JP2003296253A - Server device for information processing, remote control system using the same, information processing method thereof, and recording medium where information processing program thereof is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server device which makes it possible to easily set control operation contents of the server device on a client device side and eliminates the need for a dedicated tool therefor. <P>SOLUTION: The server device 11 is equipped with a receiving means 112 which receives 1st electronic mail including a control command through a network and extracts the control command from the 1st electronic mail, an execution means 117 which performs information processing corresponding to the control command, an incorporating means 113 which describes data as the processing result of the information processing in the HTML language and embeds them in 2nd electronic mail, and a sending means 111 which sends the 2nd electronic mail out to the network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention records a server device for information processing for performing remote control using electronic mail, a remote control system using the same, an information processing method therefor, and an information processing program therefor. Recording medium

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a client device and a server device are connected to a network and a remote server device is controlled from the client device via the network, the client device and the server device respectively have an electronic mail transmitting / receiving means. In some cases, the server device receives an e-mail containing a control command transmitted from the client device and operates according to the control command. As such a server device, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-3
There is an information processing device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 34004.

The information processing apparatus as the server apparatus analyzes the electronic mail received from the client apparatus, specifies the file name and the file content data identified by the file generation keyword obtained as the control command, and It saves, sends, and transfers files. However, in order for the information processing apparatus to perform a desired operation, it is necessary to accurately describe the complicated file generation keyword as a control command in the e-mail as text data without making a mistake for each character. In addition, the more complex the content that the information processing apparatus is desired to operate, the more difficult it is to accurately describe the control command.

As a solution to this problem, there is a client device in which the contents of information processing to be performed by the server device can be set using a graphical setting screen. In this case, the client device can be graphically set. A dedicated tool for displaying a screen is required, and normally a dedicated setting terminal is used for a server device that is remotely controlled. When performing remote control from a general personal computer using a graphical setting screen, it is necessary to install a dedicated tool specialized for the remotely controlled server device in the personal computer. May be needed. Further, when the setting is performed by using a different dedicated tool for each server device, the cost required for the installation becomes very large, and the installation is difficult.

[0005]

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to graphically confirm the result of information processing performed by a server device on the client device side. An object is to provide a server device for information processing that can be performed, a remote control system using the same, an information processing method thereof, and a recording medium recording the information processing program.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing server device of the present invention, a remote control system using the same, an information processing method thereof, and a recording medium recording the information processing program are provided. The following configuration is provided. That is, according to the invention of claim 1, the server device is connected to the end device via the network, and receives the first electronic mail including the control command from the end device via the network and 1 receiving means for extracting a control command from an electronic mail, execution means for performing information processing corresponding to the control command, and WWW (World Wide Wide) for data as a processing result of the information processing.
(Web) A page is described in a markup language and is incorporated into the second electronic mail addressed to the end device, and an embedding means, and a sending means for sending the second electronic mail to the network. Characterize.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the first electronic mail has a control command file containing a control command as an attached file, and the receiving means receives a control command from the control command file. Is extracted.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the assembling means is another control command that allows the executing means to perform information processing based on an operation on the end side device side. Is generated and incorporated into the second electronic mail.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first to third aspects of the present invention, the receiving means has a reception permission address part in which an electronic mail address of a user who uses the endless device is registered, and It is characterized in that it only receives e-mails from the e-mail addresses registered in the reception permission address section.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the transmitting means includes a transmission permission address section in which an electronic mail address permitted as a destination of the second electronic mail is registered. Among the second e-mails to be sent, only those whose e-mail address is registered in the transmission permission address part are sent out.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, the receiving means converts the control command described in the markup language by the executing means into an identifiable format and extracts the control command. It is characterized by doing.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control system including a network, a server device connected to the network, and an end device connected to the network as a client, wherein the server device comprises: The information processing is performed based on the control command included in the electronic mail from the endless device received via the network, and the data as the processing result of the information processing is incorporated into the email generated for the endless device. In the remote control system for transmitting on a network, the server device includes a first command including a control command from the end device.
Receive email via network,
Receiving means for extracting a control command from the first electronic mail, executing means for executing information processing corresponding to the control command, and data as a processing result of the information processing by WW.
An embedding means that describes the W page in a markup language and incorporates it in the second electronic mail addressed to the end device;
Transmission means for transmitting the second electronic mail to the network, the endless device being incorporated in the second electronic mail, and receiving means for receiving the second electronic mail via the network. It is characterized by comprising browser means for graphically displaying the data described in the markup language, and transmitting means for transmitting the electronic mail generated to the server device to the network.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method for a server device which performs information processing based on a control command included in an electronic mail received via a network,
A first e-mail including a control command is received via a network, an e-mail receiving step of extracting the control command, an execution step of executing information processing corresponding to the extracted control command, and a processing result of the information processing Is described in a markup language that describes a WWW page, and includes a description step of incorporating it in the second electronic mail and a transmission step of sending the second electronic mail to the network.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium in which an information processing program for a server device that performs information processing based on a control command included in an electronic mail received via a network is recorded. A mark that describes the WWW page by receiving the first e-mail containing the same via the network, extracting the control command, executing the information processing corresponding to the extracted control command, and writing the data as the processing result of the information processing to the WWW page. Written in the up-language and embedded in the second email,
The second e-mail is sent to the network.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a remote control system including a server device according to the present invention.
From now on, it demonstrates below with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the remote control system according to the present embodiment includes a server device 11, an end device as a client device 21,
It is equipped with mail servers 31 and 32 for storing and managing mails, and these are respectively connected via the Internet 50 as a network, and the client device 2
The server device 11 that has received the electronic mail from 1 is remotely controlled according to the control command included in the electronic mail.

