting the approval necessity information in advance in the approval necessity information, only the approval required can be automatically transmitted to the terminal device, and the load on the approver can be reduced. It's convenient.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is an information transmitting apparatus as set forth in claim 5. In the information transmission device according to claim 5, when the approval information or the denial information is not received from the terminal device within a predetermined period (the approver judges that the judgment is "pending"). The reminder information is automatically sent, and the approver can be notified that the "information to be sent" is stagnant and the user can be prompted to make a decision. It is preventable and convenient.

Further, the sixth to seventh inventions of the present invention are the information transmitting apparatus as described in claims 6 to 7. In the information transmission device according to claims 6 to 7, the information storage device is not included in the configuration with respect to the first invention or the second invention. Approvers, etc.
Instead of receiving from the information storage device, it is received from the transmission device. Therefore, the configuration can be simplified by providing the transmitter with the function of the information storage device.

A ninth invention of the present invention is an information transmitting apparatus as set forth in claim 9. In the information transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, in the fourth invention, when the transmitting apparatus (server or the like) receives the transmission request information from the transmission request terminal apparatus, the approval necessity information indicates that approval is required. In this case, the approval request information is stored in association with the approver identification information. Therefore, by setting approval necessity information in advance in the approval necessity information, only the approval required can be stored in the storage device in association with the approver identification information. It can be reduced, which is convenient.

The tenth invention of the present invention is the tenth invention.
The information transmitting device is as described in 1. Claim 10
According to the information transmitting apparatus described in (3), the dunning information is automatically stored in the transmitting apparatus with respect to the fifth invention. Then, when the transmission device receives the storage information request information from the (arbitrary) terminal device, the transmission device transmits the dunning information stored in the storage device to the terminal device that has transmitted the storage information request information. For this reason,
Since it is possible to notify the approver that the “information to be transmitted” is stagnant and prompt the decision, it is possible to prevent the “information to be transmitted” waiting for approval from being stagnant for a long time, which is convenient.

The eleventh invention of the present invention is the eleventh invention.
The information transmitting device is as described in 1. Claim 11
In the information transmission device described in [1], when the approval request information is displayed on the terminal device, “information to be transmitted”, the approval operation unit, and the denial operation unit are displayed. Therefore, the approver or the like may check the “information to be transmitted”, operate the approval operation unit in the case of approval, and operate the denial operation unit in the case of denial.
The determination of approval or rejection of "information to be transmitted" can be made more easily and more quickly.

The twelfth invention of the present invention is the twelfth invention.
The information transmitting device is as described in 1. Claim 12
In the information transmission device described in (1), the approver identification information (the ID unique to the approver, the e-mail address unique to the approver, etc.) stored in the storage device is stored in the transmission request terminal device ("information to be transmitted"). Stored in association with at least one of the transmission request terminal device identification information corresponding to the person's terminal device), the destination information, the information to be transmitted (email content, etc.), and the date and time information when the transmission request information was transmitted. There is. Therefore, before the creator of the "information to send" sends the "information to send" to the member (customer), etc., the "information to send" is stored in association with the approver identification information of the appropriate approver. Therefore, the approver can properly receive the confirmation of the “information to be transmitted”.

The thirteenth invention of the present invention is the thirteenth invention.
The information transmitting device is as described in 1. Claim 13
In the information transmission device described in (1), the storage device further determines whether to transmit "information to be transmitted" to the receiving terminal device in association with the transmission request information without receiving the approval information from the terminal device. The automatic approval information shown is stored. Then, when the transmission device (server or the like) receives the transmission request information from the transmission request terminal device, the automatic approval information indicates that the “information to be transmitted” is transmitted to the reception terminal device without receiving the approval information. If it is (when it is set to automatic approval), (it is automatically judged as approved)
“Information to be sent” to the receiving terminal device (member's terminal device, etc.)
Send (email etc.). Therefore, the approver and the like only need to confirm the “information to be transmitted” that needs to be approved or rejected, and can appropriately confirm the “information to be transmitted”. In addition, “information to be transmitted” that is definitely required to be approved, which does not require the approval of the approver, is automatically determined as approval and can be quickly transmitted, which is convenient.

The fourteenth invention of the present invention is the fourteenth invention.
The information transmitting device is as described in 1. Claim 14
In the information transmitting apparatus described in (1), “automatic denial information” is included in the “automatic approval information” of the eleventh invention. In the storage device,
The automatic denial information indicating whether to prohibit the transmission of the “information to be transmitted” to the receiving terminal device is stored in association with the transmission request information. When the transmission device (server or the like) receives the transmission request information from the transmission request terminal device, the automatic denial information indicates that the “information to be transmitted” is prohibited from being transmitted to the reception terminal device (automatic). (If set to deny), prohibits the transmission of "information to be sent" (e-mail, etc.) to the receiving terminal device (member's terminal device, etc.) (when it is automatically judged as denied). . Therefore, the approver and the like only need to confirm the “information to be transmitted” that needs to be approved or rejected, and can appropriately confirm the “information to be transmitted”. In addition, “information to be transmitted” that is definitely rejected without the need for an approver's determination is automatically rejected and is not transmitted to members (customers) or the like, which is convenient.

The fifteenth invention of the present invention is the fifteenth invention.
The information transmitting device is as described in 1. Claim 15
In the information transmission device described in, the transmission request terminal device or the transmission device automatically transmits a predetermined character string (abbreviation, typographical error, etc.) to the destination information or “information to be transmitted” included in the transmission request information. Since it is automatically modified to another character string (full name without omission, correct word, etc.), it is possible to prevent inappropriate transmission of "information to be transmitted" to members (customers) and the like, which is convenient.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an information transmitting apparatus of the present invention,
The schematic block diagram of one embodiment applied to the mail transmission device is shown. The transmission requesting unit 10 includes a transmission requesting terminal device 12A (for example, a terminal device of the store A), a transmission requesting terminal device 12B (for example, a mobile terminal device of the store B), and the like, and the terminal server 81 and the mobile terminal, respectively. Server 8
It is connected to the communication line 80 (Internet etc.) via 2. The transmission means 20 is composed of a server 22 (transmission device), a storage means 24 and the like. The server 22 is connected to the communication line 80 and accessible to the storage means 24. The storage means 24 may be connected to any place as long as it can be accessed from the server 22.

The approval means 30 includes the approval terminal devices 32A and 3A.
2B (for example, the terminal device of the sales headquarters and the mobile terminal device)
Etc., and a communication line via an information storage device 51 (for terminals) (a server for terminals) and an information storage device 52 (for a mobile terminal) (servers for a mobile terminal) of the information storage means 50, respectively. Connected to 80. The receiving means 40 is
The portable terminal server 82 and the receiving terminal devices 42a and 42b (for example, personal computers of members (customers)) configured of the receiving terminal devices 42a to 44b and connected to the communication line 80 via the terminal server 82 are provided. There are receiving terminal devices 44a and 44b (for example, mobile terminal devices of members (customers)) connected to the communication line 80 via the like. The information transmission device of the present invention includes a transmission device (server 22) and a storage device (storage means 2).
4), terminal devices (approved terminal devices 32A and 32B), and information storage devices 51 and 52. When the transmitting device (server 22) is provided with the function of the information storage device (e-mail transmission / reception function, etc.), the information storage devices 51, 52
Can be omitted. In the following description, unless otherwise specified, “transmission unit 20” refers to “transmission device (server 22)”, “storage unit 24” refers to “storage device”, and “approval unit 30 or Approval terminal device 32
"A, 32B" means "terminal device", and "information storage means 5"
"0" indicates "information storage device 51, 52". In addition, the approval terminal devices 32A and 32B do not represent the function of the terminal device (not have a special function for approval) but an arbitrary terminal device (for example, a transmission request terminal). Device 12A, etc.) can be used.

