JP2004172663A - Information terminal with caller related information extracting function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extract mail caller related information even when a sender of a mail header differs from an actual mail sender in the case of transfer mail or the like. <P>SOLUTION: An information terminal includes: a means for receiving electronic mail having a mail header including a sender name and a mail main text; a document analysis means; a telephone directory; and a telephone directory searching means. The information terminal is characterized in that it receives and stores designated sender registration in advance, the telephone directory stores caller identification information and caller related information, the document analysis means analyzes the mail main text to extract mail sender identification information when the sender in the header of electronic mail received by an electronic mail reception means is coincident with the registered designated sender, and the telephone directory searching means searches the telephone directory on the basis of the extracted sender identification information to extract the sender related information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information terminal for extracting e-mail sender related information from a received e-mail.
[0002]
[Prior art]
With the spread of the Internet, various ideas have been made to make the Internet easier to use, including e-mail.
A received e-mail generally includes a mail header and a mail body. Usually, the mail header has a predetermined format including sender information such as a title and a sender of the mail, and has a small data amount. On the other hand, the data volume of the mail changes depending on the mail, and in some cases, becomes long, and it takes a long time to receive / display the mail.
[0003]
Therefore, when an e-mail is received, an information terminal such as a mobile phone does not immediately display the text of the e-mail, but extracts the title, e-mail sender, etc. from the e-mail header having a small amount of data, and displays the e-mail as a simple e-mail header screen. I do.
When a mail is received by the information terminal, the recipient checks the title, the mail sender, and the like on the mail header screen, and performs a body display operation as necessary to display the mail body screen.
[0004]
This makes it possible not to read the body of the unnecessary mail, but also requires an operation of reading and displaying the body of the mail to be read, which is troublesome when the user wants to read the received mail immediately.
In order to simplify such an operation of reading a mail, a mail header screen display at the time of mail reception is omitted and a mail text is displayed immediately in a mobile phone, and a mobile phone using the mail reading method is provided. (See Patent Document 1).
[0005]
On the other hand, in the transfer of image data over the Internet, an image (data) having a very large data amount, and therefore, image data requiring a long time for transfer need not be directly transferred to the recipient, and the data amount can be reduced. 2. Description of the Related Art An image communication apparatus has been disclosed in which a receiver is notified of a location where data is stored, and the receiver receives the data at a convenient terminal (see Patent Document 2).
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-245025
[0007]
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-2002-132682
Further, a systematic device for transferring image data and a document is disclosed (see Non-Patent Document 1: NTTDoCoMo; i-shot).
[0008]
[Non-patent document 1]
NTTDoCoMo (product service introduction): i-shot (searched on September 5, 2002), Internet <URL: http: // www. nttdocomo. co. jp / mc-user / i / ishot. html>
FIG. 5 shows an outline of the system example. FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen display when a user (sender) of the system transmits a mail 53 with an image attached from the mobile phone 51 and the receiver receives the mail 53 with the mobile phone 52.
[0009]
The caller specifies the receiver's mobile phone 52 of the phone number "090YYYYYYYY" from the mobile phone 51 of the phone number "090XXXXXXXX", and sends the text of the mail 53 shown in FIG. Or the text of the mail 53 shown in FIG. 6-1 '), "I'm Tanaka. I'll send you a friend's photo.", And the attached image 54 is sent to the image center 55.
[0010]
The image center 55 saves the transmitted attached image 54 (having a large amount of data) in, for example, a URL “http://www.img.com/pic1”, and also includes “090XXXXXXXXXXX” in the mail body. And the URL "http://www.img.com/pic1" in which the image is stored, and transmits the mail 53 'to the mail center 56.
[0011]
The mail center 56 receives the mail 53 ′ and the header information of the mail, and sets the sender of the mail 53 ′ to the address “p-server@img.com” of the image center 55 based on the received information. 'To the recipient's mobile phone 52.
The mobile phone 52 that has received the mail 53 'displays the mail date and time D, the sender F, the subject Sub, and other mail header information as shown in FIG. 6-2).
[0012]
When the recipient checks the mail header and opens the body of the mail 53 ', the body shown in FIG. 6-3) is displayed. The receiver accesses the URL after confirming the URL “http://www.img.com/pic1” added to the text, and receives the attached image 54.