The server device 11 and the mail server 31 are
It is connected to a router 41 that also functions as a firewall via a communication cable 61, and this router 41 efficiently exchanges data with the network and the server device 11 and the mail server 31. Similarly, the client device 21 and the mail server 32 are connected to the router 42 via the communication cable 62, and the data transfer between the Internet 50 and the client device 21 and the mail server 32 can be efficiently performed. Has been done. Here, the network is configured to include the Internet 50 and communication cables 61 and 62.

The server device 11 receives the e-mail, receives the control command as the text data included in the e-mail, and the receiving means 112, and the information for generating the binary information processing command corresponding to the control command. A processing command generating means 114 and an executing means 117 for executing information processing according to an information processing command.
And the data as the processing result of the information processing
(yper TextMarkup Language)
The embedding means 113, which is described in the language and incorporated in the electronic mail addressed to the client device 21, the transmitting means 111 for sending the electronic mail to the Internet 50, and the remote control of the server device 11 by the electronic mail are permitted. The reception permission address table 115 in which the electronic mail address of the user thus described is described.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the server device 11
The hardware of the CPU is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that performs arithmetic processing of programs and the like.
nit) 11b and a memory (RA
M Random Access Memory) 11
c and a hard disk (HDD Hard Disk Dr) as a storage medium for storing programs and data.
iv) 11d, an interface unit 11e that converts the operation performed by the user on the client device 21 side into data that can be processed by the CPU 11b, and a communication signal can be processed by the CPU 11b by being connected to the router 41 via the communication cable 61. And a modem unit 11a for converting the data into various data. The server device 11 also includes a mouse 72 and a keyboard 73 as user interfaces.
And a display 71 for presenting visual data to the user. As described above, the server device 11 according to the present embodiment does not include a special device and operates on a device mounted on a general-purpose PC (Personal Computer), so that a workstation, a desktop PC, a notebook PC, It can be implemented by a communication terminal having a communication function including a palmtop PC or the like, or a combination thereof.