[First Embodiment] First, the [first embodiment] will be described. [First
Embodiment] is provided with an information storage device, and the approval request information includes “information to be transmitted”. An outline of the operation of the information transmitting apparatus of the present invention will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. [Overall Operation Overview] For example, the person in charge of the store A uses the transmission requesting means 10 (transmission requesting terminal device 12A or the like) to transmit (mail) the transmission requesting information in step S10 to the transmitting means 20 (server 2)
Send to 2). The transmission request information includes the receiving means 40.
It includes destination information associated with (reception terminal devices 42a to 44b) and "information to be transmitted". Transmission means 20
When the server 22 receives the transmission request information from the transmission requesting means 10 (the transmission requesting terminal device 12A or the like), the “information to be transmitted” included in the received transmission requesting information is stored in the storage device 24 at a predetermined address. Remember. In this case, it is preferable to allocate transmission information identification information (such as an ID unique to the transmission request information) to each piece of received transmission request information, and use this transmission information identification information in subsequent transmission / reception. Then, in step S12, the storage unit 24 is accessed to confirm the setting state of the approval necessity information related to the received transmission request information. If the approval necessity information is set to indicate “approval required” (Yes), the process proceeds to step S25. If the approval necessity information is set to indicate “no approval required” (No), the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, the storage means 24 is accessed to confirm the setting state of the automatic approval information related to the received transmission request information. When the automatic approval information is set to indicate that “information to be transmitted without receiving approval information from the approval terminal device is transmitted to the reception terminal device” (Yes)
In the case of), the process proceeds to step S65. In step S65, the reception means 40 (reception terminal devices 42a to 44b) corresponding to the destination information included in the received transmission request information.
Etc.), the “information to be transmitted” (e-mail, etc.) included in the received transmission request information is transmitted. If the automatic approval is not set (No), the process proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, the storage means 24 is accessed to confirm the setting state of the automatic denial information related to the received transmission request information. If the automatic denial information is set to "prohibit the transmission of the information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal device" (Yes), the process proceeds to step S55.
In step S55, the transmission request means 10 (the transmission request terminal device 12A, etc.) that has transmitted the received transmission request information.
Then, a denial notice (e-mail or the like) for notifying that the denial is made is transmitted, and the transmission of the “information to be transmitted” to the receiving means 40 (receiving terminal devices 42a to 44b etc.) is prohibited. In step S55, the denied transmission request information may be discarded after the denial notification is transmitted. Further, the transmission of the denial notice may be omitted. If automatic denial is not set (N
If o), the process proceeds to step S25.

In step S25, the transmitting means 20 (server 22) stores the approver identification information (ID unique to the approver, e-mail address unique to the approver, etc.) related to the received transmission request information from the storage means 24. The approval request information including the read-out approver identification information and the “information to be transmitted” included in the received transmission request information is transmitted to the information storage device 51 or the like. In this case, it is preferable that the approval request information to be transmitted includes transmission information identification information. The information storage device 51 and the like are provided in the transmission means 20 (server 2
When the approval request information is received from 2), the “information to be transmitted” included in the received approval request information is stored in association with the approver identification information included in the received approval request information.

In step S26, the approval unit 30 (approval terminal device 32A, etc.) stores the storage information request information (mail read information, etc.) including the approver identification information in the information storage device 51.
And so on. In this case, when the approval unit 30 is a personal computer or the like, the approval unit 30 transmits the stored information request information by the operation of the approver or the like. When the approval unit 30 is a mobile terminal device or the like, the approval unit 30 automatically and periodically transmits the stored information request information. Then, in step S27, when the information storage device 51 or the like receives the stored information request information including the approver identification information from any approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A or the like), the information storage device 51 or the like includes the received stored information request information. "Information to be sent" corresponding to the authorized approver identification information
Approval request information including "" is transmitted to the approval unit 30 (such as the approval terminal device 32A) that has transmitted the storage information request information.
In this case, it is preferable that the approval request information to be transmitted includes transmission information identification information. Also, approval means 3
0 (approval terminal device 32A or the like) receives approval request information from the information storage device 51 or the like.

The dunning information in steps S30 to S32 will be described later. In step S35, the approval unit 30 displays the “information to be transmitted” included in the received approval request information or the received dunning information on the display unit. Then, when the approver or the like performs an approval operation (input approval), the approval information indicating the approval is transmitted to the transmission unit 20 (server 22). When the approver or the like performs a denial operation (entering a denial, etc.), the denial information indicating the denial is transmitted to the transmission means 20 (server 22). In this case, it is preferable that the approval information or the denial information includes the transmission information identification information.

In step S40, when the transmission means 20 (server 22) receives the approval information or the denial information from the approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A etc.) (in the case of Yes), the process proceeds to step S50. When the approval information or the denial information is not received from the approval unit 30 (the approval terminal device 32A or the like) (in the case of No), the process proceeds to step S45. In step S45, it is determined whether or not a predetermined period has passed (for example, 48 hours) since the approval request information or the dunning information was transmitted to the information storage device 51 or the like. In this case, determination is made for each piece of transmission information identification information. If the predetermined period has not elapsed (No), step S40
Return to. When the predetermined period has passed (Yes)
Proceeds to step S30. In step S30, in order to prompt the approver to approve or deny, the transmitting means 2
0 (server 22) sends the approval requester identification information included in the approval request information to the approval request information for which the approval information or the denial information has not been received even if a predetermined period has elapsed after the transmission. The reminder information including the information is transmitted to the information storage device 51 or the like, and the process returns to step S40. In this case, it is preferable that the reminder information to be transmitted include transmission information identification information. Further, if the approval information or the denial information is not received even if a predetermined period has elapsed after the dunning information was transmitted, the dunning information may be transmitted again. Of course, the dunning information may not be transmitted to the approval request information that has received the approval information or the denial information. Further, even when automatic approval or automatic denial is set, the dunning information does not have to be transmitted. Upon receiving the dunning information from the transmitting unit 20 (server 22), the information storage device 51 and the like stores the dunning information in association with the approver identification information included in the received dunning information.

In step S31, the approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A, etc.) transmits the storage information request information (email read information, etc.) including the approver identification information to the information storage device 51, etc., as in step S26. To do. Then, in step S32, when the information storage device 51 or the like receives the stored information request information including the approver identification information from any approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A or the like), the information storage device 51 or the like includes the received stored information request information. Approval means 30 that has sent the accumulated information request information for the dunning information corresponding to the authorized approver identification information.
(Approval terminal device 32A, etc.). In this case, it is preferable that the reminder information to be transmitted include transmission information identification information. Arbitrary approval means 30 (approval terminal device 3
2A) receives the reminder information from the information storage device 51 or the like, and transmits the approval information or the denial information to the transmission means 20 (server 22) as in the case of receiving the approval request information. The transmission of the dunning information may be omitted.

