JP2003233563A - System, method and program for e-mail processing, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent all the users from randomly changing information on a common address book, and to allow all the users to seize the changed content in providing the common address book usable by a plurality of users. <P>SOLUTION: When the user using the common address book indicates renewal of data on the common address book, renewal content notice made on the basis of the indicated renewal content and requiring permission of renewal, is formed to a controller. When the renewal of the common address book by the renewal content is permitted by the controller, the common address book is renewed on the basis of the renewal content. When the common address book is further renewed by the permission of the renewal, the renewed content is informed to all the users. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail processing system, method and method for more convenient use of electronic mail.
The present invention relates to a program and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of the Internet in recent years, electronic mail has become widespread as a communication tool using an information processing device such as a personal computer or an electronic mail dedicated terminal.

On the other hand, when an e-mail is used by using an information processing device installed in an office, there is a problem that the e-mail cannot be operated when the user goes out.

Therefore, in order to use e-mail even when out of the office, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-244556 devised a system for transferring the e-mail to an e-mail address that can be used by the user's wireless portable terminal. ing. However, in the above-mentioned e-mail transfer system, the size and the number of characters of the e-mail that can be transferred are limited depending on the transfer destination mobile terminal (such as a mobile phone). Has
For example, only the first part of the e-mail was transferred, or the e-mail was divided into multiple e-mails and transferred.

On the other hand, in a personal computer, a WWW mail system has been devised which uses electronic mail by using a WWW (World Wide Web) browser instead of using electronic mail from an application dedicated to electronic mail. In the WWW mail system, a user uses electronic mail by using a WWW browser.

Here, a conventional electronic mail system will be described.

[Conventional E-mail System] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an e-mail system using a conventional personal computer.

Reference numeral 201 denotes a client 1, which is a personal computer connected to the electronic mail system via the Internet. The client 1 has a MUA (Mail User Agent) program for reading and writing e-mail and an MTA (Message Transfer Agent) for delivering e-mail.
t) It has a program.

Reference numeral 202 denotes a client 2, which is a personal computer connected to the electronic mail system via the Internet. The client 2 is equipped with a MUA program, which is a mailer program for reading and writing e-mail, and the user operates the MUA program of the client 2 to compose an e-mail and operate it on the mail server 206 of the e-mail system. You can ask your MTA program to deliver your email.

Further, the user operates the mailer (MUA program) of the client 2 to execute POP (Post Office Prot.
ocol) or IMAP protocol to access the email system and retrieve and view email addressed to users who are in the email system.

The client 2 is Netscape Navig.
Equipped with a WWW browser typified by ator (trademark), the user can operate the WWW browser to access the WWW server of the e-mail system.
User registration processing and address book processing can be performed.

Reference numeral 203 denotes a network using a communication line network such as a public telephone line, ISDN, and satellite communication network.

Reference numeral 204 denotes an electronic mail system, which is constructed by a WWW server, a mail server, a database server, and a billing server, and provides an electronic mail service to the user. Each server is a local area network (hereinafter referred to as "LAN")
They are connected with each other, and it is possible to exchange data with each other.

A WWW server 205 includes an authentication program, a user registration program, an address book program, and an account generation program. User is WW
If you access the WWW server by operating the W browser, the WW
The W server generates various WWW screens and sends them to the WWW browser. The user can request various requests to the WWW server by browsing and operating the WWW screen sent.

The WWW server receiving the user's request via the WWW starts various programs and executes processing.

The user can access the authentication program 205a through the WWW.
This is a program for user authentication when accessing a WWW server by operating a browser. When the user browses the sent authentication screen and inputs the user ID and password required for authentication, the authentication program refers to the user information data in the user information database and performs authentication. If the authentication fails, the authentication program will
Display the authentication error screen. When the authentication is successful, the authentication program generates an authentication ID and stores it in the authentication database in association with the user ID. At this time, the authentication ID timer is set to a certain time. When the predetermined time set in this authentication ID timer has elapsed, the stored authentication ID is deleted from the database.

After the authentication ID is generated, when the user operates the WWW browser to access the WWW server again, the authentication program checks whether the generated authentication ID exists in the DB. If the authentication ID exists, the previous authentication is determined to be valid, and access is permitted without performing user authentication. On the other hand, if the authentication ID does not exist in the DB, it is determined that the authentication ID is invalid, and the authentication screen is displayed to perform user authentication again.

The user registration program 205b is a URL for user registration of the WWW server when the user operates the WWW browser.
Is a program for generating a user information registration screen and accessing the user to set the start and end of use of the electronic mail system or to register the user information when the user accesses.

The user browses the information registration screen, and further
When the user gives an instruction to start using the electronic mail system, the user ID, password, and electronic mail address for using the electronic mail service are issued and stored in the user information database, and then the account generation program is started.

On the other hand, when the user browses the information registration screen and further instructs the end of use of the electronic mail system by the user, the account generation program is started and the user ID and password used by the user, Delete the email address from the user information database.

Further, the user registration program resets the authentication ID timer each time the user performs any operation.

In the address book program 205c, the user operates the WWW browser and the URL for the address book of the WWW server.
Is a program for generating an address book screen and for allowing the user to edit or browse the address book when accessing the.

The address book program associates and saves the data of the name, telephone number, and electronic mail address of a specific person designated by the user in the address book database. The address book data is stored in association with each user ID, and the maximum number of address book data that can be registered per user can be set to a predetermined number.

The address book program resets the authentication ID timer each time the user performs any operation.

The account generation program 205d is used for user registration of the WWW server by the user operating the WWW browser.
It is a program for accessing the URL and for causing the mail server to generate the user's e-mail account when the user instructs to start using the e-mail system. Also, the account generation program
It is also used to delete the e-mail account of the user in the mail server when the user operates the browser to access the user registration URL of the WWW server and the user instructs the end of use of the e-mail system.

When the generation of the electronic mail account is completed, the account generation program starts the billing program running on the billing server.

The mail server 206 is an MTA program, P
It consists of OP and IMAP programs.

The MTA program 206a is a program for managing a mail account of an e-mail system user and for processing an e-mail addressed to the e-mail system user. The MTA program receives e-mail addressed to users of the e-mail system that has been distributed through the communication network, and spools the mail.
Save it in the data storage area on the mail server called (mail spool). At this time, the MTA program sorts the received e-mail by user (by e-mail address) and saves it.

The maximum capacity of the mail storage area of the mail spool is set for each user, and when the storage capacity of a certain user reaches the maximum capacity, the MTA program stops saving the electronic mail addressed to the user, Send the email back to the sender.

206b is a POP and IMAP program. The user operates the MUA program to execute POP (Post Office Pr
When accessing an e-mail system using a protocol such as otocol) or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), the POP / IMAP program hands over the mail stored in the mail spool of the mail server to the MUA.

When the user operates the MUA program to perform the e-mail transmission process, the MUA program requests the MTA program of the e-mail system to deliver the e-mail. Upon receiving the delivery request, the MTA program sends the email created by the user to the SMTP (simple mail
ransfer protocol).

The database server 207 is composed of a user information database, an address book database, and an authentication database.

The user information database 207a stores the user ID, password, and e-mail address of the e-mail system user.

The address book database 207b stores an address book for each user who uses the electronic mail system, and the address book stores data such as the name, telephone number, and electronic mail address of a specific person registered and designated. .

The authentication database 207c stores the authentication ID generated by the authentication program.

The charging server 208 is composed of a charging program and a charging database.

The billing program 208a stores the set date and time as the service start date and time in the billing DB when the user uses the user registration program to instruct to start using the electronic mail system. In addition, when the user uses the user registration program to instruct the end of use of the e-mail system, the set date and time is set as the service end date and time.
This is a program for saving in the billing database.
According to the charging program, the charging server calculates the number of days from the service start date and time to the service end date and time for each electronic mail system user, and calculates the electronic mail system usage charge.

The billing database 208b stores the service start date and time and the service end date and time of the electronic mail system user.

[0039]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a shared address book in a WWW mail system that can be freely browsed by a plurality of users, and new information can be added and existing information can be changed or deleted. However, for example, if the user B rewrites the information registered in the shared address book by the user A and the rewritten information is immediately reflected in the address book, not only for the user A but also for other users. The information that has been used up to now will be changed without permission, resulting in inconvenience. In other words, in a system in which all users can randomly change information in the shared address book, unless all users pay close attention when using the shared address book information, e-mail is sent to an address that the user does not intend. It may be delivered.

Further, in the present invention, the WWW mail system can be used even from a browser built in a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone. In the e-mail function that comes standard with mobile phones, the number of characters in e-mail is often severely limited due to the VRAM of the mobile phone, but in this embodiment, the e-mail function is realized using a WWW browser. The number of characters can be relaxed and the convenience is good.

[0041]

In order to solve the above problems, an electronic mail processing system of the present invention is an electronic mail processing system for providing a shared address book shared by a plurality of users. When a user who uses the shared address book instructs to update the data in the shared address book, a creation unit that creates an update content notification for requesting permission of the update based on the instructed update content. A first notifying means for notifying the administrator who manages the shared address book of the created update content notification; and the update content when the administrator permits the update of the shared address book by the update content. Updating means for updating the shared address book based on the above.

In order to solve the above problems, the electronic mail processing method of the present invention is an electronic mail processing method in an electronic mail processing system for providing a shared address book shared by a plurality of users. When an instruction to update the data of the shared address book is given by the user who uses the shared address book, a creation step of creating an update content notification for requesting permission of the update based on the instructed update content, A first notification step of notifying the administrator who manages the shared address book of the created update content notification;
And an updating step of updating the shared address book based on the updated content when the administrator permits the shared address book to be updated based on the updated content.

[0043]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (First Embodiment) An electronic mail system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

[Electronic Mail System Using Personal Computer and Mobile Phone] FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic mail system using a personal computer and a mobile phone of the present invention.

In the electronic mail system using the personal computer and the mobile phone of the present invention, in addition to the use of the electronic mail system from the personal computer,
It becomes possible to use the e-mail system from the mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as "mobile phone service").

In the figure, 101 is a client 1.
Is a personal computer connected to the e-mail system via the Internet. In client 1,
MUA (Mail User Agent) for reading and writing email
Program and MTA (Messag for delivering e-mail
e Transfer Agent) program.

Reference numeral 102 denotes a client 2a, which is a personal computer (PC) connected to the electronic mail system via the Internet. Client 2 uses MUA, which is a mailer program for reading and writing e-mail.
It has a program and the user
MT that operates the MUA program to create e-mail and operates on the mail server 206 of the e-mail system
You can ask the program to send you an email.

Reference numeral 103 denotes a client 2b, which is a mobile phone having a function of transmitting / receiving a mobile phone dedicated e-mail given by a mobile phone company, a WWW browser function for accessing a WWW page, and a telephone function. .
This mobile phone can use e-mail through the mail server of the mobile phone company using the mobile phone dedicated e-mail address given by the mobile phone company.
The mail transmitted to the mobile phone dedicated e-mail address is delivered to the mobile phone of the user, and the user can browse the mail. The mobile phone dedicated e-mail transmission / reception function is limited to about 200 characters that can be transmitted / received.

Reference numeral 104 denotes a network using a communication line network such as a public telephone line, ISDN, satellite communication network (in this embodiment, a public line network including a wireless line network).

An electronic mail system 105 is constructed by a WWW server, a mail server, a mobile WWW server, a mobile mail server, a database server, and a billing server, and provides an electronic mail service to the user.
Each server is connected by LAN, and it is possible to exchange data with each other.

A WWW server 106 is an authentication program,
It has a user registration program, an address book program, and an account generation program. When the user operates the WWW browser to access the WWW server, the WWW server generates various WWW screens and sends them to the WWW browser. The user can request various requests to the WWW server by browsing and operating the WWW screen sent.

Reference numeral 106a is an authentication program, which is used by the user
It is a program for user authentication when operating a browser and accessing the WWW server.
It has a function to access a mobile WWW server and start various programs. When the user browses the sent authentication screen and inputs the user ID and password required for authentication, the authentication program refers to the user information data in the user information database and performs authentication. If the authentication fails, the authentication program displays the authentication error screen. If the authentication is successful, the authentication program
Generate an ID and save it in the authentication database in association with the user ID. At this time, the authentication ID timer is set to a certain time. When the predetermined time set in this authentication ID timer has elapsed, the stored authentication ID is deleted from the database.

