JP2004094741A - Information transmitter/receiver and method for transmitting and receiving information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information transmitter/receiver by which electronic mail is transmitted and received by a user with familiarity in game feeling and conversation becomes lively and a method for transmitting and receiving information. <P>SOLUTION: In the information transmitter/receiver and the method for transmitting and receiving the information, a message informing new mail arrival upon receiving the electronic mail is displayed, yet the electronic mail, itself, is not displayed since the electronic mail is hidden on a garden-imitated GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen. The hiding place can be specified by a sender or can be set at random. Like a game, when a receiver finds out the hidden place by means of a mouse or a keyboard and the receiver detects a bomb prior to the electronic mail, the bomb explodes on the screen to transmit the electronic mail informing the explosion of the bomb to the sender. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information transmitting / receiving device and an information transmitting / receiving method.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art E-mail is widely used as one form of use of the Internet that provides a worldwide communication network environment in which information can be exchanged between remote computers.
The sender describes the contents to be conveyed with an editor, assigns necessary addresses and addresses to the recipients using an e-mail client tool called a mailer (software for sending and receiving e-mails), and sends them to the recipient.
The receiver can confirm that the e-mail has arrived at his / her post by a method such as displaying an arrival notification when the mailer is activated, and can read the e-mail addressed to himself / herself by the mailer.
Conventional examples of electronic mail include, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 4.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-207312 A
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2000-207313 A
[Patent Document 3]
JP-A-11-65964
[Patent Document 4]
JP-A-11-65965
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The above-described e-mail system is very convenient when used, but is difficult to use for a user who exchanges e-mail using a personal computer for the first time. In other words, the operation method of a mailer, which is software for exchanging e-mails, was learned by a manual or the like and could not be used unless sufficiently understood.
In addition, many mailers are often tasteless and dry, and for users who use them as a hobby, they are not entertained and quickly get bored.
An object of the present invention is to provide an information transmission / reception apparatus and an information transmission / reception method that can excite a conversation by operating the game while enjoying it like a game in view of the above-described conventional situation.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configurations.
The invention according to claim 1 includes a receiving unit that receives first information, a command input unit that inputs command information for displaying the first information, and information included in the first information. An image information generation unit that changes a display method of an image based on a mutual relationship with the command information; and information on a mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information or an executed image. A transmission unit that generates second information having information on the display method of (1) and automatically transmits the second information to a transmission source of the first information. is there.
[0006]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the first aspect, when the mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information is a fixed relationship, 2. The information transmitting / receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second information having information is generated, and the second information is automatically transmitted to a transmission source of the first information.
[0007]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information is a fixed relationship, the transmission unit executes the command information input and the execution. 2. The information according to claim 1, wherein second information having information on a displayed image display method is generated, and the second information is automatically transmitted to a transmission source of the first information. 3. It is a transmitting / receiving device.
[0008]
The invention according to claim 4, wherein the transmitting unit is configured to, when the first information is deleted without being opened, or when the first information is deleted within a predetermined time after being opened, Generating second information having information that the first information has been deleted without being opened or that the first information has been deleted within a predetermined time after the first information has been opened; The information transmitting / receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second information is automatically transmitted to the information transmitting / receiving apparatus.
[0009]
The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the first information and the second information are electronic mails, and the information receiving device is an electronic mail receiving device. An information transmitting / receiving device according to any one of claims.
[0010]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving step for receiving first information, a command inputting step for inputting command information for displaying the first information, and information included in the first information. An image information generating step of changing a display method of an image based on a mutual relationship with the command information; and information on a mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information or an executed image. Transmitting the second information to a source of the first information automatically by generating second information having the information of the display method of the above. is there.
[0011]
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the transmitting step, when the mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information has a fixed relationship, 7. The information transmitting and receiving method according to claim 6, wherein the second information having information is generated, and the second information is automatically transmitted to a transmission source of the first information.
[0012]
The invention according to claim 8, wherein in the transmitting step, when the mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information is a fixed relationship, the command information input and the execution 7. The information according to claim 6, wherein second information having information on a displayed image display method is generated, and the second information is automatically transmitted to a transmission source of the first information. It is a transmission / reception method.