The receiving means 112 accesses the mail server 31 for storing / managing mail via the communication cable 61 at every predetermined acquisition time interval, and the server device 1
Inquire whether the e-mail addressed to 1 is stored. As a result of the inquiry, if the electronic mail addressed to the server device 11 is not stored, the mail server 31 is accessed again after the acquisition time interval and the presence or absence of the electronic mail is confirmed. In the mail server 31, the server device 11
When the e-mail addressed to the e-mail is stored, the reception permission address table 115 is referred to, and it is checked whether the e-mail address of the sender of the e-mail is registered in the reception permission address table 115. . If it is a registered e-mail address, the e-mail is downloaded from the mail server 31, stored in the hard disk 11d as a received mail, and the control command described in the received mail is extracted. If the email has an email address that is not registered, the email will not be downloaded.

The information processing command generation means 114 generates a binary format information processing command corresponding to the control command extracted from the first electronic mail downloaded from the mail server 31, and passes it to the execution means 117. This information processing command is one command composed of binary data or text data stored in the hard disk 11d, or a combination of a plurality of commands, converted into a binary format command that can be executed by the execution means 117. It is assumed that information processing corresponding to the command can be executed.

The executing means 117 secures a storage area necessary for executing the generated information processing command from the memory 11c and causes the CPU 11b to perform arithmetic processing. After the arithmetic processing is completed, the storage area secured from the memory 11c is released, and the data as the execution result of the information processing is newly written in the memory 11c or saved as a file.

The embedding means 113 newly generates a second e-mail as a reply mail to the e-mail address of the sender who has sent the e-mail to the server device, and also the data as the processing result of the information processing. HT
It is described in ML language and embedded in the body of the second e-mail, or incorporated as a file in the second e-mail. At this time, the user on the client device 21 side receiving the second e-mail detects an operation performed on the data as the processing result of the information processing, and corresponds to the information processing content desired by the user from the operation content. A script as a control command generating means for generating a control command is incorporated in the second electronic mail together with data as a processing result of information processing.

The transmitting means 111 transmits the electronic mail to the mail server 31 via the communication cable 61. The mail server 31 sends the electronic mail to the Internet 50 via the router 41.

On the other hand, the client device 21 has a receiving means 2 for downloading an electronic mail from the mail server 32.
12, a browser 214 as a display unit for graphically displaying, as a layout screen, data as a result of information processing described in the HTML language, and a transmission unit 211 for transmitting an electronic mail addressed to the server device to the mail server 32. , And are configured.

As shown in FIG. 3, the client device 21
As hardware of the server device 11, like the server device 11,
PU 21b, memory 21c, hard disk 21d
An interface section 21e and a modem section 21a. Further, the client device 21 includes a mouse 72 and a keyboard 7 as a user interface.
3 and the display 71 may be provided.

The receiving means 212 inquires of the mail server 32 at predetermined time intervals whether or not an electronic mail addressed to the user of the client device 21 has arrived. If an email addressed to the user of the client device 21 is stored in the mail server 32, the email is retrieved from the mail server 32 and stored in the hard disk 21d.

Any browser can be used as long as the browser 214 can display the data as the processing result of the information processing described in the HTML language incorporated in the second electronic mail sent from the server device 11 as a graphical layout screen. It may be something like a general-purpose Internet browsing software.

The embedding means 213 embeds a control command for causing the server device 11 to perform desired information processing into an electronic mail addressed to the server device 11, and is graphically displayed by the browser 214 detected by the script. The control command generated from the operation performed by the user through the user interface such as the mouse 72 on the layout screen is incorporated into the electronic mail addressed to the server device 11.

The transmitting means 211 sends the electronic mail generated for the server device to the mail server 32 via the communication cable 62. The mail server 32 sends the electronic mail to the Internet 50.

