JP2003218942A - Multi-language electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic mail system capable of simply receiving/ transmitting mail in multi-languages because it is difficult for a mobile phone or the like to transmit/receive mail in foreign languages other than English. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic mail system 1 includes: an image conversion means 12 for converting characters in foreign language mail into image data; a mail recording means 13 for recording mail data; a mail access information transmission means 15 for transmitting mail access information for browsing mail; a mail display means 16 for displaying a browsed menu of the mail including image data; a language code conversion means 11 for converting character data entered in e.g. Roman characters into a foreign language; an image conversion means 12 for converting the converted character into image data; a mail confirmation display means 14 for displaying the confirmation screen; and a mail transmission means 17 for transmitting mail in the foreign language according to an instruction of mail transmission of the confirmation screen. Thus, the mail in foreign language can be sent/received. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, when transmitting / receiving character information using a communication network such as the Internet, is capable of transmitting character information in multiple languages regardless of the language system provided in the communication terminals of the sender and the receiver. The present invention relates to an electronic mail system that enables sending and receiving.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the spread and development of communication networks such as the Internet have been remarkable, and the fact that personal computers and mobile terminals around the world are able to exchange information with each other has led to It is indispensable. These communication networks have a great influence on the exchange of information between individuals. It has become possible to send and receive English mails even in international countries with different languages, and to send and receive mails in multiple languages with a personal computer equipped with multiple language systems.

[0003]

However, when the sender and the recipient of the mail have different language systems provided in the communication terminals such as personal computers and portable terminals, the personal computer having a large memory capacity or storage capacity cannot be used. However, if there is no language system for the language to be sent / received, there is a problem that the mail in that language cannot be sent / received.

In particular, in a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone having a small memory capacity or storage capacity, it is difficult to provide a plurality of language systems. Therefore, a mail is received in a language other than the language system provided in the mobile terminal. However, there is a problem that it is practically impossible to display and input and to send.

For example, it is not possible to send a mail in Korean from a Korean communication terminal to a Japanese mobile phone. Also, it is not possible to send emails in Korean from a Japanese mobile phone to a Korean communication terminal. In addition, Japanese mobile phones cannot send and receive Korean emails. For example, there is a problem that it is very difficult to send and receive mail in a language different from the language system provided in the communication terminal.

As described above, the object of the present invention is that it is very difficult to send and receive character information between multiple languages by the language system provided in a communication terminal such as a personal computer or a portable terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method capable of easily transmitting and receiving character information even between communication terminals having different language systems.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 is an image conversion means for converting character data of a mail from a communication terminal which sends a mail into graphic image data, and mail contents. And a mail recording means for recording the image data converted by the image converting means in the mail data database, and mail access information for accessing a mail browsing screen for browsing the mail content and the image data converted by the image converting means. A mail access information sending means for sending a mail to a predetermined mail address, and the mail contents recorded in the mail data database for the user who has accessed the mail browsing screen based on the mail access information and converted by the image converting means. A mail display means for reading the image data that has been read and making it viewable on the communication terminal. It is characterized in that to obtain.

In such an invention, when the language of the character data of the mail is different from the language system provided in the communication terminal that receives the mail, the character data of the mail is converted into graphic image data and the mail browsing screen is accessed. The e-mail access information for performing is transmitted to a predetermined e-mail address. The user who receives the email can view the text information of the email by using the browser function of the communication terminal to display the image data converted based on the email access information, the email address of the sender, the date and time, etc. You can Therefore, it is possible to receive character information of a mail in a language different from the language system provided in the communication terminal that receives the mail.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a second aspect is provided.
According to the invention, a language code conversion means for converting character data consisting of characters and symbols of a mail of a communication terminal for sending a mail into a character code of a predetermined language, and character data composed of a character code converted by the language code conversion means. Image data converting means for converting the image data into graphic image data, character data consisting of the mail content and the character code converted by the language code converting means, and the image data converted by the image converting means are stored in the mail data database. A recording unit, a mail confirmation display unit for displaying a confirmation screen for confirming the contents of the mail and the mail transmission from the mail contents and the image data converted by the image conversion unit to the communication terminal for sending the mail, and the confirmation screen of the confirmation screen. It consists of the mail content and the character code converted by the language code conversion means based on the mail transmission instruction. And mail transmission means for transmitting character data addressed to predetermined mail addresses, is characterized in that comprises a.