When the user operates the WWW browser and accesses the WWW server again after generating the authentication ID, the authentication program checks whether the generated authentication ID exists in the DB. If the authentication ID exists, the previous authentication is determined to be valid, and access is permitted without performing user authentication. On the other hand, if the authentication ID does not exist in the DB, it is determined that the authentication ID is invalid, and the authentication screen is displayed to perform user authentication again.

Reference numeral 106b is a user registration program, in which the user operates the WWW browser to perform user registration UR of the WWW server.
This program is for generating a user information registration screen when accessing L, and for allowing the user to set the start and end of use of the email system and to register the user information. When the user browses the information registration screen and the user instructs to start using the electronic mail system, the user I to use the electronic mail service
Issue D, password and e-mail address and save it in the user information database, then start the account generation program. On the other hand, when the user browses the information registration screen and further instructs the end of use of the email system by the user, the account generation program is started and the user ID, password, and email address used by the user Is deleted from the user information database.

Further, the user registration program 106b has a function of allowing the user to set the start and end of use of the mobile phone service, and a function of starting the mobile account generation program when the user sets the start of use of the mobile phone service. Also, it has a function of notifying the user of the URL for accessing the mobile user registration program when the user sets the start of use of the mobile phone service.

The user registration program resets the authentication ID timer each time the user performs any operation.

Reference numeral 106c is an address book program which allows the user to operate the WWW browser to perform the address book UR of the WWW server.
When you access L, generate the address book screen,
It is a program for allowing the user to edit and browse the address book.

The address book program associates and saves the data of the name, telephone number, and electronic mail address of a specific person designated by the user in the address book database. The address book data is stored in association with each user ID, and the maximum number of address book data that can be registered per user is set to a predetermined number.

The address book program resets the authentication ID timer each time the user performs any operation.

106d is an account generation program,
When a user operates the WWW browser on the PC to access the URL for user registration on the WWW server and the user gives an instruction to start using the e-mail system, a program for causing the mail server to generate the e-mail account for the user is there. In addition, the account generation program uses the WWW server user registration URL when the user operates the WWW browser.
When the user instructs to terminate the use of the electronic mail system by accessing the above, it is also used to delete the electronic mail account of the user in the mail server.

When the generation of the e-mail account is completed, the account generation program activates the billing program running on the billing server.

A mail server 107 is composed of an MTA program and a POP / IMAP program.

Reference numeral 107a denotes an MTA program, which is a program for managing a mail account of an electronic mail system user and for processing an electronic mail addressed to the electronic mail system user. The MTA program receives e-mail addressed to users of the e-mail system that has been distributed through the communication network, and spools the mail.
Save it in the data storage area on the mail server called (mail spool). At this time, the MTA program sorts the received e-mail by user (by e-mail address) and saves it.

The maximum capacity of the mail storage area of the mail spool is set for each user, and when the storage capacity of a certain user reaches the maximum capacity, the MTA program stops saving the electronic mail addressed to the user, Send the email back to the sender.

Furthermore, the MTA program 107a has a function of transferring an electronic mail addressed to the user to the mobile electronic mail address of the user in the mobile mail server 108 when the user sets the use of the mobile phone service. have. The mobile e-mail address of the user is created by the mobile account generation program.

107b is a POP or IMAP program. The user operates the MUA program to execute POP (Post Off
ice Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Proto
(Col) and other protocols to access the e-mail system, the POP / IMAP program will MUA the mail stored in the mail spool of the mail server.
Hand over to.

When the user operates the MUA program to perform the e-mail transmission process, the MUA program requests the MTA program of the e-mail system to deliver the e-mail. Upon receiving the delivery request, the MTA program sends the email created by the user to the SMTP (simple mail
ransfer protocol).

A mobile mail server 108 is composed of a mobile MTA program, and a mobile POP and IMAP program.

A mobile MTA program 108a manages a mail account of a user who has set to use the mobile phone service, and performs electronic mail processing.

The mobile MTA program is executed by the mail server 10.
The e-mail addressed to the user transferred by the MTA program of No. 7 is received and stored in the mail storage area on the mail server called a mail spool.

At this time, the mobile MTA program sorts the received e-mails by user (by mobile e-mail address) and saves them. The mobile MTA program keeps storing e-mail addressed to the user until the mail storage area of the entire mail spool is exhausted. In addition, the mobile MTA program stops saving the electronic mail addressed to the user and returns the electronic mail to the sender when the free space in the mail storage area of the entire mail spool is exhausted.

In addition, the mobile MTA program, when the delivery of electronic mail is requested from the mobile mail program,
E-mail to the specified e-mail address by SMTP (sim
Deliver by plemail transfer protocol).

Reference numeral 108b is a portable POP / IMAP program. When the mobile mail program 109b accesses using the POP or IMAP protocol, the mobile POP or IMAP program delivers the mail stored in the mail spool of the mobile mail server.

The mobile WWW server 109 includes a mobile user registration program, a mobile mail program, a mobile address book program, and a mobile account generation program.

When the user operates the WWW browser of the mobile phone to access various URLs for mobile phone services, the W
After authenticating with the authentication program of the WW server,
Generate various WWW screens on the WWW server and use the WW of the mobile phone.
Send to W browser. When the user operates the WWW browser of the PC to register the mobile user, the URL for the mobile user registration program of the mobile WWW server is called via the WWW server, and the WWW screen sent from the mobile WWW server is displayed. Register as a mobile user.

The user can request various requests to the mobile WWW server by browsing and operating the WWW screen sent to the mobile WWW browser or the WWW browser of the PC.

The mobile WWW server that has received the user's request activates various programs and executes processing. In addition, mobile
Various URLs of WWW server are UR for mobile user registration program
L, URL for mobile mail program, URL for mobile address book program, etc. are provided. When you access the URL, authentication is first performed by the authentication program of the WWW server, and if it is determined that the authentication is successful, the mobile WWW server You can access to.

109a is a mobile user registration program,
This program is called by the authentication program 106a when the user operates the WWW browser of the PC (client 2a) to access the URL for the portable user registration program and the authentication of the WWW server is successful.

The cell-phone user registration program 109a creates a cell-phone user information registration screen and executes registration of user information relating to cell-phone services.

That is, when the user browses the cell-phone user information registration screen and further inputs various user information and instructs registration of the information, the cell-phone user registration program stores the various information in the user information database, and thereafter, Notify the user of the URL for the mobile mail program and the URL for the mobile address book program.

The mobile phone registration program resets the authentication ID timer each time the user performs any operation.

Reference numeral 109b denotes a mobile mail program, which is used when the user operates the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone 103 (client 2b) to access the URL for the mobile mail program and the authentication of the WWW server succeeds. Is a program called by.

The mobile phone mail program 109b generates various screens for mobile phones for processing electronic mail and sends them to the mobile WWW browser. By operating the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone, the user can browse various screens and instruct processing of various electronic mails.

The mobile mail program 109b is
The processing of various electronic mails is executed according to the instruction transmitted from the user.

The mobile mail program resets the authentication ID timer each time the user performs any operation.

109c is a mobile address book program,
The user's mobile WWW on the mobile phone 103 (client 2b)
This program is called by the authentication program 106a when the WWW server authentication is successful when the browser is operated to access the mobile address book program URL.

The mobile address book program generates a mobile phone address book screen and prompts the user to edit the address book.
Also, browse is executed.

The mobile address book program provides a shared address book that can be shared by a plurality of users and a personal address book that can be used by only one user.

The mobile address book program associates three data designated by the user, that is, the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a specific person, with the user, and stores them in the shared address book data storage area of the address book database, or Save in the personal address book data save area.

The address book data is stored in association with the user, and the maximum number of address book data that can be registered per user is set to a predetermined number.

The mobile address book program resets the authentication ID timer each time the user performs any operation.

Reference numeral 109d is a mobile account generation program, which is used when the user operates the WWW browser of the PC to access the user registration URL of the WWW server and sets the use start of the mobile phone service.
Is a program called by.

The cell-phone account generation program generates an e-mail account for cell-phone service of the user who starts using the cell-phone service in the cell-phone mail server 108.

Also, the mobile account generation program is
When the user operates the WWW browser to access the URL for user registration of the WWW server and sets the end of use of the mobile phone service, the user's mobile phone service e-mail account of the mobile mail server is deleted.

When the generation of the electronic mail account is completed, the mobile account generation program activates the charging program operating on the charging server.

A database server 110 is composed of a user information database, an address book database, and an authentication database.

Reference numeral 110a is a user information database, which is the user ID, password, and
It stores e-mail addresses and various user information for mobile phone services.

An address book database 110b is provided with a shared address book data storage area which can be shared and used by a plurality of users, and a personal address book data storage area which can be used by each user individually.

An authentication database 110c stores an authentication ID generated by the authentication program.

111 is a billing server, which is composed of a billing program and a billing database.

111a is a billing program, which stores the set date and time as the service start date and time in the billing DB when the user uses the user registration program to instruct the start of use of the electronic mail system. In addition, when the user uses the user registration program to instruct the end of use of the electronic mail system, the program stores the set date and time as the service end date and time in the billing database. According to the charging program, the charging server calculates the number of days from the service start date and time to the service end date and time for each electronic mail system user, and calculates the electronic mail system usage charge.

Furthermore, the billing program 111a stores the set date and time as the service start date and time in the billing DB when the user uses the user registration program to set the use start of the mobile phone service. When the user uses the user registration program to set the end of use of the mobile phone service, the end date and time of the mobile phone service is stored in the billing database.

111b is a charging database, which stores the service start date and time and service end date and time of the e-mail system user, and the service start date and service end date and time of the mobile phone service user.

Each server included in the mail system of the present embodiment realizes the present embodiment by reading the program code from the storage medium in which the above-mentioned programs are stored and executing it by the computer (CPU). I shall. The program may be stored in advance in the storage medium of each server, or may be stored in the storage medium in each server via a removable medium or a network. Each server may be configured by one device or may be configured by a plurality of devices.

<Description of Processing Procedure> Next, the processing procedure of the electronic mail system using a personal computer (PC) and a mobile phone will be described.

[Explanation of PC User Registration Process] First,
The flow of user registration processing when creating a mail address that can be used by the WWW browser of a PC will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 301 denotes processing by the WWW browser operating on the PC (client 2a), and 302
Is a process by an authentication program operating on the WWW server 106, 303 is a process by a user registration program operating on the WWW server 106, and 304 is a WWW server 10.
6 is processing by the account generation program operating in 6.

In order for a specific user (hereinafter referred to as “user 2”) to use the electronic mail system, it is necessary to first perform user registration processing.

Then, in step S301, the user 2 operates the WWW browser operating on the client 2a to access the WWW server 106 of the electronic mail system. Then, in step S302, the user authentication screen is generated by the WWW server authentication program 106a.
Sent to WWW browser.

In step S303, the user 2 browses the authentication screen, and further inputs the user ID and password required for the authentication. In step S304, the authentication program refers to the user information data in the user information database for authentication. Do it. If the authentication is successful, the authentication program will return the authentication ID.
Is generated and stored in the authentication database in association with the user ID, and the authentication ID timer is set to a certain time.
Then, the authentication program activates the user registration program. Then, in step S305, the user registration program generates a user information registration page and sends it to the WWW browser.

Next, in step S306, the user 2 browses the user registration page, sets the use start of the electronic mail system, and registers the user information.

In step S307, the user registration program acquires the information input by the user and stores the user ID, password, and e-mail address of the e-mail service user in the user information database, and then in step S3.
Start the account generation program with 08.

In step S309, the account creation program creates the user's electronic mail account in the mail server. Then, in step S310, the account generation program activates the billing program running on the billing server. At this time, the billing program stores the set date and time in the billing DB as the service start date and time.

Next, the process proceeds to step S312, and the user registration program creates an account and a user registration end screen and sends it to the WWW browser.

At step S313, the user 2 views the account creation and user registration end screen and confirms it.

The user can use the WWW browser of the PC to send and receive e-mail using the e-mail address registered as described above. In the present embodiment, further, it is possible to browse a mail that has arrived at this e-mail address with a mobile phone or create and send an e-mail from the mobile phone. The processing for making the mobile phone usable will be described below.

[Explanation of Mobile User Registration Process] Next, the flow of the mobile user registration process for making the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone usable will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

In FIG. 4, 401 is the PC 10 in FIG.
WWW browser running on 2 (client 2a), 4
Reference numeral 02 is an authentication program operating on the WWW server 106 in FIG. 1, 403 is a user registration program operating on the WWW server 106 in FIG. 1, and 404 is a mobile WW in FIG.
A mobile account generation program running on the W server 109.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 501 designates the PC 10 in FIG.
WWW browser running on 2 (client 2a), 5
Reference numeral 02 denotes an authentication program operating on the WWW server 106 in FIG. 1, and reference numeral 503 denotes a mobile user registration program operating on the mobile WWW server 109 in FIG.