Next, in the case where the client device 21 acquires a file held by the server device 11 by remote control, the operation of each of the client device 21 and the server device 11 and the operation of the entire remote control system will be described from FIG. This will be described below with reference to FIG. The process A2 and the process A4 shown in FIG. 4 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, and the process A3 shown in FIG. 4 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in process A1, the user of the client device 21 obtains the information on the directory structure and the file name stored in the server device 11 in order to send a configuration request mail in which the destination is the server device and the subject is Request_Config. It is sent to the mail server 32 (step Cs1). The mail server 32 sends the configuration request mail to the Internet 50. After that, the client device 21 waits for the arrival of the electronic mail returned from the server device 11 in response to the configuration request mail. The text of the configuration request mail may be blank. In this configuration request mail, the subject is a control command for instructing to request data of the directory configuration / file name in the server device 11.

Next, as processing A2, the receiving means 112 of the server device 11 inquires of the mail server 31 whether or not the electronic mail addressed to the server device 11 is stored (step Ss1). As a result of the inquiry, if the electronic mail addressed to the server device 11 is not stored, the mail server 31 is again inquired after the acquisition interval time.
If the electronic mail addressed to the server device 11 is stored, the receiving means 112 searches the reception permission address table 115 for the electronic mail address of the sender of the electronic mail (step Ss2), and the electronic mail address thereof. Does not exist in the reception permission address table 115, the e-mail is not downloaded. If the sender address exists as a result of the search, the receiving means 112
Receives the e-mail (step Ss3), and extracts the subject Request_Config as a control command from the e-mail (step Ss3).
s4).

Next, corresponding to the extracted control command,
The information processing command generating means 114 generates a binary format information processing command for investigating the directory structure / file name stored in the hard disk 11d (step Ss5).

Upon receiving the generated information processing command, the executing means 117 operates the CPU 11b, the memory 11c and the hard disk 11d to drive the hard disk 11d.
Investigate the directory structure and file names in. As a result, the directory structure stored in the hard disk 11d and the file name stored in each directory are obtained as data as the processing result of information processing (step Ss6). This data is described by a so-called absolute path in which each file name is given a directory name as its storage location.

Next, the subject of the configuration request mail is referred to (step Ss7). The subject is Request_C
Since it is config, the process proceeds to step Ss8 to generate a configuration display mail as a second electronic mail with the subject name Response_Config (step Ss8).
Next, the embedding means 113 describes the data as the processing result of the information processing, that is, the storage location of the file described by the absolute path in the HTML language so as to be displayed in a hierarchical form graphically on the client device 21 side. HT
In addition to the ML data, a script for detecting the operation content operated by the user of the client device 21 is generated for the HTML data (step Ss9).

Then, the HTML data and the script are attached and incorporated into the configuration display mail as the second electronic mail (step Ss11). Next, the transmission unit 111 sends the configuration display mail to the mail server 31 via the communication cable 61 (step Ss12). The mail server 31 transmits this configuration display mail to the Internet 50 via the router 41.

Next, as processing A3, the receiving means 212
Makes an inquiry to the mail server 32 as to whether or not the electronic mail has arrived (step Cs2). If the electronic mail has arrived, the electronic mail is received (step Cs3). If the configuration display mail has arrived in the received electronic mail, the client device 2
When the first user executes the script attached to the e-mail, the operation performed by the user on the HTML data graphically displayed as a layout screen by the browser 214 is detected. (Step Cs
4) This is the HTML displayed by the browser 214
The user operates the mouse cursor on the data,
When the file to be acquired is clicked and selected, the script operates and information indicating that the file has been selected is written in the memory 21c as the operation content.

When the end button provided on the layout screen of the browser 214 is pressed, the embedding means 213 generates a record mail with the server device as the destination and Re: Response_Config as the subject, as a reply mail to the configuration display mail. The operation content is called from the memory 21c, a control command corresponding to the operation content is generated, and the control command is pasted to the body of the recorded mail (step Cs).
5). In the control command, an information processing command for searching the file is described in the absolute path of the selected file.

The sending means 211 sends this recorded mail to the mail server 32 via the communication cable 62 (step Cs6). The mail server 32 transmits the received recording mail to the Internet 50 via the router 42.