In such an invention, the browser function of the communication terminal of the user who sends the mail is used, and the character data in which characters and symbols are input from the input section of the communication terminal in accordance with a predetermined rule is written in a predetermined language. After converting the character code and graphic image data, displaying the converted image data on the communication terminal to check the content, and instructing to send an e-mail, the character data composed of the character code of the converted language is displayed. It can be sent to a predetermined email address. Therefore, it is possible to send a mail in a language different from the language system provided in the communication terminal that sends the mail.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 3 is a language code conversion means for converting character data consisting of characters and symbols of a mail from a communication terminal for sending a mail into a character code of a predetermined language. An image conversion means for converting character data composed of the character code converted by the language code conversion means into graphic image data; character data composed of the mail content and the character code converted by the language code conversion means; and the image A mail recording means for recording the image data converted by the conversion means in a mail data database, and an instruction to confirm the contents of the mail and the mail transmission from the mail content and the image data converted by the image conversion means to the communication terminal sending the mail. An email confirmation display means that displays a possible confirmation screen, and an email based on the instruction to send the email on the confirmation screen And mail access information sending means for sending mail access information for accessing the mail viewing screen for viewing the image data converted by the image converting means, and the mail access information sending means for sending the mail access information to a predetermined mail address, based on the mail access information. A mail display unit for reading the mail contents recorded in the mail data database and the image data converted by the image conversion unit so that a user who accesses the mail browsing screen can browse the communication terminal. It is what

In such an invention, the browser function of the communication terminal of the user who sends the mail is used, and the character data in which characters and symbols are input from the input section of the communication terminal according to a predetermined rule is written in a predetermined language. After converting the character code and graphic image data and displaying the converted image data on the communication terminal to check the content and instructing to send an email, the email access information for accessing the email browsing screen is specified. Send to your email address. The user who receives the email can view the text information of the email by using the browser function of the communication terminal to display the image data converted based on the email access information, the email address of the sender, the date and time, etc. You can Therefore, it is possible to send and receive character information of a mail in a language different from the language system provided in the communication terminal that sends the mail and the communication terminal that receives the mail.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 4 is the electronic mail system according to claim 3, wherein the mail display means displays the character code of the language converted by the language code conversion means. When browsing with a browsable communication terminal, based on the mail content recorded in the mail data database and the character code converted by the language code conversion means for the user who has accessed the mail browsing screen based on the mail access information. It is characterized in that the character data can be read and viewed by the communication terminal.

According to the present invention as described above, in the electronic mail system according to claim 3, the communication terminal for receiving the mail is provided with a language system capable of displaying the language of the character code converted by the language code conversion means. In this case, it is possible to browse the character data including the mail content recorded in the mail data database and the character code converted by the language code conversion means. In this way, the character code is transmitted, and the amount of data to be transmitted is smaller than that in the case of transmitting the image data as in claim 3, so that the communication cost can be saved.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 5 is an image conversion means for converting character data of a mail from a communication terminal for sending a mail into graphic image data, mail contents and the image conversion means. A mail recording means for recording the image data converted in step 1 into a mail data database, and a mail with image for editing the mail with image from the content of the mail and the image data converted by the image conversion means and sending to a predetermined mail address And a transmission means.

In such an invention, when the language of the character data of the mail is different from the language system provided in the communication terminal for receiving the mail, the character data of the mail is converted into graphic image data, the date and time, the destination mail. An image-attached mail in which an address, a sender's mail address, etc., and the image data converted by the image conversion means are appropriately arranged, so-called HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)
It is possible to send an e-mail of the form to a predetermined e-mail address. Therefore, it is possible to receive mail in a language different from the language system provided in the communication terminal that receives the mail.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 6 converts character data consisting of characters and symbols of a mail sent from a communication terminal for sending a mail to a predetermined mail address into a character code of a predetermined language. Language code conversion means for converting, image conversion means for converting character data composed of character codes converted by the language code conversion means into graphic image data, mail content and character code converted by the language code conversion means A mail recording means for recording the character data consisting of and the image data converted by the image converting means in a mail data database, the mail content to the communication terminal sending the mail and the image data converted by the image converting means to a mail An email confirmation display means that displays a confirmation screen that allows you to instruct content confirmation and email transmission. A mail with an image, which edits the mail with an image from the mail content and the image data converted by the image converting means based on an instruction to send a mail, and sends the mail to a predetermined mail address. It is a thing.