In step S50, the transmission means 20 (server 22) determines whether or not the signal received from the approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A etc.) is approval information.
If it is the approval information (Yes), step S
Proceed to 65. In step S65, the receiving means 40 corresponding to the destination information included in the approved transmission request information.
The "information to be transmitted" (e-mail, etc.) included in the received transmission request information is transmitted to (the receiving terminal devices 42a to 44b etc.). When the signal received from the approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A etc.) is not approval information (No (when it is denial information)), the process proceeds to step S55. In step S55, the transmission request means 10 (transmission request terminal device 12A, etc.) that has transmitted the denied transmission request information,
A denial notice (e-mail, etc.) for notifying that the denial has been made is transmitted, and the "information to be transmitted" receiving means 40 (reception terminal device 4
2a to 44b) is prohibited. In step S55, the denied transmission request information may be discarded after the denial notification is transmitted. Further, the transmission of the denial notice may be omitted. In step S65, when the "information to be transmitted" (mail or the like) included in the transmission request information is transmitted to the receiving means 40 (receiving terminal devices 42a to 44b etc.), in step S70, the receiving means 40 ( Receiving terminal device 42a-
44b) receives and displays "information to be transmitted" (e-mail, etc.). And the recipient (member (customer) etc.)
You can read "information to send" (e-mail, etc.).

Each information and display screen will be described in detail below. [Transmission request information] In step S10, the transmission request information transmitted from the transmission requesting means 10 (transmission requesting terminal device 12A or the like) to the transmitting means 20 (server 22) includes the receiving means 40 (reception terminal devices 42a to 42a). 44b) and the destination information associated with the "information to be transmitted". An example of the destination registration information 24a is shown in FIG. 3A, and a message registration information 24 is shown in FIG.
The example of b is shown. The destination selected from the destination registration information 24a is the destination information, and the message registration information 24
The message selected from b or the message arbitrarily input is the “information to be transmitted”. The destination registration information 24a is stored in the storage means 24, and the following items are registered.

The "store name" describes the name of the store to which the member (customer) has signed a membership contract. This allows
It is possible to determine which store the member is a member of. When each store has the destination registration information 24a, the store name may be omitted. Identification information unique to the member is assigned to the “member ID”. The "name" describes the name of the member. In the "mail address", a mail address unique to the receiving means 40 (reception terminal devices 42a to 44b) held by the member is registered. The email addressed to the member is sent to this email address. "Gender", "Date of Birth", and "Region Name" include the member's gender (used when extracting the recipient by gender), date of birth (when extracting the recipient from the converted age, etc.) , And the name of the area corresponding to the address (used when extracting the destination by area name, etc.) are registered.

Further, the message registration information 24b is stored in the storage means 24, and the following items are registered. In the “store name”, the names of stores where the message can be used are registered. The store name may be omitted. Identification information unique to the message is assigned to the “message ID”. The mail creator can select this message ID (hereinafter, “selection” is a concept equivalent to “input”) and select a standard message corresponding to the message ID. In the “standard message content”, a message (mail body) in a predetermined format is registered in association with the message ID. By registering the standard message, the mail creator can easily create a mail. Also,
By using the standard message, it is easy to set the approver according to the content of the message. Further, since it is a standard message, the approver can easily understand where in the message to judge whether to approve or reject, so that the judgment is easy. In the present embodiment, it is possible to create not only the standard message but also an arbitrary message.

Next, an example in which the mail creator creates transmission request information using the transmission requesting means 10 (transmission request terminal device 12A, etc.) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows a screen (transmission request screen 12) displayed on the transmission request terminal device 12A or the like.
a) is shown. In this example, the "sender" in the first line of the transmission request screen 12a is the transmission request terminal device 12A.
The name of the store in which is installed (store A) is input in advance. In the second line "Destination" of the transmission request screen 12a,
Enter the recipient information. In the case of direct mail, etc., the number of destinations is very large (in some cases, hundreds or more destinations exist). Therefore, if the conditions for extracting the destinations can be selected from a drop-down menu or the like, it is convenient because the destination information can be easily input without having to select the destinations one by one. In this example, the destination menu screen 12b is displayed from the destination drop-down menu, and "all members of store A", "male member of store A", and the like can be selected. The title of the mail is entered in the "subject" on the third line of the transmission request screen 12a.

"Information to be sent" (mail body) is entered in "mail content" on the fourth line of the transmission request screen 12a. Email contents can also be selected from drop-down menus, etc.
By making it possible to select “information to be transmitted”, it is convenient because the “information to be transmitted” can be easily input without the need to input the character information of the mail body character by character. In this example, from the drop-down menu of mail content,
The message selection screen 12c is displayed, and "Message I
An example is shown in which "D: M001", "arbitrarily enter message", etc. can be selected. From the message selection screen 12c, for example, "message ID: M0
When "01 (newly opened)" is selected, a detailed setting screen 12d for setting detailed contents of the selected message is displayed. For example, the mail composer uses 1 of the detailed setting screen 12d.
By selecting from the drop-down menus for 2d1 to 12d4, "September 29, 10:00, store A
Will open a new store. It is possible to easily create "information to be transmitted". When the creation is completed, "confirm" is selected on the detailed setting screen 12d.

In the fifth line "Message" of the transmission request screen 12a, the "information to be transmitted" (mail body) "confirmed" in the detailed setting screen 12d is automatically displayed (selected from the message ID. If it is not rewritable). However, in the message selection screen 12c,
When "Enter message arbitrarily" is selected, arbitrary character information or the like can be entered (rewritable) in this "message" portion. After completing all the above input, the mail creator selects "execute transmission request" on the transmission request screen 12a. Then, the transmission requesting means 10
(Sending request terminal device 12A, etc.) is destination information (destination)
And transmission request information including "information to be transmitted" (contents of mail) to the transmission means 20 (server 22). In addition,
The transmission request screen 12a shown in FIG.
0 (sending request terminal device 12A or the like) may be held and used, or sending request means 10 (sending request terminal device 12A).
It is also possible to transmit the transmission request request signal from the transmission means 20 (server 22) to the transmission means 20 (server 22) and receive the transmission request screen information and the like from the transmission means 20 (server 22) for use. Transmission requesting means 10
Various methods are possible for displaying the transmission request screen 12a on the display screen of the transmission request terminal device 12A or the like.

[Automatic Approval, Automatic Denial, Approval Request Information] In the transmission unit 20 (server 22), approval necessity determined in step S12, automatic approval and automatic denial determined in steps S15 and S20, step The approval request information or the like transmitted to the information storage device 51 or the like in S25 is based on the approval destination registration information 24c. FIG. 5 shows the approval destination registration information 24.
An example of c is shown. The e-mail address selected from the approval destination registration information 24c is the approval destination information. The approval destination registration information 24c includes the transmission request terminal device identification information (address of the transmission request terminal device, etc.) corresponding to the transmission request terminal device 12A that has transmitted the transmission request information, and the transmission destination information included in the transmission request information. It is stored in association with at least one of "information to be transmitted" included in the transmission request information and date and time information when the transmission request information is received from the transmission request terminal device 12A or the like. Since the date and time information and the like are not always included in the transmission request information, they are not “corresponding to the transmission request information” but “related to the transmission request information”.