In order for a specific user (hereinafter referred to as "user 2") to use the mobile service, it is necessary to first carry out mobile user registration processing.

At step S401, the user 2 operates the WWW browser operating on the client 2a shown in FIG.
Access the WWW server 106 of the electronic mail system. Then, in step S402, the WWW server authentication program 106a generates a user authentication screen and sends it to the WWW browser.

In step S403, the user 2 browses the authentication screen, and further inputs the user ID and password required for authentication. In step S404, the authentication program refers to the user information data in the user information database for authentication. Do it. When the authentication is successful, the authentication program generates an authentication ID, stores it in the authentication database in association with the user ID, and sets an authentication ID timer at a certain time. Then, the authentication program activates the user registration program.

Then, in step S405, the user registration program creates a user information registration page and sends it to the WWW browser.

Next, in step S406, the user 2 browses the user registration page, and further inputs the setting for starting the use of the mobile phone service. In step S407, the user registration program activates the mobile account generation program.

Then, in step S408, the mobile account generation program generates a user account of user 2 in the mobile mail server. At this time, an electronic mail address for the mobile phone service of the user 2 is generated. Then, in step S409, the mobile account generation program
Notify the user of the URL for the mobile user registration program.
More specifically, the e-mail in which the URL for the mobile user registration program is described is transmitted to the e-mail address for the user's PC.

Next, in step S410, the mobile account creation program activates the billing program operating on the billing server. At this time, the charging program stores the mobile phone service start date and time in the charging DB.

Next, the process proceeds to step S411, and the user registration program creates a mobile user registration end screen including the account and sends it to the WWW browser of the PC.

In step S412, the user 2 browses and confirms the user registration end screen.

Next, the user 2 uses the PC (client 2
Using the WWW browser in a), browse the e-mail containing the URL for the mobile user registration program that has arrived at the e-mail address for the PC.

Then, in step S501, the WWW browser operating in the client 2a in FIG. 1 is operated to access the WWW server of the electronic mail system. Then,
In step S502, WWW server authentication program 1
06a generates a user authentication screen and sends it to the WWW browser.

In step S503, the user 2 browses the authentication screen, and further inputs the user ID and password required for authentication. In step S504, the authentication program refers to the user information data in the user information database for authentication. Do it. When the authentication is successful, the authentication program generates an authentication ID, stores it in the authentication database in association with the user ID, and sets an authentication ID timer at a certain time. Then, the authentication program activates the mobile user registration program.

In step S505, the user registration program creates a portable user information registration page as shown in FIG. 6 and sends it to the WWW browser of the PC.

The mobile user information registration page is provided with the following 13 input areas for mobile user information registration.

(1) Mobile phone number area for allowing the user to enter a mobile phone number in half-width numbers (2) Mobile mail address area for allowing the user to enter the mail address given by the mobile phone company (3) For checking the mobile mail address Input area (4) Incoming call notification setting area that allows the user to perform settings related to incoming call notification, and is an area for setting whether to send incoming call notification to the email address given by the mobile phone company set in (2) And an area for setting the interval of incoming notification by time or the number of new mails. (5) Bcc setting Area that allows you to automatically specify whether or not Bcc outgoing mail is sent to you (6) Filter settings (sender) In the area that allows you to make settings related to filtering based on the sender name of received mail, send It is composed of an area for setting whether to perform sender filtering and an area for setting a sender filtering character string (sender). (7) Filter setting (subject) This is an area that allows you to configure filtering related to the subject of the received mail. It consists of an area for setting whether subject filtering is performed and an area for setting a subject filtering character string. . (8) Filter setting (number of days) From the area for setting whether to perform day filtering or the area for setting the character string for day filtering (number of days) in the area for setting the filtering based on the number of days of the received mail. Composed. (9) Signature setting This is an area that allows the user to make settings related to the signature, and includes an area for setting whether or not to add a signature to outgoing mail and an area for setting a signature character string. (10) Fixed phrase setting In the area for the user to input a fixed phrase, 10 types of fixed phrases can be set. (11) "Update basic information" button This button is for updating the information after the user inputs / sets necessary items.

In step S506, the user 2 browses the cell-phone user information registration page, inputs the above-mentioned various cell-phone user information, and then selects the "update basic information" button. When it is detected that the user has instructed the "update basic information" button, the inputted various mobile user information is transmitted to the mobile user registration program.

In step S507, the mobile user registration program acquires various mobile user information and stores it in the mobile user information storage area of the user information database.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing details of the portable user information storage area. As shown in FIG. 7, the mobile user information storage area is provided with 30 fields for storing various mobile user information for each user.

In particular, the fields 21 to 30 are areas for storing information on 10 types of fixed phrases. Each fixed phrase information storage area saves the fixed phrase character string region where the fixed phrase text string is stored, the usage frequency region where the usage frequency of the fixed phrase is saved, and the most recent usage date and time of the fixed phrase. It is composed of a recently used date / time area.

Next, in step S508, the mobile user registration program notifies the user of the mobile mail program URL and the mobile address book program URL. More specifically, an e-mail in which the URL for the mobile mail program and the URL for the mobile address book program are written is transmitted to the e-mail address given by the mobile phone company.

The mobile phone mail program URL and the mobile phone address book program URL include ID information for identifying the user. By clicking the URL described in the electronic mail, The mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone is automatically activated, and the user's mobile phone service e-mail can be used. The mobile phone service e-mail address has been sent to the PC e-mail address. Since the e-mail is transferred, the user can browse the e-mail sent to the PC e-mail address using the mobile phone.

Next, in step S509, the mobile user registration program creates a mobile user information registration end screen and sends it to the WWW browser. In step S510, the user 2 browses and confirms the mobile user information registration end screen.

[Explanation of E-mail Incoming Processing] Next, the user 1 sends a mail to the user's 2 PC e-mail address, and the mail is saved in the mail spool of the mobile mail server by the user 2. The flow of processing up to storage in the area will be described.

First, the user 1 operates the MUA program running on the client 1 (101) in FIG. 1 to create and send an electronic mail addressed to the user's 2 PC electronic mail address. To do. Then client 1
The MTA program uses the SMTP (simple m
It is delivered to the mail server 107 having the mail address of the user 2 by the (ail transfer protocol).

The MTA program of the mail server 107 is
When you receive this email, the mail spool (mail s
After being stored in the mail storage area of user 2 of (pool), this e-mail is transferred to the e-mail address of the mobile phone service of user 2. That is, it is transferred to the mobile mail server 108 in FIG.

The mobile MTA program of the mobile mail server 108 receives the transferred electronic mail and stores it in the mail storage area of the user 2 of the mail spool. Then, the electronic mail incoming process of the mobile mail program 109b operating on the mobile WWW server 109 is called, and the process ends.

Next, the flow of the electronic mail receiving process of the portable mail program will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the e-mail incoming process is called by the portable MTA program of the portable mail server, step S
In step 801, it is checked whether the received e-mail has an attached file. The attached file contains an image,
Text, document files, etc. are assumed. Here, if the attached file is attached, the process proceeds to step S802, and the email reception processing logic deletes the attached file of the stored email. Then, the attached file deletion information for identifying that the attached file was attached to the header information of the electronic mail is added, and the mail data is overwritten and saved. After this, the process proceeds to step S803.

On the other hand, if the attached file is not attached in step S801, the process proceeds to step S803.

In step S803, it is checked whether the total number of mails stored in the mail storage area of the user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server 108 in FIG. The maximum total number of storages can be arbitrarily set by the system administrator.

Here, if the maximum total number of storage is exceeded,
The process proceeds to step S804, and the mail sending date included in the header information of all the mails stored in the mail saving area of the user 2 is checked to detect the mail with the oldest mail sending date. Then, the oldest detected mail is transferred to the e-mail address given by the mobile phone company of User 2, and then deleted from the mail storage area. Note that the mail server of a mobile phone company can send and receive 200 characters.
Since the transferred mail is limited to about characters, the mail server of the mobile phone company automatically deletes the part exceeding 200 characters. After this,
The process returns to step S803.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S803 that the maximum storage total number has not been exceeded, the process proceeds to step S805.

At step S805, the total size of the mails stored in the mail storage area of the user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server 108 in FIG.
Check if the virtual maximum storage capacity of is exceeded. The virtual maximum storage capacity can be arbitrarily set by the system administrator.

Here, if the virtual maximum storage capacity is exceeded, the process advances to step S806 to check the mail transmission date contained in the header information of all the mails stored in the mail storage area of the user 2 to find the most mail. Detects old mail on the sent date. Then, the detected mail is transferred to the electronic mail address given by the mobile phone company of the user 2, and then deleted from the mail storage area. After this, the process returns to step S805.

On the other hand, if the virtual maximum storage capacity is not exceeded in step S805, the process proceeds to step S807.

In step S807, it is checked whether the total number of mails stored in the mail storage area of the user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server 108 in FIG. Here, if it exceeds 80% of the maximum storage total number, the process proceeds to step S809, and if it does not exceed 80%, the process proceeds to step S808.

In step S808, it is checked whether the total size of the mails stored in the mail storage area of the user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server 108 in FIG. 1 exceeds 80% of the virtual maximum storage capacity of the user 2. To do. Here, if it exceeds 80% of the virtual maximum storage capacity, the process proceeds to step S809, and if it does not exceed 80%, the process proceeds to step S810.

In step S809, an e-mail warning of e-mail storage capacity overflow is sent to the e-mail address given by the user's mobile phone company. After this, the process proceeds to step S810.

At step S810, the value of the field 11 of the portable user information storage area shown in FIG. 7 stored in the user information database 110a of the database server 110 shown in FIG. ON
Check if Here, if the setting is OFF, the e-mail incoming process ends. on the other hand,
If the setting is ON, the process proceeds to step S811.

In step S811, it is checked whether the value of the field 17 of the mobile user information storage area is 0. Here, when the value of the field 17 is 0, the process proceeds to step S812, and the time when the e-mail is received (the time when the e-mail arrives) is stored in the field 17 of the mobile user information storage area. Then the process is step
Proceed to S813.

On the other hand, if the value of field 17 is other than 0, the process advances to step S813.

In step S813, the e-mail reception processing logic increments the value of the field 18 of the portable user information storage area by 1. Next, the process proceeds to step S814.

In step S814, it is checked whether the time interval set for sending the incoming notification mail has passed.
Specifically, the value (difference time) obtained by subtracting the value of the field 17 of the mobile user information storage area from the time when the latest electronic mail is received (the time when the electronic mail arrives) is the field of the mobile user information storage area. It is determined whether it is larger than the value of 9. If the calculated value is larger than the value in the field 19, it is determined that the incoming notification mail transmission set time interval has elapsed, and the process proceeds to step S816. On the other hand, if the calculated value is smaller than the value in the field 19, it is determined that the incoming notification mail transmission set time interval has not elapsed, and the process proceeds to step S815.

At step S815, the number of incoming emails is
Check whether the number of stored mails set for sending the incoming notification mail has been reached. Specifically, it is determined whether the value obtained by subtracting the value of field 10 from the value of field 18 of the mobile user information storage area is greater than 0. If the calculated value is greater than 0, it is determined that the set number of stored mails has been reached, and the process proceeds to step S816. On the other hand, if the calculated value is smaller than 0, it is determined that the set number of stored mails has not been reached, and the e-mail receiving process ends.

In step S816, in order to notify the user that the electronic mail has arrived, the electronic mail in which the URL for the mobile mail program operating on the mobile WWW server 109 in FIG. 1 is written is sent to the mobile phone of the user. Send to an email address.

[0165] The URL for the mobile mail program includes
It contains ID information to identify the user.

Next, the process proceeds to step S817 to set the values of the fields 17 and 18 of the portable user information storage area to 0, and thereafter the e-mail receiving process is terminated.

Separately from the processing of step S814, the time when the mail is received is set in the field 17 in step S812, and the value of the field 18 is set to 1 or more in step S813. If it is determined that a predetermined time interval (a predetermined time larger than the value in field 9) has passed without being reset to 0, an incoming notification mail is sent and field 1
The values of 7 and field 18 shall be reset to 0.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the electronic mail received by the PC mail server 107 is duplicated in the mobile mail server 108. Therefore, when browsing the electronic mail from the mobile terminal, the PC mail is used. It is not necessary to leave the mail in the mail server of No. 1 and the electronic mail can be browsed from the mobile terminal even after the mail is acquired by the PC.