In such an invention, the browser function of the communication terminal for sending mail is used, and the character data in which the characters and symbols are input from the input section of the communication terminal in accordance with a predetermined rule is used as a character code in a predetermined language. After converting the image data into graphic image data and displaying the converted image data on the communication terminal to check the contents and instructing the transmission of the mail, the date and time, the destination mail address, the sender mail address, etc. It is possible to send a mail with an image in which the image data converted by the image conversion means is appropriately arranged, that is, a so-called HTML format mail to a predetermined mail address. Therefore, it is possible to send a mail in a language different from the language system provided in the communication terminal that sends the mail.

As described above, when the communication terminal which receives the mail as in the electronic mail system of claims 5 and 6 has the function of receiving the mail with the image, that is, the mail in the so-called HTML format, the electronic mail system is used. Since the text information different from the language provided in the communication terminal that receives the mail can be received by sending the mail only once, time and cost can be saved.

Further, to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 7 is the electronic mail system of claims 1 to 6, wherein the language type of the character data of the mail, the communication terminal for sending the mail and the communication terminal for receiving the mail. The method of any one of claims 1 to 6 is automatically determined by automatically determining the type of language system provided in and whether the communication terminal that receives the email has a function of receiving the email with image. It is characterized by selecting to.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an electronic mail system 1 of this embodiment. E-mail system 1
Is a computer, and more specifically, a control device 10 including a CPU and the like for executing various programs, a storage device 20 including a hard disk and a memory for storing each database and programs, a modem, a terminal adapter, The communication control device 30 includes a router and the like. Further, a keyboard, a mouse, a display, a printer and the like (not shown) are appropriately provided.

The electronic mail system 1 is connected to the communication network 2 via the communication control device 30.
The communication network 2 includes an analog public line network, a digital public line network (ISDN), a digital leased line, a mobile communication network such as a mobile phone, and various lines capable of data communication such as LAN. In the present embodiment, the mobile communication network 2a and the Internet network 2b composed of each public line network and leased line are provided.

A communication terminal 3 is connected to the communication network 2. The communication terminal 3 is a mobile phone 3a, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) 3b with a communication function, a mobile personal computer with a communication function (hereinafter, a personal computer is referred to as a PC). Terminals capable of communicating through the communication network 2 such as 3c and PC3d are connected. The communication terminal may be any terminal having a communication function and a browser function. Further, it is not limited to a unit having a communication function and a browser function by itself, and for example, a mobile phone having a communication function and a PDA having a browser function.
And the like may be combined.

The control device 10 has a language code conversion means 1
1, an image conversion unit 12, a mail recording unit 13, a mail confirmation display unit 14, a mail access information transmission unit 15, a mail display unit 16, a mail transmission unit 17, an image-attached mail transmission unit 18. Further, the storage device 20 includes files such as a user database (hereinafter, database is abbreviated as DB) 21, a mail data DB 22, a font file 23, and an image file 24.

The user DB 21 is, as shown in FIG.
Email address 211, user name 212, password 213, language code 214 and HTML email 215
And are recorded. The language code 214 records the type of language system provided in the user's communication terminal 3 (for example, “1” is Japanese, “2” is Korean, etc.). H
The TML mail 215 is sent to the user's communication terminal 3 as HTML.
Record whether there is a function that can receive the format mail ("True" is present, "False" is not). This information is
Each user accesses the electronic mail system 1 via the communication network 2 and inputs the information using the mobile phone 3a, the PC 3d or the like so that the setting can be made.

The mail data DB 22 is, as shown in FIG. 3, a mail code 221, a date 222, a time 223, a destination mail address 224, a destination language code 225,
Source email address 226, source language code 22
7, a mail header 228, a mail body 229, a conversion body 230, an image page number 231, and an image file name 232 are recorded. In the mail data DB 22, the mail contents are divided into a mail header 228, a mail body 229, a converted body 230 converted into a predetermined language, and an image file name 232 of graphic image data, and appropriately recorded.