Next, as the process A4, the receiving means 112 of the server device 11 confirms the arrival of the electronic mail in the mail server 31 (step Ss1), and refers to the reception permission address table 115 (step Ss2). While receiving the mail (step Ss3), the control command is extracted from the text of the electronic mail as the recorded mail (step Ss4). The information processing command generating unit 114 generates a binary format information processing command corresponding to the extracted control command (step Ss).
5). This information processing command has a file name for which a file acquisition request is made as an argument in a search command for searching a file.

Execution means 1 executes the generated information processing command
It is passed to 17 and the file for which the file acquisition request is made is searched. The file found by the search is written in the memory 21c as the data as the processing result of the information processing (step Ss6). Here, referring to the subject of the received record mail, if the subject is Re: Response_Config, the process proceeds to step Ss10, and the subject is attached to Attach.
An outgoing mail addressed to the client device 21 which is _File is generated (step Ss10), and the file written in the memory 21c is incorporated into the outgoing mail by the embedding means 113 as an attachment file (step Ss11). The sending means 111 sends the sent mail to the mail server 31 via the communication cable 61 (step Ss12).
The mail server 31 sends a file sending mail on the Internet 50 via the router 41.

Next, as a process A5, the client device 21 receives from the mail server 32 the client device 21.
It is confirmed whether the e-mail addressed to it has arrived (step Cs2). If the electronic mail has arrived, the electronic mail is received (step Cs3). If the received mail is a sent mail, the file attached to the sent mail is saved, so that the server device 1
The file held by the first hard disk 11d could be acquired.

The above is the operation in this remote control system.

Here, the hard disk 11d of the server device 11 stores a program code having a function of performing information processing of the server device 11, and the hard disk 21d of the client device 21 processes information of the client device 21. It stores a program code having a function of carrying out. Further, if the hard disk 11d of the server device 11 stores a program code having a function of performing information processing of the client device 21, the server device 11 also operates as a client device, and similarly, the client device 21 also operates. By storing the program code having the function of performing information processing of the hard disk 11d of the server device 11, the client device 21 can operate as a server device.

In the present embodiment, the HTML language is used as the markup language for describing the WWW page. However, this is a graphical representation of the data as the processing result of information processing on the browser displaying the WWW page. Anything can be displayed as long as it can be displayed.
In addition to the HTML language, XML (Extensible M
arkup Language), SGML (Stan
DARD GENERALIZED MARKUP L
A markup language such as "anguage" may be used.

In the electronic mail requesting the acquisition of the list of files, the control command is used as the subject, but this may be described in the text of the electronic mail. Further, although it may be described in an attachment file attached to the e-mail, in this case, the receiving means 112, from the control command file as an attachment file including the control command,
The control command will be extracted.

Further, in the present embodiment, the control command included in the record mail is described as the absolute bus of the file and the search command of the file in text, but this is described in the markup language. In this case, the receiving means removes the tag in the markup language in order to convert it into a control command which can be identified by the executing means.

As described above, since the file saved in the server device 11 and the directory structure in which the file is saved can be graphically displayed on the layout screen using the HTML language, the file is saved in the server device 11. You can visually check the list of files that have been created, and even when you want to get the desired file, you do not have to type a complicated file acquisition command without mistakes, Can be easily obtained by simply selecting with.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 7, in the present embodiment, the file recorded on the hard disk 11d of the server device 11 is sent to a user different from the user who issued the file acquisition request, and the file is sent. The server device 11 is provided with the transmission permission address table 118 in which the e-mail addresses of authorized users are described. The remote control system is the server device 11
And a client device 21 and a client device 22. The same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

The server device 11 also includes a transmission-permitted address table 118, and the transmission-permitted address table 118.
Only the e-mail addressed to the e-mail address registered in is sent to the network.

Next, the operation of the remote control system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, but the detailed description of the same operation as that of the first embodiment will be omitted.

First, in process A1, the client device 21 sends the destination to the server device 11 and the subject to Request.
It is described as t_Config & address, and a configuration request mail with a blank body is created, and the transmission means 1
11 via mail cable 31 via communication cable 61
(Step Cs1). The mail server 31
This configuration request mail is sent to the Internet 50.
After that, the client device 21 proceeds to step Cs2 and waits for a reply to the configuration request mail from the server device 11.