[0013]
The invention according to claim 9 is characterized in that the transmitting unit, when the first information is deleted without being opened, or when the first information is deleted within a predetermined time after being opened, Generating second information having information that the first information has been deleted without being opened or that the first information has been deleted within a predetermined time after the first information has been opened; 7. The information transmitting and receiving method according to claim 6, wherein the second information is automatically transmitted to the information processing apparatus.
[0014]
The invention according to claim 10 is characterized in that the first information and the second information are electronic mails, and the information receiving method is an electronic mail receiving method. An information transmission / reception method according to any one of claims.
[0015]
According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing an information processing apparatus having an information receiving unit to implement the information transmitting / receiving method according to any one of the sixth to tenth aspects.
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION The information transmission / reception apparatus and the information transmission / reception method of this invention can perform a mail receiving operation and a transmission operation while enjoying a game.
[0016]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment that specifically shows the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0017]
<< Example 1 >>
First Embodiment An information transmitting and receiving apparatus and an information transmitting and receiving method according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The information transmitting / receiving apparatus of the present invention hides the received e-mail somewhere on the display screen (in the embodiment, the garden (FIG. 3)). The user searches for the e-mail hidden in the yard like a game. If you can find the hidden email, you can open it. However, if you find the bomb before the email, the bomb will explode. Furthermore, when the bomb has exploded, the information transmitting / receiving device of the present invention can create a report e-mail and transmit the created report e-mail to the sender of the e-mail.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration of the information transmitting / receiving device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
First, a configuration of a system of the information transmitting and receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes an image display unit of a first e-mail transmission / reception apparatus, 102 denotes a first e-mail transmission / reception apparatus, 103 denotes the Internet, 104 denotes a second e-mail transmission / reception apparatus, and 105 denotes a second e-mail transmission / reception. An image display unit of the device, 106 is a third e-mail transmission / reception device, and 107 is an image display unit of the third e-mail transmission / reception device.
[0019]
The first e-mail transmitting / receiving apparatus 102 includes a receiving unit 111, a display position information extracting unit 112, a random number generating unit 113, a specifying unit 114, a storage unit 115, a command input unit 116, a position specifying unit 117, an e-mail generating unit 118, It has a transmission unit 119 and an image information generation unit 120. The storage unit 115 has a garden image information storage unit 121 and a display position information storage unit 122.
The second e-mail transmission / reception device 104 includes a command input unit 131, an e-mail generation unit 132, a display position information generation unit 133, a transmission unit 134, a reception unit 135, and an image information generation unit 136. The third e-mail transmission device 106 includes a command input unit 131, an e-mail generation unit 132, a transmission unit 134, a reception unit 135, and an image information generation unit 136.
The first e-mail transmission / reception device 102, the second e-mail transmission / reception device 104, and the third e-mail transmission / reception device 106 of the first embodiment are personal computers.
[0020]
Next, the flow of data in the system of the information transmitting and receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described.
The user inputs command information to the command input unit 131 of the second e-mail transmitting / receiving device 104. The e-mail generation unit 132 generates an e-mail based on the command information. When the user specifies the display position, the display position information generation unit 133 generates display position information. The e-mail is transmitted from the transmission unit 134 with the display position information attached thereto, and reaches the first e-mail transmission / reception device 102 via the Internet 103.
[0021]
The display position information is a screen displayed by the first e-mail transmission / reception device 102 (a device that receives an e-mail transmitted by the second e-mail transmission / reception device 104) (in the embodiment, the garden shown in FIG. 3). This is information that specifies the upper position. The method of specifying the position is arbitrary. The display position information in the embodiment is an object number associated with an object on the display screen. The second e-mail transmission / reception device 104 includes information on a screen displayed by the first e-mail transmission / reception device 102 (or an object number list of an object on a screen displayed by the first e-mail transmission / reception device 102), It is assumed that the correspondence list with the object numbers has been known by exchanging information with the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving apparatus 102 in the past, and the information has been stored. The display position information may be, for example, information of coordinate values represented by XY coordinates with the upper left end of the screen as the origin.
[0022]
In the embodiment, the user of the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving apparatus 102 displays an object number of an object (hereinafter, referred to as a “mail object”) associated with the electronic mail and a bomb (displaying a bomb explosion on the screen). The object number of one or a plurality of objects (hereinafter, referred to as “bomb object”) corresponding to the object number is determined. The user may determine both the mail object and the bomb object. For example, the user may determine only the mail object or nothing. The first e-mail transmitting / receiving device 102 transmits an e-mail attached with one or more determined object numbers (display position information).