The mail code 221 is used for mail access information, and the computer of the electronic mail system 1 automatically gives a unique random number to each mail. The destination language code 225 and the source language code 227 are respectively
The type of language system or the type of mail language (for example, "1" is Japanese, "2" is Korean, etc.) provided in the communication terminal 3 for receiving and the communication terminal 3 for transmitting are appropriately recorded.

The operation of the electronic mail system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. 4 to 8 and the screen of the mobile phone 3a as an example in which a Korean mail is mainly transmitted and received by the mobile phone 3a. And explain. In addition,
The screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a is actually displayed with alphanumeric character codes or Korean graphic images as shown in FIG. 10, but is displayed in Japanese for the sake of explanation.

(1) Electronic mail system according to claims 1 and 5 (A) Image conversion processing The image conversion means 12 is connected to the mail received by the electronic mail system 1 or the communication network 2. After determining the language of the mail (Korean in the present embodiment) for the mail received at the mail server (step 1, the following step is abbreviated as "S") and selecting the font file 23 corresponding to the language (S2) , Convert the text data in the mail text to graphic image data (S
3). At this time, when it exceeds one image data of the mobile phone 3a, it is converted into a plurality of image data.

(B) Mail Recording Process In the mail recording means 13, the computer of the electronic mail system 1 calculates a unique random number and the mail code 221
The date 222, the time 223, the destination email address 224, and the source email address 226 are respectively set from the content of the email to the email header 228 and the email body 2
29 is recorded separately, the language of the mail is recorded in the sender language code 227, and the image file name 232 and the number of image pages 231 for storing the image data are recorded in the mail data DB 22. The image data is saved in the image file 24 with the image file name 232 (S
4).

(C) User DB Search Process Here, if the user DB 21 is searched based on the destination mail address 224, and if the user is registered and the HTML mail 215 is “True” as a result of the search, an image is attached. The process shifts to the mail transmission process (the electronic mail system of claim 5). As a result of the search, whether the corresponding user is registered and the HTML mail 215 is “False”,
If there is no corresponding user, the process proceeds to the mail access information transmission process (the electronic mail system of claim 1).
(S5)

(D) Image-attached E-mail Sending Process The image-attached e-mail sending means 18 uses the date 222, time 223, sender e-mail address 226, and image page 23.
1. Edit the HTML format mail from the image file name 232 and send it to the destination mail address 224 (S6). The user who received the HTML format mail,
Like a normal mail, a new mail arrival is displayed, and when the user opens this mail, it is displayed on the screen 3B of the communication terminal 3 as shown in FIG.

(E) E-mail access information transmitting process The e-mail access information transmitting means 15 uses the date 222,
The time 223, the sender email address 226, and the mail access information necessary for browsing the mail, that is, the URL of the mail browsing screen (mail browsing Web (WWW, World Wide Web)) of the email system 1 (Un
An email in which the email code 221 is added to iform Resource Locators (Web address) is edited and sent to the destination email address 224 (S7). The user who receives this email can browse the email contents by the method of the email browsing access process.

(F) Mail browsing access process The mail access information transmitted in the above-mentioned mail access information transmission process is used by each via the Internet network 2b and the mobile communication network 2a such as each base station of the mobile phone service company. Is transmitted to the person's mobile phone 3a. On the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a, an incoming new mail is displayed in the same manner as a normal mail, and when the user opens the mail access information in the new mail, the mail as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. This email will include the date, time, sender name,
The sender's email address and the URL for browsing the email
301 is described. A mail code 221 (“No = 18347530” in FIG. 11) is added to the URL 301.

When the user who receives the mail selects the URL 301 portion of the received mail and presses a predetermined key,
"Web to tag" (a function to shift the browsing mode of the home page) is activated, and the information of the URL 301 is transmitted to the electronic mail system 1 (S8). The e-mail system 1 accepts the information of the URL 301 and
It is confirmed whether the mail code is added to the RL 301 (S9).

(G) Mail display processing The mail display means 16 searches the mail data DB 22 based on the received mail code, and the date 222, time 223, sender mail address 226, image page 2
31, the image file name 232 is read out, and the web-based mail browsing screen is edited (S10) and transmitted (S11).
As shown in FIG. 12, it is displayed on the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a (S12).