Next, in process B2, from the configuration request mail received through steps Ss1 to Ss3, Request_Co as a control command is sent.
Extract nfig & address (step Ss
4).

From this control command, the hard disk 1
A check command is generated as an information processing command for checking the directory structure in 1d and the file names stored in each directory (step Ss).
5). By executing this check command, information about the directory structure and file names in the hard disk 11d can be obtained. Further, this information and the data listing the contents of the transmission permission address table 118 are written in the memory 21c as the data of the processing result of the information processing (step Ss6).

When the subject of the configuration request mail is confirmed (step Ss7), it is Re: Request_.
Since it is Config & address, step S
Move to s8 and change the subject to Response_Config &
A configuration display mail addressed to the client device 21 that is addressed is generated (step Ss8). Next, the data as the processing result of the information processing written in the memory 21c is called, is described in the HTML language so that it can be displayed graphically by the browser 214, is generated as HTML data, and is displayed graphically on the client device 21. The content of the operation performed on the generated HTML data is detected, and a script for generating a control command corresponding to the content of the operation is created (step S
s9). Next, the generated HTML data and script are attached to the configuration display mail and incorporated (step Ss1).
1). This configuration display mail is sent to the mail server 31 via the communication cable 61 by the transmission means 111 (step Ss12). The mail server 31 transmits this constituent mail to the Internet 50 via the router 41.

Next, as process B3, the HTML data and the script obtained through steps Cs2 to Cs3 are executed and displayed. By clicking and selecting the target file and transfer destination address from the directory structure, file name and transfer destination address graphically displayed as a layout screen on the browser 214,
The script attached to the configuration mail operates, and the information (absolute path) regarding the selected file and the destination address are recorded as a control command in the newly generated recording file on the hard disk 21d (step Cs).
4).

Next, the embedding means 213 uses the server device 11 as the destination and Re: Response_Config & addre as the subject as the reply mail to the configuration display mail.
Generate a recording mail with ss and attach a recording file to this recording mail to incorporate (step Cs
5). The sending means 211 sends this recorded mail to the mail server 32 (step Cs6). Mail server 32
Transmits this record mail on the Internet 50.

Next, as a process B4, after operating according to steps Ss1 to Ss3, a search command is generated with the absolute path of the file described in the recording file as an argument in order to search for the file for which the acquisition request is made. (Step Ss5). While executing this search command, the found file is written in the memory 11c as data as a processing result of information processing (step Ss6). Here, referring to the subject of the recorded mail received earlier, the subject is Re: Response_Config.
If it is g & address, the process proceeds to step Ss10, the transfer destination address is acquired from the recording file, and the outgoing mail addressed to the transfer destination address is generated (step Ss10). Next, the data as the processing result of the information processing written in the memory 11c is attached to the sent mail and incorporated (step Ss13). Transmitting means 111
Determines whether the destination of the sent mail is an electronic mail address registered in the transmission permitted address table 118 (step Ss14). If the email address is not registered, this sent email will be discarded. If it is the registered e-mail address, the sent mail is sent to the mail server 31 via the communication cable 61 (step Ss12).
The mail server 31 sends this sent mail to the Internet 50 via the router 41.

Next, in process B5, the client device 22 receives the outgoing mail from the mail server 32,
The file held by the server device 11 is acquired.

The above is the operation of the remote control system in the present embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the file destination is the client device 22 different from the client device 21 which has issued the file list acquisition request. However, this is the same as the file destination. It may be addressed to a different email address that uses the device.

As described above, since the server device 11 which operates according to the control command including the transfer destination address is provided, the file designated by the client device 21 among the files held by the server device 11 is transferred to the client device 22. In addition, since the transmission permission address table 118 for limiting the destination of the electronic mail is provided, the electronic mail is not mistakenly sent to an electronic mail address other than the destination, and the security is stable. It becomes a remote control system.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment and can be implemented in various forms.