[Description of E-mail Processing] Next, user 2
FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. 1 for processing when a person operates a mobile WWW browser of a mobile phone to operate an e-mail.
2, FIG. 13, FIG. 14, FIG. 15, FIG. 16, and FIG.

[Explanation of Login Process] First, user 2
Browse the e-mail sent by the mobile user registration program, or the e-mail sent by the e-mail receiving process of the mobile mail program, using the e-mail address send / receive function provided by the mobile phone company. To do. As described above, the URL for the mobile mail program is described in these e-mails.

Next, when the user 2 selects the URL for the mobile mail program described in the electronic mail, the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone is activated to start the access to the URL for the mobile mail program. .

When the URL for the mobile mail program is accessed by the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone, the authentication program 106a of the WWW server 106 shown in FIG. 1 is started, the user authentication screen 1001 shown in FIG. 10 is generated, and the mobile WWW of the mobile phone is displayed.
Send to browser.

When the user 2 browses the user authentication screen and inputs the password required for the authentication, the authentication program displays the user identification I attached to the URL for the mobile mail program.
The user information database is searched using the D information and the input password information, and the user information data is referred to for authentication.

When the authentication is successful, the authentication program generates an authentication ID, saves it in the authentication database in association with the user ID, and sets an authentication ID timer at a certain time. Then, the authentication program is the mobile WW in FIG.
The mobile mail program 109b of the W server 109 is activated, and the generated and saved authentication ID is passed to the mobile mail program.

Then, the started mobile mail program refers to the mail stored in the mail storage area of the user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server 108 in FIG. 1 to search for an unread mail and set the subject. Extract and
The unread mail list screen 1101 in FIG. 11 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[Explanation of Unread Mail List Browsing Processing] When the user 2 operates the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone to access using the URL for the mobile mail program, or the read mail list screen 1202 / saved mail When the "Unread list" button is selected on either the list screen 1203 or the sent mail list screen 1301 or when the "To list" button is selected after moving from the unread mail list to the mail browsing screen 1102 in FIG. Then, the mobile mail program refers to the mail stored in the mail storage area of the user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server, searches the unread mail according to the filtering setting, extracts the subject, and reads the unread mail in FIG. Mail list screen 1
101 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The unread mail list screen 1101 is a "new arrival number display area" showing the total number of mails sent after the user last accessed the URL for the mobile mail program, browsed the mail and logged out (the session was cut off), "Read list" button for moving to read mail list screen 1202, "save list" button for moving to saved mail list screen 1203, sent mail list screen 1301
"Send list" button to move to, "Unread mail list list display area" that displays the subject of each mail that the user has not read, 10 each, Mail creation / send screen 130
"New" button to move to 3 and "Screen update" to update the information on the unread mail list screen to the latest information
It is composed of a button, a “management screen” button for moving to the management screen 1701, and a “menu” button for moving to the menu screen 1002.

The user 2 can check the unread mail by browsing the "unread mail list display area" on the unread mail list screen. In addition, since the subject of 10 unread mails is displayed per page, if there are 10 or more unread mails, that is, if the next page exists, as shown in 1101a, at the bottom of the unread mail list screen, The display is changed and the "Next" button is added. If the previous page and the next page exist, 1
As shown in 101b, a "previous" button and a "next" button are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Further, in the case of the last page, a “previous” button is added at the bottom of the screen as indicated by 1101c. That is, the user 2 can browse the unread mail list over a plurality of pages by operating the "previous" button and the "next" button to switch the display page of the unread mail list screen.

[Explanation of Filtering Processing when Generating Unread Mail List] When generating an unread mail list screen, the mobile mail program checks filtering conditions, searches and selects an appropriate unread mail, and selects "Unread mail list list". Display area ".

First, the mobile mail program refers to the field 15 of the mobile user information storage area of the user information database 110a in FIG. 1 to check whether the number of days filter function is set to ON. When the days filter function is set to ON, the mobile mail program refers to the field 8 of the mobile user information storage area to acquire the days filter date, and the unread message transmitted between the acquired days filter date and the current date and time. Search and select an email as a list display candidate and save it in the temporary area.

Next, the mobile mail program refers to the field 14 of the mobile user information storage area of the user information database 110a in FIG. 1 to check whether the subject filter function is set to ON. When the subject filter function is set to ON, the mobile email program refers to field 7 of the mobile user information storage area to obtain the subject filter character string, refers to the subject included in the email header information of the unread email, and performs the subject filter. Check whether the character string is included, and save unread mail that is not included as a list display candidate in the temporary area. If the number of days filter function is also ON, unread mails filtered by the number of days filter function and stored in the temporary area as list display candidates are subjected to subject line filtering processing. If an email containing the subject filter string is found in the subject included in the email header information, that email is excluded from the list display candidates.

Next, the mobile mail program refers to the field 13 of the mobile user information storage area to check whether the sender filter function is set to ON. When the sender filter function is set to ON, the mobile mail program refers to the field 6 of the mobile user information storage area to acquire the sender filter character string, and refers to the sender included in the mail header information of the unread mail. , Checks whether the sender filter character string is included, and saves the unread mail that is not included as a list display candidate in the temporary area. If at least one of the number of days filter function or subject filter function is ON,
Unread mails that have been filtered and stored in the temporary area as list display candidates are subjected to sender filtering processing. When the sender included in the mail header information is found to contain the sender filter character string, that sender is excluded from the list display candidates.

Finally, the mobile mail program displays the unread mails remaining in the list display candidates in the "unread mail list display area" to generate an unread mail list screen.

[Explanation of Unread Mail Viewing Process] When the user 2 selects a specific mail from the unread mail list list on the unread mail list screen 1101 in FIG. 11, the mobile mail program causes the data of the selected mail to be displayed. Is read from the mail storage area of the user 2, read information indicating that the mail is already read is added to the mail header information of the mail, and the mail browsing screen 1102 of FIG. 11 is generated to display the mail on the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. send. Note that the selected and viewed mail is a read mail, so it is no longer displayed in the unread mail list screen on the unread mail list screen 1101, and is displayed on the read mail list list on the read mail list screen 1202 in FIG. Will be displayed.

The mail browsing screen 1102 includes a "mail sender display area", a "subject display area", a "mail transmission date / time display area", a "mail body display area" in which 512 characters are displayed per page, and a mail header. "Reply" button to move to the mail creation / sending screen with the mail sender described in the information set as the destination, the mail sender address described in the mail header, and to or cc of the mail "Reply All" button to move to the mail creation / send screen with the address listed in the field as the destination, move to the mail creation / send screen with the mail text set as the forwarding information in the text "Forward" button to move, "To list" button to move to the mail list screen (Move from the unread mail list screen to the mail browsing screen When you come to the unread mail list screen, when you move from the read mail list screen to the mail browsing screen, the button to move to the read mail list screen), "Delete" to delete the mail you are reading "Button, a" save mail "button for setting that the currently viewed mail is not automatically deleted, and a" detailed information "button for moving to a mail detail screen.

User 2 can check the text of the mail by browsing the mail text display area. If the mail body has 512 characters or more, that is, if the next page exists, as shown in 1102a,
The display at the bottom of the email browsing screen has been changed and a "Next" button has been added. If there is a previous page and a next page, a “previous” button and a “next” button are displayed at the bottom of the screen as indicated by 1102b. Also,
In the case of the last page, a "previous" button is added at the bottom of the screen as shown at 1102c. That is, the user 2 can browse the e-mail text that spans multiple pages by operating the “previous” button and the “next” button to switch the pages.

[Explanation of mail saving process] When the user 2 selects the "Save mail" button on the mail browsing screen, the mobile mail program displays the mail header information of the mail displayed on the browsing screen as a saved mail. Save specification information for identifying the existence is added (a mail to which the save specification information is added will be referred to as a save mail hereinafter), and a save mail browsing screen 1103 shown in FIG. 11 is generated and displayed on the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. send.

The saved mail browsing screen 1103 includes a "mail sender display area", a "subject display area", a "mail transmission date / time display area", a "mail body display area" in which 512 characters are displayed on each page, and a mail. "Reply" button to move to the mail creation / sending screen with the mail sender described in the header information set as the destination, the mail sender address described in the mail header and the to or of the mail "Reply all" button to move to the mail creation / send screen with the address listed in the cc field as the destination, on the mail creation / send screen with the mail text set as the forwarding information in the text "Forward" button to move, "To list" button to move to saved mail list screen, "Delete" to delete the mail you are viewing Button, "cancel the Save" button in order to delete a saved designation information of the email being viewed, and a "detailed information" button for moving to a mail detail screen.

The stored mail will not be deleted in the electronic mail receiving process (S804, S806) of the mobile mail program even when the mail storage area of the user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server is exceeded.

The mail instructed to be saved is shown in FIG.
12 is not displayed in the read mail list screen of the read mail list screen 1202 of FIG.
It will be displayed in the saved mail list of 03.

[Explanation of Save Cancellation Process for Mail] User 2
However, if you select the "Unsave" button on the saved mail browsing screen, the mobile mail program deletes the save designation information in the mail header information of the mail displayed on the browsing screen, and creates a mail browsing screen 1102. Send to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[Explanation of mail detail screen browsing processing] When the user 2 selects the detailed information button on either the mail browsing screen or the saved mail browsing screen, the mobile mail program displays the mail header information of the mail being browsed. The described information is analyzed, a mail detail screen 1201 of FIG. 12 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The mail detail screen 1201 includes a "mail sender display area", "mail destination display area", "mail CC destination display area", "mail transmission date / time display area",
"Subject display area", "Attachment presence / absence display area",
It is composed of a "save mail information storage area". The user 2 can view the details of the mail header information by viewing the mail detail screen.

[Explanation of the read mail list browsing process] When the user 2 selects the "read list" button on any of the unread mail list screen / saved mail list screen / sent mail list screen, or user 2 If you select the "Go to list" button after moving from the read mail list to the mail browsing screen, the mobile mail program will display the mail header of the mail stored in the mail storage area of user 2 of the mail spool of the mobile mail server. The read mail of the information is referred to, the read mail is searched, the subject is extracted, the read mail list screen 1202 of FIG.
Send to browser.

The read mail list screen 1202 is a "new arrival number display area" showing the total number of mails sent by the user after viewing the mail and logging out, and an "unread list" for moving to the unread mail list screen. ”Button,“ Save list ”button to move to the saved mail list screen,“ Send list ”button to move to the sent mail list screen, and 10 read subject of read mails per page "Mail list list display area", "New" button to move to the mail compose / send screen, "Screen update" button to update the information on the read mail list screen to the latest information, to move to the management screen "Management screen" button and "Menu" button to move to the menu screen.

The user 2 can check the read mail by viewing the "read mail list display area" on the read mail list screen. Note that the subject of 10 read mails is displayed per page, so if there are 10 or more read mails, that is, if the next page exists, the lower part of the screen as shown on the screen 1202a. The display part of is changed and the "Next" button is added. If the previous page and the next page exist, 1202b
"Previous" button and "Next" button are displayed at the bottom of the screen as shown in the screen. Further, in the case of the last page, a "previous" button is added at the bottom of the screen as shown on the screen 1202c. That is, the user 2
By operating the “previous” button and “next” button to switch the display page of the read mail list screen, it is possible to browse the read mail list list extending over a plurality of pages.

[Explanation of read mail viewing processing] User 2
However, when a specific mail is selected from the read mail list in the read mail list screen 1202, the mobile mail program reads the data of the selected mail from the mail save area of the user 2, and as shown in FIG. A simple mail browsing screen 1102 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

User 2 can confirm the contents of the read mail by browsing the mail browsing screen.

[Explanation of saved mail list browsing processing] When the user 2 selects the "save list" button on any of the unread mail list screen / read mail list screen / sent mail list screen, or the user 2 When you move to the saved mail list screen from the saved mail list and select the "Go to list" button, the mobile mail program displays the mail header of the mail stored in the mail storage area of user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server. The stored mail is searched by referring to the read information of the information, the subject is extracted, a stored mail list screen 1203 as shown in FIG. 12 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[0200] The saved mail list screen 1203 is a "new arrival number display area" showing the total number of mails sent after the user viewed the mail and logged out last time, and an "unread list" for moving to the unread mail list screen. Button, "read list" button to move to read mail list screen, "send list" button to move to sent mail list screen, "save mail list list display area" to display 10 saved mail subjects ], "New" button to move to the mail compose / send screen, "Screen update" button to update the information on the saved mail list screen to the latest information, "Management screen" button to move to the management screen , And consists of a "menu" button for navigating to the menu screen.