However, as shown in FIG. 6-2), the sender F of the mail header information displayed when the mobile phone 52 receives the mail 53 ′ is information for identifying the sender to be displayed, that is, the mobile phone 52. Since the image center 55 is "p-server@img.com" instead of the telephone number "090XXXXXXXX" of the telephone number 51, the receiver cannot identify the sender and cannot determine whether to open the mail. There is.
[0013]
Even if the sender of the mail is unknown and the recipient opens the body of the mail, the sender identifies the sender such as the sender name in the body of the mail 53 as shown in FIG. If no information is described, only the telephone number "090XXXXXXXXX" can be known as the information of the caller as shown in FIG. 6-3). Therefore, even if the recipient opens the body of the mail, the sender cannot be identified in a blink of an eye, and furthermore: there is a problem that it cannot be determined whether or not it is necessary to receive the attached image 54 which is considered to have a large data amount.
[0014]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
An object of the present invention is to extract mail sender related information even when a sender of a mail header is different from an actual mail sender in a forwarded mail or the like.
[0015]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is an information terminal having means for receiving an e-mail having a mail header including a sender name and a mail body, a document analyzing means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means, wherein the information terminal is The telephone directory holds caller identification information and caller-related information, and the document analysis means registers the sender in the header of the e-mail received by the e-mail reception means. If the sender matches the designated sender, the mail body is analyzed to extract the mail sender identification information, and the telephone directory search means searches the telephone directory based on the extracted sender identification information to obtain the sender-related information. It is characterized by extracting.
[0016]
As a result, even if the sender of the mail is different from the sender of the mail, such as an e-mail that has passed through a mail transfer server or the like, the body of the e-mail received from the designated sender such as the registered mail transfer server or the like is not copied. If the analysis is performed and if there is identification information such as the telephone number of the mail sender in the body of the mail, sender-related information such as the name of the mail sender can be extracted from the body of the mail. Can be specified.
[0017]
An information terminal having means for receiving an e-mail including a sender name, a document analysis means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means, wherein the information terminal previously receives and stores a designated sender registration. , The telephone directory holds the caller identification information and the caller-related information, and the document analyzing means receives the e-mail when the sender of the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving means matches the designated sender registered. The means may analyze the received e-mail to extract the mail sender information identification, and the telephone directory search means may search the telephone directory based on the extracted caller identification information to extract the sender-related information. .
[0018]
As a result, even when the sender of the mail is different from the sender of the mail, such as an e-mail that has passed through a mail transfer server or the like, the e-mail received from the designated sender such as the registered mail transfer server or the like cannot be received. If the mail is analyzed and there is identification information such as the telephone number of the mail sender, sender-related information such as the name of the mail sender can be extracted from the received mail. It is possible to do.
[0019]
Further, an information terminal having a means for receiving an e-mail including a mail header and a mail body, a document analysis means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means, wherein the telephone directory has caller identification information, and Holding the caller-related information, the document analysis means analyzes the mail text received by the e-mail receiving means to extract the mail sender identification information, and the telephone directory search means based on the extracted caller identification information. The caller-related information may be extracted by searching the telephone directory.
[0020]
This allows the body of the mail to be analyzed regardless of the sender of the received e-mail, and if there is identification information such as the telephone number of the mail sender in the body of the mail, the sender of the mail, such as the name of the mail sender, is included in the body of the mail. Since the related information can be extracted, the e-mail receiver can specify the mail sender.
[0021]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a telephone 52 of a mail recipient used in the system shown in FIG. As described above, in the system shown in FIG. 5, the telephone number ******** as the identification information of the sender is included in the body of the mail by "************". This is an email from. " FIG. 2 shows an outline of the operation of the mobile phone that has received the document mail in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 shows a display example 1 of the screen.
[0022]
In advance, a telephone number of an individual, that is, a telephone number as caller identification information, and corresponding relevant information of the individual, such as a name and a mail number, are registered in the telephone directory 13.
The mail receiving means 11 receives and retains the designated sender registration in advance, and upon receiving the e-mail (S21 in FIG. 2), determines the sender of the received e-mail (S22 in FIG. 2), and designates the designated sender registered by the sender. If the sender matches the sender (in this example, the image center 55: p-server@img.com), the main body of the mail is sent to the document analyzer 12, and if not, the process proceeds to the mail header screen display.