[0065]

As described above, the server device according to claim 1 of the present invention is a server device connected to an end device via the network, and includes a control command from the end device. Receiving means for receiving an electronic mail via the network and extracting a control command from the first electronic mail, executing means for performing information processing corresponding to the control command, and data as a processing result of the information processing WWW. (World Wide Web) A second page addressed to the end device by describing in a markup language that describes the page.
Since the device includes an embedding unit that is incorporated into an electronic mail and a transmitting unit that sends the second electronic mail to the network, the result of information processing can be graphically expressed and the result can be more easily understood. Therefore, there is an effect that remote control can be performed more easily.

According to the server device of claim 2 of the present invention, in the invention of claim 1, the first electronic mail has a control command file including a control command as an attached file, and the receiving means. Since the control command is extracted from the control command file, if you create the control command as a file in advance, you do not have to rewrite it in the body of the email and you can simply attach it to the email, which is a hassle. The effect is that it can be omitted.

According to the server device of claim 3 of the present invention, in the invention of claim 1 or 2, the assembling means is configured so that the executing means is based on an operation on the end side device side. Since another control command capable of performing information processing is generated and incorporated into the second electronic mail, the control command is automatically generated, and the labor of the generation can be saved.

According to the server device of claim 4 of the present invention, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 3, the receiving means is an electronic mail address of a user who uses the endless device. Since it has the registered reception-permitted address part and receives only the e-mail from the e-mail address registered in the reception-permitted address part, it is possible to prevent an illegal remote control command from being issued. Play.

According to the server device of claim 5 of the present invention, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 4, the transmitting means is permitted as a destination of the second electronic mail. The second e-mail has a transmission-permitted address part in which the e-mail address is registered and is to be sent out.
Of the e-mail, only those whose e-mail address is registered in the transmission permission address part are sent out.
It is possible to prevent the data of the processing result of the information processing from being sent by mistake.

According to the server device of claim 6 of the present invention, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 5, the execution means of the receiving means is described in the markup language. Since the control command is converted into an identifiable format and extracted, even if the control command is written in a markup language, it is possible to save the labor of converting the executable format into the identifiable format by the executing means. .

According to the remote control system of claim 7 of the present invention, there is provided a remote control system comprising a network, a server device connected to the network, and an end device connected to the network as a client. Therefore, the server device performs information processing based on a control command included in the electronic mail from the end device received via the network, and sends data as a processing result of the information processing to the end device. In a remote control system that incorporates it in an electronic mail generated by the above and sends it out over a network, the server device receives a first electronic mail including a control command from the end device via the network and Receiving means for extracting control command from electronic mail and information processing corresponding to the control command Execution means for executing, data as a processing result of information processing are described in a markup language for describing WWW pages, and embedding means for incorporating the data in the second electronic mail addressed to the end device, and the second electronic mail. In the markup language embedded in the second electronic mail, and the receiving means receives the second electronic mail via the network. Since the browser means for graphically displaying the described data and the sending means for sending the e-mail generated to the server device to the network are provided, the result of information processing performed by remote control can be visually viewed. Therefore, the remote control can be performed more easily.

An information processing method for a server device according to claim 8 of the present invention is an information processing method for a server device for performing information processing based on a control command included in an electronic mail received via a network. , A first electronic mail including a control command is received via a network, an electronic mail receiving step of extracting the control command, an execution step of executing information processing corresponding to the extracted control command, and an information processing process The resulting data is described in a markup language that describes a WWW page, and includes a description step of incorporating the second e-mail and a transmission step of sending the second e-mail to the network. Can be represented graphically, and the results can be understood more easily. An effect that can be more easily performed.