The processing procedure as described above is performed, for example, by using the Korean mobile phone 3a, inputting the Korean mail text on the mail creation screen (FIG. 15) of the electronic mail system 1, and then the Japanese mobile phone 3a. The same procedure is applied to the case of sending to.

(2) Electronic Mail System (A) Menu Processing According to Claims 2 to 4 and 6, when the user accesses the menu screen of the electronic mail system 1 (S20), the electronic mail system 1 displays the menu. The screen is transmitted to the mobile phone 3a (S21), and the menu screen as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a (S22). Then, the user selects a menu to be executed from the menus and sends it to the electronic mail system 1 (S23). Specifically, by selecting a menu and pressing a predetermined key, "Web to ta
g ”function or enter the menu number on the mobile phone 3
It is selected and transmitted by inputting with the a key. Hereinafter, of the menus, only "mail creation", which is the content of the present invention, will be described.

When the electronic mail system 1 receives the information on the menu selection, first, the login processing is performed (S).
24).

(B) Login Processing The electronic mail system 1 checks whether the user has already logged in (S40). If the user has already logged in, the process directly shifts to the mail creation screen transmission process.
If the user has not logged in yet, the input screen of the mail address and password is transmitted to the user's mobile phone 3a (S41), and the login screen as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a (S42). ). When the login screen is displayed on the mobile phone 3a, the user inputs the predetermined mail address 302 and the password 303, selects the "send" button and presses the predetermined key, and the input data is transferred to the electronic mail system 1 (S43).

The electronic mail system 1 searches the user DB 21 from the received mail address and password and collates it (S44). If they match, the process moves to the mail creation screen transmission process described later. On the other hand, if they do not match, the login process is repeated.

(C) Mail creation screen transmission processing When the electronic mail system 1 receives the information of the selected "mail creation" menu, it sends the mail creation screen to the mobile phone 3a (S25). Screen 3A of mobile phone 3a
A mail creation screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the screen (S26).

(D) Mail creation processing Upon receipt of the mail creation screen, the user inputs necessary items on the screen 3A (S27). Specifically, the type 304 of the destination communication terminal is selected, and the email address 305
Is input, and the mail body 306 is further input. In the present embodiment, an example of inputting the mail text in Korean Roman alphabet is shown. After inputting all the input items, by selecting the confirmation button 307 and pressing a predetermined key, the input data is transmitted to the electronic mail system 1 (S2).
8).

(E) Language Code Conversion Processing The electronic mail system 1 has the language code conversion means 11 described above.
Then, the character data of the mail body 306 input by the user on the mail creation screen is converted into a Korean character code and converted into Korean character data (S29).

(F) Image data conversion processing The electronic mail system 1 uses the language code conversion processing 11
The Korean character data converted in step S12 is selected by the image conversion means 12 in the Korean font file 23 (S30) and converted into graphic image data (S).
31). At this time, when it exceeds one image data of the mobile phone 3a, it is converted into a plurality of screen data.

(G) Mail Recording Processing In the mail recording processing 13, the computer of the electronic mail system 1 calculates a unique random number and the mail code 221
, The date 222 and the time 223 are set from the timer, the destination mail address 224 and the sender mail address 226 are set from the mail contents, and the mail body 229 and the Korean code converted by the language code conversion means 11 are set. The character data is recorded in the conversion text 230, and the type 304 of the communication terminal of the transmission destination is set to the transmission destination language code 22.
5, the user's language code 214 is recorded in the source language code 227, and the image file name 232 for storing the image data converted by the image conversion means 12 and the image page number 231 are recorded in the mail data DB 22. Also,
The image data is saved in the image file 24 with the image file name 232 (S32).

(H) E-mail confirmation processing The e-mail confirmation display means 14 includes the type 304 of the destination communication terminal input by the user on the mail creation screen, the mail address 305, and the image data converted by the image conversion means 12. The mail confirmation screen is edited so that the input mail body 306 can be confirmed while looking at it and sent to the user (S33).