[0023]
The sender determination process (S22) may be omitted, and the text of the received mail may be sent to the document analysis unit 12 regardless of the sender.
As shown in FIG. 3, the document analysis means 12 extracts the telephone number "090XXXXXXXXX" from the part of "mail from Mr. 090XXXXXXXXX" added as the sender in the body of the mail 53 ', and sends it to the telephone directory search means 14. Send (S23 in FIG. 2).
[0024]
The telephone directory search means 14 searches the telephone directory 13 based on the telephone number "090XXXXXXXXX", extracts, for example, "Tanaka", and specifies the sender of the mail "Tanaka" (FIG. 2-S24).
The sender of the specified mail is changed to “p-server@img.com” displayed as the sender F in FIG. 6 to “Tanaka”, and a mail header screen is displayed on the display unit 15 (FIG. 2). -S25, display example: FIG. ).
[0025]
The recipient confirms that the sender of the e-mail is "Tanaka", opens the e-mail text if necessary, and adds the URL: "http://www.img.com/pic1" to the e-mail text. To access the attached image 54.
If "090XXXXXXXXXXX" is not registered in the telephone directory, FIG. "No registration" may be displayed as shown in FIG.
[0026]
Further, an information extraction instructing means may be added to the telephone 52, and when the information extraction instructing means is operated, the caller identification information and the caller related information may be extracted. For example, at the time of mail reception, FIG. Is displayed as shown in Fig. 4-a) 2. As shown in, there is no other information that identifies the sender in the body of the email, and when the email is opened, "090XXXXXXXXX's email." Is displayed, and if the sender is not readily understood, The receiver operates the information extraction instruction means of the telephone 52. As a result, the telephone set 52 extracts the telephone number, and further extracts the caller-related information, as shown in FIG. May be displayed as shown in FIG.
[0027]
In the present embodiment, the case where the telephone number of the sender is added to the body of the mail, and the case where the document analysis unit 12 extracts the sender-related information based on the added telephone number has been described. However, when sender identification information such as a mail address is added to an electronic mail including a mail header or the like, the identification information and the related personal information are registered in the telephone directory, and the document analysis unit 12 Alternatively, the information may be extracted from the e-mail.
[0028]
(Supplementary Note 1) An information terminal having means for receiving an e-mail having a mail header including a sender name and a mail text, a document analysis means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means, wherein the information terminal is The telephone directory holds caller identification information and caller-related information, and the document analysis means registers the sender in the header of the e-mail received by the e-mail reception means. If the sender matches the designated sender, the mail body is analyzed to extract the mail sender identification information, and the telephone directory search means searches the telephone directory based on the extracted sender identification information to obtain the sender-related information. An information terminal characterized by extracting.
[0029]
(Supplementary Note 2) An information terminal having means for receiving an e-mail including a sender name, a document analysis means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means, wherein the information terminal receives a designated sender registration in advance. The telephone directory holds the caller identification information and the caller-related information, and the document analyzing means stores the electronic mail when the sender of the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving means matches the registered specified sender. The mail receiving means analyzes the received e-mail to extract the mail sender information identification, and the telephone directory search means searches the telephone directory based on the extracted sender identification information to extract the sender related information. An information terminal characterized by the following.
[0030]
(Supplementary Note 3) An information terminal having a means for receiving an e-mail including a mail header and a mail body, a document analysis means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means, wherein the telephone directory has sender identification information. , And the caller-related information, the document analysis means analyzes the mail text received by the e-mail receiving means to extract mail sender identification information, and the telephone directory search means reads the extracted caller identification information. An information terminal for extracting a caller-related information by searching a telephone directory based on the information.
[0031]
(Supplementary Note 4) The information terminal according to Supplementary Note 1, or Supplementary Note 2, or Supplementary Note 3 provided with a display unit, and when the telephone directory search unit extracts the caller-related information, the information is displayed on the display unit. An information terminal characterized in that:
Thus, the recipient of the e-mail can confirm the sender of the e-mail on the display unit.
[0032]
(Supplementary Note 5) The information terminal according to Supplementary Note 4, wherein the extracted caller-related information is displayed in place of mail sender information.