According to the recording medium in which the information processing program of the server device according to claim 9 of the present invention is recorded, the server device performs information processing based on the control command included in the electronic mail received via the network. Is a recording medium recording the information processing program of, receiving a first electronic mail including a control command via a network, extracting the control command, executing information processing corresponding to the extracted control command, The data as the processing result of the information processing is described in a markup language that describes a WWW page, and the information processing program of the server device that stores the data in the second electronic mail and sends the second electronic mail to the network is stored. Therefore, it is possible to provide a program that enables remote control to be performed more easily. There is an effect that that.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a remote control system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing devices constituting a server device in the remote control system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing devices constituting an end device in the remote control system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of sending and receiving an electronic mail in the remote control system.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an information processing process of a server device in the remote control system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an information processing process of an end device in the remote control system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of a remote control system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flow of sending and receiving an electronic mail in the remote control system.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an information processing process of the server device in the remote control system.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Server device 111 Transmission means 112 Receiving means 113 Embedded means 115 Reception permitted address table 118 transmission permitted address table 11d hard disk 21 Client device 211 Transmission means 212 Receiving means 214 browser 21d hard disk 50 Internet 61 Communication cable 62 communication cable

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A server device connected to an end device via a network, receiving a first electronic mail including a control command from the end device via the network, and from the first electronic mail. A receiving unit that extracts a control command, an executing unit that performs information processing corresponding to the control command, and data as a processing result of the information processing are described in a markup language that describes a WWW (World Wide Web) page, A server device comprising: an embedding unit incorporated into a second electronic mail addressed to the end device and a transmitting unit for transmitting the second electronic mail to a network. 2. The first electronic mail has a control command file including a control command as an attached file, and the receiving means extracts the control command from the control command file.
The server device according to 1. 3. The embedding means generates another control command that allows the executing means to perform information processing based on an operation on the non-end device side, and incorporates the control command into the second electronic mail. The server device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The receiving means has a reception permission address part in which the e-mail addresses of users who use endless devices are registered, and only e-mails from the e-mail addresses registered in the reception permission address part are included. The server device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the server device receives. 5. The transmission means has a transmission permission address part in which an email address permitted as a destination of the second email is registered, and the electronic mail of the second email to be sent is transmitted. 5. The server device according to claim 1, wherein only a mail address registered in the transmission permission address section is transmitted. 6. The receiving means converts the control command described in the markup language by the executing means into an identifiable format and extracts the control command.
The server device according to claim 5. 7. A remote control system comprising a network, a server device connected to the network, and an end device connected to the network as a client, wherein the server device receives via the network. The information processing is performed based on the control command included in the email from the endless device, and the data as the processing result of the information processing is incorporated into the email generated for the endless device and sent to the network. In the remote control system, the server device receives a first electronic mail including a control command from the end device via a network, and a receiving means for extracting a control command from the first electronic mail, Execution means for executing information processing corresponding to the control command, and as a processing result of the information processing An embedding means for writing data in a markup language for describing a WWW page and incorporating it in a second electronic mail addressed to the end device, and a transmitting means for transmitting the second electronic mail to a network are provided. The terminal device receives the second electronic mail via a network, and a browser unit that graphically displays the data described in the markup language incorporated in the second electronic mail. And a transmission means for transmitting the electronic mail generated to the server device to a network, the remote control system. 8. A method of processing information in a server device for processing information based on a control command included in an electronic mail received via a network, the first electronic mail including a control command being received via the network. At the same time, an e-mail receiving step of extracting the control command, an executing step of executing information processing corresponding to the extracted control command, and data as a processing result of the information processing
Information processing of a server device, characterized by including a description process in which a WW page is described in a markup language and incorporating the second e-mail, and a transmission process for transmitting the second e-mail to a network. Method. 9. A first recording medium for recording an information processing program for a server device that performs information processing based on a control command included in an electronic mail received via a network, the first electronic mail including the control command. Is received via the network, the control command is extracted, the information processing corresponding to the extracted control command is executed, and the data as the processing result of the information processing is WW.
A recording medium for recording an information processing program of a server device, characterized in that it is written in a markup language for describing a W page, is embedded in a second electronic mail, and sends the second electronic mail to a network.