The user 2 can check the saved mail by browsing the "saved mail list display area" on the saved mail list screen. Note that the subject of 10 saved mails is displayed per page, so if there are 10 or more saved mails, that is, if the next page exists, the display at the bottom of the screen is displayed as shown in the screen 1203a. The part is changed and the "Next" button is added. If the previous page and the next page exist, 1203
As shown in the screen of b, a "previous" button and a "next" button are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Further, in the case of the last page, a "previous" button is added at the bottom of the screen as shown on the screen 1203c. That is, the user 2
By operating the "Previous" button and "Next" button to switch the display page of the saved mail list screen, the saved mail list list can be browsed over multiple pages.

[Explanation of Saved Mail Browsing Process] User 2
However, when a specific mail is selected from the saved mail list on the saved mail list screen 1203, the mobile mail program reads the data of the selected mail from the mail save area of the user 2 and saves the mail as shown in FIG. The browsing screen 1103 is generated and sent to the WWW browser of the mobile phone.

User 2 can confirm the contents of the saved mail by viewing the saved mail viewing screen.

[Explanation of sent mail list browsing processing] When the "send list" button is selected on any of the unread mail list screen / read mail list screen / saved mail list screen,
Alternatively, when the "to list" button is selected on the sent mail viewing screen 1302, or when the "to list" button is selected on the sent mail creation / send screen 1303,
The mobile mail program searches the sent mails stored in the mail storage area of the user 2 in the mail spool of the mobile mail server, extracts the subject, and generates the sent mail list screen 1301 as shown in FIG. 13 to carry the mobile mail. Send to mobile WWW browser on phone.

[0205] The sent mail list screen 1301 is a "new arrival number display area" indicating the total number of mails sent by the user after viewing the mail and logging out, and an "unread list" for moving to the unread mail list screen. Button, "read list" button to move to read mail list screen, "save list" button to move to saved mail list screen, "sent mail list list" that displays the subject of sent mails by 10 "Display area", "New" button to move to the mail compose / send screen, "Screen update" button to update the information on the sent mail list screen to the latest information, "Management screen" to move to the management screen "Button and a" menu "button for moving to the menu screen.

The user 2 can check the sent mail by browsing the sent mail list on the sent mail list screen. Note that the subject of 10 sent mails is displayed per page, so if there are 10 or more sent mails, that is, if the next page exists, 13
As shown in the screen of 01a, the display part at the bottom of the screen is changed and the "Next" button is added. If there is a previous page and a next page, a "previous" button and a "next" button are displayed at the bottom of the screen as shown on the screen 1301b. In the case of the last page, 1301
As shown in the screen of c, a "previous" button is added at the bottom of the screen. That is, the user 2 can browse the transmitted mail list list over a plurality of pages by operating the previous button and the next button to switch the display page of the transmitted mail list screen.

[Explanation of sent mail browsing process] When a specific mail is selected by the user 2 from the sent mail list on the sent mail list screen 1301, the mobile mail program changes the data of the selected mail to the user. Two
13 is read out from the mail saving area, and a transmission mail browsing screen 1302 as shown in FIG. 13 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The sent mail browsing screen 1302 has a "mail TO destination display area", a "mail CC destination display area",
"Email subject display area", "Email body display area" that can display up to 512 characters on one page, "Forward" button to move to the mail creation / send screen with the body of the email set as forwarding information , A "list" button for moving to the sent mail list screen, and a "delete" button for deleting the mail being browsed.

User 2 can confirm the contents of the transmitted mail by browsing the transmitted mail browsing screen.

[Explanation of mail creating / sending process] When the "New" button is selected by the user 2 on any of the unread mail list screen / read mail list screen / saved mail list screen / sent mail list screen The mobile mail program has a mail creation / transmission screen 1303 as shown in FIG.
And send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

When the "Reply" button is selected by the user 2 on either the mail browsing screen or the saved mail browsing screen, the mobile mail program sets the mail sender described in the mail header information as the destination. Create a mail creation / send screen in
Send to WWW browser.

When the "Reply all" button is selected by the user 2 on either the mail browsing screen or the saved mail browsing screen, the mobile mail program displays the mail sender address described in the mail header, and ,
Create a mail creation / send screen with the other address listed in the TO and CC columns as the destination and use the mobile phone's mobile WW
Send to W browser.

[0213] When the "Forward" button is selected by the user 2 on either the mail browsing screen or the saved mail browsing screen, the mobile mail program is in the state where the text of the mail being browsed is set as the transfer information. Create a mail composition / transmission screen with and send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

Further, the mobile mail program refers to the field 16 of the mobile user information storage area in the user information database 110a of FIG. 1 and reflects it in the "Signature" check box depending on whether the signature function is set or not. To create a mail creation / send screen. Specifically, when the signature function is set to ON in the field 16, the mail creation / transmission screen is generated with the “Signature” check box checked.

Also, the mobile mail program refers to the field 12 of the mobile user information storage area to reflect in the "BCC to me" checkbox depending on whether the BCC function is set or not, and create / send mail. Generate the screen. Specifically, when the BCC function is set to ON, the mail creation / sending screen is generated with the "BCC to me" check box checked.

The send mail creation / send screen 1303 has a "TO" button for editing the mail destination, a set "TO destination display area", a "CC" button for editing the CC destination of the mail, "CC address display area" that has been set, "subject" button for editing the subject of the mail,
"Subject display area" that has been set, "Body" button for editing the body of the email, "Start character string display area of the body" that has been set, "Signature" to select whether to add signature information to the email Check box and email to user 2
"BCC to me" checkbox to select whether to BCC to your PC email address, "Send" button to send an email, "Save overwriting" button to save an unwritten email, "Call over call" button to read the saved over-written mail,
It consists of a "to list" button to move to the sent mail list screen.

User 2 can create and send a mail by operating the mail creation / send screen.

[Explanation of TO Destination Editing Process when Creating Mail] When the user 2 selects the “TO” button on the mail creating / sending screen 1303, the mobile mail program displays the TO destination address editing screen 1401 of FIG. And send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The TO destination address edit screen 1401 has a “set destination list list display area”, a “add destination” button for moving to the mobile email address manual edit screen 1403, and a mobile email personal address book list screen 1501 in FIG. It is composed of a "address book reference" button for moving to "" and a "transmission screen" button for moving to a mail creation / transmission screen 1303.

User 2 edits the TO destination address screen 14
You can add or edit the TO destination address by operating 01.

[Explanation of CC destination editing process at the time of creating mail] When the user 2 selects the "CC" button on the mail creating / sending screen 1303, the mobile mail program displays the CC destination address editing screen 1402 of FIG. And send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The CC destination address edit screen 1402 has a list of set destinations, an "add destination" button for moving to the mobile mail address manual edit screen 1403,
The mobile phone personal address book list screen 1501 includes an “address book reference” button and a “send screen” button for moving to a mail creation / transmission screen.

The user 2 can add and edit the TO destination address by operating the CC destination address editing screen.

[Explanation of mobile email address manual edit processing] On the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address book edit screen), a blank line provided at the end of the set destination list or "add destination" When the button is selected by the user, the mobile phone mail program opens the mobile phone mail address manual edit screen 1 in FIG.
403 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

Mobile email address manual edit screen 1
403 is a “Name” text box for entering the name of the recipient, an “Address” text box for entering the recipient's e-mail address, and adding the entered name and address to “Recipient” only / Exclusively settable radio button to specify "/ address book", "Add" button to add the entered name and address, interrupt the work and edit the TO address screen (or CC address) It is composed of a "return" button for returning to the address edit screen).

When the user 2 selects the "return" button, the mobile mail program interrupts the process and generates the previous screen (TO destination address edit screen or CC destination address edit screen) to generate the mobile phone. Send to WWW browser.

When the user 2 enters the name of the recipient in the “Name” text box, enters the recipient's e-mail address in the “Address” text box, selects the “To” radio button and then the “Add” button, The mobile mail program sets the name and mail address of the set destination as the destination, saves the data in the temporary area,
Add it to the list on the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen), then create the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen) and send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

On the other hand, the user 2 inputs the name of the recipient in the “Name” text box, enters the recipient's mail address in the “Address” text box, selects the “Recipient / Address Book” radio button, and clicks “Add”. When the button is selected, the mobile mail program generates the mobile mail address / address book addition screen 1404 of FIG. 14 and sends it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[Mobile email address / address book addition screen] Mobile email address / address book addition screen 1404
Is a screen for adding the address information of a specific person to the address book.The “Name” text box for entering the name of a specific person, and the “Read” for entering the reading of the name of a specific person. "Text box," Email address "text box for entering the email address of a specific person," Personal address book "check box for adding the entered information to the personal address book, Shared information book for the entered information It is composed of a “shared address book” check box for adding, an “add” button for instructing addition of the entered information to the address book, and a “stop” button for interrupting the work.

User 2 inputs the name of the specific person in the "Name" text box, inputs the name of the specific person in the "Read" text box, and mails the specific person in the "Mail address" text box. If you enter an address, select the "Personal Address Book" checkbox and select the "Add" button, the mobile email program will pass the entered information to the mobile address book program and then enter the destination name and Set the e-mail address as a destination, save it in a temporary area, add it to the list list on the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen), and then open the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen). Generate and send to mobile WWW browser of mobile phone. The portable address book program to which the input information is passed saves the information in the personal address book information storage area of the user 2 in the address book database 110b.

On the other hand, the user 2 inputs the name of the specific person in the “Name” text box, inputs the name of the specific person in the “Read” text box, and enters the specific person in the “Mail Address” text box. Enter the e-mail address, select the "Shared Address Book" check box, and click the "Add" button, the mobile mail program will pass the entered information to the mobile address book program, and then Set the name and email address as the destination, save in the temporary area,
Add it to the list on the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen), then create the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen) and send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. The portable address book program to which the input information is passed sends an e-mail to the administrator of the shared address book to store it in the shared address book information storage area in the address book database 110b, and then the shared address book. When registered in the book, all the users who are using the shared address book are notified of the registered (or edited) update information. The details of the registration processing to the shared address book by the mobile address book program are the same as the description (FIG. 20) of the shared address book registration / editing processing described later.

[0232] On the other hand, when the user 2 selects the "Cancel" button, the mobile mail program interrupts the processing and generates the mobile mail address manual edit screen 1403,
Send to mobile WWW browser on mobile phone.

[Explanation of mobile mail personal address book reference processing] When the user 2 selects the "address book reference" button on the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address book edit screen), the mobile mail program will display the mobile address book. Call the program 109c.

Then, the portable address book program refers to the address data stored in the personal address book data storage area of the user 2 in the address book database 110b, and then displays the portable mail personal address book list screen 1501 of FIG. Generate and send to mobile WWW browser of mobile phone.

Cellular Mail Personal Address Book List Screen 150
1 is a "Share" button for moving to the mobile mail shared address book list screen 1504, a "registered number display area" of the personal address book, and a "search" for moving to a search screen for searching the data of the personal address book. Button, search the personal address book by Japanese syllabary to search for mobile mail personal address book 5
Buttons for moving to the list by phonetic alphabet 1503 (“A” button, “KA” button, and
"Sa" button, "ta" button, "na" button, "ha" button, "ma" button, "ya" button, "ra" button,
“Wa” button / “A” button), and a “last 5 address list display area” for displaying the name list of the latest 5 pieces of address information referred to by the user 2.

User 2 operates the mobile mail personal address book list screen to search and refer to the address book, and obtains the name and e-mail address of the specific person registered in the personal address book as the TO destination of the mail (or CC address) can be added.

[0237] The user 2 selects the "a" button, "ka" button, "sa" button, "ta" button, "na" button, "ha" button on the mobile mail personal address book list screen 1501.
When you select any of the "ma" button, "ya" button, "ra" button, "wa" button, and "A" button, the mobile address book program will display the personal address book data in the Japanese syllabary line. Classify / search by another (however, the "A" button is a name that starts with an alphabet), generate a mobile phone personal address book 50 phonetic alphabetical list for the row of the designated button, and send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The mobile phone personal address book Japanese syllabary list screen 1503 is a line-by-line address list list (for example, a list of names sorted by Japanese syllabary and displaying 20 entries per screen).
When the user 2 selects the "A" button, the address data whose name starts with "A line" is sorted and displayed in the order of Japanese syllabary), and the "Next" button to move to the next page,
It is composed of an "address book" button for moving to the mobile mail personal address book list screen.