A mail confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a (S34). The user who receives the mail confirmation screen can confirm the contents and press the predetermined “send” button 309 to instruct the electronic mail system 1 to send the mail. Further, at this time, when the content is corrected on the mail confirmation screen, by pressing a predetermined “confirm” button 308, the electronic mail system 1 can be instructed to shift to the language code conversion processing again. (S35)

The e-mail system 1, which has received the mail transmission instruction from the mail confirmation screen, shifts to the mail edit transmission process. (S36)

(I) Mail Editing / Sending Process The electronic mail system 1 has a destination mail address 224.
The user DB 21 is searched based on (S50), and if the corresponding user is registered and the language code 214 is the same as the language of the converted text (Korean in this embodiment), the process proceeds to normal mail transmission processing (the above-mentioned request). Item 2 of the electronic mail system) (S51). If the user is registered and the language code 214 and the language of the converted text are different, HT
If the ML mail 215 is "True", the process proceeds to the mail transmission process with image (the electronic mail system of claim 6) (S52). The corresponding user is registered, the language code 214 and the language of the converted text are different, and HTML
If the mail 215 is "False", the process proceeds to a mail access information transmission process (the electronic mail system according to claims 3 and 4). As a result of the search, if the corresponding user is not registered, the process proceeds to the mail access information transmission process (the electronic mail system according to claims 3 and 4).

(J) Normal E-mail Transmission Process The e-mail transmission means 17 uses the date 222, time 223,
A normal Korean mail is edited from the sender email address 226 and the converted text 230 (S53) and sent to the recipient email address 224 (S54). When the mail transmission is completed, the mail transmission end screen is transmitted (S37),
A screen as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a (S38). A user who has received a normal Korean mail is displayed as a new mail arrival on the Korean communication terminal 3 similarly to a normal mail.

(K) Image-Sending Mail Sending Process The image-adding mail sending unit 18 uses the date 222, the time 223, the sender mail address 226, and the image page 23.
1. Edit the image file name 232 or the like into an HTML format mail (S55) and send it to the destination mail address 224 (S56). When the transmission of the mail is completed, the mail transmission end screen is transmitted (S37), and the screen as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a (S3).
8). The user who has received the HTML-formatted mail displays the arrival of a new mail in the same manner as a normal mail, and when the user opens this mail, the communication terminal 3 is displayed as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the screen 3B.

(L) Mail Access Information Transmission Processing The mail access information transmission means 15 uses the date 222,
The time 223, the sender email address 226, and the mail access information necessary for browsing the mail, that is, the URL of the mail browsing screen (mail browsing Web (WWW, World Wide Web)) of the email system 1 (Un
Edit the email with the email code 221 added to iform Resource Locators (Web address) (S57),
It is transmitted to the destination mail address 224 (S58). When the mail transmission is completed, the mail transmission end screen is transmitted (S37), and the screen as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a (S38). The user who receives this email can browse the email contents by the method of the email browsing access process.

(M) Mail browsing access process The mail access information transmitted in the above-mentioned mail access information transmission process is used via the Internet network 2b and the mobile communication network 2a such as each base station of the mobile phone service company. Is transmitted to the person's mobile phone 3a. On the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a, a new mail arrival is displayed as in the case of a normal mail, and when the user opens the mail access information in the new mail, a mail as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. This email will include the date, time, sender name,
The sender's email address and the URL for browsing the email
310 is described. A mail code 221 (“No = 85748371” in FIG. 18) is added to the URL 310.

When the user who receives the mail selects the URL 310 portion of the received mail and presses a predetermined key,
The "Web to tag" (function to shift the homepage to the browsing mode) is activated, and the information of the URL 310 is transmitted to the electronic mail system 1 (S60). The electronic mail system 1 accepts the information of the URL 310 and confirms whether the mail code is added to the URL 310 (S61).

(N) Mail Display Processing The mail display means 16 searches the mail data DB 22 based on the received mail code, and the date 222, the time 223, the sender mail address 226, the image page 231, and the image file. We read the name 232
It is edited in the b format (S64) and transmitted (S65). (E-mail system of claim 3) At this time, the user DB 21 is searched based on the destination mail address 224,
If the corresponding user is registered and the language code 214 and the language of the converted text (Korean in the present embodiment) are the same (S62), the converted text 230 is read instead of the image file name 232, and the converted text 230 is read in the Web format. It is also possible to edit the mail browsing screen and change the language to Korean (S63) and send it (S65). (E-mail system of claim 4) In any case, as shown in FIG. 19, it is displayed on the screen 3A of the mobile phone 3a (S66).