As a result, the recipient of the e-mail can confirm the sender of the e-mail at the sender display portion on the display means.
(Supplementary note 6) The information terminal according to Supplementary note 1, 2, or 3, further comprising information extraction instructing means, and when the information extraction instructing means is operated, sender identification information and sender related information. An information terminal characterized by extracting the information.
[0033]
This allows the receiver to instruct whether information extraction is necessary or unnecessary, and omit unnecessary information extraction processing.
(Supplementary Note 7) The information terminal according to Supplementary Note 1, 2, or 3 provided with a voice output unit, wherein when the telephone directory search unit extracts caller-related information, the information is output to the voice output unit. An information terminal characterized in that it is read aloud as a voice.
[0034]
Thus, the recipient of the e-mail can confirm the sender of the e-mail by voice.
(Supplementary Note 8) An electronic mail including a sender's identification information and a telephone directory holding the sender's related information, preliminarily accepting and storing the designated sender's registration, and receiving an e-mail having a mail header including the sender's name and a mail text is received. If the sender in the header of the received e-mail matches the specified designated sender, the received mail body is analyzed to extract the mail sender identification information, and the telephone directory is stored based on the extracted sender identification information. A method for extracting e-mail sender-related information, characterized by searching and extracting sender-related information.
[0035]
(Supplementary Note 9) A step of providing a telephone directory for holding caller identification information and the caller-related information, receiving and holding the designated sender registration, and receiving an e-mail having a mail header including the sender name and a mail body. And a document analyzing step for analyzing the received mail body and extracting the mail sender identification information when the sender in the header of the received e-mail matches the registered specified sender, A telephone directory search step for searching the telephone directory based on the user identification information and extracting the caller-related information.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, an e-mail in which the sender of an e-mail is a mail transfer server or the like, that is, even if the e-mail sender is an e-mail different from the sender of the e-mail, Since the sender-related information is extracted by registering as the designated sender, the e-mail receiver can specify the mail sender.
[0037]
In addition, for an e-mail received from a designated sender such as a registered mail transfer server, even if the e-mail sender is different from the sender of the e-mail, the received e-mail is analyzed and the telephone number of the e-mail sender and the like are analyzed. With the identification information, sender-related information such as the name of the mail sender can be extracted from the received mail, so that the e-mail receiver can specify the mail sender.
[0038]
Further, by analyzing the mail text regardless of the sender of the received electronic mail, the electronic mail receiver can specify the mail sender in the same manner as described above.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration example of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an operation outline. FIG. 3 is a display example 1 according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a display example 2 according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an example of a conventional image attached mail system. FIG. 6 is an example of a conventional image attached mail system screen display.
11 Mail receiving means 12 Document analyzing means 13 Phonebook 14 Phonebook searching means 51, 52 Mobile phone 53, 53 'Mail 54 Attached image 55 Image center 56 Mail center

Claims (3)

An information terminal having a means for receiving an e-mail having a mail header and a mail text including a sender name, a document analysis means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means,
The information terminal receives and retains the designated sender registration in advance,
The phone book holds caller identification information and caller-related information,
When the sender in the header of the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving means matches the registered specified sender, the document analyzing means analyzes the e-mail body and extracts the e-mail sender identification information,
An information terminal, wherein the telephone directory search means searches the telephone directory based on the extracted caller identification information to extract caller-related information. An information terminal having means for receiving an e-mail including a sender name, document analysis means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means,
The information terminal receives and retains the designated sender registration in advance,
The phone book holds caller identification information and the caller-related information,
When the sender of the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit matches the registered designated sender, the document analyzing unit analyzes the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit to extract the mail sender information identification,
An information terminal, wherein the telephone directory search means searches the telephone directory based on the extracted caller identification information to extract caller-related information. An information terminal having means for receiving an e-mail including a mail header and a mail text, document analysis means, a telephone directory, and a telephone directory search means,
The phone book holds caller identification information and caller-related information,
The document analysis means analyzes the body of the mail received by the e-mail receiving means to extract mail sender identification information,
An information terminal, wherein the telephone directory search means searches the telephone directory based on the extracted caller identification information to extract caller-related information.

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