User 2 can confirm the address of a specific person by browsing and operating the address list for each line.

When the user 2 selects any one of the names displayed in the "Last 5 address list display area" on the cell-phone personal address book list screen, or on the cell-phone personal address book 50 syllabary list screen, If you select any of the names displayed in the "Address list list display area by line" or in the search list screen of the mobile mail address book displayed as a result of searching the personal address book, "Search address list display area" If you select any of the names displayed in "", the mobile address book program generates a mobile mail personal address book browsing screen 1502, and the mobile phone's mobile WWW is displayed.
Send to browser.

Mobile mail personal address book browsing screen 150
2 is a screen on which the details of the address information of the specific person are displayed. The "name display area" of the specific person, the "reading display area" of the name of the specific person, the "company name display area" to which the specific person belongs, "E-mail address display area" of a person, "phone number display area" of a specific person, "FAX number display area" of a specific person, "add address" button for adding address information of a specific person to a destination, Consists of a "Return" button for interrupting and moving to the previous screen (cell phone personal address book list screen, cell phone personal address book 50 phonetic list screen, or cell phone mail address book search list screen) There is.

When the user 2 confirms the address information of the specific person and selects the "add address" button, the mobile address book program causes the mobile mail program to set the name and e-mail address of the specific person as the destination. Notify and end the process. The mobile email program that received the notification adds the entered name and email address of the specified person to the list list on the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen) and then edits the TO destination address edit screen (or Create a CC destination address edit screen) and send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[Explanation of Mobile Mail Shared Address Book Reference Processing] When the user 2 selects the "Share" button on the mobile mail personal address book list screen, the mobile address book program executes the shared address book data in the address book database 110b. After referring to the address data stored in the storage area, the mobile mail shared address book list screen 1504 of FIG. 15 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

Cellular mail shared address book list screen 150
Reference numeral 4 is a "personal" button for moving to the mobile mail personal address book list screen 1501, a "registered number display area" of the shared address book, a "search" button for searching data in the shared address book, and a shared address Search the phonebook by Japanese syllabary and list by phonetic 50
To move to each button ("A" button to search by Japanese syllabary, "KA" button, "SA" button,
"Ta" button, "na" button, "ha" button, "ma" button, "ya" button, "ra" button, "wa" button,
"A" button), and a "last 5 address list display area" for displaying a name list of the latest 5 pieces of address information referred to by the user 2.

User 2 operates the portable mail shared address book list screen to search and refer to the address book, and set the name and e-mail address of the specific person registered in the shared address book to the TO destination of the mail, or , Can be added to CC destinations.

[0246] User 2 selects the "a" button, "ka" button, "sa" button on the mobile mail shared address book list screen,
"Ta" button, "na" button, "ha" button, "ma" button, "ya" button, "ra" button, "wa" button,
If you select either the "A" button or the "A" button, the mobile address book program saves the shared address book data to 5
Classify and search by line of 0 sounds (however, the "A" button starts with an alphabet), generate a list of 50 phonetic mail shared address books for the line of the specified button, and display it in the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. send.

The cell-phone mail shared address book 50 syllabary list screen 1506 is a "line-by-line address list list display area" in which names are sorted by 50 syllabary lines and 20 items are displayed on one screen (for example, user 2 "a"). If you select the button, the address data whose name starts with "A line" will be sorted and displayed by the Japanese syllabary), then move to the next page. "Next" button, move to the cell-phone shared address book list screen It consists of an "Address Book" button for.

The user 2 can confirm the address of a specific person by browsing and operating the address list for each line.

When the user 2 selects any of the names displayed in the "Last 5 address list display area" on the mobile mail shared address book list screen, or on the mobile mail shared address book 50 phonetic list screen, When you select one of the names displayed in the "Address list list display area by line", or in the mobile mail address book search list screen displayed as a result of searching the shared address book, "Search address list display area" If you select any of the names displayed on the screen, the mobile address book program generates a mobile mail shared address book browsing screen 1505, and the mobile phone's mobile WWW is displayed.
Send to browser.

Mobile mail shared address book browsing screen 150
Reference numeral 5 is a screen on which details of address information of a specific person are displayed. The "name display area" of the specific person, the "reading display area" of the name of the specific person, the "company name display area" to which the specific person belongs, and "E-mail address display area" of a person, "phone number display area" of a specific person, "FAX number display area" of a specific person, "add address" button for adding address information of a specific person to a destination, "Return" to stop and move to the previous screen (mobile email shared address book list screen, mobile email shared address book 50 phonetic list screen, or mobile email address book search screen)
It consists of buttons.

When the user 2 confirms the address information of the specific person and selects the "add address" button, the mobile address book program causes the mobile mail program to set the name and e-mail address of the specific person as the destination. Notify and end the process. The notified mobile email program sets the name and email address of the specified person as the destination, saves it in the temporary area, and adds it to the list list on the TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen). Then, create a TO destination address edit screen (or CC destination address edit screen) and send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[Cellular email address book search processing] When the user 2 presses the "Search" button on the cellular phone personal address book list screen (or when the "Search" button is pressed on the cellular mail shared address book list screen) , The mobile mail program creates the mobile mail address book search screen 1507 of FIG.
Send to W browser.

Mobile email address book search screen 1507
"Name" text box for entering the name to search, "Read" for entering the name of the name to search
It consists of a text box and a "search" button to start the search.

User 2 inputs at least one of "name" to search and "read" of name to search,
When the "Search" button is selected, the mobile address book program refers to the address data stored in the personal address book data storage area (or shared address book data storage area) of the user 2 in the address book database 110b and inputs it. A mobile mail address book search list screen 1508 is generated from the result of searching the address data matching the specified “name” (“reading” of the name) and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

Mobile mail address book search list screen 150
A search address list list 8 for displaying the names of the searched addresses is displayed. The user 2 can confirm the searched address by browsing the address displayed in the search address list.

[Explanation of subject name editing process] User 2 is shown in FIG.
When the "subject" button is selected on the mail creation / transmission screen 1303 of No. 3, the mobile mail program generates the subject edit screen 1601 of FIG. 16 and sends it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The subject edit screen 1601 is composed of a "subject" text box for inputting a subject and a "set" button for setting a subject.

When the user 2 enters a subject in the "Subject" text box on the subject editing screen and selects the "Set" button, the mobile mail program sets the entered subject as the subject and saves it in the temporary area. Then, the mail composing / sending screen 1303 of FIG.
Send to W browser.

[Explanation of Text Editing Process] User 2 performs the process shown in FIG.
When the “body” button is selected on the mail creation / transmission screen 1303 of No. 3, the mobile mail program generates the text editing screen 1602 of FIG. 16 and sends it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The text editing screen 1602 is moved to the “page 1” text box and the “page 2” text box in which 512 characters of the text can be input, respectively, and the fixed text list screen 1606 for inserting the fixed text. "Set sentence" button for displaying, the "Display whole" button for displaying the entire input text, and "Setting" button for setting the input text.

In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the number of characters that can be entered in one text box is 512 characters due to the specifications of the mobile phone.

When the user 2 inputs the text, the user 2 first inputs the text in the "page 1" text box.
If the number of input characters exceeds 512, User 2 subsequently enters the characters in the “Page 2” text box. User 2 can enter a body of up to 1024 characters using both the "Page 1" and "Page 2" text boxes.

More specifically, when the user 2 selects the "page 1" text box on the text editing screen, the mobile phone moves to the text page 1 editing screen 1603 for inputting in the text box, and the user 2 However, when the “Page 2” text box is selected on the text edit screen, the mobile phone moves to the text page 2 edit screen 1604 for inputting into the text box, and the user 2 edits the text page 1 edit screen or the text page 2 by the user 2. Enter the body text on the edit screen. When the user 2 confirms the input sentence by, for example, clicking the confirm button of the mobile phone on the text page 1 edit screen (or the text page 2 edit screen), the text input is displayed in the “page 1” text box (or “page 1”). The input is confirmed in the “page 2” text box), and the text edit screen 1602 is displayed.

[Explanation of Fixed-Sentence Inserting Process at the Time of Editing Body] When inserting a fixed-form sentence during text input, the user 2 selects the “fixed-form sentence” button on the body editing screen 1602. When the "Standard" button is selected, the text entered in the "Page 1" and "Page 2" text boxes until then is sent from the mobile phone to the mobile mail program and stored in the temporary area. The mobile mail program is the field 21 of the mobile user information storage area of the user 2 in the user information database 110a of FIG.
To 30 are read out, the fixed phrase list screen 1606 of FIG. 16 is generated and sent to the WWW browser of the mobile phone.

Specifically, the character strings of the fixed phrases and the usage frequencies of the fixed phrases stored in the fields 21 to 30 of the portable user information storage area are read out, and the fixed phrases are displayed in descending order of frequency of use. Generate a fixed phrase list list as shown in Fig.
Send to W browser. As another embodiment, a character string of a fixed phrase and the most recently used date and time of each fixed phrase stored in the fields 21 to 30 of the mobile user information storage area are read and the fixed phrases are displayed in order of date and time. As described above, the fixed phrase list list may be generated, and the fixed phrase list screen may be generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The fixed phrase list screen 1606 displays fixed phrases 1 to 1.
It is composed of a "standard sentence list list display area" that displays the first 8 characters so that 0 can be distinguished.

User 2 browses the fixed phrase list,
Further, when any one of the fixed phrases displayed in the “fixed phrase list display area” is selected, the mobile phone mail program generates a fixed phrase insertion screen 1607 for displaying the whole sentence of the selected fixed phrase, Send to mobile WWW browser on phone.

The fixed text insertion screen 1607 is composed of a full text display area for the selected fixed text and an "insert in text" button for inserting the fixed text.

When the user 2 selects the "insert in text" button, the mobile mail program adds the displayed standard text to the end of the text entered so far, which is saved in the temporary area. Then, in the state where the body text in which the fixed phrase is added is input in the page 1 text box and the page 2 text box, a body text editing screen 1602 is created and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[0270] That is, when the "standard text" button is selected in the state where the text is input only in the "page 1" text box on the main text editing screen 1602, the standard text list screen 1606 is moved to and then the standard text is displayed. Insert sentence screen 1
When the "insert in text" button is selected in 607, the text editing screen 1602 is displayed with the selected fixed phrase inserted at the end of the text that was previously input in the "page 1" text box. Generate and send to mobile WWW browser of mobile phone. Also, when the “fixed phrase” button is selected in the state where the text is input in the “page 2” text box on the text edit screen 1602, the fixed phrase list screen 1606 is moved to, and then the fixed phrase insertion screen 1607 is displayed. When the "Insert into text" button is selected with, a text editing screen 1602 is generated with the selected standard text inserted at the end of the text that was previously input in the "Page 2" text box. Then send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

If the “fixed sentence” button is selected in the state where the text is input only in the “page 1” text box on the edit text screen 1602, the fixed phrase list screen 1606 is moved to and then the fixed phrase is displayed. Insert sentence screen 160
If the "Insert into text" button is selected in step 7, and
The number of characters in the body text + standard text that has been entered is 51
If it exceeds 2 characters, the mobile mail program splits the fixed phrase and adds the fixed phrase string up to (512 characters-the number of characters of the main body entered so far) to the main body, and the "Page 1" text box And the remaining character string of the fixed phrase is input in the “Page 2” text box, and the text edit screen 1602 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. . By doing so, when the fixed phrase is inserted, the fixed phrase can be input without interruption, and the convenience of the input operation is improved.

When the fixed phrase is used, the mobile mail program stores the fields 21 to 21 of the mobile user information storage area.
The value of the usage frequency area of the field corresponding to the selected fixed text of 30 is incremented by 1, and the date and time when the selected fixed text is inserted is stored in the most recently used date and time area.

[Explanation of entire text browsing process when editing text] When user 2 selects the "display all" button on text editing screen 1602, "page 1" is displayed from the mobile phone.
Each character string entered in the text box and the "Page 2" text box is sent to the mobile mail program, and the mobile mail program displays the text entered in the "Page 1" text box and the "Page 2" text box. Full text display screen 16
05 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The user 2 can confirm the contents of the entire body entered by himself by browsing the characters displayed in the entire body display area.