The approval destination registration information 24c is stored in the storage means 24, and the following items are registered. Identification information unique to the approver is assigned to the “approver ID”. In “Name” and “Affiliation”, the name, department, post, etc. of the approver are described. The “email address” is the approval means 30 held by the approver.
An e-mail address unique to (approval terminal device 32A, etc.) or the approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A, etc.) of the department to which the user belongs is registered. The information addressed to the approver is sent to this email address.

In the "approval target store", "1" or "0" indicates in which store the transmission request information created is to be approved, and the transmission request terminal that has transmitted the transmission request information. It is related to the transmission request terminal device identification information corresponding to the device. For example, the approver with the approver ID “E001” is the approval target for the transmission request information created by the “store A” (in this case, the transmission requesting unit 10 (transmission request terminal device 12A)), and is the “store B”. (In this case, the transmission request information created by the transmission request terminal device 12B) is not subject to approval. In this example, the “approval target message ID” is information to be transmitted included in the transmission request information (in this case, a message ID or the like), and a transmission request terminal device corresponding to the transmission request terminal device that has transmitted the transmission request information. It is related to the identification information (in this case, the terminal address of the store, etc.). In “approval message ID”, “* 1” or “* 0” indicates which message ID (what kind of mail content) the transmission request information is to be approved. Further, message IDs that should be obviously approved (message IDs that may be automatically approved) are indicated by “2 *” without the approval of the approver. When the “approval target message ID” is set to “2 *”, the automatic approval information indicates the approval decision. Further, message IDs that should be obviously denied (message IDs that may be automatically determined to be denied) are indicated by "3 *" without the need for the approver to make a decision. If the “message ID for approval” is set to “3 *”,
The automatic denial information indicates the denial determination. The message ID for which the approver himself / herself should approve or reject is indicated by "0 *".

That is, for the approval target message ID, if the approval necessity information indicates "approval required",
It is set to "01". Further, when the approval necessity information indicates "no approval required" and the automatic approval information indicates "approval", it is set to "21". Further, when the approval necessity information indicates “no approval required” and the automatic denial information indicates “denial”, it is set to “31”. Also,
Those that are not approved are set to "00". The approval target message ID is "0" as described above.
It is not limited to “0, 01, 21, 31”, and each is “0 (non-approval target)”, “1 (approval required)”, “2 (no approval required and automatic approval)”, “3 (no approval required, and It may be indicated by a one-digit number or the like, such as “automatic denial”, and the setting contents can be identified by various methods.

For example, the approver having the approver ID “E001” is the message ID “M” from the approval target store “store A”.
For the transmission request information of “002”, “Approval target (*
1) ”and is registered in the setting that“ the approver judges the approval or rejection (0 *) ”. Further, for example, the approver having the approver ID “E002” is the message ID “other (optionally input etc.)” from the approval target store “store A”.
For the transmission request information of “Approve target (* 1)”, it is registered in the setting of “Automatically deny and judge (3 *)”, and the approver with the approver ID “E003 approves The transmission request information of the message ID “M003” from the target store “Store B” is “Approval Target (* 1)”, and is registered in the setting of “Automatically Approve and Judge (2 *)”. There is.

For example, the transmitting means 20 (server 22) is
Transmission request means 10 of the store A (transmission request terminal device 12A
Etc.), the approver who should approve the received transmission request information is the approver ID.
Recognize that it is "E001". If the automatic approval or automatic denial is not set, the approval request information is transmitted to the approval destination information (mail address) corresponding to the approver ID. In this case, approver ID “E001”
Since the approval target message ID “M001” is set to “2 *”, the transmission means 20 (server 22) automatically determines that the approval is set (recognition). It is assumed that the approval information has been received from the means). (Yes in step S15)

Further, for example, the transmitting means 20 (server 2
2) receives the transmission request information including the message ID “other (optionally input, etc.)” from the transmission requesting means 10 (the transmission request terminal device 12A, etc.) of the store A, refers to the approval destination registration information 24c, The approver who should approve the received transmission request information recognizes that the approver ID is “E002”. If the automatic approval or automatic denial is not set, the approval request information is transmitted to the approval destination information (mail address) corresponding to the approver ID. In this case, since the approval target message ID “others” of the approver ID “E002” is set to “3 *”, it is recognized that the automatic denial is set, and the transmission unit 20 (server 22).
Automatically determines that the request is denied (assuming that the reject information has been received from the approval means). (Yes in step S20
Judge)

Further, for example, the transmitting means 20 (server 2
When 2) receives the transmission request information including the message ID “M002” from the transmission requesting means 10 (the transmission requesting terminal device 12A or the like) of the store A, the approval destination registration information 24c is referred to and the received transmission request information is displayed. The approver to approve recognizes that the approver ID is “E001”. If the automatic approval or automatic denial is not set, the approval request information is transmitted to the approval destination information (mail address) corresponding to the approver ID. In this case, the approver ID “E00
2 ”approval target message ID“ M002 ”is“ 0 * ”
Since it is set to, the approver recognizes that the approver himself or herself determines approval or denial, and the transmitting means 20 (server 22)
Corresponds to the approval request information including the “information to be transmitted” or the approval request information including the reference information indicating the predetermined address of the storage unit 24 (the address storing the “information to be transmitted”) to the approver ID “E001”. Automatically send to the approval destination information (email address). (Execute the process of step S25)

Next, an example in which the approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A, etc.) receives approval request information and the approver performs an approval operation or a denial operation will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment, the approval request information includes “information to be transmitted”.
And the approval operation unit and the denial operation unit are included. FIG. 7 (A)
An example in which the approver 30 (approval terminal device 32A or the like) receives the approval request information and the approver performs the approval operation or the denial operation using the. FIG. 7A shows an approval means 30.
The approval request detail screen 32g displayed on the display means of the approval terminal device 32A or the like is shown. The approval means 30 displays the approval request detail screen 32g when the approval request information is received. In the “transmission date and time”, the date and time when the transmission request information is transmitted from the transmission requesting unit 10 to the transmitting unit 20 (server 22) is displayed. In the “transmission information identification information”, a unique ID corresponding to the transmission request information that is the target of the approval request information is displayed. The transmission information identification information is included in the approval information or the denial information and is transmitted to the transmission unit 20 (server 22). In “Approver ID”, a unique ID associated with the approver who is the target of the approval request information is displayed. Send request screen 1 for "Sender"-"Message"
The contents created in 2a are displayed.

The approver confirms the approval request detail screen 32g and selects "approval" (operates the approval operation unit) to approve, or selects "deny" (operation of the denial operation unit) to reject. To do. When a comment or the like is input, “approval” or “denial” is selected after inputting the comment or the like, and then “decision” is selected. Then, approval means 3
0 means the approval information corresponding to the transmission request information when approval is selected, and the denial information corresponding to the transmission request information when denial is selected, together with the transmission information identification information, to the transmission means 20 (server. 22). (Step S35) The transmission means 20 (server 22) receives the approval information or the denial information together with the transmission information identification information, and the transmission request information corresponding to the transmission information identification information (A-001 in this example) is approved. Or recognize that it has been denied. In this example, only the content of the approval request information corresponding to one “information to be transmitted” is displayed on the approval request details screen 32g, but the approval request information corresponding to a plurality of “information to be transmitted” is approved. It is also possible to display it on the request detail screen 32g. For example, different "information to be transmitted" is displayed for each page, and the approver and the like are "information to be transmitted" for each page.
Is confirmed, and approval or denial is determined for each page (in this case, buttons for performing "move to next page" and "move to previous page" operations for each page are also prepared). And
For all pages, if you select “Approve” after selecting approval or disapproval, the approval information will be displayed for the “information to be sent” for which approval was selected and the “information to be sent” for which rejection was selected. Then, the denial information is transmitted to the transmission means 20. In this case, by including the transmission information identification information corresponding to each “information to be transmitted” in the approval information or the denial information, the transmission unit 20 determines which “information to be transmitted” is approved or rejected. It is possible.