[0023]
Another user inputs command information to the command input unit 131 of the third e-mail transmitting / receiving device 106. The e-mail generation unit 132 generates an e-mail based on the command information. The e-mail is transmitted from the transmission unit 134 and reaches the first e-mail transmission / reception device 102 via the Internet 103. The third e-mail transmission / reception device 106 is a conventional e-mail transmission / reception device.
[0024]
The receiving unit 111 of the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving device 102 receives an electronic mail or the like. The e-mail is sent to the image information generation unit 120 as it is. The display position information extraction unit 112 extracts display position information and transmits the display position information to the image information generation unit 120. When the display position is not specified (for example, the e-mail transmitted by the third e-mail transmitting / receiving device 106), the specifying unit 114 specifies the display position based on the random number input from the random number generation unit 113, and specifies the display position. The display position information thus transmitted is transmitted to the image information generation unit 120. According to the setting input by the user of the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving device 102 from the command input unit 116, the specifying unit 114 specifies only the object number of the mail object, or specifies each object number of the mail object and the bomb object.
The garden image information storage unit 121 transmits the garden image to the image information generation unit 120.
[0025]
The user inputs a command to check the reception status of the e-mail, a command to specify a position on the image, a command to open the received e-mail, and the like through the command input unit 116. The position specifying unit 117 extracts a command for specifying a position on an image from the command information input by the user from the command input unit 116, and outputs information on the commanded position (in the embodiment, information specifying an object) to the image. The information is transmitted to the information generation unit 120. The image information generation unit 120 generates a new arrival notification display screen (FIG. 3) according to a command to check the reception status. The image information generation unit 120 generates image information such as those shown in FIGS. The image information generation unit 120 generates image information for displaying the content of the opened e-mail according to the received e-mail opening instruction. An image display unit (a liquid crystal display in the embodiment) 101 displays image information.
[0026]
The e-mail generation unit 118 generates a reply mail based on the information from the image information generation unit 120, and transmits it to the transmission unit 119. The transmitting unit 119 transmits a reply e-mail. The reply e-mail is, for example, information that the user has specified the bomb object and the image of the bomb exploding on the bomb object is displayed to the user, or that the user has opened the e-mail without specifying the bomb object. including. A screen (image information) displayed based on the user designating the bomb object may be attached. The reply e-mail reaches the second e-mail transmission / reception device 104 or the third e-mail transmission / reception device 106 via the Internet 103.
[0027]
The receiving unit 135 of the second electronic mail transmitting / receiving device 104 or the third electronic mail transmitting / receiving unit 106 receives the reply electronic mail. The reply e-mail is sent to the image information generation unit 136. Based on the command information from the command input unit 131, the image information generation unit 136 generates a reply e-mail or an image of the image information attached thereto. The image display unit 105 or 107 displays an image.
[0028]
Next, a transmission / reception method of the information transmission / reception device system according to the first embodiment will be described. Hereinafter, a case where the electronic mail receiving device of the present invention hides the electronic mail and the bomb in the garden image on the display will be described.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the information transmission / reception method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, in step 201, the receiving unit 111 of the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving apparatus 102 receives an electronic mail. In step 202, the image information generation unit 120 generates image information of the new arrival notification 301 stating “New mail has arrived!” And displays the image on the image display unit 101 (see FIG. 3).
[0029]
In step 203, it is determined whether or not the e-mail sender has designated a hidden place (whether or not display position information is attached to the received e-mail). If it is specified (when the display position information is attached to the received e-mail), the process proceeds to step 204. In step 204, the display position information extraction unit 112 extracts display position information from the received e-mail and transmits the display position information to the image information generation unit 120.
[0030]
If it is not specified in step 203 (if the display position information is not attached to the received e-mail), the process proceeds to step 205. In step 205, the random number generation unit 113 generates a random number and transmits it to the identification unit 114. In step 206, the specifying unit 114 specifies objects (mail object and bomb object) based on random numbers, and transmits information on the specified objects to the image information generating unit 120. Only the mail object may be specified in step 206 based on the setting of the user, and steps 205 and 206 may not be executed. In step 207, the image information generation unit 120 displays the garden image without displaying the new mail icon on the image display unit 101 (see FIG. 3). In an embodiment, mail and bombs are hidden in any object in the garden.