[Explanation of setting button selection at the time of text editing] When the user 2 selects the "setting" button on the text editing screen 1602, the mobile mail program displays the "page 1" text box and the "page 2" text box. The text entered in is connected and set as the text, saved in the temporary area, and then the mail creation / send screen 13
03 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. It should be noted that in the mail creation / transmission screen 1303, the first few characters of the body are displayed.

[Explanation of overwriting storage and overwriting reading processing] When the user 2 selects the "overwriting storage" button while creating a mail on the mail creation / transmission screen 1303,
The mobile mail program stores the mail-related information stored in the temporary area in the user information database 110a.
Save in the mail save area of.

On the other hand, when the user 2 selects the “call over writing” button on the mail creation / transmission screen 1303, the mobile mail program reads the mail-related information stored in the mail storage area of the user information database 110a, and After setting the items and saving them in the temporary area, create a mail creation / send screen 1303 to create a mobile WWW
Send to browser.

[Mail Sending Process] When the user 2 operates the mail creating / sending screen 1303 to create a mail as described above and selects the "send" button, the mobile mail program starts the mail sending process. .

That is, first, the mobile mail program checks whether the "signature" check box is checked, and if it is checked, the signature character in the field 20 of the mobile user information storage area of the user information database 110a. Read the column and add it to the end of the email body. Next, the mobile mail program checks whether the "BCC to me" check box is checked, and if it is checked, the user 2 is sent to the BCC destination included in the mail header information of the created mail.
Add an email address for your PC.

Next, the mobile mail program accesses the mobile MTA program 108a of the mobile mail server 108 and requests the delivery of the electronic mail. MTA requested for delivery
The program is SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol)
Deliver the email at. The e-mail address for the PC is set in the From field indicating the sender of the mail delivered at this time. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the electronic mail sent to the electronic mail address for PC of the user 2 added to the Bcc destination from being transferred to the mobile mail server.

[Explanation of Management Processing] User 2 has unread mail list screen 1101, read mail list screen 1202, saved mail list screen 1203, sent mail list screen 130.
When the "management screen" button is selected in any of No. 1, the mobile mail program is displayed on the management screen 170 of FIG.
1 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The management screen 1701 is the incoming call notification setting screen 1
It is composed of a "call notification setting" link character string for moving to 702, a "filter setting" link character string for moving to filter setting screen 1703, and a "signature setting" link character string for moving to signature setting screen 1704. Has been done.

[Explanation of incoming call notification setting processing] When the user 2 selects the "incoming call notification setting" link character string on the management screen 1701, the mobile mail program displays the incoming call notification setting screen 17
02 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[0284] The incoming call notification setting screen 1702 displays the "shortest notification interval" text box for setting how many minutes have passed since the previous incoming call notification mail was sent, and the previous incoming call notification mail. A "New mail number" text box for setting how many mails will be sent again after sending,
"Notification" check box to set whether to send incoming notification email, "Set" button to save the value entered by user 2 in the database, "Cancel" to interrupt the process and return to the management screen Button.

[0285] After the user 2 inputs a numerical value in the "shortest notification interval" text box and the "new mail count" text box and sets the "notification" check box,
When the "Set" button is selected, the mobile mail program stores the values set by the user 2 in the corresponding fields (specifically, the fields 9 and 10, in the mobile user information storage area of the user information database 110a).
Save in field 11).

[Explanation of filter setting processing] When the user 2 selects the "filter setting" link character string on the management screen 1701, the mobile mail program displays the filter setting screen 17
03 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

On the filter setting screen 1703, the "sender" check box for setting whether or not the sender filter works, the "sender" text box for setting the sender filter character string, and the subject filter work. "Subject" check box to set whether or not, "Subject" text box to set the subject filter string, "Days" checkbox to set whether the days filter works, and to set the days filter date “Days” text box, a “Set” button for saving the value input by the user 2 in the database, and a “Cancel” button for interrupting the process and returning to the management screen.

User 2 has a "sender" check box,
When the "Sender" text box, "Subject" check box, "Subject" text box, "Days" check box, and "Days" text box are set and the "Set" button is selected, the mobile mail program is set by user 2. Each value is set to a corresponding field (specifically, the field 13, the field 6, the field 14, the field 14 of the mobile user information storage area of the user information database 110a).
Save in field 7, field 15, field 8).

[Explanation of Signature Setting Processing] When the user 2 selects the "signature setting" link character string on the management screen 1701,
The mobile mail program generates a signature setting screen 1704 and sends it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The signature setting screen 1704 has a "signature" text box for setting a signature character string, a "setting" button for saving the value input by the user 2 in the database, and interrupts the process to bring up a management screen. It consists of a "stop" button to go back.

When the user 2 inputs the character string in the "signature" text box and then selects the "set" button, the mobile mail program stores the signature character string input by the user 2 in the mobile user information of the user information database 110a. Save in field 20 of the save area.

[Explanation of Address Book Operation] Next, user 2
A process when the user operates the WWW browser of the mobile phone to operate the address book will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19.

First, the user 2 selects the mobile address book program URL described in the electronic mail.
Then, the WWW browser of the mobile phone is activated and access to the URL for the mobile address book program is started. URL for mobile address book program from mobile phone WWW browser
When access is made, the authentication program 106a of the WWW server 106 is activated to generate a user authentication screen 1001 and send it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. When User 2 enters the password required for authentication, the authentication program
Using the user identification ID information attached to the URL for the mobile address book program and the input password information, the user information database is searched and the user information data is referred to for authentication. If the authentication is successful, the authentication program will generate an authentication ID and store it in the authentication database.
Save it by associating it with the user ID, and set the authentication ID timer to a certain time. Then, the authentication program activates the mobile address book program 109c of the mobile WWW server 109 and transfers the generated / saved authentication ID to the mobile address book program.

Then, the started mobile address book program refers to the personal address book data storage area of the user 2 in the address book database 110b of FIG.
The address data is read, a personal address book list screen 1801 shown in FIG. 18 is generated, and is sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[0295] The personal address book list screen 1801
Is also displayed when “Address Book” is selected on the menu screen 1002.

[Explanation of Personal Address Book Browsing Process] The personal address book list screen 1801 has a “To share” button for moving to the shared address book list screen 1901 of FIG. 19 and a “registered number display area” of the personal address book. And a "Search" button to search for data in your personal address book,
The personal address book is searched line by line in the Japanese syllabary to find 18 in FIG.
Each button ("A" button, "KA" button,
"Sa" button, "ta" button, "na" button, "ha" button, "ma" button, "ya" button, "ra" button,
“Wa” button / “A” button), “Last 5 address list display area” for displaying the name list of the latest 5 pieces of address information referred to by the user 2, and the menu screen 1003 in FIG. It consists of a "menu" button for navigating.

[Explanation of the processing for browsing the individual address book by phonetic alphabet] Each button for the user 2 to move to the personal address book list screen ("a" button, "ka" button, "sa" button, "ta" button) -"Na" button- "ha" button-
If you select any of the "Ma" button, "Ya" button, "Ra" button, "Wa" button, and "A" button, the mobile address book program saves the personal address book data to 50
It sorts and searches by sound line, generates a personal address book 50 sound list, and sends it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[0298] Personal address book 50-by-phone list screen 1804
Is a line-by-line address list that displays names sorted by Japanese syllabary and displays 20 entries per page (for example, user 2
When the "A" button is selected, the address data whose name starts with the "A" line is sorted and displayed in the Japanese syllabary), and the "Next" button to move to the next page and the previous page It is composed of a "Previous" button for moving and an "Address Book" button for moving to a personal address book list screen.

User 2 can confirm the address of a specific person by browsing and operating the address list for each line.

[Personal address book browsing screen] User 2
When any of the addresses displayed in the "Last 5 address list display area" is selected on the personal address book list screen, or when the user 2 selects the personal address book 50
When any one of the addresses displayed in the "Address-by-line address list list display area" is selected on the sound-based list screen, or when the user 2 selects the address book search result list screen 190
When any of the addresses registered in the personal address book displayed in the “search address list display area” in 9 is selected, the mobile address book program generates a personal address book browsing screen 1802 and Mobile phone
Send to WWW browser.

The personal address book browsing screen 1802 is a screen on which the details of the address information of a specific person are displayed. The "name display area" of the specific person, the "reading display area" of the name of the specific person, and the specific person "Company name display area" to which you belong,
"E-mail address display area" of a specific person, "phone number display area" of a specific person, "FAX number display area" of a specific person, and "Edit" button for moving to the personal address book registration edit screen 1805 , A “delete” button for moving to the personal address book deletion screen 1803.

When the user 2 browses the personal address book browsing screen and further selects the telephone number of a specific person, the telephone function of the mobile telephone starts operating and the telephone number automatically selected.

When the user 2 browses the personal address book browsing screen and further selects the e-mail address of a specific person, the e-mail function of the mobile phone starts to operate and the e-mail is addressed. To display the mobile phone's email transmission screen.

[Explanation of Personal Address Book Deletion Processing] When the user 2 selects the “Delete” button on the personal address book browsing screen, the mobile address book program creates the personal address book deletion screen 1803 and the WWW of the mobile phone. Send to browser. The personal address book deletion screen 1803 includes a “name display area” of a specific person to be deleted, a “stop” button to cancel the deletion process, and a “delete” button to execute the deletion process. ing.

When the user 2 selects the "Delete" button on the personal address book deletion screen, the mobile address book program deletes the selected address data from the personal address book data storage area of the user 2 of the address book database 110b. After that, a personal address book list screen is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[Explanation of Personal Address Book Registration / Editing Process] User 2 "registers" on the personal address book list screen 1801.
If you select the button, the mobile address book program will
A personal address book registration edit screen 1805 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. Alternatively, when the user 2 selects the “Edit” button on the personal address book browsing screen 1802, the mobile address book program sets the current address information in the corresponding item and then generates the personal address book registration / editing screen 1805. Send to mobile phone WWW browser.

[0307] The personal address book registration edit screen 1805
The "Name" text box for setting the name of a specific person, the "Name reading" text box for setting the reading of the name of a specific person, and the "Company name" for setting the company name to which a specific person belongs "Text box," Company name "text box for setting the name of the company to which a specific person belongs," Phone number "text box for setting the telephone number of a specific person, and fax for the specific person "FAX" text box for setting the number, "Address" text box for setting the e-mail address of a specific person, "Register" button for instructing registration of the set address information, and personal address book It is composed of a "Cancel" button for canceling the registration editing process.

When the user 2 selects the "register" button after setting various address book information on the personal address book registration / editing screen, the mobile address book program stores the set various address book information in the address book database 110b.
It is stored in the personal address book data storage area of user 2 in.

At this time, if the saving is successful, a personal address book registration completion screen 1806 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. On the other hand, if the saving fails, a personal address book registration failure screen 1807 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[Explanation of Shared Address Book Browsing Process] When the user 2 selects the “to share” button on the personal address book list screen, the mobile address book program refers to the shared address book data storage area in the address book database 110b. , Read the address data and generate the shared address book list screen 1901 of FIG.
Send to WWW browser. The shared address book is an address book that can be browsed by other users.

The shared address book list screen 1901 has a "to individual" button for moving to the personal address book list screen 1801 and a "registered number display area" of the shared address book.
And "Search" to search the shared address book data
Buttons and buttons for searching the shared address book by 50 syllabary lines and moving to the shared address book 50 syllabary list 1902 (“a” button, “ka” button, “sa” button,
"Ta" button, "na" button, "ha" button, "ma" button, "ya" button, "ra" button, "wa" button,
"A" button), "Last 5 address list display area" for displaying the name list of the latest 5 pieces of address information referred to by the user 2, and "Menu" button for moving to the menu screen 1003. It consists of

[Explanation of Shared Address Book 50-by-tone List Viewing Process] Each button for user 2 to move from the shared address book 50-by-tone list screen to the shared address book 50-by-tone list screen (“a” button, “ka” button, “ Sa button / ta
Button, "na" button, "ha" button, "ma" button,
When you select any of the "ya" button, "ra" button, "wa" button, "A" button), the mobile address book program sorts and searches the shared address book data by Japanese syllabary, It generates a list of 50 phonetic alphabets in the shared address book and sends it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

Shared address book list screen 1902 according to the Japanese syllabary
Is a line-by-line address list that sorts the names by Japanese syllabary and displays 20 entries per page (for example, if user 2 selects the "A" button, address data whose name starts with "A line") Are displayed in sorted order by Japanese syllabary), "Next" button to move to the next page, "Previous" button to move to the previous page, and "To move to the shared address book list screen". It consists of an "address book" button.