The approval means 30 is the transmission means 20 (server 2
When the approval information is transmitted to 2) and the transmission means 20 (server 22) which has received the approval information transmits the mail to the reception means 40, an example of the received mail 43a displayed by the reception means 40 is shown in FIG. 7B. Show. Received mail 43a shown in FIG. 7 (B)
Is, for example, the approval request detail screen 32g shown in FIG.
If “Approval” is selected from among the above, the member ID “00
1] is an example of the mail displayed on the receiving terminal device 42a. As shown in FIG. 7B, the “destination” of the mail received by the receiving means 40 is for each member (a mail is created and sent for each member), and the “sending date” is approval. It is the date and time transmitted from the transmission means 20 (server 22) after the time point.

[Approval and transmission status information] The transmission means 20 (server 22) stores the approval information or denial information received from the approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32A etc.) in the approval and transmission status information 24d. At the same time, the result and the like transmitted to the receiving means 40 (reception terminal devices 42a to 44b) are stored in the approval and transmission status information 24d. FIG. 8 shows an example of the approval and transmission status information 24d.
The approval and transmission status information 24d is stored in the storage means 24, and the following items are stored. The transmission request screen 1 is displayed in the "transmission request store name" to "transmission destination" part 24e.
The contents created in 2a are automatically entered. Two
The transmitting means 20 is included in the "transmission information identification information" of the portion 4e.
A unique ID is entered in the transmission request information received by the (server 22). (In the present embodiment, the transmission means 20 automatically performs it.) In the “Approver Name” and “Approver ID” of the 24f part,
The approver name and approver ID extracted from the approval destination registration information 24c are automatically entered. In the 24k portion of “transmission request date and time” and “approval request / dunning date and time”, the date and time when the transmission request information is transmitted from the transmission requesting unit 10 and the date and time when the approval request information is transmitted to the approval unit 30 or the dunning information The date and time when was sent to the approval means 30 is automatically entered. The 24k portion is for a predetermined period (for example, 4
It is used to judge the progress of 8 hours.

The "approval result" of the 24g portion is "00".
Waiting for approval, approval judgment by "10" approver (receive approval information), rejection judgment by "01" approver (rejection information), approval judgment by "20" automatic approval, "03"
The content of the denial determination by automatic denial is stored. 24
The "transmission status" of the h part is "○" (by approval decision,
The contents of the status of sending completed), the status of “X” not executed (due to denial judgment), the status of “waiting for approval” (waiting for approval information or denial information from the approver) are stored. . When the transmission means 20 (server 22) receives the transmission request information, first, the 24e portion, the 24f portion,
After automatically inputting the 24k part, the "approval result" of the 24g part is set to "00" (waiting for approval), and the "transmission status" of the 24h part is set to "waiting for approval".

When the received transmission request information is set to automatic approval, the transmission means 20 (server 22) sets "approval result" to "20". When the received transmission request information is set to automatic denial, the transmission unit 20 (server 22) sets the “approval result” to “03”. In the case of transmission request information for which automatic approval or automatic denial is not set, the transmission unit 20 (server 22) transmits the approval request information related to the transmission request information to the approval unit 30 corresponding to the approver ID. Transmission means 20 (server 22)
When the approval information is received from the approval unit 30, the “approval result” is set to “10”, and when the denial information is received from the approval unit 30, the “approval result” is set to “01”.
Then, based on this "approval result", the presence or absence of approval information or denial information is determined. (Step S40)

The transmitting means 20 (server 22) indicates that the "approval result" is not "00" (10 or 01 or 20).
Or 30), and the transmission status is not “◯” or “x”, the processing from step S50 is executed. For example, in the case of a line in which the “approval result” is “10” and the transmission status is “waiting for approval”, it is determined that the approval has been made, but it is determined that the mail transmission to the destination has not been performed, and the transmission unit 20 (Server 22)
The “information to be transmitted” (e.g., mail) included in the transmission request information is transmitted to the receiving unit 40 corresponding to the destination information included in the transmission request information. Then, “◯” is stored in the transmission status. Also, for example, the “approval result” is “0.
1 ”and the transmission status is“ waiting for approval ”,
It is determined that the denial is determined, and the transmission means 20 (server 2
In step S55, 2) sends a denial notification (e-mail, etc.) to the transmission requesting means 10. Note that step S55
At, after the rejection notification is transmitted, the rejected transmission request information may be discarded. Then, "x" is stored in the transmission status.

The transmitting means 20 (server 22) is 2
When a predetermined period (for example, 48 hours) elapses from the date and time stored in the 4k portion “approval request / reminder date and time” (Yes determination in step S45), the reminder information is transmitted to the approval unit 30 to approve or reject. Prompt the decision. (Step S30) The “approval request / reminder date and time” stores the date and time when the approval request information was transmitted to the approval unit 30 or the last date and time when the reminder information was transmitted to the approval unit. A predetermined period is calculated based on this “approval request / reminder date”. FIG. 9A shows an example of the denial notice screen 12e displayed when the transmission requesting unit 10 receives the denial notice from the transmitting unit 20 (server 22). By confirming the denial notification screen 12e, the mail creator can know that the created transmission request information has been denied and that the mail has not been sent. Further, if there is a description from the approver in the comment part, it is possible to clearly understand the reason for the denial, and it becomes easy to re-create the transmission request information that does not correspond to the reason for denial. Further, FIG. 9B shows an example of the dunning information screen 32h displayed when the approval unit 30 receives the dunning information from the transmission unit 20 (server 22). By confirming the dunning information screen 32h, the approver can know that the transmission request information for which he / she should judge approval or rejection is stagnant.

Next, another example of the transmission request screen 12a is shown in FIG. 10 (transmission request screen 12a1). Send request screen 1
In 2a1, "approval destination" is added. From the drop-down menu of the approval destination, the mail composer can select "Approval destination registration information (automatic)" (as described in the above embodiment) or "Store A store manager → headquarters AB sales department manager".
It becomes possible to specify the approver. Also, from the transmission request screens 12a and 12a1, not the selection from the drop-down menu etc., but the part where an arbitrary character string is input (subject of subject, "Enter message arbitrarily" in mail content)
(For selecting and inputting), a correction table or the like for correcting the abbreviation to the official name is used. For example, in the correction table, the abbreviation “(shares)” is converted into the official name of “corporation”. In the correction table, not only the correction of the abbreviation,
It is preferable to register words that are easy to make mistakes. Then, the transmission request means 10 or the transmission means 20 (the server 2
In 2), using the correction table, a predetermined character string (abbreviation, typographical error, etc.) included in the transmission request information is automatically corrected to another character string (correct character string).