[0031]
In step 208, the user specifies an object on the image display unit 101. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the designated position of the mouse is displayed by an arrow 401, and when the user right-clicks the mouse, an object including the designated position in the area or an object located at the closest distance from the designated position is specified. You. In step 209, it is determined whether or not the designated object matches the object corresponding to the display position information.
The display position information storage unit 122 has a database of a correspondence table between objects and object numbers. The display position information received by the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving device 102 and the information of the object transmitted by the specifying unit 114 to the image information generating unit 111 are the object numbers. The image information generation unit 120 can specify the object in which the mail and the bomb are hidden on the garden image based on the correspondence table between the object and the object number from the display position information storage unit 122.
[0032]
If the designated object does not match the object corresponding to the display position information in step 209, the process returns to step 208. The user specifies another object (right mouse click on that object) and continues to search for hidden emails.
If the specified object matches the object corresponding to the display position information in step 209, the process proceeds to step 210. In step 210, it is determined whether the designated object is a bomb object.
[0033]
If it is not a bomb object in step 210 (if it is a mail object), the process proceeds to step 214. In step 214, the image information generation unit 120 displays the new mail icon 501 on the garden image object on the image display unit 101 (see FIG. 5). The change of the display screen from FIG. 4 to FIG. 5 gives the user a visual impression as if the e-mail hidden on the screen was found. When the new mail icon is clicked in step 215, the content of the new mail is displayed on the object of the garden image on the image display unit 101. In step 216, the display position information extraction unit 112 deletes the display position information of the bomb object. This flowchart ends.
[0034]
In the case of a bomb object in step 210, the process proceeds to step 211, where the image information generation unit 120 displays a bomb on the object of the garden image on the image display unit 101, and displays a state 601 at which the bomb explodes at the next moment. (See FIG. 6). By changing the display screen from FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, a visual impression is given to the user as if the bomb hidden on the screen was found and exploded. In step 212, the e-mail generation unit 118 automatically generates a reply e-mail indicating that the bomb has exploded based on the information from the image information generation unit 120. In step 213, the transmitting unit 119 transmits a reply e-mail to the e-mail sender. Attach image information of the screen where the bomb exploded or image information of the expression of the user at the moment when the bomb exploded, taken by an electronic camera (not shown) of the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving device, to the reply e-mail. You may. In step 216, the display position information extraction unit 112 deletes the display position information of the bomb object. This flowchart ends.
[0035]
The information transmitting / receiving device of the present embodiment transmits a report reply mail to the sender of the e-mail only when the bomb is found before the e-mail. In addition to this, even if the recipient can find and read the e-mail first, the e-mail will be sent to the e-mail sender with a reply that the e-mail was found and opened. Is also good.
Also, the information transmitting / receiving device of the present embodiment transmits a report reply mail to the sender of the e-mail only when the bomb is found before the e-mail. Alternatively, if the recipient deletes the mail before reading the mail, a reply mail notifying that the mail was deleted without reading the mail may be sent to the sender of the e-mail. .
When the specifying unit 114 specifies the bomb object (when the display position information is not attached to the received e-mail), a reply e-mail may be sent only to a specific registered sender. The mail may not be created.
[0036]
In step 208 of the present embodiment, the mouse is used as a method for the receiver to specify the object on the image display unit 101, but the object may be specified by inputting a number or the like from the keyboard. Similarly, even when using a mouse, an area of a certain shape (for example, a circle or a rectangle) centered on a specified position is similarly enlarged to specify an object where the area overlaps first. Is also good.
[0037]
In the present embodiment, when a new mail arrives, the new mail icon and the bomb icon are hidden in a designated place or a randomly specified place in the garden on the image display unit, so that the mail can be exchanged in a game-like manner. .