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. (1) The electronic mail system 1 uses the browser function of the communication terminal 3 to compose and send a mail in a language other than the language system provided in the communication terminal 3, Since it can be displayed in a Web format including data, it is possible to send and receive character information in another language even if the communication terminal 3 does not have a plurality of language systems. This is a convenient system especially for a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone 3a having a small memory capacity or a small storage capacity, while making use of the advantage of portability while compensating for the disadvantage of having a plurality of language systems. .

(2) When the electronic mail system 1 receives an incoming mail, the electronic mail system 1 notifies the incoming mail by mail, so that the user holding the mobile phone 3a does not need to confirm the incoming mail by himself. You can automatically know the incoming call. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need for the operation of confirming the incoming mail, eliminate complicated work, and reduce the communication charge.

(3) Further, since the mail contents and image data are recorded in the mail data DB 22, the previous mail can be browsed again. In particular, when the electronic mail system 1 including a server computer is provided with a storage device 20 including a hard disk having a very large storage capacity as compared with the mobile phone 3a and the like, when the data is recorded in the memory of the mobile phone 3a. You can save a very large number of mails compared to, and you can easily refer to past mails.

The above is applicable not only to Korean but also to languages other than English, such as Japanese and Chinese, so the electronic mail system 1 of the present invention uses these languages. It can bring great convenience to those who want to send and receive e-mail.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications and the like within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention are included in the present invention.

For example, not only Korean but also Japanese, Chinese, etc. can be applied.

Further, when the mail sending means 17 or the mail sending means 18 with image is directly sent to the destination mail address by a normal mail or an HTML format mail, the mail contents or the language code converting means 11 are used for conversion. The present invention also includes a method of transmitting the mail by omitting the character data including the character code and the image data converted by the image conversion means 12 without recording in the mail data DB 22.

As for the input method for other languages, only the Roman alphabet input method is taken as an example. However, if only the input rules are defined, any method can be used so that input is easy.

The electronic mail system 1 can be applied not only to the transmission and reception of mail between individuals, but also to broadcast mail such as news mail. In this case, it can be realized by converting a text file or the like placed in the electronic mail system 1 or the like made in another language into an image file or the like, and transmitting the browsing information by mail all at once.

Further, the language code conversion means 11, the image conversion means 12, the mail recording means 13, the mail confirmation display means 14, and the mail access information transmission means 1 of each control device 10
5, the specific configurations and processing contents of the mail display unit 16, the mail transmission unit 17, and the image-attached mail transmission unit 18 are not limited to those of the above-described embodiment, and may be added so that appropriate processing can be executed. Good. For example, in the above embodiment,
The input items on the login input screen are the email address and password, but a user code and password that can be registered by the user may be used. In addition, the storage device 20
The data items of the DBs 21 to 22 are not limited to those in the above embodiment, and may be appropriately added or changed depending on the implementation.

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As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily send and receive a mail in a language different from the language system provided in a communication terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile terminal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic mail system of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a user database 21 of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mail data database 22 of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an incoming mail process of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a mail browsing access process 1 of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of mail creation and transmission processing of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of login processing according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a mail edit / transmission process of the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a mail browsing access process 2 of this embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a Korean screen of the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an incoming mail screen of this embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a mail browsing screen of the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen of this embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a login screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a mail creation screen of this embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a mail confirmation screen of the present embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a mail transmission end screen of the present embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of an incoming mail screen of this embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a mail browsing screen of this embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of an HTML-format mail reception screen of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 e-mail system 2 communication network 2a Mobile communication network 2b Internet network 3 communication terminals 3a mobile phone 3b PDA 3c Mobile PC 3d PC 3A mobile phone screen Receiving screen of 3B HTML format mail 10 Control device 11 Language code conversion means 12 Image conversion means 13 Mail recording means 14 Email confirmation display means 15 Email access information transmission method 16 Email display means 17 E-mail sending method 18 E-mail sending method with images 20 storage 21 User database 22 Mail data database 23 font files 24 image files 30 Communication control device