Next, another example of the approval destination registration information 24c will be described.
FIG. 11A (approval destination registration information 24c1), FIG.
(B) (Approval destination registration information 24c2). In the approval destination registration information 24c1, the “approval target store” and the “approval target message ID” of the approval destination registration information 24c are changed to “approval target transmission destination”. For "Approval destination",
The options in the “Destination” drop-down menu on the transmission request screen 12a are set. “* 0”, “* 1”, “0 *”, “2 *”, which is described in “Approval target destination”
The content of “3 *” is the same as the approval destination registration information 24c. As a result, the transmission destination information (destination) included in the transmission request information and the transmission request terminal device identification information (in this case, the transmission request terminal device identification information corresponding to the transmission request terminal device that has transmitted the transmission request information)
The approval destination information (approval terminal device 32A, etc.) can be set in association with the store terminal address, etc.). In the approval destination registration information 24c2, the “approval target message ID” of the approval destination registration information 24c is changed to the “approval target date and time”. The date and time when the transmission request information is transmitted from the transmission requesting means 10 to the transmitting means 20 is set in the “approval date and time”. "* 0" described in "Date and time of approval",
The contents of “* 1”, “0 *”, “2 *”, and “3 *” are the same as the approval destination registration information 24c. As a result, the transmission request information is related to the date and time information received from the transmission request terminal device and the transmission request terminal device identification information (in this case, the terminal address of the store, etc.) corresponding to the transmission request terminal device that transmitted the transmission request information. Approval destination information (approval terminal device 32A
Etc.) can be set.

In addition to the above, it is possible to confirm the presence or absence of a predetermined character string in the mail text and set the approval destination in association with the predetermined character string. For example, when the character string “newly opened store” exists in the body of the email, it is possible to automatically transmit the approval request information to the approver ID “E001”. It is also possible to confirm the presence or absence of a predetermined character string in the body of the email and set automatic approval or automatic denial in correspondence with the predetermined character string. For example,
When the character string "newly opened store" exists in the body of the mail, it can be set to automatic approval, and when the character string "% OFF" exists, it can be set to automatic denial. Various methods can be used as the method of setting the approval destination and the method of setting the automatic approval or the automatic denial.

[Second Embodiment] [Second Embodiment] will be described below. [Second
The embodiment] includes an information storage device, and the approval request information includes reference information instead of “information to be transmitted”. Hereinafter, the difference from the [first embodiment] will be described. [Outline of Overall Operation] In the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, the content of the approval request information transmitted in step S25 and step S27 (reference information is included in place of “information to be transmitted”) and step S27. Next, it differs in that the approval unit 30 transmits the transmission request information to the transmission unit 20, and the transmission unit 20 transmits “information to be transmitted” to the approval unit 30.
The approval unit 30 receives the “information to be transmitted” and displays it on the display unit, and transmits the approval information when the approval operation is performed and the denial information when the denial operation is performed.

[Approval Request Information] Next, referring to FIG. 6, the approval means 30 (approval terminal device 32)
A) will receive the approval request information, and the approver will perform the approval operation or the denial operation. In the second embodiment, the approval request information includes reference information indicating a predetermined address (address storing “information to be transmitted”). FIG. 6 shows the approval request screen 32a and the approval waiting mail list screen 32b displayed on the display unit of the approval unit 30 (approval terminal device 32A or the like). In this example, the approval-waiting mail list screen 3 is provided below the approval request screen 32a.
Reference information indicating the address of "information to be transmitted" included in 2b (URL (http: // www
w. xxx. yyy. zzz. jp)) is included. Upon receiving the approval request information, the approval unit 30 (approval terminal device 32A) first displays the approval request screen 32a,
Display reference information. In this example, the approval request screen 32a
Includes one reference information, and the approval-waiting mail list screen 32b displaying a plurality of “information to be transmitted” is displayed from the one reference information, but the reference information is allocated for each “information to be transmitted”. The approval request screen 32a may include a plurality of pieces of reference information. In this case, the approver or the like selects reference information one by one, and determines approval or denial.

Then, when the approver selects (inputs) reference information (URL in this example) from the approval request screen 32a (performs reference operation), the approval means 30 displays reference information indicating a predetermined address. The transmission request information including the
0 (server 22). Transmission means 20 (server 2
2) receives the transmission request information from the approval means 30,
The “information to be transmitted” corresponding to the reference information included in the transmission request information is transmitted to the approval unit 30 that has transmitted the transmission request information. The approval means 30 is the transmission means 20.
The “information to be transmitted” is received from (server 22), and the approval waiting mail list screen 32b is displayed. On the approval waiting mail list screen 32b, the contents (information to be transmitted, etc.) input on the transmission request screen 12a are automatically input to the portion 32c. In addition, a unique ID is automatically input to the transmission request information received by the transmission unit 20 (server 22) in the "transmission information identification information" of the portion 32c. In the portion 32d, the approver name and approver ID extracted from the approval destination registration information 24c are automatically input. Further, the date and time when the transmission request information is transmitted from the transmission requesting means 10 is automatically entered in the “transmission request date and time” of the 32e portion, and the approval request is indicated in the “approval request / dunning date and time” of the 32e portion. The date and time when the information was sent to the approval means 30 or the date and time when the dunning information was sent to the approval means 30 is automatically entered.

Further, in the 32f part, for example, buttons for selecting approval or denial (approval operating part and denial operating part) are displayed, and the approver responds to the transmission request information displayed in the 32c part. Select approval or denial in the 32f part. For example, the approval waiting mail list screen 32
b is waiting for approval in the transmission request information corresponding to the approver (transmission request information for which neither approval nor rejection is determined)
Are all displayed. The approver selects “approve” or “approve” after selecting approval or denial. Then, the approval unit 30 transmits the approval information to the transmission request information for which the approval is selected and the denial information for the transmission request information for which the denial is selected, to the transmission unit 20 (server 22). (Step S35) In this example, it is possible to display a plurality of mails, and a button for selecting approval or rejection is displayed for each mail. As for the result of approval / denial for each mail, by including the transmission information identification information in each result, the transmission means 20
Which "information to send" was approved or rejected,
It is possible to determine. For example, the transmission information identification information is "A-001" and "A-003", and the approver approves "A-001" and rejects "A-003".
The approval means 30 determines the transmission information identification information (in this case, A-0.
The approval information including 01) and the denial information including the transmission information identification information (A-003 in this case) are transmitted to the transmitting unit 20. Others are the same as those in the [first embodiment], and description thereof will be omitted.

[Third Embodiment] Next, the third embodiment will be described. [Third
In the above embodiment], the information storage device is omitted and the function of the information storage device is incorporated in the transmission device. As in the first embodiment, the approval request information includes "information to be transmitted". Hereinafter, [first embodiment]
The difference will be explained. [Configuration] In the third embodiment, the information storage means 5 in FIG.
0 (information storage devices 51 and 52) is omitted, and the transmission means 20 has the function of the information storage means 50. Therefore, the approval unit 30 is connected to the transmission unit 20 (server 22) via a wired line or a wireless line.