The recipient is not only the e-mail including the display position information transmitted from the second e-mail transmission / reception apparatus 104 of the present invention but also transmitted from the third e-mail transmission / reception apparatus (conventional e-mail transmission / reception apparatus) 106. Even if the sender receives an e-mail or an e-mail without the display information attached by the sender, the user can enjoy a game of searching for a hidden e-mail before the bomb. Also, if the receiver picks up the bomb before the e-mail, the receiver can send a reply to the sender of the e-mail indicating that the bomb has exploded, and disengage the conversation with the sender.
[0038]
<< Example 2 >>
Second Embodiment An information transmitting and receiving apparatus and an information transmitting and receiving method according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the information transmitting / receiving device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
First, the configuration of the system of the information transmitting and receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. The first e-mail transmission / reception device according to the second embodiment includes an e-mail generation unit 701 and a command input unit 702 instead of the e-mail generation unit 118 and the command input unit 116 according to the first embodiment. Otherwise, they are identical. In the first embodiment (FIG. 1), the e-mail generation unit 118 automatically generates a reply mail based on the information from the image information generation unit 120. In the second embodiment (FIG. 7), the e-mail generation unit 701 generates a reply mail based on information from the image information generation unit 120 and command information from the command input unit 702. In other respects, the information transmitting / receiving device of the second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment. The same components as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 1) are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.
The first e-mail transmission / reception device 102, the second e-mail transmission / reception device 104, and the third e-mail transmission / reception device 106 of the second embodiment are personal computers.
[0039]
Next, a transmission / reception method of the information transmission / reception device system according to the second embodiment will be described. Hereinafter, a case where the electronic mail receiving device of the present invention hides the electronic mail and the bomb in the garden image on the display will be described.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the information transmission / reception method according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 8, in step 801, the receiving unit 111 of the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving device 102 receives an electronic mail. In step 802, the image information generation unit 120 generates image information of the new arrival notification 301 stating "New mail has arrived!" And displays the image on the image display unit 101 (see FIG. 3).
[0040]
In step 803, it is determined whether the e-mail sender has designated a hidden place (whether or not display position information is attached to the received e-mail). If it is specified (when the display position information is attached to the received e-mail), the process proceeds to step 804. In step 804, the display position information extraction unit 112 extracts display position information from the received e-mail and transmits the display position information to the image information generation unit 120.
[0041]
If it is not specified in step 803 (when the display position information is not attached to the received e-mail), the process proceeds to step 805. In step 805, the random number generation unit 113 generates a random number and transmits it to the identification unit 114. In step 806, the specifying unit 114 specifies objects (mail object and bomb object) based on the random numbers, and transmits information on the specified objects to the image information generating unit 120. Only the mail object may be specified in step 206 based on the setting of the user, and steps 205 and 206 may not be executed. In step 807, the image information generation unit 120 displays the garden image without displaying the new mail icon on the image display unit 101 (see FIG. 3). In an embodiment, mail and bombs are hidden in any object in the garden.
[0042]
In step 808, the user specifies an object on the image display unit 101. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the designated position of the mouse is displayed by an arrow 401, and when the user right-clicks the mouse, an object including the designated position in the area or an object located at the closest distance from the designated position is specified. You. In step 809, it is determined whether or not the specified object matches the object corresponding to the display position information.
The display position information storage unit 122 has a database of a correspondence table between objects and object numbers. The display position information received by the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving device 102 and the information of the object transmitted by the specifying unit 114 to the image information generating unit 111 are the object numbers. The image information generation unit 120 can specify the object in which the mail and the bomb are hidden on the garden image based on the correspondence table between the object and the object number from the display position information storage unit 122.
[0043]
If the specified object does not match the object corresponding to the display position information in step 809, the process returns to step 808. The user specifies another object (right mouse click on that object) and continues to search for hidden emails.
If the specified object matches the object corresponding to the display position information in step 809, the process proceeds to step 810. At step 810, it is determined whether the designated object is a bomb object.
[0044]
If it is determined in step 810 that the object is not a bomb object (in the case of a mail object), the process proceeds to step 816. In step 816, the image information generation unit 120 displays the new mail icon 501 on the object of the garden image on the image display unit 101 (see FIG. 5). The change of the display screen from FIG. 4 to FIG. 5 gives the user a visual impression as if the e-mail hidden on the screen was found. When the new mail icon is clicked in step 817, the content of the new mail is displayed on the object of the garden image on the image display unit 101. In step 816, the display position information extraction unit 112 deletes the display position information of the bomb object. This flowchart ends.