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An image conversion means for converting character data of a mail sent from a communication terminal for sending mail into graphic image data, and a mail for recording mail contents and image data converted by the image conversion means in a mail data database. Recording means, mail access information sending means for sending mail access information for accessing the mail browsing screen for viewing the mail contents and the image data converted by the image converting means, and the mail access A mail display means for reading the mail content recorded in the mail data database and the image data converted by the image conversion means for the user who has accessed the mail browsing screen based on the information and making the communication terminal viewable. An electronic mail system comprising: 2. A language code conversion means for converting character data consisting of characters and symbols of a mail of a communication terminal for sending a mail into a character code of a predetermined language, and a character composed of a character code converted by the language code conversion means. Image conversion means for converting data into graphic image data, character data composed of mail contents and character codes converted by the language code conversion means, and image data converted by the image conversion means are recorded in a mail data database. The mail recording means, the mail confirmation display means for displaying a confirmation screen for confirming the contents of the mail and the mail transmission from the contents of the mail and the image data converted by the image conversion means to the communication terminal sending the mail, and the confirmation screen. From the mail content and the character code converted by the language code conversion means based on the instructions for sending An electronic mail system comprising: a mail sending unit that sends the character data to a predetermined mail address. 3. A language code conversion means for converting character data consisting of characters and symbols of a mail from a communication terminal for sending a mail into a character code of a predetermined language, and a character code converted by the language code conversion means. Image conversion means for converting character data into graphic image data, character data composed of mail contents and character codes converted by the language code conversion means, and image data converted by the image conversion means are recorded in a mail data database. A mail recording means, a mail confirmation display means for displaying a confirmation screen for confirming the content of the mail and the mail transmission from the mail content and the image data converted by the image conversion means to the communication terminal sending the mail, and the confirmation Browsing the mail contents and the image data converted by the image conversion means based on the instruction to send the mail on the screen A mail access information transmitting means for transmitting mail access information for accessing the mail browsing screen to a predetermined mail address, and a mail data database for a user who has accessed the mail browsing screen based on the mail access information. An electronic mail system comprising: a mail display means for reading the recorded mail content and the image data converted by the image conversion means so that the communication terminal can view the mail data. 4. The electronic mail system according to claim 3, wherein the mail display means, when the character code of the language converted by the language code conversion means is browsed by a communication terminal capable of browsing, the mail access information. Based on the above, it is possible for a user who accesses the mail browsing screen to read out the character data composed of the mail content recorded in the mail data database and the character code converted by the language code conversion means and browsed by the communication terminal. An electronic mail system characterized by the following. 5. An image conversion means for converting character data of an e-mail from a communication terminal for sending an e-mail into graphic image data, and an e-mail for recording the e-mail content and the image data converted by the image conversion means in a mail data database. A recording unit, an image-attached mail sending unit for editing the image-attached mail from the contents of the mail and the image data converted by the image conversion unit, and sending the image-attached mail to a predetermined mail address;
An electronic mail system comprising: 6. A language code conversion means for converting character data consisting of characters and symbols of a mail sent from a communication terminal for sending a mail to a predetermined mail address into a character code of a predetermined language, and the language code conversion means. Image conversion means for converting the character data composed of the converted character code into graphic image data, character data composed of the mail content and the character code converted by the language code conversion means, and the image converted by the image conversion means A mail recording means for recording data in a mail data database, and a mail for displaying a confirmation screen in which the contents of the mail and the image data converted by the image conversion means can be instructed to confirm the contents of the mail and send to the communication terminal sending the mail The confirmation display means, and the contents of the mail and the image conversion manual based on the mail transmission instruction on the confirmation screen. An e-mail system comprising: an e-mail with an image, which edits an e-mail with an image from the image data converted in steps and sends the edited e-mail to a predetermined mail address. 7. The electronic mail system according to claim 1, wherein the language type of the character data of the mail, the type of language system provided in the communication terminal sending the mail and the communication terminal receiving the mail, and the mail An electronic mail system, which automatically determines whether or not the receiving communication terminal has a function of receiving an image-attached mail, and automatically selects one of the methods of claims 1 to 6.