User 2 can confirm the address of a specific person by browsing and operating the address list for each line.

[Shared address book browsing screen] User 2
When any of the addresses displayed in the "Last 5 address list display area" is selected on the shared address book list screen, or when the user 2 selects the shared address book 50
If you select any of the addresses displayed in the "Address list list display area by line" on the sound list screen, or if User 2 is displayed in the "Search address list display area" on the address book search result list screen If any of the addresses registered in the shared address book is selected, the mobile address book program generates a shared address book browsing screen 1903 and sends it to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

The shared address book browsing screen 1903 is a screen for displaying the details of the address information of a specific person. The "name display area" of the specific person, the "reading display area" of the name of the specific person, and the specific person "Company name display area" to which you belong,
"E-mail address display area" for a specific person, "phone number display area" for a specific person, "FAX number display area" for a specific person, and "Edit" button for moving to shared address book registration edit screen 1905 And a “delete” button for moving to the shared address book deletion screen 1904.

When the user 2 browses the shared address book browsing screen and further selects the telephone number of a specific person, the telephone function of the mobile telephone starts operating and the telephone number automatically selected. Further, when the user 2 browses the shared address book browsing screen and further selects the e-mail address of a specific person, the e-mail function of the mobile phone starts operating and the e-mail address of the mobile phone is set as the destination of the mobile phone. Display the e-mail transmission screen.

[Explanation of Shared Address Book Deletion Processing] When the user 2 selects the "Delete" button on the shared address book browsing screen, the mobile address book program creates the shared address book deletion screen 1904 and the WWW of the mobile phone. Send to browser. The shared address book deletion screen 1904 includes a “name display area” of a specific person, a “stop” button for instructing to cancel the deletion process, and a “delete” button for instructing execution of the deletion process. .

When the user 2 selects the "Delete" button on the shared address book deletion screen, the mobile address book program deletes the selected address data from the shared address book data storage area in the address book database 110b. When an email is sent to the administrator of the shared address book and the email is deleted from the shared address book, all the users who are using the shared address book are notified of the deleted update information.

When a deletion instruction mail is sent to the administrator when a deletion instruction is given to this shared address, a shared address book deletion instruction completion screen 1910 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. .

[Explanation of Shared Address Book Registration / Editing Process] When the user 2 selects the “Register” button on the shared address book list screen, the portable address book program generates the shared address book registration / editing screen 1905 and carries it. Phone WWW
Send to browser. Alternatively, when the user 2 selects the “Edit” button on the shared address book browsing screen, the mobile address book program sets the current address information in the corresponding item and then generates the shared address book registration edit screen 1905 to generate the mobile phone. Send to mobile WWW browser on phone.

The shared address book registration edit screen 1905 is
The "Name" text box for setting the name of a specific person, the "Name reading" text box for setting the reading of the name of a specific person, and the "Company name" for setting the company name to which a specific person belongs "Text box," Company name "text box for setting the name of the company to which a specific person belongs," Phone number "text box for setting the telephone number of a specific person, and fax for the specific person "FAX" text box for setting the number, "Address" text box for setting the email address of a specific person, "Register" button for instructing registration of the set address information, and shared address book It is composed of a "stop" button for giving an instruction to stop the registration editing process.

When the user 2 selects the "register" button after inputting various address book information on the shared address book registration / editing screen, the mobile address book program stores the input various address book information in the address book database 110b.
In order to save in the shared address book data storage area of
When a mail is sent to the manager of the shared address book and registered in the shared address book, all the users who are using the shared address book are notified of the registered (or edited) update information.

When a registration instruction mail is sent to the administrator when a registration instruction to this shared address is issued, a shared address book registration instruction completion screen 1906 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone. . On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of registrations in the shared address book will be exceeded when the registration instruction to the shared address is performed, a shared address book registration failure screen 1907 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

[Detailed Description of Shared Address Book Update Processing] FIG. 20 shows the flow of processing (registration / edit processing, deletion processing) for updating the database of the shared address book. Step
In S2001, the user inputs information in the text box of each item to register or update the contents of the shared address book on the shared address book registration / edit screen 1905, and then selects the "register" button to register ( Or edit)
Update is instructed. When this registration (or edit) update instruction is issued, the mobile address book program creates an update content notification mail for requesting permission for registration and update of the information based on the input information. Alternatively, in S2001, the user selects the “delete” button on the shared address book browsing screen 1903 to instruct deletion and update. When this deletion / update instruction is issued, the mobile address book program creates an update content notification mail for requesting permission to delete / update the information.

In step S2002, the created update content notification mail is transmitted to the manager of the shared address book.
In this update content notification email, for example, html email update content information, a link for instructing that information to be registered, edited and updated (or a deleted and updated instruction), and a registration, edit and updated reject instruction (or a delete and update reject instruction) And a link for.

[0327] In step S2003, the administrator determines whether updating the shared address book is appropriate. When it is determined that the information is appropriate and the link for instructing to register, edit and update the information (or delete and update instruction) is selected, in step S2005, the administrator registers, edits and updates the information with respect to the electronic mail system. A permission instruction (or a deletion / update permission instruction) is transmitted. In step S2006, the e-mail system which has received the registration / edit / update permission instruction (or the deletion / update permission instruction) determines the content of the registration / edit / update permission instruction (or the deletion / update permission instruction), and registers / edits the shared address book database. Update (or update by deleting). Then, the e-mail system that updates the database of the shared address book, in step S2007,
For all users who are using the shared address book (for example, if the shared address book is set to be available to users who use email addresses of the same domain, (Everyone who belongs to the domain) is notified by e-mail of the registered / edited / deleted information. In this way, all users can register, edit, or delete the shared address book,
Since the electronic mail in which the information of the updated contents is written is received, it is possible to prevent the contents of the shared address book from being changed without knowing it.

On the other hand, in step S2003, the administrator
When it is determined that the update of the shared address book is not appropriate and the link for rejecting the registration edit update (or deletion update) of the information is selected, the shared address book is not updated in step S2004. The user who has made the registration / edit / update setting (or deletion / update setting) is notified by e-mail that the registration / editing (or deletion) of the information in the shared address book is rejected.

Note that the above-mentioned registration / editing / update permission instruction (deleting / updating permission instruction) and registration / editing / rejection instruction (deletion / update / rejection instruction) are executed by the administrator pressing a link to the URL for performing the instruction. Alternatively, the administrator may select an electronic mail address for giving the instruction, and the instruction may be given by an electronic mail. When determining the content instructed by the URL, an identifier including the instructed target data and the content of the instruction may be added to the URL as an argument. In addition, when the registration edit update permission instruction (delete update permission instruction) or the registration edit update rejection instruction (delete update rejection instruction) is given by email, in order to distinguish the instructed target data,
An electronic mail is created so as to include the content of the update content notification mail.

[Address Book Search Processing] When the user 2 presses the "Search" button on the personal address book list screen (or the "Search" button on the shared address book list screen), the mobile mail program is ,
Generate the address book search screen 1908
Send to WWW browser.

Mobile email address book search screen 1908
Consists of a "Name" text box for entering the name to be searched, a "Read" text box for entering the name of the name to be searched, and a "Search" button for instructing to start the search. There is.

When the user 2 inputs the name to be searched or at least one of the names to be searched and then selects the "search" button, the mobile address book program displays the personal address of the user 2 in the address book database 110b. Refer to the address data stored in the book data storage area (or shared address book data storage area), search for the address data that matches the entered name or the reading of the name, and display the address book search result list screen 1
909 is generated and sent to the mobile WWW browser of the mobile phone.

Mobile email address book search result list screen 1
A search address list list 909 displays the names of the searched addresses.

User 2 can confirm the retrieved address by browsing the addresses displayed in the retrieved address list.

[Explanation of Session Information Saving Process] The mobile phone mail program and the mobile address book program generate session information when generating the first screen and store it in the temporary area associated with the screen being displayed.
Next, when the user 2 operates the mobile WWW browser to move to another screen, the mobile mail program and the mobile address book program generate a new screen.
New screen identification information is generated, added to the session information saved in the temporary area associated with the first screen, and then saved in the temporary area associated with the newly created screen.

Thereafter, every time a new screen is generated, the mobile mail program and the mobile address book program repeat the above processing. That is, the mobile mail program and the mobile address book program refer to the session information stored in the temporary area associated with the currently displayed screen to determine which screen the currently displayed screen has moved from. Can be identified.

[0337]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When registering, editing, or deleting the contents of the shared address book, you can update the contents of the shared address book (register, edit,
Since the update permission by deletion is requested, it is possible to prevent each user from arbitrarily updating / changing the contents of the shared address book. Further, when the contents of the shared address book are updated, an email notifying the updated contents is sent to all users who use the shared address book, so that the shared address book of It is possible to prevent the contents from changing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic mail system showing the present embodiment.

[Figure 2] Conventional electronic mail system configuration diagram

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of PC user registration processing.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of mobile user registration processing.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of mobile user registration processing.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a mobile user information registration screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a storage area for portable user information data.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an incoming e-mail process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of an incoming e-mail process.

FIG. 10: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 11: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 12: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 13: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 14: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 15: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 16: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 17: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 18: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 19: Display screen displayed on mobile phone

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of shared address book update processing.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Onsen Takahiro             Kyano, 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo             Within the corporation (72) Inventor Koji Yoshida             Kyano, 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo             Within the corporation F term (reference) 5B082 FA17 HA03

Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. An electronic mail processing system for providing a shared address book shared by a plurality of users, wherein a user who uses the shared address book instructs to update the data of the shared address book. Then, based on the instructed update content, a creating unit that creates an update content notification for requesting permission of update, and the created update content notification to the administrator who manages the shared address book. And a updating means for updating the shared address book based on the updated contents when the administrator permits updating of the shared address book based on the updated contents. E-mail processing system. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a second notifying unit for notifying all users who use the shared address book of the updated content updated by the updating unit. Email processing system. 3. When the administrator rejects the update of the shared address book based on the updated content, the user who requests permission to update the shared address book is notified that the update is rejected. The electronic mail processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a third notification unit. 4. The update content notification includes the instructed update content, an update permission instruction unit for permitting the update, and an update reject instruction unit for rejecting the update. The electronic mail processing system according to claim 1. 5. The electronic mail processing system according to claim 4, wherein the update permission instructing unit and the update rejecting instructing unit include URLs for performing each instruction. 6. The electronic mail processing system according to claim 4, wherein the update permission instructing unit and the update rejecting instructing unit include an electronic mail address as a destination for each instruction. 7. The electronic mail processing system according to claim 1, wherein the user uses a WWW browser installed in a mobile information terminal to instruct to update the data of the shared address book. 8. The instructed update content includes at least one of an update by a registration process, an update by an edit process, and an update by a delete process for the shared address book. E-mail processing system described in. 9. An electronic mail processing method in an electronic mail processing system for providing a shared address book shared by a plurality of users, wherein data of the shared address book is provided by a user who uses the shared address book. When an update is instructed, a creation step of creating an update content notification for requesting permission of update based on the instructed update content; managing the created update content notification in the shared address book. A first notification step of notifying an administrator who performs the update, and an update step of updating the shared address book based on the updated content when the administrator permits the update of the shared address book based on the updated content. An electronic mail processing method characterized by the above. 10. The electronic device according to claim 9, further comprising a second notifying step of notifying all users who use the shared address book of the updated content updated by the updating step. Email processing method. 11. When the administrator rejects the update of the shared address book based on the updated content, the user who requests permission to update the shared address book is notified that the update is rejected. The electronic mail processing method according to claim 9, further comprising a third notification step. 12. The update content notification includes the instructed update content and an update permission instructing section for permitting the update.
10. The electronic mail processing method according to claim 9, further comprising an update rejection instruction unit for rejecting the update. 13. The electronic mail processing method according to claim 12, wherein the update permission instructing unit and the update rejecting instructing unit include URLs for performing each instruction. 14. The electronic mail processing method according to claim 12, wherein the update permission instructing unit and the update rejecting instructing unit include an electronic mail address which is a destination for each instruction. 15. The electronic mail processing method according to claim 9, wherein the user gives an instruction to update the data of the shared address book using a WWW browser installed in a mobile information terminal. 16. The instructed update content includes at least one of an update by a registration process, an update by an edit process, and an update by a delete process for the shared address book. E-mail processing method described in. 17. A computer program comprising a program code for causing a computer to execute each step of the electronic mail processing method according to claim 9. Description: 18. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the program code for causing a computer to execute the steps of the electronic mail processing method according to claim 9. Description: Medium.