[Outline of Overall Operation] The flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is different in that “processing of the information storage device” is incorporated as “processing of the transmission device”. In step S25, the transmission request information (or the approval request information) is stored in the storage means 24 in association with the approver identification information related to the received transmission request information (for example, in the mail Box corresponding to the approver ID). Remember). In step S26, the transmission unit 20 receives the storage information request information including the approver identification information (for example, the mail read information including the approver ID and the password) from the arbitrary approval unit 30. In step S27, the transmission unit 20 reads out the transmission request information (or the approval request information) corresponding to the approver identification information included in the received storage information request information from the storage unit 24. And
The approval request information including the “information to be transmitted” included in the read transmission request information is transmitted to the approval unit 30 that has transmitted the storage information request information. The processing of the dunning information in steps S30 to S32 is also similar to the above, and thus the description thereof is omitted. Since the other points are the same as those in the [first embodiment], description thereof will be omitted.

[Fourth Embodiment] [Fourth Embodiment] will be described below. [Fourth
In the above embodiment], the information storage device is omitted, the function of the information storage device is incorporated in the transmission device, and the approval request information includes reference information instead of “information to be transmitted”. That is, this is an example in which both the [second embodiment] and the [third embodiment] are implemented. Since this description has already been given in the [second embodiment] and the [third embodiment], it will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the information transmission device has been described, but the storage means 24 stores the approver identification information (approver ID, mail address corresponding to the approver, etc.) in association with the transmission request information. ) Is stored, the step of transmitting the transmission request information including the destination information and the information to be transmitted from the transmission requesting means 10 to the transmitting means 20 (server 22), and the transmitting means 20 (server 22), The approver identification information related to the received transmission request information is read from the storage unit 24, and the approval request information including the read out approver identification information and the information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information is stored. The step of transmitting to the means 50, and the information accumulating means 50 receives the approval request information and makes the received approval request information correspond to the approver identification information included in the received approval request information. A step of storing the "information to be transmitted" (or approval request information) contained in the information,
A step of transmitting the stored information request information including the approver identification information (mail read information including the approver ID and password) from the arbitrary approval means 30 to the information storage means 50; When the stored information request information is received from the approval unit 30, the stored information request information is transmitted as approval request information including “information to be transmitted” corresponding to the approver identification information included in the received stored information request information. The step of transmitting to the approval means 30 and the approval means 3
At 0, the approval request information is received and displayed on the display means, and when the approval operation is performed, the approval information indicating the approval is sent to the transmission means 2
0 (server 22), and transmitting means 20
When the (server 22) receives the approval information, the “information to be transmitted” included in the received transmission request information is received by the receiving means 40 corresponding to the destination information included in the received transmission request information. Is also possible.

The information transmitting apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the configuration, processing procedure and the like described in the present embodiment, and various changes, additions and deletions can be made without changing the gist of the present invention. For example, the configuration of the information transmitting apparatus of the present invention is not limited to that shown in FIG. The processing procedure is not limited to the description of the present embodiment and the flowchart shown in FIG. The transmission destination registration information 24a, the transmission registration information 24b, the approval destination registration information 24c, 24c1, 24c2, the approval and transmission status information 24d, etc. stored in the storage means 24 are shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 5, FIG. 8, and FIG. It is not limited to the items, contents, formats, etc. shown. The transmission request screens 12a and 12a1, the destination menu screen 12b, the message selection screen 12c, the detailed setting screen 12d, the approval request screen 32a, the approval waiting mail list screen 32b, the approval request detail screen 32g, the received mail 43a, which are displayed on the display means. The denial notification screen 12e, the dunning information screen 32h, and the like are not limited to the items, contents, screen configurations, and the like shown in FIGS. 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10. In addition, the terminal device (sending request terminal device 12A, etc., approval terminal device 32A)
As the receiving terminal device 42a, etc., various terminal devices such as a personal computer, a mobile terminal device, a PDA, etc. can be used. Further, the numerical values used in the description of the present embodiment are examples, and the present invention is not limited to these numerical values. Further, the information transmitting apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the mail transmitting apparatus and can be applied to various information transmitting apparatuses.

[0062]

As described above, by using the information transmitting apparatus according to claims 1 to 15, information (information to be transmitted) is automatically transmitted to an appropriate approver and approval is obtained. Information (information to be sent) can be automatically sent to the recipient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of an information transmitting apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of operation of the information transmitting apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of destination registration information 24a and message registration information 24b.

[FIG. 4] Transmission request screen 12a, destination menu screen 12
It is a figure which shows the example of b, the message selection screen 12c, and the detailed setting screen 12d.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of approval destination registration information 24c.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an approval request screen 32a and an approval waiting mail list screen 32b.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an approval request detail screen 32g and a received mail 43a.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of approval and transmission status information 24d.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a denial notification screen 12e and a dunning information screen 32h.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another example of a transmission request screen 12a.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example of approval destination registration information 24c.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Transmission requesting means 12A-12B Transmission request terminal device 20 Transmission means 22 Server (transmitting device) 24 storage means (storage device) 30 Approval method 32A-32B Approved terminal device 40 Receiving means 42a-44b Receiving terminal device 50 Information storage means 51 Information storage device (for terminals) 52 (for mobile terminal) information storage device 80 communication lines 81 Terminal server 82 Mobile terminal server