[0045]
If it is a bomb object in step 810, the process proceeds to step 811, where the image information generation unit 120 displays a bomb on the object of the garden image on the image display unit 101, and displays a pattern 601 at which the bomb explodes at the next moment. (See FIG. 6). By changing the display screen from FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, a visual impression is given to the user as if the bomb hidden on the screen was found and exploded. In step 812, the e-mail generation unit 701 automatically generates a reply e-mail indicating that the bomb has exploded based on the information from the image information generation unit 120. The reply electronic mail 901 generated in step 813 is displayed on the object of the garden image on the image display unit 101 (see FIG. 9). In step 814, the user freely edits the reply e-mail from the command input unit 702. In step 815, the transmitting unit 119 transmits a reply e-mail to the e-mail sender. Attach image information of the screen where the bomb exploded or image information of the expression of the user at the moment when the bomb exploded, taken by an electronic camera (not shown) of the first electronic mail transmitting / receiving device, to the reply e-mail. You may. In step 818, the display position information extraction unit 112 deletes the display position information of the bomb object. This flowchart ends.
[0046]
The information transmitting / receiving device of the present embodiment transmits a report reply mail to the sender of the e-mail only when the bomb is found before the e-mail. In addition to this, even if the recipient can find and read the e-mail first, the e-mail will be sent to the e-mail sender with a reply that the e-mail was found and opened. Is also good.
Also, the information transmitting / receiving device of the present embodiment transmits a report reply mail to the sender of the e-mail only when the bomb is found before the e-mail. Alternatively, if the recipient deletes the mail before reading the mail, a reply mail notifying that the mail was deleted without reading the mail may be sent to the sender of the e-mail. .
When the specifying unit 114 specifies the bomb object (when the display position information is not attached to the received e-mail), a reply e-mail may be sent only to a specific registered sender. The mail may not be created.
[0047]
In step 808 of the present embodiment, the recipient uses a mouse as a method of designating an object on the image display unit 101, but the recipient may designate the object by inputting a number or the like from a keyboard. Similarly, even when using a mouse, an area of a certain shape (for example, a circle or a rectangle) centered on a specified position is similarly enlarged to specify an object where the area overlaps first. Is also good.
[0048]
In the present embodiment, when a new mail arrives, the new mail icon and the bomb icon are hidden in a designated place or a randomly specified place in the garden on the image display unit, so that the mail can be exchanged in a game-like manner. .
The recipient is not only the e-mail including the display position information transmitted from the second e-mail transmission / reception apparatus 104 of the present invention but also transmitted from the third e-mail transmission / reception apparatus (conventional e-mail transmission / reception apparatus) 106. Even if the sender receives an e-mail or an e-mail without the display information attached by the sender, the user can enjoy a game of searching for a hidden e-mail before the bomb. Also, if the recipient picks up the bomb before the e-mail, the e-mail sender may reply to the e-mail sender that the bomb has exploded, comment, etc., and lose the conversation with the sender. it can.
[0049]
In the first and second embodiments, the e-mail icon is displayed when the designated object matches the display position information. However, instead of the e-mail icon, a window for opening the e-mail (for example, a new e-mail Icon is included), or the content of the new e-mail may be directly displayed.
In the above embodiment, new e-mails and bombs were hidden corresponding to the objects on the screen. Alternatively, the new e-mail and the bomb may be hidden corresponding to a position on the screen or a certain area. When the receiver specifies a certain area or position on the screen, and the specified area includes the position or area corresponding to the new e-mail and the bomb (or the specified area overlaps with the area corresponding to the new e-mail and the bomb) If the designated position is included in the area corresponding to the new e-mail and the bomb, the image information generating unit displays an e-mail icon or bomb.
[0050]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, there is obtained an advantageous effect that an information transmitting / receiving device and an information transmitting / receiving method that can excite a conversation by operating while having fun in the sense of a game can be realized.
According to the present invention, when the sender specifies the hidden location of the new mail icon and the bomb, the new mail icon and the bomb are hidden at the specified location in the information terminal of the receiver, and when the bomb is found first by the receiver, It is possible to inform the sender of the explosion of the bomb and realize an information transmitting / receiving device and an information transmitting / receiving method that enable the user to take off the conversation.