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A transmission device, a storage device, a terminal device, and an information storage device, wherein the storage device stores approver identification information in association with the transmission request information, and the transmission device is a transmission request terminal. When the transmission request information including the transmission destination information and the information to be transmitted is received from the device, the approver identification information related to the received transmission request information is read from the storage device, and the read approver identification information and the received transmission request are received. When the approval request information including the information to be transmitted included in the information is transmitted to the information storage device and the approval information indicating the approval is received from the terminal device, the approval information corresponding to the destination information included in the received transmission request information is received. The information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information is transmitted to the receiving terminal device, and when the information storage device receives the approval request information from the transmitting device, it is included in the received approval request information. The information to be transmitted included in the received approval request information is accumulated in correspondence with the authorized person identification information, and when the accumulated information request information is received from the terminal device, it is included in the received accumulated information request information. The approval request information including the information to be transmitted corresponding to the approver identification information is transmitted to the terminal device that has transmitted the storage information request information, and the terminal device transmits the storage information request information including the approver identification information to the information storage device. When the information is transmitted and the approval request information is received from the information storage device, the information to be transmitted included in the received approval request information is displayed on the display unit, and when the approval operation is performed, the approval information is transmitted to the transmission device. Transmitter. 2. A transmission device, a storage device, a terminal device, and an information storage device, wherein the storage device stores approver identification information in association with the transmission request information, and the transmission device is a transmission request terminal. When the transmission request information including the transmission destination information and the information to be transmitted is received from the device, the information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information is stored in a predetermined address of the storage device, and the received transmission request information is stored in the received transmission request information. Relevant approver identification information is read from the storage device, approval request information including the read out approver identification information and reference information indicating a predetermined address of the storage device is transmitted to the information storage device, and a transmission request is issued from the terminal device. When the information is received, the information to be transmitted, which is stored at the predetermined address of the storage device indicated by the reference information included in the transmission request information, is transmitted to the terminal device which has transmitted the transmission request information. When the approval information indicating approval is received from the terminal device, the information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information is transmitted to the receiving terminal device corresponding to the destination information included in the received transmission request information, When receiving the approval request information from the transmission device, the information storage device stores the reference information included in the received approval request information in association with the approver identification information included in the received approval request information, When the stored information request information is received from the terminal device, the approval request information including the reference information corresponding to the approver identification information included in the received stored information request information is transmitted to the terminal device that has transmitted the stored information request information. Then, when the terminal device transmits the stored information request information including the approver identification information to the information storage device and receives the approval request information from the information storage device, it is included in the received approval request information. When the reference operation is performed and the reference operation is performed, the transmission request information including the reference information included in the approval request information is transmitted to the transmission device, and the information transmitted from the transmission device is received and displayed. An information transmitting device, which displays the information on a means and transmits the approval information to the transmitting device when an approval operation is performed. 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device transmits denial information indicating denial when the denial operation is performed to the transmitting device, and the transmitting device denies the terminal device. An information transmitting apparatus that, when receiving information, prohibits transmission of information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information to a receiving terminal apparatus. 4. The information transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device further includes approval necessity information indicating whether approval is necessary or unnecessary in association with the transmission request information. When the transmission device receives the transmission request information from the transmission request terminal device, the transmission device reads the approval necessity information related to the received transmission request information from the storage device, and the read approval necessity information read out the approval necessity information. If so, an information transmitting device that transmits approval request information. 5. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the transmitting apparatus does not receive the approval information or the denial information from the terminal apparatus within a predetermined period after transmitting the approval request information. In the case of sending, the reminder information including the approver identification information included in the transmitted approval request information is transmitted to the information storage device, and when the information storage device receives the reminder information from the transmission device,
When the dunning information is stored in correspondence with the approver identification information included in the received dunning information and the stored information request information is received from the terminal device, the approver identification information included in the received stored information request information is added. The corresponding dunning information is transmitted to the terminal device that has transmitted the accumulated information request information, and the terminal device transmits the accumulated information request information including the approver identification information to the information storage device and receives the dunning information from the information storage device. Then, the information transmitting device that displays the received dunning information on the display means. 6. A transmission device, a storage device, and a terminal device, wherein the storage device stores approver identification information in association with the transmission request information, and the transmission device transmits from the transmission request terminal device. When the transmission request information including the destination information and the information to be transmitted is received, the approver identification information related to the received transmission request information is read from the storage device, and the received transmission request information is associated with the read approver identification information. When the storage information request information is received from the terminal device, the transmission request information corresponding to the approver identification information included in the received storage information request information is read from the storage device, and the read transmission request information is read. The approval request information including the information to be transmitted included in is transmitted to the terminal device that has transmitted the storage information request information, and when the approval information indicating the approval is received from the terminal device, the reception request information is received. The information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information is transmitted to the receiving terminal device corresponding to the destination information included in the transmission request information, and the terminal device requests the storage information including the approver identification information. When the information is transmitted to the transmission device and the approval request information is received from the transmission device, the information to be transmitted included in the received approval request information is displayed on the display means, and when the approval operation is performed, the approval information is transmitted to the transmission device. An information transmitting device for transmitting. 7. A transmission device, a storage device, and a terminal device, wherein the storage device stores approver identification information in association with the transmission request information, and the transmission device transmits from the transmission request terminal device. When the transmission request information including the destination information and the information to be transmitted is received, the information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information is stored in a predetermined address of the storage device, and the approver related to the received transmission request information. The identification information is read from the storage device, and the approval request information including the read approver identification information and reference information indicating a predetermined address of the storage device is stored in the storage device,
When the storage information request information is received from the terminal device, the approval request information including the reference information corresponding to the approver identification information included in the received storage information request information is transmitted to the terminal device that has transmitted the storage information request information. Then, when the transmission request information is received from the terminal device, the transmission information stored in the predetermined address of the storage device indicated by the reference information included in the transmission request information is transmitted to the terminal device that has transmitted the transmission request information. When transmitting and receiving approval information indicating approval from the terminal device, the information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information is sent to the receiving terminal device corresponding to the destination information included in the received transmission request information. When the terminal device transmits the storage information request information including the approver identification information to the transmission device and receives the approval request information from the transmission device, the terminal device includes the approval information included in the received approval request information. When the reference operation is performed and the reference operation is performed, the transmission request information including the reference information included in the approval request information is transmitted to the transmission device, and the information transmitted from the transmission device is received and displayed. An information transmitting device, which displays the information on a means and transmits the approval information to the transmitting device when an approval operation is performed. 8. The information transmission device according to claim 6, wherein the terminal device transmits denial information indicating denial when the denial operation is performed to the transmission device, and the transmission device rejects the denial from the terminal device. An information transmitting apparatus that, when receiving information, prohibits transmission of information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information to a receiving terminal apparatus. 9. The information transmission device according to claim 6, wherein the storage device further includes approval necessity information indicating whether approval is necessary or unnecessary in association with the transmission request information. When the transmission device receives the transmission request information from the transmission request terminal device, the transmission device reads the approval necessity information related to the received transmission request information from the storage device, and the read approval necessity information read out the approval necessity information. In the case where it is shown, the information transmission device stores the received transmission request information in the storage device in association with the approver identification information. 10. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the transmitting apparatus does not receive the approval information or the denial information from the terminal apparatus within a predetermined period after transmitting the approval request information. In that case, the dunning information including the approver identification information included in the transmitted approval request information is stored in the storage device in association with the approver identification information, and when the storage information request information is received from the terminal device, The reminder information corresponding to the approver identification information included in the received storage information request information is transmitted to the terminal device that has transmitted the storage information request information, and the terminal device stores the storage information request information including the approver identification information. Is transmitted to the transmitting device, and when the dunning information is received from the transmitting device, the received dunning information is displayed on the display means. 11. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the terminal device, when receiving the approval request information, transmits the approval request information included in the received approval request information. The information, the approval operation unit, and the denial operation unit are displayed on the display means, the approval information is transmitted to the transmission device when the approval operation unit is operated, and the denial information is transmitted to the transmission device when the denial operation unit is operated. An information transmission device. 12. The information transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device has transmission request terminal device identification information corresponding to the transmission request terminal device that has transmitted the received transmission request information, The approver identification information is associated with at least one of the destination information included in the received transmission request information, the transmission information included in the received transmission request information, and the date and time information when the transmission request information is received. A stored information transmission device. 13. The information transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device further receives information to be transmitted in association with the transmission request information and approval information from the terminal device. The automatic approval information indicating whether or not to transmit to the receiving terminal device is stored in the receiving terminal device, and the transmitting device receives the transmission request information including the destination information and the information to be transmitted from the transmission requesting terminal device. , The automatic approval information related to the received transmission request information is read from the storage device, and the read automatic approval information indicates the information to be transmitted.
An information transmitting device that transmits information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal device without receiving the approval information from the terminal device if it indicates to transmit to the receiving terminal device without receiving the approval information from the terminal device . 14. The information transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device further prohibits transmission of information to be transmitted to a reception terminal device in association with transmission request information. The automatic denial information indicating whether or not to perform is stored, and when the transmission device receives the transmission request information including the destination information and the information to be transmitted from the transmission request terminal device, the transmission device is related to the received transmission request information. If the automatic denial information is read from the storage device and the read automatic denial information indicates that the transmission of the information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal device is prohibited, the information to be transmitted included in the received transmission request information An information transmitting device that prohibits the transmission to the receiving terminal device. 15. The information transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission request terminal device or the transmission device responds to the destination information or the information to be transmitted included in the transmission request information. , An information transmitting device that automatically corrects a predetermined character string into another character string.