Even if the sender does not specify the hidden location of the new mail icon, if the new mail icon and the bomb are hidden at random in the information terminal of the receiver and the bomb is found first by the receiver, the sender To inform the user that the bomb has exploded, and realize an information transmitting / receiving apparatus and an information transmitting / receiving method that enable the user to take off the conversation.
[0051]
According to the present invention, even if the information terminal of the sender does not have the mailer of the present invention, the new mail icon and the bomb are hidden at the location specified by the attribute of the new mail on the information terminal of the receiver, Thus, when a bomb is found first, an effect is obtained that an information transmitting / receiving device and an information transmitting / receiving method that can inform a sender of the explosion of the bomb and allow the user to take off a conversation can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an information transmitting / receiving apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an information transmission / reception method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a new arrival notification display screen of the information transmitting / receiving device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an object designation screen of the information transmitting / receiving device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a mail icon display screen of the information transmitting / receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a bomb explosion display screen of the information transmitting / receiving device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration of an information transmitting / receiving apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an information transmitting / receiving method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a reply mail display screen of the information transmitting / receiving device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
101, 105, 107 Image display unit
102 First email sending / receiving device
103 Internet
104 Second e-mail transmitting / receiving device
106 Third e-mail sending / receiving device
111, 135 receiving unit
112 display position information extraction unit
113 random number generator
114 Specific part
115 storage unit
116, 702, 131 Command input unit
117 Position designation section
118, 132, 701 E-mail generator
119, 134 transmission unit
120, 136 Image information generation unit
121 Garden image information storage
122 display position information storage unit
133 display position information generation unit

Claims (11)

A receiving unit that receives the first information;
A command input unit for inputting command information for displaying the first information;
An image information generation unit that changes a display method of an image based on a mutual relationship between information included in the first information and the command information;
Generating second information having information on a mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information or information on an executed image display method, and transmitting the first information to a transmission source of the first information. A transmission unit for automatically transmitting the second information;
An information transmitting and receiving device, comprising: The transmission unit generates second information having information on an executed image display method when a mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information is constant. The information transmitting / receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second information is automatically transmitted to a transmission source of the first information. The transmitting unit, when the mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information is a fixed relationship, the input command information and information on the executed image display method The information transmitting / receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information transmitting / receiving apparatus generates the second information, and automatically transmits the second information to a transmission source of the first information. When the first information is deleted without being opened or when the first information is deleted within a predetermined time after being opened, the first information is deleted without being opened. Or generating second information having information that the first information has been deleted within a certain time after the first information has been opened, and automatically transmits the second information to a source of the first information. The information transmission / reception device according to claim 1, wherein the information is transmitted. The information according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first information and the second information are electronic mails, and the information receiving device is an electronic mail receiving device. Transceiver. A receiving step of receiving the first information;
A command inputting step of inputting command information for displaying the first information;
An image information generating step of changing an image display method based on a mutual relationship between information included in the first information and the command information;
Generating second information having information on a mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information or information on an executed image display method, and transmitting the first information to a transmission source of the first information. A transmitting step of automatically transmitting the second information;
An information transmission / reception method, comprising: In the transmitting step, when information included in the first information and the command information have a constant relationship, second information having information on an executed image display method is generated. 7. The information transmitting / receiving method according to claim 6, wherein the second information is automatically transmitted to a transmission source of the first information. In the transmitting step, when the mutual relationship between the information included in the first information and the command information is a fixed relationship, the input command information and the information on the executed image display method are displayed. 7. The information transmitting / receiving method according to claim 6, wherein the second information having the second information is generated, and the second information is automatically transmitted to a transmission source of the first information. When the first information is deleted without being opened or when the first information is deleted within a predetermined time after being opened, the first information is deleted without being opened. Or generating second information having information that the first information has been deleted within a certain time after the first information has been opened, and automatically transmits the second information to a source of the first information. The information transmission / reception method according to claim 6, wherein the information is transmitted. 10. The information according to claim 6, wherein the first information and the second information are electronic mails, and the information receiving method is an electronic mail receiving method. Transmission / reception method. A program for causing an information processing apparatus having an information receiving unit to realize the information transmitting / receiving method according to any one of claims 6 to 10.

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